Day 1b, played online, began with 11 entries and eventually progressed to 15 total, ending with five players on this final online starting day for the partypoker MILLION North America Main Event.
The majority of the players began with different stacks, some over a million and some under, since they qualified from one of the Phase 1 tournaments. Five players entered directly, either by paying CA$5,000/$4,000 directly or via a satellite. This massive guaranteed prize pool of CA$5,000,000 is the biggest in Canada's history of live poker events, boasting a guaranteed prize of at least CA$1,000,000 for the winner.