In three categories…
From the US
From Canada
Locals
Good luck to all!
The WPT Montreal always attracts is fair share – or more – of top “name” pros, but there are also a lot of more locally well-known players who may not be full-time poker players or travel the circuit extensively, but still have significant results on their resume, both at Playground and internationally.
Here’s a sample of some of these players to watch.
Players have taken their seats, announcements have been made, and cards are now in the air for Day 1c of the 2014 WPT Montreal! As anticipated, there are already more players at the tables today than on either of the previous Day 1s, and with late registration open for another 7 hours (5 3/4 hour-long levels, 2 15-minute breaks, and the 45 minute dinner break) that number will most likely climb a great deal more.
We’ll be following the action all day with photos and tournament updates, and be sure to follow the WPT Live Updates site for more tournament news and info.
It’s a beautiful Saturday in the Montreal area and final preparations are being made to welcome players to Playground Poker Club for Day 1c in the WPT Montreal. Today is the final starting flight of this year’s WPT Montreal, and as usual it is certain to be the largest starting day, and likely by quite a margin.
One of the factors that will increase participation today is the fact that a majority of the over 140 live satellite winners have not yet entered the tournament, not to mention the fact that there are still many pros who have not yet qualified for Day 2.
There are three promotions players should keep in mind today. First – the chip leader at the dinner break will receive a pair of Partypoker-branded Monster DNA headphones (courtesy of PartyPoker), and the chip leader at the end of the day will receive Monster DNA headphones courtesy of the World Poker Tour.
The third promotion is pretty amazing – any player that makes a Royal Flush today (using both hole cards, whether the hand goes to showdown or not) will win a free WPT Cruise (with a +1 as well)!
Good luck to all of the players today!
Here are the day-end chip counts for Day 1b of the WPT Montreal, Event 6 of the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic. There were a total of 209 entrants in the 2nd of 3 starting flights in the event, and 86 players have qualified for Day 2.
Day 1c runs tomorrow (Saturday November 22nd) at 11am. Any player who wishes to do so my re-enter the tournament on Day 1c. Players who qualify for Day 2 from multiple starting flights will have their smallest stack(s) removed from play.
Note that these are unverified player-counted chip counts. All chips have been sealed in bags until they return to play on Day 2.
| First Name | Last Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| Mike | Leah | 297,000 |
| Alim | Perales | 189,500 |
| Sheraz | Nasir | 179,900 |
| Jonathan | Jaffe | 173,000 |
| Mark | Darner | 162,700 |
| Harut | Arutyunyan | 154,700 |
| Maduka | Meragal | 145,100 |
| Christian | Harder | 140,200 |
| Yannick | Gauthier | 140,100 |
| David | Williams | 139,000 |
| Max | Greewood | 135,100 |
| Douglas | James | 129,400 |
| Edward | Arnold | 123,600 |
| Mark | Harding | 120,400 |
| Maurice | Hawkins | 114,600 |
| Janet | Callaway | 110,500 |
| Boyd | Oneill | 110,300 |
| Scott | Diver | 110,100 |
| Brandon | Steven | 104,700 |
| Christopher | Dixon Bell | 102,900 |
| Kalpesh | Raichura | 101,100 |
| Bob | Green | 100,100 |
| Todd | Terry | 100,000 |
| Nicholas | Petrangelo | 99,000 |
| Christopher | Clisby | 98,900 |
| Andrew | Frankenberger | 97,900 |
| Asem | Alsaadi | 94,600 |
| Jeffrey | Mulder | 89,500 |
| Gerald | Macleod | 89,300 |
| Vlad | Mezheritsky | 87,000 |
| Justin | Gardenhire | 84,900 |
| Marco | Caza | 84,000 |
| Alberto | Scuderi | 82,400 |
| Philippe | Plouffe | 79,100 |
| Zennawi | Petros | 76,500 |
| Byron | Kaverman | 70,400 |
| Niall | Farrell | 69,200 |
| David | Quang | 67,200 |
| Ricardo | Alvarado | 66,600 |
| Jason | Mercier | 66,100 |
| Philip | Hui | 66,100 |
| Serge | Cantin | 65,600 |
| Jimmy | Lee | 62,600 |
| Afshin | Majidi | 62,000 |
| David | Bolduc Hamel | 60,100 |
| Eraldo | Edouard | 57,400 |
| David Francis | Mcmann | 57,100 |
| Julien | Fauteux Delorme | 51,200 |
| Tyler | St Clair | 49,000 |
| Francois | Graton-Valiquette | 47,400 |
| Mike | McDonald | 46,200 |
| Benjamin | Leblond | 46,100 |
| Danny | Qutami | 44,500 |
| Joshua | Tieman | 43,800 |
| Todd | Sisley | 42,400 |
| Ki Joon | Nam | 42,300 |
| Matthew | Marafioti | 42,100 |
| Tamer | Alkamli | 41,000 |
| Gregory | Marcus | 40,000 |
| Yassin | Choukri | 39,200 |
| Osman | Soubra | 39,000 |
| Micah | Raskin | 38,400 |
| Deron | Noksana | 38,300 |
| Erwann | Pecheux | 36,600 |
| Edgar | Pavao | 36,200 |
| Danielle | Micallef | 33,900 |
| Shaun | Suller | 33,100 |
| Christopher | Annouza | 31,000 |
| Kyle | Wilson | 30,000 |
| Bartosz | Sobolewski | 28,700 |
| Jeff | Madsen | 28,400 |
| Macradij | Yacoubian | 27,900 |
| Lucas | Greenwood | 26,900 |
| Viken | Artinian | 26,600 |
| Spencer | Stacey | 26,100 |
| Jeffrey | Vandenberg | 25,900 |
| Arthur | W | 25,400 |
| Ben | Menache | 25,000 |
| Douglas | Watson | 23,600 |
| Linda | Huard | 23,300 |
| Peter | Jetten | 21,400 |
| Jiachen | Gong | 19,800 |
| Ryan | Cairns | 19,200 |
| Scott | Anderson | 18,900 |
| Daniel | Smith | 14,500 |
| Stephane | Houle | 12,900 |
We are nearing the half-way mark of the last level of play here in Day 1b of the WPT Montreal, and when the clock runs out in this 10th level of the day, the remaining players will bag and tag their chips onto Day 2. Player reported chip counts will be made available shortly after the conclusion of this day.
This was the second of 3 starting flights for this Main Event of the Playground Poker Fall Classic, and Day 1c is scheduled to start tomorrow at 11am.
Level 9 photos
Players have been tweeting about their experience at the WPT Montreal all day! Here are some of the messages we came across today:
Finally seated and ready for action at one of my favorite places to play @PlaygroundPoker after a long day of playing with food.
— David Williams (@dwpoker) November 21, 2014
Just sat down at WPT Montreal. It's day 1b, looking to make it through and have a day off tomorrow. Let's go!
— Jason Mercier (@JasonMercier) November 21, 2014
Our 5 to watch at #WPTMontreal includes @DylanWilkerson http://t.co/3rBb1MFiE3 pic.twitter.com/U0hlZ7qBGE
— partypoker (@partypokerUS) November 21, 2014
Nice to see so many poker pros enjoying their time in Canada at WPTMontreal. Seems it's becoming a must attend stop on the circuit.
— Mike Johnson (@MJohnsonPoker) November 21, 2014
I really must say, the chairs at @PlaygroundPoker make live poker much more enjoyable. More rooms should try to keep up with them.
— Tim Reilly (@TimReillyPoker) November 21, 2014
Just sat down at one of my favorite places to play poker for WPT day 1b @PlaygroundPoker @AllenKessler
— Christian Harder (@realcharder30) November 21, 2014
Playing day 1b of the #WPTMontreal event at @PlaygroundPoker – lets goooo! #partypoker
— Kara Scott (@KaraOTR) November 21, 2014
Bagged up 144k last night @partypoker @WPT @PlaygroundPoker. Get to enjoy 2 days off before day2 on Sunday #WPTMontreal
— Mukul Pahuja (@MukulPahuja) November 21, 2014
Lunch with dad then off to @PlaygroundPoker for day 1b of WPT
— Jason Lavallee (@constantcolorup) November 21, 2014
Good luck to the 2 Jeffs today @PlaygroundPoker @WPT #WPTMontreal Main Event @tragicjeff and @JeffMadsenobv
Eight levels have come and gone here in Day 1b of the WPT Montreal, and several players have managed to separate themselves from the average by growing some impressive stacks. Here are the current leaders and their approximate stacks:
Day 1b will resume upon the completion of 2 more levels.
In just a level and a half following the dinner break – when only Mike Leah was near the 150K mark and only a single other player held over 100K – and there are two new players vying for the top spot. Both Jonathan Jaffe and Mark Darner have chipped up considerably since we last checked and both of them have joined Mike near the top of the leaderboard with 2.5 levels left to play tonight.
The final break of the day will take place after this level (in about 25 minutes).
The WPT Montreal Day 1b is a few minutes into it’s 8th level of play, which means there are around 3 more hours left before players bag and tag their chips onto Day 2. With 209 players registered in today’s flight, the total number of entries so far in this Main Event is of 342. Tomorrow will the the third and last chance to participate in what is sure to be a massive prize pool, and if history has shown us anything, it’s that the last flight is generally the largest.
2004 WSOP Main Event Runner-up David Williams has made his way to the tables somewhere near the end of late registration, and has quickly grown his stack up to above average.
A few notables have already been eliminated, but with the Player’s Party scheduled tonight for 9pm at the Rail Coal Fire Bistro, many of them are still in the building, enjoying some delicious snacks and drinks at the bar. This list includes: Pratyush Buddiga, Timothy Reilly, Ankush Mandavia, Marc-Andre Ladouceur, Chanracy Khun, Eric Afriat, Marc-Etienne McLaughlin, amongst others.
Photographs taken during level 7
Finally seated and ready for action at one of my favorite places to play @PlaygroundPoker after a long day of playing with food.
— David Williams (@dwpoker) November 21, 2014
