We’re half-way through level 2 in today’s flight of the $1000 + $100 WPT Canadian Spring Championship and new players keep joining the tournament at a steady pace. This flight is already up to 263 entries with another 2+ hours to register.
Among the players at the tables today are such notables as Gavin Smith, Marc-Etienne McLaughlin, Mike Sexton, Mike Leah, and yesterday’s Bad Beat Jackpot winner Richard Figiel.
It’s a snowy (!) Friday morning in the Montreal area, but the snow hasn’t hindered players from getting to Playground Poker Club to take their seats for Day 1b of the WPT Canadian Spring Championships. So far 200 players have been seated with late registrations coming all the time, so this Friday flight is definitely going to be busier than yesterday’s Day 1a.
Good luck to all of the players today!
A total of 219 players entered Day 1a of the WPT Canadian Spring Championship today, and 62 players remained at the end of 13 levels and have qualified for Day 2 on Sunday March 30. All players who entered the event today may enter again for Day 1b or Day 1c; if a player qualifies on multiple days, their smallest stack will be removed from the tournament.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric | Davis | 276,300 |
| 2 | Andre | Turcotte | 267,800 |
| 3 | Boyd | Oneill | 241,100 |
| 4 | Mark | Wilson | 225,400 |
| 5 | Ruben | Perceval | 218,300 |
| 6 | Nicolas | Aubin | 216,700 |
| 7 | Jean-Guy | Boyer | 207,100 |
| 8 | Steven | Schartner | 193,900 |
| 9 | Eric | Levesque | 180,000 |
| 10 | William R | Mullen | 162,600 |
| 11 | Alain | Toledano | 161,200 |
| 12 | Ioannis | Pentefountas | 160,500 |
| 13 | Georges Anthony | Dunst | 155,000 |
| 14 | Chase | Olsen | 136,400 |
| 15 | Jonathan | Poissant | 134,600 |
| 16 | Bill | Loukanikas | 133,200 |
| 17 | Eric | Afriat | 131,500 |
| 18 | William | Foxen | 126,400 |
| 19 | Amirmasoud | Babakhani | 125,000 |
| 20 | Joseph | Leblanc | 121,100 |
| 21 | Marc Etienne | Blais | 117,400 |
| 22 | Oliver David | Greer | 117,100 |
| 23 | Mathieu | Martin | 115,800 |
| 24 | Leng | Khauv | 112,900 |
| 25 | Glen | Hammers | 108,100 |
| 26 | Dale | Chalifoux | 105,000 |
| 27 | Wafic | Fala | 105,000 |
| 28 | Victor | Adams | 99,700 |
| 29 | Gerry | Lye | 99,400 |
| 30 | Michel | Naggar | 98,000 |
| 31 | Danny | Ayoub | 97,000 |
| 32 | Daniel | Schreiber | 93,700 |
| 33 | Jean-Philippe | Matte | 92,500 |
| 34 | Jean-Yves | Blais | 90,400 |
| 35 | Dan | Wells | 89,200 |
| 36 | Tony | DiMaria | 88,500 |
| 37 | Xuan | Liu | 87,300 |
| 38 | Patrick | Lalonde | 83,600 |
| 39 | Daniel | Cote | 77,400 |
| 40 | Ben | Menache | 73,700 |
| 41 | Kevin | St Denis | 70,000 |
| 42 | Alexander | Wong | 66,600 |
| 43 | Kevin | MacDonald | 64,100 |
| 44 | David | Ormsby | 61,300 |
| 45 | Darcy J | Wright | 60,000 |
| 46 | Antoine | Berube | 59,700 |
| 47 | Youssef | Bejjani | 57,700 |
| 48 | Olivier | Racine | 56,200 |
| 49 | Dylan | Wilkerson | 55,100 |
| 50 | Rayan | Chamas | 49,100 |
| 51 | Stephen | Caplan | 48,600 |
| 52 | Roger | Lamia | 47,900 |
| 53 | Tam | Ho | 42,900 |
| 54 | Shawn A | Martell | 41,800 |
| 55 | Robert | Cohen | 41,600 |
| 56 | Joel | Bullock | 38,600 |
| 57 | Gregory | Katayama | 38,000 |
| 58 | Charles-Eric | Benoit | 36,200 |
| 59 | Alexandre | Morel | 36,000 |
| 60 | Garen | Galanti | 31,200 |
| 61 | Shawn | O'Dell | 25,500 |
| 62 | Ramzi | Karam | 24,500 |
We are now entering the last level of play for this Day 1a, and in less that 45 minutes the remainder of the players will bag and tag their chips for Day 2. Those who were unable to play today, or who tried but simply didn’t make Day 2, will be able to try to qualify tomorrow with Day 1b scheduled at 11:00am, or the day after (Saturday) with Day 1c also at 11:00am.
Here is an album of photos taken during level 12:
We are back from the last break of the night, which means that Day 1a of the WPT Canadian Spring Championship Main Event will be over upon the completion of two more 45-minute level.
With the average being just over 80K, the following players have managed to build stacks north of twice that amount:
There is a new tournament chip leader, Playground regular (and experienced tournament player) Eric Afriat, who is sitting on over 240K chips. Following closely behind him is Alain Toledano (195K) and a few players in the 140K to 160K range, including: Boyd O’Neill, Nicolas Aubin, Jhonatan Morales, and Eric Davis.
The WPT Canadian Spring Championship is back from it’s second break on this Day 1a, and the following players have managed to climb over the 100K mark.
There’s still over an hour to register but some players have already jumped out to an early lead today in Day 1a.
In addition to the massive cash prize, the winner of the WPT Canadian Spring Championship Main Event will also be the recipient of a customized Playground Poker WPT Championship Belt and Trophy!
Don’t miss your chance at becoming the next WPT Montreal Champion! Late registration is still available for Day 1a, or you can join Day 1b tomorrow at 11am, or Day 1c Saturday at 11am.
The total number of entries has climbed up to 193 so far, with almost 3 hours left still for late registration. Here are a few photos from the first two levels of play:
