MILLIONS North America is booming at Playground with the Main Event unfolding in the Tournament Hall. Wednesday night, we move to some satellite action as the first of two Playground 1000 satellites comes on. These satellites give out seats to Event #7: the $100,000 guaranteed Playground 1000. The Playground 1000 has a single starting flight. It follows a slick linear schedule that starts on Friday, May 24 with Day 1, continues on Saturday, May 25 with Day 2, and ends on Sunday, May 26, the very last day of the festival. This is our staple event in its $1K buy-in version. Some other great options are available to you if you want to take a shot at one of the amazing MILLIONS North America trophies: Thursday, May 23 at 1:00PM – $10,300 High Roller Day 1 Saturday, May 25 at 6:00PM – $25,300 Super High Roller Day 1 There are […]
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Road to MILLIONS – Episode 8
We’re almost there! Our STEP qualifiers are closing in to the poker tournament they’ve long been waiting for: MILLIONS North America. Today, as they prepare to level up, we present another mashup from their interviews. Cake or pie? Netflix or YouTube? Work hard or play hard? Learn who they are! To view previous episodes, click here.
Are you ready for the Main Event?
The partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America festival got off to a rousing start, and as the $1,100 Montreal Open progresses in the Tournament Hall, players are already eyeing up the $10,300 Main Event. It was a truly long wait for some qualifiers; satellites to the $5,000,000 guaranteed event started back in December 2018! Well, the big one is finally here: on Tuesday, May 21, the first of 2 starting flights is held at Playground. If you are not one of 72 online qualifiers, or one of 49 live qualifiers, you should know that Direct Satellites start Sunday and 70 seats are guaranteed across 7 tournaments. Main Event satellites offer three different price points and two different level lengths, so make sure to choose the ones that match the equity you’re looking for. If you prefer to take a shot online, there is one Final Phase left on partypoker. It is […]
MILLIONS North America is here!
It was a long wait in North America. At Playground, the first STEP 1 satellite for the $10,300 Main Event of the MILLIONS festival was held on December 2. Today, more than 5 months later, we have 49 live qualifiers, 62 online qualifiers, and the Direct Satellites haven’t even started yet! On Monday, May 13, partypoker LIVE’s MILLIONS North America will be knocking on the city gates. So free your schedule, tell your relatives that you won’t be available for two weeks, and plan your events… it’s playtime! The series kicks off with a $150 + $15 Montreal Open Satellite Turbo Re-entry tournament. There are 9 such satellites on the MILLIONS schedule, guaranteeing a total of 85 seats to the target event. Guaranteed at $1,154,500, the Montreal Open is one of three MILLIONS events with a 7-figure guaranteed prize pool. The guarantee represents $1,000,000 in cash, and 15 seats to […]
Are you and your partner the Ultimate Poker Couple?
When we hear the expression ‘poker couple,’ Alex Foxen and Kristen Bicknell automatically come to mind. How could they not after winning GPI’s Player of the Year and Female Player of the Year in 2018. partypoker LIVE, however, wonders if there are any hidden talent out there that could rival with the current Players of the Year, and put out a fun and refreshing promotion for MILLIONS North America at Playground: beat them at the Main Event and you will win a $12K package to MILLIONS Europe at King’s Resort, Rozvadov, Czech Republic! How exactly do you need to beat them? Scoring will be done golf style, with finishing positions of each partner added up. The smallest total wins. You are part of a strong couple that can work together, show sportsmanship, and play good poker? Show it at MILLIONS North America! Kristen Bicknell said: “King’s Resort have even […]
Direct Satellites are coming
We are just one week away from the start of the long-awaited MILLIONS North America festival. The last STEP Satellites were played this weekend, but if you haven’t had the chance to earn your seat through the STEP system, there is still a full roster of Direct Satellites for you to choose from if you’re trying to get into the Main Event at a reduced cost… or the Montreal Open… or the Playground 1000. And if you would prefer to take a shot online, there are two Final Phases left to be played on partypoker. Take your pick! $10,300 MILLIONS North America At Playground During the festival, 7 Direct Satellites will be held from Sunday, May 19 to Wednesday, May 22, boasting a total of 70 seats guaranteed. With various start times, 3 different price points, and a choice of 15 or 20-minute levels, you are sure to find […]
Road to MILLIONS – Episode 7
The Mashups Are Here! Over the last few weeks, our 6 featured qualifiers were presented to you individually. 18 days from now, we will follow them at MILLIONS, as they complete their journey to the $10,300 Main Event, but till then, let’s try and learn a bit more about who they are!
Road to MILLIONS – Episode 6
This poker player’s career beginnings are straight out of a movie: he played his first poker tournament on a cruise ship, after asking the dealer to explain the Texas Hold’em rules! Twelve years later, he qualified for a STEP 1 satellite through the Tournament Leaderboard, and made his way to MILLIONS North America in one 3-STEP stride! The third STEP was quite laborious though. Let’s hear it! Introducing… Marc Saddik. (More great content coming up on Playground’s official YouTube channel. Please subscribe!)
Dining in Montreal: options by the MILLIONS
Anyone who can find Montreal on a map can probably also tell you of Montreal’s reputation as a restaurant lover’s paradise. For the second consecutive year, four Montreal restaurants have spots in the top ten of Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants. These restaurants – Joe Beef, Toqué!, Le Mousso and Montréal Plaza – have reputations that precede them, but the recently released 2019 edition of the list contains many more Montreal-area restaurants that are waiting to be discovered. In all, 30 restaurants from the 514 made the top 100 list to help reinforce Montreal’s status as an international food destination. This city has delectable dining options for all budgets at any hour of the day, and our guide will help point you in the right direction, no matter what you’re hankering for. Above and beyond any particular restaurant, there are a number of Montreal institutions that will get people to line up […]
Road to MILLIONS – Episode 5
This week’s STEP qualifier did not have to invest a single dollar to earn his seat at MILLIONS North America. He mostly plays tournaments, and won a STEP 2 seat by placing in the top 15 of the monthly Tournament Leaderboard. A couple of tournaments later, he’s on the list of qualifiers for the $10,300 Main Event in May! He tells us about his road to MILLIONS and the toys (cars) he would buy if he wins big next month. Introducing… Ivan the Terrible. (More great content coming up on Playground’s official YouTube channel. Please subscribe!)
More additions to MILLIONS North America
MILLIONS North America is less than a month away, and the poker community’s chatter is all about the event! partypoker LIVE and Playground keep an open ear, and player feedback sparked a few last-minute changes to the MILLIONS schedule. A Caribbean Poker Party satellite The famous Caribbean Poker Party will once again host the Grand Finale of the 2019 MILLIONS tour with MILLIONS World. At Playground, home of MILLIONS North America, we are happy to add a Caribbean Poker Party satellite at the heart of the festival! The tournament presents a guarantee of two packages worth $16,000 USD each. For a buy-in of $250 + $25, you could win the trip of a lifetime. The package includes a $10,300 buy-in to MILLIONS World with $10,000,000 guaranteed (Nov. 16-21), plus travel and accommodation. What does it look like over there? Click here for a quick preview! Shot clocks! MILLIONS […]
Mondial de la bière… it means Beerfest!
The Mondial de la bière, founded in Montreal in 1994, is a full-fledged international beer festival. The unique weekend-long tasting event provides a pathway from the art of local and international brewers to the taste buds of passionate and casual beer drinkers, and the 26th edition of the festival is held during MILLIONS North America, allowing all players to discover new and exciting concoctions! The event is once again held at Windsor Station in downtown Montreal (near metro stations Lucien-L’Allier, Bonaventure and Peel). It will be open to festival-goers from 11:00AM to 11:00PM, May 22 to May 25 – Wednesday to Friday. Admission is free, but to indulge in the main activity, you will need to buy a tasting glass and some coupons – they come in various packages, depending on how much discovery you plan to make. The festival bets on breweries that are not necessarily well-known, but have […]