Day 1b: End of Day Chip Counts

2013/12/01 12:55am by

Day 1b is complete and 128 players of the 308 who began the day have survived to Day 2, which will start on Monday, December 2 at 12pm.

First Name Last Name Chip Count
Donald Abdelhay 96,900
Stephane Anderson 34,600
James Andrade 46,900
John Andress 69,500
Jamie Armstrong 92,000
Chris Back 95,600
Michael Bartholomew 73,200
Sol Bergren 49,100
George Biliouras 89,900
Patrick Blye 48,400
Jean Francois Bouchard 41,500
Shawn Buchanan 34,900
Allen Butkovic 48,500
Daniel Buzgon 81,100
Matt Campbell 37,500
Marco Cannizzaro 58,200
Serge Cantin 49,200
Marco Caza 75,500
Stewart Chandler 58,300
Samuel Chartier 19,000
Andrew Cole 35,300
Zack Cooke 18,200
Guillaume Darcourt 82,200
Kevin Dawe 39,300
Joseph De Mers 60,900
Michael Dentale 57,000
Micheal Dietrich 63,000
Yann Dion 173,200
Chris Dombroski 183,300
Shane Donnelly 16,600
Jay Michael Dragland 82,000
Hugo Dumoulin 53,100
Marshall Dutcher 46,000
Michael Dybnis 110,500
Darren Elias 126,000
Antonio Esfandiari 113,300
Patrick Eskandar 119,500
Ivan Fazal Karim 33,100
Hauke Gerde 92,200
Roger Geremia 97,500
James Gibson 117,900
John Gordon 91,200
Andrew Graham 71,400
Lucas Greenwood 195,100
Samuel Greenwood 61,500
Max Greewood 30,700
Vincen Grenon 81,300
Nicholas P Grippo 157,300
Laurence Grondin 67,900
Jeffery Hagen 30,200
Lonnie Hallett 27,400
Silvio Harrison 24,300
Kyle Hartree 51,900
Loni Harwood 83,300
Michael Hunter 25,200
Per Martin Jacobson 111,200
Kyle Johnson 85,800
Micheal Jones 21,600
James Joyner 69,800
Ramzi Karam 83,100
Byron Kaverman 156,300
Daniel Kelly 18,900
Adam Kornuth 184,700
John Krpan 71,000
Christopher Kruk 46,300
Joseph Kueter 92,000
Maxime Laberge 60,900
Christina Marie Linderman 21,500
Xuan Liu 82,800
Jonas Mackoff 121,900
Kevin Macphee 134,100
Jeffrey Peter Madsen 35,100
Afshin Majidi 102,400
Matt Marafioti 119,300
Gregory Marcus 75,700
Mackenzie McDonald 92,500
Isabelle Mercier 55,200
Robert Miller 24,800
Adrian Milroy 39,300
Robert Morena 71,200
Ryan Moriarty 48,100
Eleftherios Moukas 41,600
Chopra Naveen 64,200
John Nelson 31,200
Carlo Nini 71,600
Stephen O'Dwyer 36,200
Greg Ostrander 134,000
Nektarios Papadedes 28,800
Matthew Parry 76,100
Nicholas Petrangelo 140,000
Zennawi Petros 75,500
Jean-Philippe Piquette 56,400
Jonathan Plens 49,200
Darren Rabinowitz 119,400
Ravi K Raghavan 67,900
Grayson Ramage 179,500
Victor Ramdin 44,000
David Randall 45,000
Micah Raskin 132,500
Martin Rauss 28,500
Derek Raymond 80,200
Guillaume Rivet 77,800
Derrick Rosenbarger 211,200
Valerie Ross 49,300
Matthew Salsberg 43,200
Jake Schwartz 92,300
Nikolai Sears 117,700
Scott Seiver 15,900
Maurice Simard 59,000
Gjergj Sinishtaj 73,300
Spencer Stacey 33,600
Keven Michael Stammen 104,800
Sasa Stancic 57,600
Stephen Standen 37,500
Carter Swidler 62,400
Ricky Tang 118,200
Irina Tchakarova 73,500
Travell Tomas 21,400
Samuel Bisrat Tsehai 92,000
Mike Vaynshteyn 51,100
Gordon Vayo 21,900
Ryan Weber 18,700
Dylan Wilkerson 42,400
Sean Winter 22,200
Jerry Wong 145,000
Macradij Yacoubian 25,800
Jesse Yaginuma 110,100
Anthony Zinno 19,200
Filed Under: Event 9 - Day 1b

The now-traditional “chip-bagging” tweets…

2013/12/01 12:36am by
  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1K
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 72.2K
  • Remaining: 128
  • Entries: 308


    • Some of the action on Twitter as Day 1b comes to a close…

     

     

     

     

     

    Filed Under: Event 9 - Day 1b

    Level 9 update

    2013/11/30 10:01pm by
  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 53.1K
  • Remaining: 174
  • Entries: 308


    • The players are back from their last break of the day and will now play the final two levels before bagging chips for tomorrow – or going to the cage to buy their bullet for Day 1c.

    During the break we found these to be the big stacks in the room:

    • 196K – Adam Kornuth
    • 178K – Yann Dion
    • 172K – Derrick Rosenbarger
    • 154K – Micah Raskin
    • 140K – Jeff Madsen
    Filed Under: Event 9 - Day 1b

    Some More Tweets Leading Up to the Dinner Break

    2013/11/30 7:44pm by
  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 40.3K
  • Remaining: 229
  • Entries: 308


    • Our Twitter feed has been active all day with players posting updates about their Day 1b experience. Here are a few that were posted leading up to the dinner break:

    Filed Under: Event 9 - Day 1b

    Dinnertime stack check

    2013/11/30 7:30pm by
  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 40.8K
  • Remaining: 223
  • Entries: 303


    • At the dinner break there are quite a few players breaking the 100K mark and the following 4 big stacks in Day 2.

    • 135K – Christopher Kruk
    • 127K – Yann Dion
    • 127K – David Randall
    • 124K – Jeffery Hagen

    The break is set to end in just over 5 minutes and at that point the tournament will continue for the final four levels of the day.

    Filed Under: Event 9 - Day 1b

    Photo Update!

    2013/11/30 7:16pm by
  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 40.8K
  • Remaining: 223
  • Entries: 303


    • Here are a few photos taken before the players went on their dinner break:

    Filed Under: Event 9 - Day 1b

    Dinner bell is ringing…

    2013/11/30 6:57pm by
  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 40.6K
  • Remaining: 224
  • Entries: 303


    • …so it’s time for the 45 minute dinner break in Day 1b of the WPT Montreal. There are still a few late registrants trickling into the tournament but we’ll have final registration numbers for today following the break.

    During the break we’ll get a better idea of the big stacks in the room as we head to the final four levels of the night.

    Filed Under: Event 9 - Day 1b

    Leaders at the 2nd break

    2013/11/30 5:00pm by
  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 150
  • Big Blind: 300
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 34.7K
  • Remaining: 258
  • Entries: 298


    • Players are just finishing their second break of the day and though the average is just 34.7K, a few players have built up much more imposing stacks. The top 5 chip leaders so far are:

    1. 117K – George Biliouras
    2. 91K – Simon Tang
    3. 86K – Jean-Louis L’Ecuyer
    4. 86K – Jay Michael Dragland
    5. 80K – Love Imari

    Notable eliminations in the past couple of levels include: Playground regular Bill Kontaratos and Mukul Pahuja.

    Players continue to register and late reg is open until the end of the dinner break after we play two more levels today.

    Filed Under: Event 9 - Day 1b

    Eye on the Prize!

    2013/11/30 4:39pm by
  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 150
  • Big Blind: 300
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 34k
  • Remaining: 263
  • Entries: 298


    • It’s another exciting day here at Playground Poker Club, with the PartyPoker WPT Main Event – Day 1b in full swing. The tournament room is filled with almost 300 players, including many poker icons, celebrities, and of course recreational players, and they all have one goal in common: taking down the WPT Montreal Main Event, which comes with a life changing payday, and the stunning WPT Montreal belt and trophy!

    Late Registration is still open for another 3 hours, so come on down and don’t miss your chance on being the next WPT Montreal Main Event Champion! Or you can join us tomorrow for Day 1c, which will begin at 12pm.

    WPT Main Event Trophy and Belt

    Filed Under: Event 9 - Day 1b

    Some Notables in the Field Today

    2013/11/30 3:09pm by
  • Level: 3
  • Small Blind: 75
  • Big Blind: 150
  • Ante: 25
  • Chip Average: 31.6K
  • Remaining: 261
  • Entries: 275


    • The tables at Day 1b of the PartyPoker WPT Montreal Main Event are full of poker pros, icons and celebrities today. Here are some of them we spotted in the first two levels of the day:

    Filed Under: Event 9 - Day 1b