Eric Aucoin was the clear chip leader at the break – the next stack following his was just 116K. After the player in 2nd place, though, there were quite a few players running close behind.

2. Gary Lucci – 116K
3. Ryan Rivers – 108K
4. Jamil Wakil – 104K
5. Pascal Lefrançois – 101K
6. Marc-André Ladouceur – 100K

The chip leader at the dinner break of each Day 1 had an extra bonus in this year’s WPT Montreal – they received a pair of Partypoker branded Monster DNA Headphones!

The winner for Day 1c, with 177,800 in chips at the break, was Eric Aucoin!

Congratulations Eric!

Arguably the biggest hero of the past few World Series’ of Poker in Las Vegas was not known for his skills at the table, but for putting food on the table. All-American Dave, as David Swanson is known, offered fresh, healthy food delivery to WSOP players, helping them to avoid fried other junk food – which is pretty important in an endurance event like any poker tournament.

Well, Dave may turn the tables this week and show the poker world that not only can he feed them well, he can hold his own with them at the tables as well. Dave took his seat earlier in Day 1c and so far has been accumulating a healthy stack.

First break after 20 minutes of play. 65k blinds going to 150/300 50 ante. #EATTRAINrunBetter

— David Swanson (@AllAmericanDave) November 22, 2014

Here are some more photos of the action in Day 1c of the 2014 WPT Montreal.

Photos from level 4

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Play has begun in level 5 and during the last 15-minute break we found the chip leaders in today’s starting flight to this point.

1. Eric Auclair – 93K
2. Daniel Suied – 91K
3. Sebastien Labbe – 87K
4. Jean-Manuel Estrala – 86K
5. Jair Beltran – 75K
6. Brian Yoon – 74K

Daniel “Miami Boss” Suied looks to be the first player in today’s starting flight to hit the 100K mark. We’ll put together a new list of Day 1c leaders during the next break, in about 10 minutes.

There are no formal feature tables in the starting flights of the WPT Montreal, but one table in particular grabbed our interest during the first few levels today. Table 33 doesn’t have any big-name stars on it, but it is filled with solid players with strong poker resumes.

It’s probably lucky for some of these players that their table is 2nd on the current breaking order!

• Gilbert Diaz – A French pro with results in big events all over Europe in the past 5 years including several victories in EPT side events.
• Ruben Perceval – Ruben is a local player who has made several deep runs in big events here at Playground Poker Club.
• Ricky Tang – From Toronto, Ricky has had fantastic results in events at Playground Poker Club including a 2nd in the $1.1K in last year’s Fall Classic, but he also has results in events in both North American and Europe going back to at least 2006.
• Daniel Strelitz – Daniel placed 2nd in the $1.1K WPT Warm-up in this year’s Fall Classic, but is also known for having won a huge prize in an event in the Bicycle Casino’s Mega Millions X series earlier this year.
• Brian Yoon – Brian is an up-and-coming star, having already won two WSOP bracelets including the 2013 Little One for One Drop. He has also won an event in this year’s Fall Classic – the 50/50 Bounty held earlier this week.
• Michael Malm – Michael is also a player with a great track record at Playground Poker Club and who has also won a WSOP bracelet. His best result here was a win in a $550 in the spring of this year.

A few well-known players have joined the tables in the past level or so: Past champion Jonathan Roy, Eric Afriat, Will Failla, Pascal LeFrancois, Chanracy Khun, and Tim Reilly have all joined the event. In addition, several of the final table participants in the $1000 + $100 WPT Warm-up event have also joined: Graham Lupton, Faisal Khan (who won), Daniel Strelitz (2nd), and Vlad Faubert.