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:

Jared Mahoney

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!

Early in Day 1a of a multi-day poker tournament is never the busiest time in the event, but there are players who like to get at it as soon as they can, pros and amateurs alike.

The early registrants in today’s WPT starting flight include some of the biggest names in the world of poker:

• Michael McDonald
• Darren Elias
• Mike Leah
• TJ Ulmer
• Yann Dion
• Carter Swidler
• Eric Afriat
• Dylan Wilkerson
• Marco Caza
• George Caragiorgas

As well, one of Montreal’s biggest names from outside the poker world is also at the tables – hockey legend Guy Carbonneau is here!

Today is Day 13 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic, and it’s a very big day: it’s also Day 1a of the Partypoker.net WPT Montreal!

This is the 4th WPT Montreal we’ve hosted here at Playground Poker Club (in addition to 3 other WPT events in the Spring), and if past events are any indication, this is certain to be one of the great events of the poker year.

Each of the 3 Day 1s will play through 10 60-minute levels before the players who survive the day bag up their chips to return for Day 2 on Monday, November 16th. Late registration in the tournament is available until the end of the dinner break following level 6. In other words, players may enter the event any time until 6:15pm on any Day 1.

Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten and the Royal Flush Girls just helped us to get the event started on the right foot, as Mike delivered the most famous words in poker: Dealers, shuffle up and deal” – and with that, the event is underway.