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.

Already more than 100 players have been eliminated out of Day 1 of Event 4, and the field is now down to 165 players. The tournament is now being played 9-handed, with still 6 more 45-minute levels to go before the end of Day 1.

The tournament staff is currently preparing itself for tonight’s 50/50 Bounty event, which is a $100 + $20 + $100 No Limit Hold’em event. It is schedule to start at 7:30pm, be sure not to miss this bracelet event!

Photographs from levels 7 and 8

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Late registration ends after the players’ current break, so we’ll have a final tally of the number of players in today’s $1000 + $100 WPT Warm-up shortly, and the prize pool and payout structure will follow shortly.

During the break we found the chip leaders at this stage in the tournament.

1. Dustin Centanni – 166K
2. Jean-Louis Arseneau – 123K
3. Andrew Hansen – 107K
4. David Barter – 99K
5. Mike Lafable – 87K

Andrew Hansen

David Barter

Jean-Louis Arseneau

Mike Lafable

Dustin Centanni

Level 5 has just finished here in Day 1 of Event 4 – The WPT Warm-Up, and there will be a short break after this next level. We’ve already seen a few notables hit the rail, such as Christopher McClung, Laurence Grondin, Ankush Mandavia, Kevin MacPhee, Will Molson, Jonathan Roy, Patrick Braga, Rayan Chamas, Jean-Philippe Piquette, and Ami Alibay.

Level 5 photographs

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The pace has slowed a little bit, but players continue to join Event 4 as registration has climbed to 259 players.

Since our last post some other notable players have joined the field as well.

Online masters

• Timothy Ulmer
• Rayan Chamas

International travellers (regularly play in events worldwide)

• Kitty Chen
• Russell Thomas
• William Molson
• Kevin Macphee

Playground Players Club

• Chanracy Khun
• Jonathan Roy
• Jean-Philippe Piquette
• Philippe Plouffe

Previous Playground Event Winners

• Jason Comtois
• Mike Lafable
• Vince Dwyer

Three levels is a little fast for many players to have built up big stacks, but nevertheless there are already 4 players at or over 65K as play resumes in level 4:

• Eraldo Edouard
• Dustin Centanni
• Andrew Hansen
• Philippe Plouffe

The field in the $1,100 WPT Warm-up keeps growing – it’s already up near 250 players with another 3+ levels of late registration available. Players will have their first break of the day at the end of this level (in 9 minutes).

There are many players of note in the field – here’s a sampling of the big names playing today:

• Yann Dion
• Ankush Mandavia
• Carter Swidler
• Brian Yoon
• Ricky Tang
• David Barter
• Carla Sabini
• Philippe Bouchard
• Ami Alibay
• Connor Drinan
• Chris McClung
• Laurence Grondin
• Kalpesh Raichura
• Fabio Luongo

Event 4 is still growing, and 213 players have already entered the tournament with another 4 levels of late-reg yet to come. The trend to strong fields we have seen so far in Events 1 and 3 seems to be continuing today.

Photos from levels 1 and 2

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The players have taken their seats and cards are now in the air for the $1000 + $100 WPT Warm-up! 153 players have registered so far, but with late registration open until the end of level 6, there’s still a lot of time for players to join in the action.

The starting stack is 25K and blinds for Day 1 are 45 minutes long. Play will continue for 13 levels today and then the players will bag their chips to return for Day 2 tomorrow at 12pm. Tables are starting 10-handed but will move to 9-handed tables as soon as possible.

Good luck!