Play has concluded in Day 1b of the Main Event of the Montréal Poker Expo. The tournament is a $1,000 + $100 NL Hold’em event with next-day re-entry and one more Day 1 following today’s starting flight.
Day 1b of the event attracted 200 entries, and at the end of the 13 levels of play today, there were 51 players who had survived to qualify for Day 2, to be held on Monday August 31st at 12pm.
Day 1c starts on Sunday at 11am. Any player who played in Day 1a or 1b may re-enter in Day 1c.
The following are player-reported chip counts and have not been verified by tournament staff. All chips have been sealed in bags and will remain so until play resumes on Day 2.
| First Name | Last Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| Cong Son | Dao | 319,000 |
| Poorya | Nazari | 301,300 |
| Jared | Newcombe | 261,900 |
| Louis | Boutin | 236,000 |
| Giovanni | Massa | 234,300 |
| Eric | Aucoin | 232,100 |
| Marcello | Miceli | 221,800 |
| Chan An | Luong | 218,600 |
| Miltiadis | Mavrigiannakis | 196,400 |
| Mike | Leah | 193,400 |
| Stephen R | Smith | 190,000 |
| Eric | Richer | 185,000 |
| Ami | Alibay | 170,000 |
| Julien | Lauzon | 151,100 |
| Chi-Hoa | Ngo | 150,300 |
| Dejan | Kovinic | 134,800 |
| Tony | De Stefano | 128,400 |
| Uri | Miro | 125,000 |
| Patrick | Braga | 123,300 |
| Jean-Pierre | Poirier | 117,600 |
| Alexander | Matveev | 112,700 |
| Denis | Cyr | 112,500 |
| Michael | Skinner | 111,500 |
| Jason | Mandanici-Turcot | 105,500 |
| Maxime | Laberge | 104,200 |
| Buck | Ramsay | 103,100 |
| Spencer | Stacey | 96,700 |
| Eric | Boissonneault | 90,900 |
| Philippe | Plouffe | 80,700 |
| Joseph | Delli Quadri | 79,800 |
| Marko | 74,000 | |
| Andrew | Boujaoude | 73,600 |
| Younan | Beddaoui | 72,500 |
| Alberto | Scuderi | 70,500 |
| Massimiliano | Cantrigliani | 69,600 |
| Daniel | Gagne | 69,500 |
| Mathieu | Boulanger-Vaugeois | 67,400 |
| Armand | King | 66,000 |
| Thomas | Lefort | 65,200 |
| Farzad | Zare | 59,100 |
| Matthew | Brunskole | 55,600 |
| Michel | Gariepy | 55,200 |
| David | Ormsby | 54,400 |
| Charles-Eric | Benoit | 50,300 |
| Cynthia | Andrew | 48,900 |
| Stephane | Edme | 41,900 |
| Tom | Kim Tien | 40,800 |
| Gary | Harrison | 31,300 |
| Hugo | Dumoulin | 31,300 |
| Robert | Notkin | 30,800 |
| Marc Antoine | Nadeau | 12,300 |
