Noy – he uses only his first name – is a talented regular in daily tournaments in the Montreal area who is known for going deep very often – but also for his unconventional play, particularly when he has a short stack.

In this case he raised preflop from middle position to 25K – with just 1.5K behind. Action folded to the small blind – Justin Mandair – who called. The big blind folded.

On the flop of both players checked. When the turn came , Noy checked again, only to face a bet from Justin big enough to put him all-in. Noy reluctantly called and turned over – but Justin held the and took the pot on a river . Noy was eliminated in 50th place.

The WPT Warm-up has had its first player eliminated for the day and it was pretty spectacular.

We arrived at the table to see a flop of and Lonnie Hallett, in Seat 5 and early position in the hand, had put Chi Tsun Chan (button) to a decision whether to call Lonnie’s reraise from 15K to 35K.

Chi Tsun Chan did call and the dealer dealt the turn: . Lonnie thought for a few seconds and bet his whole stack. Chi Tsun Chan didn’t have to think about it for long: “Call”.

When the cards were flipped over, there was no doubt. Lonnie turned over for the turned straight and a re-draw to a flush – while all Chi Tsun Chan could counter with was . He was drawing dead, and the insignificant river gave Lonnie the pot – and all of his opponents chips.

Since then, there have been a few other eliminations and the tournament is down to 63 players.

The 67 players who qualified for Day 1 in Event 4 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic are slowly filtering in and claiming their seats at the re-drawn 8 tables that will start the day. A couple of players are intently working on their phones – no doubt trying to find out information about their new table-mates. Others are getting coffee or ordering breakfast to be served table-side – anticipating a long day.

From the 67 players who start the day, the tournament will play down today to 10 players (i.e., to the final table). There will be a full seating redraw at 27 players, and play all day will be 9-handed though 5 tables will start 8-handed for balancing reasons.

Good luck!

Play in Day 1 of the $1000 + $100 WPT Warm-up began at 12pm and a total of 269 players joined the event before late registration closed after level 6. Of the 269 that started the event, 67 remain in contention in the tournament, which will resume with Day 2 at noon on Wednesday, November 19th.

There will be a full seating redraw to start Day 2. Please consult the table below for seating assignments and chip counts when play resumes.

The 68 players who are still alive in Event 4 are now bagging their chips as play has concluded for the day. The tournament will resume at 12pm tomorrow with level 14. There will be a full seating redraw to start the day – we’ll be publishing new new seating chart in about an hour or so.

Play in the $1000 + $100 WPT Warm-up has entered its final level of the day, and there are still 71 players left in the tournament after 12 and 1/2 levels of hard-fought poker. Everyone who survives today will return tomorrow at 12pm for Day 2 in the event, which will play down to a 10-player final table on Thursday.

Since the last break, several players have chipped up considerably. We’ll publish a full list of chip counts along with the seating draw for Day 2 once play wraps up today, but in a quick survey of the field there were a few players with over 250K in chips and at least one who may be closer to the 300K mark.