Chip Counts – Day 1b

Here are the player-reported chip counts for the players qualifying from Event 2 Day 1b.

Rank First Name Last Name Chip Count
1 Damien Sheaf 398,000
2 Ghislain Proulx 295,000
3 Linda Huard 256,000
4 Konstantinos Tsikopoulos 255,000
5 Alexandros Fixmer 252,500
6 Francois Goulet 219,000
7 Dany Madri 210,500
8 Robin Hallee 209,000
9 Robert Di Trapani 204,500
10 Francois Cardinal 203,500
11 Chheng Bun 202,000
12 Troy Hamilton 191,500
13 Yong Shuo Zheng 187,000
14 Francois Pilon 185,500
15 Marko XXX 183,000
16 Samuel Miranda 180,500
17 LOUIS LAM 180,000
18 Ghislain Soucy 176,000
19 Alex Fiorani 170,500
20 Grant Guevremont 167,000
21 Eric Desjardins 161,500
22 Johnson Nguyen 158,000
23 Evgeni Ozadovski 154,500
24 Nick-Real Seide 154,500
25 Sylvain Ouellet 152,000
26 Benjamin Beaulac 148,000
27 Jeremy Chandler 140,500
28 Pascal Munger Lapointe 137,500
29 Nassim Kabbara 130,500
30 Ruben Perceval 128,500
31 Robin Clouatre 123,500
32 Shane Carleton 123,500
33 E P 121,500
34 Joel Moreau 121,000
35 Christopher Shakell 117,500
36 William Mcelligott 116,000
37 Gaston Groulx 115,000
38 Gil Charles 114,000
39 Kerwin Bentley 114,000
40 Daniel Ricci 113,000
41 Calvin Lake 110,500
42 Pino Frascione 110,500
43 Matheu Vachon 108,500
44 Ryan Levine 107,500
45 Armen Afarian 106,500
46 Jean-Thomas Jobin 105,000
47 Nick Frascarelli 101,500
48 Christian Soucy 101,000
49 Alemu Makinen 100,500
50 Hubert Paquet Moisan 100,500
51 Vincent Dionne 99,500
52 Jean Rheaume 97,500
53 Sebastien Rioux 97,500
54 Michael Corbin Chabot 97,000
55 Pierre Jobin 97,000
56 Marc Touloute 95,500
57 Marco Caza 93,000
58 Saman Baniamam 90,500
59 Derek Raymond 90,000
60 Jay Srinivasan 88,000
61 Alexandre Caron 83,000
62 Michael D Brown 82,500
63 Michael Lawson 82,500
64 Terry Gallagher 81,500
65 Joshua Shiewitz 80,500
66 Matthew Parker 80,000
67 Alex Leclerc 79,000
68 Sonja Smirnov 77,500
69 Anesti Kocini 76,500
70 Nicolas Leblanc 76,000
71 Danik L Ecuyer 74,500
72 Jean-Francois Iza 73,500
73 Yannick Lamarre-Delooz 73,000
74 Genevieve Pelletier 71,500
75 Jimmy Dufour 71,000
76 Josh Thomson 70,500
77 Osman Soubra 70,500
78 Jean Sebastien Picard 70,000
79 Marc Guerbilsky 70,000
80 Fabian Lacroix 69,500
81 Francesco Maltese 69,000
82 Etienne Leduc 68,500
83 Francis Lanthier 68,000
84 Ryan Sgrignuoli 68,000
85 Stephen Chepurny 60,000
86 Odette Tremblay 59,000
87 Vasilios Sklavounos 58,500
88 Kevin Yee 58,000
89 Daniel Peter Leddy 57,000
90 Sebastien Proulx 54,500
91 Simon Giguere 50,000
92 Gisele Larocque 45,000
93 Marc Lacroix 45,000
94 Maxime Auger 45,000
95 Alain Boucher 44,500
96 Maurice Simard 43,000
97 Jonathan Gottlieb 38,500
98 Jonathan Cavalluzzi 38,000
99 David Koshurba 35,500
100 Kevin Bell 29,000
101 Robert Massoom 26,000
102 Joey Silver 5,500

Event 2 Prize Pool & Payouts

The two Day 1s of Event 2 attracted a total of 711 entries which adds up to a prize pool of $137,934.

Finish Prize
1 $28,095
2 $18,719
3 $13,515
4 $9,860
5 $7,200
6 $5,255
7 $3,830
8 $2,800
9 $2,040
10-12 $1,485
13-15 $1,295
16-18 $1,130
19-21 $975
22-24 $855
25-27 $740
28-36 $645
37-45 $565
46-54 $520
55-63 $465
64-72 $425
73-81 $400

Last level of Day 1b

  • Level: 15
  • Small Blind: 1.5K
  • Big Blind: 3K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 91.9K
  • Remaining: 124
  • Entries: 456


  • Players are back from break to play their last 30-minute level of the day. During the break we scoured the tournament tables to find the chip leaders and found these in the top 3:

    1. Damian Sheaf – 390K
    2. Linda Huard – 275K
    3. Eric Desjardins – 260K

    In addition to these large stacks, there are quite a few players hovering between the 180K and 220K mark – and if history is any indicator, this final level of the day could come along with a lot of movement. Interestingly, Eric Desjardins has been mentioned in every “large stack” update we’ve done today.

    1 more level to go!

  • Level: 15
  • Small Blind: 1.5K
  • Big Blind: 3K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 89.8K
  • Remaining: 127
  • Entries: 456


  • Level 14 is about to end, which means that, after a quick break, the players will have only one level left to Day 1b.

    Here are some photos from level 14:

    Level 13 – Top 3 stacks

  • Level: 13
  • Small Blind: 1K
  • Big Blind: 2K
  • Ante: 300
  • Chip Average: 70.4K
  • Remaining: 161
  • Entries: 456


  • Three players have managed to build their stacks to over 200k so far.

    • 225k – Eric Desjardins
    • 210K – Nick-Nick Seide
    • 205K – Anesti Kucini

    End of level 12

  • Level: 13
  • Small Blind: 1K
  • Big Blind: 2K
  • Ante: 300
  • Chip Average: 69.1K
  • Remaining: 165
  • Entries: 456


  • Level 12 is just about the end, after which the players will have a 10 minute break. There will be three more levels played after the break, and the remaining players will then bag and tag their chips onto tomorrows Day 2.

    Here are some photos from levels 11 and 12:

    Level 11 has just begun

  • Level: 11
  • Small Blind: 600
  • Big Blind: 1.2K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 53.5K
  • Remaining: 213
  • Entries: 456


  • We have just started level 11 here at Day 1b of Event 2, and we still have 213 players left in the field. There is another two and a half hours left of play before the tournament goes on break for the day.

    Level 9 – Notable Stacks

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 43.3K
  • Remaining: 263
  • Entries: 456


  • A few players have already made some magic happen with their 25k starting stacks, with easily a dozen players sitting with stacks over 100k.

    Here are some estimations of the top stacks we’ve come across in level 9:

    • 190k – Sylvain Ouellette
    • 145k – Nicolas Leblanc
    • 145k – Eric Desjardins
    • 135k – Marco Caza

    Break Time!

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 39.4K
  • Remaining: 289
  • Entries: 456


  • The players have just begun their second break of the day, and the dealers are racing off the ’25’ chips. Level 9 will begin after the break.

    Some level 8 photos:

    End of level 6

  • Level: 6
  • Small Blind: 200
  • Big Blind: 400
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 32.3K
  • Remaining: 353
  • Entries: 456


  • Level 6 is coming to an end, and we still have over 350 players in the field, all focused on trying to get through the day while accumulating the most chips possible.

    Here are some level 5 and 6 photos: