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WPT Montreal Day 1a – final counts

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Day 1a of the Partypoker.net WPT Montreal began at 11am on November 13th and played through 10 60-minute levels before play was suspended as scheduled. There were 127 total entries today and of those, 45 players still had a stack at the end of the evening and bagged up their chips to return on Day 2.

This is a next-day re-entry event, meaning that any player – qualified for Day 2 or not – may choose to play in one or both of the remaining starting flights. Of course any player who has not already qualified for Day 2 may also play one or both remaining starting days as well. In the event that a player qualifies twice (or 3 times), only their largest single-day stack will be returned to action in Day 2. Playground Poker Club will report on any such variance along with the full seating draw for Day 2.

The following are player-provided counts and although we do our utmost to verify that players are reporting their precise count, it’s the physical chips sealed in their bags which are returned to play on Day 2.

Day 1b begins on Saturday November 14th at 11am, Day 1c begins on Sunday November 15th at 11am, and Day 2 begins on Monday November 16th at 12pm.

Congratulations to everyone who has qualified for Day 2.

First NameLast NameStack
BrianAltman221,600
JacquesFrenette190,400
Jared MMahoney181,900
Alexander WilliamKeating181,500
ThomasLefort156,200
SamuelBarre151,800
JohnMcLeod144,700
TimothyUlmer140,000
JairBeltran121,700
Tanner PatrickMillen111,400
IbrahimHaddad110,100
MikeLeah107,700
JohnKrpan107,000
JamesYang104,200
Samuel RobertPhillips92,700
PascalLefrancois91,300
KevinMacDonald90,000
David GeorgeCowling89,000
StevenMartin88,900
HeldarJunior88,700
Herbert Paul J.R.Montabalno87,900
Jeffrey PeterMadsen86,900
SebastianTejada84,100
WillFailla79,800
AnthonyZinno77,000
MadukaMeragal70,500
YannDion64,700
Michael WilliamComisso62,000
Jeremie PierreSarda61,900
Gabriel AlejandroAndrade Arellano61,000
RichardRogers53,700
JacobToole50,000
AmbroseNg46,300
MichaelKane45,500
GeorgeJames40,100
ChristopherLockhart39,700
MichaelWatson38,900
AntonioEsfandiari29,600
DylanWilkerson28,300
SusanWiley28,000
SebastienSikorski26,100
BenoitJean24,500
MichaelWang23,300
Michael PhilippeGathy21,600
DeanMurphy20,000

Day 1A of the WPT Montreal is over

  • Level: 11
  • Small Blind: 600
  • Big Blind: 1.2K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 84.7K
  • Remaining: 45
  • Entries: 127


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    Time has run out here in Day 1A of the WPT Montreal, and out of the 127 runners that started the day, 45 survived through 10 levels and have bagged some chips for Day 2, scheduled at 12pm on Monday November 16th.

    Brian Altman bagged the biggest stack tonight, as he accumulated a total of 221,600 chips. Other big stacks include Jacques Frenette (190,400), Jared Mahoney (181,900) and John McLeod (181,500). As soon as the counts are ready, we will publish the full list of player-reported chip counts of this Day 1A.

    Day 1B starts at 11am tomorrow. See you there!

    Photographs from level 10:

    Altman takes over the lead with one level to go

  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1K
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 70.6K
  • Remaining: 54
  • Entries: 127


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    Brain Altman has recently taken over the chip lead here in Day 1A of the WPT Montreal, as he recently stacked table-opponent Ryan Rivers to climb well over the 200,000 mark.

    Level 10 has just began, and once time runs out in this level, the surviving players will bag and tag their chips onto Day 2.

    Photographs from level 9:

    Mahoney still on top; new leaderboard

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 57.7K
  • Remaining: 66
  • Entries: 127


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    After 8 levels of play, it is still Jared Mahoney who leads the way here in Day 1A of the WPT Montreal. Below is a list of the top stacks, as play enters level 9. Two levels remain before the end of the day.

    First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
    JaredMahoney175,600
    BrianAltman170,100
    Jeremie PierreSarda134,200
    SamuelBarre131,000
    Yann Dion130,700
    RyanRivers118,600
    JeffMadson107,400
    SebastianTejada106,200
    HeldarJunior105,500
    Alexander WilliamKeating99,900
    Steven Martin92,600
    TJ Ulmer88,100
    EddySabat87,900

    Post-dinner Photo Set

  • Level: 8
  • Small Blind: 300
  • Big Blind: 600
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 52.9K
  • Remaining: 72
  • Entries: 127


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    Photographs taken during levels 7 and 8:

    Mahoney the top stack at dinner break

  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 43.3K
  • Remaining: 88
  • Entries: 127


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    Players in Day 1A of the WPT Montreal have just come off their dinner break, and leading the way after 6 levels of play is Jared Mahoney, as he currently sits on 146,925. Only 3 other players have breached the 6-figure mark: Samuel Barre (122,950), Brian Altman (115,775) and John Mcleod (100,700).

    The start of level 7 also meant the end of the registration period, and a total of 127 players have registered for this first flight of the WPT Montreal. Two more flights remain, with Day 1B scheduled at 11am tomorrow Saturday November 14th, and and Day 1C on Sunday the 15th at 11am.

    Here are the top 10 stacks as play enters level 7:

    First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
    JaredMahoney146925
    SamuelBarre122950
    BrianAltman115775
    JohnMcLeod100700
    BennyChen89800
    RyanRivers89650
    AntonioEsfandiari84900
    Steven Martin83900
    Jeremie PierreSarda81600
    MadukaMeragal74350
    Jared Mahoney

    Jared Mahoney

    Pre-dinner Photo Set

  • Level: 6
  • Small Blind: 200
  • Big Blind: 400
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 40K
  • Remaining: 94
  • Entries: 125


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    Day 1A of the WPT Montreal is well into level 6, and there will be a 45-minute dinner break following the completion of this level. The end of this break will coincide with the closing of the registration period for this first of three starting flights, and players therefore have until around 6:20pm if they wish to jump in.

    Photographs from levels 5 and 6:

    A few more shots of Day 1a

  • Level: 4
  • Small Blind: 100
  • Big Blind: 200
  • Ante: 25
  • Chip Average: 35.1K
  • Remaining: 100
  • Entries: 117


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    Here are some additional photos of players in Day 1a of the WPT Montreal.

    Photos taken during level 4

    A few recent additions

  • Level: 3
  • Small Blind: 75
  • Big Blind: 150
  • Ante: 25
  • Chip Average: 32K
  • Remaining: 104
  • Entries: 111


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    There is a break after every 2 hours today and the players have just returned from their first such break, during which we added a couple of names to our new “Live” Chip counts page. You can follow along (as our resources for counting permit) by clicking on the link with the black background on the upper right of any page on the blog.

    Before and after the first break, players have continued to join the field. Some of them are household names (in poker-playing households, anyhow) and others – possibly – soon-to-be household names:

    • Freddy Deeb
    • Kevin MacPhee
    • Will Failla
    • Samuel Chartier
    • Brian Yoon
    • Ami Alibay

    Welcome to the tournament and good luck!

    Some early photos of the WPT Day 1a

  • Level: 2
  • Small Blind: 75
  • Big Blind: 150
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 32K
  • Remaining: 88
  • Entries: 94


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    Registration is building at a steady rate and play is well underway with almost 2 levels completed and already 5 players who have busted from the event. Remember, players who are eliminated early today may NOT re-enter today, but they MAY re-enter on Day 1b and/or Day 1c.

    Here are a few photos of the action early in Day 1a of the 2015 WPT Montreal.

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