The field in the WPT Montreal is now 80-player wide, which is just 4 eliminations from the money. Play should get to hand-for-hand soon, and just moved to 8-handed action.
Carl Martel (pictured left) opened to 9,000 and Samuel Bisrat Tsehai (pictured middle) moved all-in for 88,000. Anthony Zinno (pictured right) then raised all-in for around 135,000, and Carl made the call to put them both at risk.
Anthony: 
Samuel: 
Carl: 
Anthony was in a great spot to run up his stack just before the money, but Carl found a flush on the 
board to send both players to the rail, while Carl climbed up above 410,000.
A sizeable pot was just shipped towards Feizal Satchu, shifting the chip lead his way.
On the turn of a 
board and with around 50,000 in the pot, Michael check-raised his opponent to 80,000, and then fired a bet of 125,000 on a 
river. Feizal quickly threw in a calling chip, and Michael rapped the table, saying “Good Call” as he turned over 
. Feizal tabled a monstrous 
and picked up the huge pot, propelling him above 675,000 and into the chip lead. Michael now holds around 350,000 after the hand.
With the field now down to 90 players, the Action Clock is being brought into play. The tournament is also in transition to 8-handed play, and will officially become so when the field drop to 80 players.
Action has resumed in level 16 in the WPT Montreal Day 2, and in a few eliminations the Action Clock will kick in.
As the players were enjoying their 45 minute dinner break, featuring a complementary buffet, the WPT staff was helping install the Action Clocks on the tables, which will come into play once the field reached the final 90 players. More information about the Action Clock can be found here.
We took this opportunity to bring an update on the leaderboard as we begin to approach the money bubble. Michael Mizrachi has maintains the top spot and distanced himself a little from the rest of the field.
Top counts heading into level 16:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Michael | Mizrachi | 574,000 |
| Brendan Ziyad | Baksh | 509,000 |
| Alexander | Keating | 501,000 |
| Debra Ann | Holman | 501,000 |
| Feizal | Satchu | 442,000 |
| Yu | Gao | 436,000 |
| Darren | Keyes | 416,500 |
| Ari | Engel | 388,000 |
| Mark | Ruzycky | 383,000 |
| Eric | Afriat | 382,500 |
| Shane | Currey | 372,000 |
| Noeung | Troeung | 344,500 |
| Duff | Charette | 341,500 |
| David | Peters | 338,500 |
| Ryan | Rivers | 329,000 |
| Mike | Leah | 312,000 |
| Dean Allen | Baranowski | 306,000 |
| Lawrence | Ma | 293,000 |
| Yimin | Wang | 284,000 |
| Marc-Andre | Ladouceur | 275,500 |
| Adam | Shannon | 275,000 |
The WPT Montreal Day 2 is now on a 45 minute dinner-break, where the players can enjoy a buffet offered by the house. During this time we will compiled a new leaderboard – stay tuned!
Photographs from level 15:
