Past the redraw at 27

  • Level: 15
  • Small Blind: 1.5K
  • Big Blind: 3K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 143,3K
  • Remaining: 26
  • Entries: 149


  • Event 10 has moved along quickly and the tournament has dropped to 26 players, which required a full seating redraw at 27. There will be another redraw at 18 players remaining.

    Here are the current seating assignments.

    Table 61

    • Nicolas Aubin
    • Bill Kontaratos
    • Trung Hieu Hoang
    • Conrado Corpus
    • Jordan Westmoreland
    • Seat Open
    • Jiachen Gong
    • Louis Boutin
    • Christopher Clisby

    Table 62

    • Scott Shore
    • Alexander Livingston
    • Daniel Watton
    • Alek Stasiak
    • Jeff Cote
    • Frederic Tisseur
    • Thanth Phu
    • Dejan Kovinic
    • Salomon Ponte

    Table 63

    • Carlo Nini
    • Mike Fraser
    • Radu Pop Mircea
    • Shayam Srinivasan
    • Philippe Plouffe
    • Geoffrey Robert McNeely
    • Mario Lim
    • Chris McClung
    • André Vezina

     

    Photo update

  • Level: 15
  • Small Blind: 1.5K
  • Big Blind: 3K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 149K
  • Remaining: 25
  • Entries: 149


  • Here are a few photographs from Day 2 of Event 10 – $1,000 + $100 No Limit Hold’em:

    Event 10 is back

  • Level: 13
  • Small Blind: 1K
  • Big Blind: 2K
  • Ante: 300
  • Chip Average: 103.5K
  • Remaining: 36
  • Entries: 149


  • There are 36 players left in Event 10 and they have unbagged their chips and play has just resumed in the event.

    The remaining field is pretty impressive overall. There’s a November Niner still in the action (Marc-Etienne McLaughlin), several past Playground Poker side-event final table-ists (Alexender Wong, Geoffrey Robert McNeely, Bill Kontaratos, Jeff Cote), Players Club members Philippe Plouffe and Chris McClung, and talented Playground regulars like Carlo Nini, Steve Toulch (famous for his banter with Scotty Nguyen in the WSOP broadcasts a few years back) and quite a few more players who are a threat to go all the way.

    Good luck!

    PokerStars Canada Cup – Event 10 Day 2 seating chart & counts

    Event 10 is a $1,000 + $100 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout event in the PokerStars Canada Cup. 149 players started the event at 1:30pm today and 36 players will return tomorrow (Tuesday May 26) at 1pm for Day 2. The following table lists the redrawn seating for all players in the tournament plus the player-reported chip counts of each player who bagged chips at the end of Day 1.

    First Name Last Name Seat Chip Count
    Alek Stasiak Table 66 – Seat 6 332,500
    Alexander Livingston Table 61 – Seat 7 144,700
    Alexender Wong Table 61 – Seat 2 171,300
    Andre Vezina Table 65 – Seat 7 70,600
    Bill Kontaratos Table 65 – Seat 2 169,100
    Carlo Nini Table 65 – Seat 6 73,500
    Chris McClung Table 66 – Seat 8 162,600
    Christopher Clisby Table 62 – Seat 9 70,900
    Conrado Corpus Table 61 – Seat 6 98,100
    Costa Ziakoulis Table 66 – Seat 5 52,900
    Daniel Watton Table 65 – Seat 5 181,000
    David Barter Table 62 – Seat 4 83,400
    Dejan Kovinic Table 61 – Seat 4 56,800
    Edin Cekic Table 66 – Seat 1 139,900
    Frederic Tisseur Table 61 – Seat 1 45,100
    Geoffrey Robert McNeely Table 65 – Seat 8 50,200
    Jeff Cote Table 65 – Seat 1 77,100
    Jiachen Gong Table 66 – Seat 4 115,200
    Jordan Westmorland Table 65 – Seat 9 239,100
    Joseph Hanna Table 61 – Seat 3 36,900
    Louis Boutin Table 61 – Seat 9 79,800
    Marc Etienne Mclaughlin Table 62 – Seat 7 50,600
    Mario Lim Table 66 – Seat 3 119,400
    Mike Fraser Table 65 – Seat 3 97,700
    Nicolas Aubin Table 62 – Seat 1 81,100
    Philippe Plouffe Table 62 – Seat 2 66,500
    Pierre-Paul Paulin Table 62 – Seat 6 47,100
    Radu Pop Mircea Table 61 – Seat 8 70,200
    Rodney Lawrence Table 66 – Seat 7 45,700
    Salomon Ponte Table 66 – Seat 9 50,400
    Scott Shore Table 61 – Seat 5 109,900
    Shayam Srinivasan Table 65 – Seat 4 71,200
    Stephane Dallaire Table 66 – Seat 2 72,400
    Steve Toulch Table 62 – Seat 3 64,900
    Thanh Phu Table 62 – Seat 8 213,700
    Trung Hieu Hoang Table 62 – Seat 5 120,000

    A few more shots

  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 43.3K
  • Remaining: 86
  • Entries: 149


  • Here’s another gallery of photos from Event 10, taken during level 7:

    Leaders after 6 levels

  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 38.4K
  • Remaining: 97
  • Entries: 149


  • After the completion of 6 levels, the following players are currently leading Event 10 – $1,000 + $100 No Limit Hold’em – Day 1:

    1. Louis Boutin – 105K
    2. Stephane Dallaire – 104K
    3. Thanh Phu – 91K
    4. Salomon Ponte – 87K
    5. Huong Do – 84K
    6. Jiacheng Zhang – 83K
    7. Pinkesh Mehta – 83K
    8. Michael Noor – 78K
    9. Yannick Lamarre-Delooz – 77K

     

    Early leaders

  • Level: 4
  • Small Blind: 100
  • Big Blind: 200
  • Ante: 25
  • Chip Average: 30,2K
  • Remaining: 106
  • Entries: 128


  • Event 10 is on a break and we have gone and found some early chip leaders in this star-studded field.

    1. Shayam Srinivasan – 93K
    2. Melissa Cummings – 69K
    3. Louis Boutin – 67K
    4. Huong Do – 65K

    Some Event 10 players

  • Level: 3
  • Small Blind: 75
  • Big Blind: 150
  • Ante: 25
  • Chip Average: 29.4K
  • Remaining: 108
  • Entries: 127


  • Here are a few photos of players participating in Event 10 – $1000 + $100 No Limit Hold’em:

    They’re off!

  • Level: 1
  • Small Blind: 50
  • Big Blind: 100
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 25K
  • Remaining: 62
  • Entries: 62


  • Event 10 has begun with 62 players though it’s likely going to grow to about 100 total runners by the time late registration closes at the end of the break following level 4. There are some notable players in the field including Marc-Étienne McLaughlin, Carla Sabini, Christopher “d0r1r0s” McClung, as well as talented Playground regulars Yannick Labattaglia, Billy Kontaratos, and Carlo Nini.

    Next up – Event 10

    The next event in the PokerStars Canada Cup is Event 10 a $1,000 + $100 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout that is set to begin at 1pm. The event is a freezeout with a single Day 1. There has been some bridge work on the main link between Kahnawake and central Montreal which has caused some traffic tie-ups, so the TD has delayed the beginning of the tournament for a half hour.

    Players are starting to come together in the tournament hall and we’ll start our coverage as soon as the event is underway.