Double Belt-winner Jean-Philippe Piquette has been eliminated from the event. He started the day with a very small stack, which he managed to grow somewhat while staving off elimination in the early rounds, but finally he got his stack in the middle holding while Jonathan Barrette re-shoved with .

The board was dealt: and then the turn , which sealed it for JPP. The river was a (frustrating) , and Jean Philippe hit the rail.

Here are the day-end chip counts for Day 1c of the WPT Montreal, Event 6 of the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic. There were a total of 390 entrants in the final starting flight in the event, and 171 players have qualified for Day 2.

Day 2 in the WPT Montreal begins at 12pm on Sunday, November 23. The Day 2 seating draw and combined chip counts will be published shortly.

Note that these are unverified player-counted chip counts. All chips have been sealed in bags until they return to play on Day 2.

Alexis Urli managed to accumulate 290,700 chips today, putting him in the chiplead after Day 1c. Full player reported stacks will be made available shortly.

Alexis Urli bagging his 290,700 chips 

Some Tweets at the end of Day 1c

Day 1C ends @partypoker #WPTMontreal @PlaygroundPoker w/171 players advancing from 390. 302 return for Day 2 at noon Sun. /bit.ly/1F4pcXO

— WPT Live Updates (@WPTlive) November 23, 2014

92k for 1200bb tomorrow. Played some cute hands today. #WPTMontreal @888poker

— Xuan Liu (@xxl23) November 23, 2014

Well we played a few weird ones and ended up bagging 42k. Coming back tomorrow at 1200bb to try to right things. #WPTMontreal

— Tim Reilly (@TimReillyPoker) November 23, 2014

Went on a little bit of a heater. 61,600 chips going into day 2. Blinds will 600-1200 100ante #WPTMontreal

— Steven Kerr (@SkinnySteve) November 23, 2014

VIDEO: What it means to be a club “for the players, by the players” at @PlaygroundPoker http://t.co/LTqcT97imZ pic.twitter.com/CB8mn2fI3V

— PokerNews (@PokerNews) November 23, 2014

We’re nearing the half-way mark of the last level of play in Day 1c of the WPT Montreal, which was by far the biggest of the three starting flights. Given the total amount of chips in play today, we can expect to see the overall chipleader of Day 1 to come out of this flight (although that is not a guarantee).

Shortly after players have finished bagging and tagging their chips, we will be publishing the player reported chip counts from all of the players who have qualified for Day 2, as well as the seating arrangements.

Day 2 will take place tomorrow at 12pm in the tournament hall here at Playground Poker Club.

Photographs taken during level 9

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There are still 247 players remaining in Day 1c of the 2014 WPT Montreal, and during the break we found out who are the chip leaders among the players still in the tournament.

1. Gary Lucci – 159K
2. Jean-François Bouchard – 151K
3. Marc-André Ladouceur – 145K
4. Pascal Lefrançois – 139K
4. Craig Masley – 139K
6. “All American Dave” Swanson – 134K

The chip leader at the dinner break has lost a few and is down just under 100K.

Photographs taken during level 8 of the WPT Montreal Day 1c

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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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