Play in Day 1c is now coming to the end of level 2, and with the end of the level will bring the first 15 minute break of the day.
Photos taken during level 2
As Mike Sexton exclaimed in his intro today – quoting Bruce Buffer – It’s Time!
Cards are now in the air for Day 1c and there are are already as many players seated in the tournament as there were after all 6 levels of late registration yesterday – so it’s definitely shaping up to be a huge day.
There are a few new faces in the field today that we haven’t seen in previous starting days in this year’s WPT Montreal, including local stars Marc-Etienne McLaughlin, Laurence Grondin, and Alexandre Lavigne. Also joining the field fresh off his 2nd place finish in Event 3 is Fabio Luongo, who has proven to be a talented poker player in recent years.
As with every Day 1 in this event, players today are playing 10 60-minute levels today with breaks every 2 levels and a 45-minute long dinner break after level 6. The end of the dinner break is also the end of late registration, so after that we’ll have a final count of the number of entries in the event and thus the prize pool.
Today is the third starting flight in the 2015 Partypoker.net WPT Montreal – Day 1c. History has proven that the final starting day is always the largest in terms of participation – so we’re expecting a huge day at the tables today.
Well over 50% of all satellite winners have not yet played their ticket, and it seems that most players who have determined in advance to only fire one bullet in the event tend to wait until the final starting day. As well, there are several well-known pros who haven’t yet qualified for Day 2 – we expect to see most of them back today as well.
Good luck to everyone today!
Day 1b of the Partypoker.net WPT Montreal began at 11am on November 14th and played through 10 60-minute levels before play was suspended as scheduled. There were 235 total entries today and of those, 96 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 the remaining starting flight, Day 1c. Of course any player who has not already qualified for Day 2 may also play in Day 1c. 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 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 Name | Last Name | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Abdallah | Aljboul | 252,300 |
| Marco | Caza | 252,000 |
| Michael | Tieu | 220,300 |
| Freddy | Deeb | 180,000 |
| Daniel | Notice | 175,700 |
| Carlos Alberto | Gerones Sanchez | 157,100 |
| Patrick | Blye | 153,600 |
| Anthony Robert | Diotte | 149,000 |
| Ronald | Laplante | 144,600 |
| Michael | Linster | 141,400 |
| Marc Andre | Ladouceur | 127,500 |
| Matthieu | Boisvert | 126,400 |
| Rainer | Kempe | 123,700 |
| Seth David | Davies | 120,800 |
| Michael | McDonald | 116,200 |
| Justin | Liberto | 114,500 |
| Douglas James | Mackinnon | 113,800 |
| Ward | Hewitt | 112,700 |
| Carl | Martel | 112,000 |
| Craig | Stewart | 109,000 |
| Timothy | Reilly | 101,500 |
| Jonathan | Duhamel | 99,400 |
| Scott | Diver | 90,000 |
| Jean Pierre | Sevigny | 89,600 |
| Yazan | Jerab | 88,500 |
| Mike | Sexton | 82,900 |
| Darren | Elias | 82,600 |
| Charles | La Boissonniere | 82,200 |
| Shawn A | Martell | 81,600 |
| Osman | Soubra | 81,000 |
| Macradij | Yacoubian | 80,300 |
| Dimitrios | Plessas | 77,400 |
| Bichr | Awad | 75,500 |
| Philippe | Landy | 75,100 |
| Patrick | St-Onge | 74,800 |
| Krzysztof | Birecki | 74,700 |
| Ashton | Chin | 74,200 |
| Jonathan | Jaffe | 71,700 |
| Randall David | Pfeifer | 68,900 |
| Rong | Xu | 68,900 |
| Todd | Sisley | 67,400 |
| Marcello | Rosa | 66,600 |
| Derek | Verrian | 66,000 |
| Mark | Bailey | 65,800 |
| Bryce | Potter | 64,300 |
| Romain | Paon | 64,000 |
| James Augustin | Joyner IV | 63,300 |
| Patrick Stephen | La Vecchia | 61,700 |
| Shakeeb | Kazemipur | 61,500 |
| Samuel | Chartier | 60,900 |
| Yung Hao | Hwang | 60,000 |
| Steven | Tabb | 59,200 |
| Kayvan | Payman | 58,000 |
| Eric | Levesque | 57,500 |
| Edouard | Dupuis | 55,000 |
| Kevin | Macphee | 54,300 |
| Jeffrey Dale | Gross | 53,000 |
| Ratharam | Sivagnanam | 52,600 |
| Erwann | Pecheux | 51,000 |
| Steve | Karp | 50,400 |
| Brian | Yoon | 47,300 |
| Lee | French | 45,600 |
| Kyle | Bowker | 45,000 |
| Dany | Middleton | 42,700 |
| Eric | Vallee | 42,300 |
| Lawrence | Greenberg | 41,500 |
| Ami | Alibay | 40,000 |
| AJ | Gambino | 39,600 |
| Demo | Kiriopoulos | 39,300 |
| Harley | Stoffmaker | 38,400 |
| Mikael | Guenard | 38,200 |
| Ouri | Ohayon | 38,100 |
| Olivier | Demers | 37,800 |
| Jason | Guiley | 36,100 |
| Timothy | Miles | 34,300 |
| Martin | Dvorak | 34,100 |
| Ivan | Fazal Karim | 33,600 |
| Alexander James | Allison | 33,200 |
| Chris | Alafogiannis | 33,100 |
| Tom | Thomas | 33,100 |
| Stan J | Jablonski | 32,900 |
| Alexander | Villa | 32,100 |
| Ernie | Zambri | 32,000 |
| Jonathan | Cameron | 31,100 |
| Mary Louise | Mosher | 30,100 |
| James A | Khol | 29,000 |
| Justin | Ouimette | 28,900 |
| Philippe | D Auteuil | 28,400 |
| Joe | Serock | 28,000 |
| Ryan | Hall | 26,600 |
| David Joel Clyde | Harnish | 24,700 |
| Alexandre | Lauziere | 21,100 |
| Joseph | Andres | 20,700 |
| Minh Hoang | Doan | 20,600 |
| Quentin | Siffledeen | 12,000 |
| Neil | Macleod | 10,000 |
Time is up in Day 1B of the WPT Montreal, and of the 235 players that started this flight, 96 have survived to bag their chips onto Day 2.
Two players share the lead, as Abdallah Aljboul and Marco Caza both bagged 252,000, while Michael Tieu bagged 220,300, good for third place in this second flight.
The full list of player-reported chip counts is being tabulated as we speak, and we will be posting it very shortly.
Photographs from the last level of play:
Day 1B of the WPT Montreal has just reached level 10, and this will be the last level of play for the night. Once the clock is up, the remaining players will bag their chips onto Day 2.
Tomorrow will be the last chance for players to participate in this WPT Montreal, with Day 1C starting at 11am. Late registration will remain open through until the end of the first break, or roughly 6:20pm.
Photographs from level 9:
Michael Tieu built his stack early on in the night, and has steadily been adding to it. He has maintained the chip lead since the early levels, and still holds the biggest stack as play enters level 9.
Day 1B will go on for 2 more levels before the remaining players bag and tag their chips onto Day 2.
Here is a look at the current leaderboard:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Michael | Tieu | 186,300 |
| Abdallah | Aljboul | 161,300 |
| Jonathan | Jaffe | 153,000 |
| Ward | Hewitt | 140,700 |
| Randal David | Pfeifer | 133,300 |
| Macradij | Yacoubian | 120,200 |
| Kyle | Bowker | 115,200 |
| Michael | Linster | 114,700 |
| Marco | Caza | 111,100 |
| Scott | Diver | 103,500 |
| Shakeeb | Kazempur | 103,100 |
| Shawn | Martell | 100,200 |
| Freddy | Deeb | 98,000 |
| Ratharam | Sivagnanam | 93,200 |
| Jonathan | Duhamel | 88,100 |
Photographs from levels 7 and 8:
Day 1B of the WPT Montreal is returning from dinner break, and with this came the close of the registration period. 235 players entered this second flight of the WPT Montreal, bringing our total up to 362 runners so far. Tomorrow is the final flight, as Day 1C starts at 11am, with late registration open until around 6:20pm.
During the break we brought an update on the leaderboard. Here is a look at the top stacks entering level 7:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Michael | Tieu | 160,025 |
| Randal David | Pfeifer | 128,100 |
| Shawn | Martell | 106,300 |
| Ward | Hewitt | 102,300 |
| Abdalla | Aljboul | 100,300 |
| Daniel | Notice | 99,400 |
A few additional counts:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Freddy | Deeb | 78,400 |
| Michael | Linster | 77,300 |
| Jonathan | Duhamel | 71,450 |
| Ami | Alibay | 71,450 |
| Marc-Andre | Ladouceur | 62,625 |
| Kevin | MacPhee | 57,550 |
| Samuel | Chartier | 56,400 |
| Ratharam | Sivagnanam | 54,275 |
| Marco | Caza | 50,700 |
| Philippe | D'Auteuil | 50,500 |
| Timothy | Reilly | 50,100 |
| Mike | Sexton | 44,075 |
| Jonathan | Jaffe | 30,800 |
| Ron | Laplante | 30,650 |
| Liv | Boeree | 29,600 |
| Alexander | Allison | 28,200 |
| Jeff | Gross | 23,950 |
| Rayan | Chamas | 19,950 |
| Robert | Notkin | 17,400 |
| Will | Molson | 15,325 |
| Darren | Elias | 10,825 |
| Darryll Scott | Fish | 9,500 |
| Daniel | Suied | 0 |
| Gary | Lucci | 0 |
| Sheraz | Nasir | 0 |
| Robert | Kuhn | 0 |
| Chanracy | Khun | 0 |
Players in Day 1B of the WPT Montreal have just completed 6 levels of play, and are now going on a 45-minute dinner break. When they come back, they will play 4 more levels before going on break for tonight.
Photographs from levels 5 and 6:
Michael Tieu has already amassed over 145,000 tournament chips going into level 5, which represents a huge lead on the field – 2nd place at the moment is playing just a 92,000 stack. There’s still a long way to go, however, so we’ll be monitoring his progress the rest of the way.
At the end of the last level and during the break we had a few more big names join the event – Liv Boeree, Joe Serock, and Igor Kurganov have all taken their seats in the tournament.
Photos taken during level 4
