Our PokerStars Tag Heuer Watch raffle winner has been randomly selected, and the winner is Carl Lashway! Players who purchased an early-bird tickets to the $1,100 Main Event of the Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival were automatically entered in a draw to win a PokerStars branded Tag Heuer Aquaracer watch, valued at $3,600!
Congratulations Carl!
Late registrants have continued to flow into Day 1b and in fact attendance today has already reached – and surpassed – the published capacity of 500 players for a Day 1.
We’re accepting alternates, however, until the end of Level 6 and two have been seated already bumping up the field size to 502.
It’s a beautiful day in the Montreal area and 418 players have taken their seats in Event 8, the Main Event of the Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival.
One unavoidable element of life on the South Shore in the area is bridges – Montreal is an island, after all, and to get from Montreal to Kahnawake there’s no alternative but to take a bridge. And where you have bridges, you have bridge construction! The start today was delayed by half an hour to let those stuck in traffic to get here when the tournament started today.
Remember as well that due to the massive turnout for the event, players will play through 13 levels of 45 minutes each day 1, with a 45-minute dinner break after level 8.
Good luck to all the players!