Event 9 – $1,000 + $100 Montréal Poker Expo Main Event – Page 9

Welcome to Day 1c of the Main Event!

Level: 1

Small Blind: 50

Big Blind: 100

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 30K

Remaining: 173

Entries: 173

2015/08/30 - 11:07 by

Players are arriving at their assigned tournament tables and play is about to get going in Day 1c of the Montréal Poker Expo Main Event. This is the third of three starting flights in the event, and will almost certainly be larger than either Day 1b or Day 1a – in fact, it may attract as many entries as both of them combined – or close.

There were a total of 186 Satellite winners for this event, and although we have seen several of these players in the event already, the final starting day is by far the biggest day for satellite winners.

As has been the case for each starting flight so far, players will play through 13 45-minute levels today before bagging chips to return on Day 2. There are already 85 players qualified for Day 2 and today should add at least 50 more to the restart list for Monday’s restart.

Good luck to everyone today!

Main Event Day 1b final chip counts

2015/08/29 - 23:14 by

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

Day 1b is a wrap!

Level: 14

Small Blind: 1.2K

Big Blind: 2.4K

Ante: 300

Chip Average: 117.6K

Remaining: 51

Entries: 200

2015/08/29 - 21:57 by Playground Poker

The second flight of the Main Even of the Montréal Poker Expo is now complete, and 51 players have survived through the day and locked in a spot for Day 2. Combined with yesterdays 33 players, 84 have already made their seat for Day 2.

Leading the field tonight is Cong Son Dao, who after a huge last level, bagged 319,000 in chips. This still trails yesterday’s chip leader Leandre St-Laurent, but only by a few thousand. Other big stacks of the night include Poorya Nazari (301,300), Jared Newcombe (261,900), Louis Boutin (236,000), Giovanni Massa (234,300), Marcello Miceli (221,800), Chan An Luong (218,600), Miltiadis Mavrigiannakis (196,400), Mike Leah (193,400), amongst others. We will be publishing the full list of player-reported chip counts in a few minutes.

One final flight remains, as Day 1c is scheduled for 11:00am tomorrow. It will surely be a packed flight, so don’t miss your chance to participate in this amazing event brought to you by Playground Poker Club!

Cong Son Dao

Photographs from level 13:

Last level of the night

Level: 13

Small Blind: 1K

Big Blind: 2K

Ante: 300

Chip Average: 103.4K

Remaining: 58

Entries: 200

2015/08/29 - 20:57 by Playground Poker

Only one 45-minute level separates the remaining players of Day 1b from qualifying onto Day 2. There are still 58 players at this moment.

Photographs from level 12:

Last break is over; New leaderboard

Level: 12

Small Blind: 800

Big Blind: 1.6K

Ante: 200

Chip Average: 90.9K

Remaining: 66

Entries: 200

2015/08/29 - 20:18 by Playground Poker

Eric Aucoin has taken over the chip lead in the recent level, however he has a number of players on his tail. Mike Leah is also steadily growing his chips, as he has recently breached the 6 figure mark and now holds 106,000. Here is an update on the leaderboard:

Name	Chip Count
Eric Aucoin	254,000
Louis Boutin	240,000
Chan An Luong	224,000
Cong Son Dao	196,000
Patrick Braga	188,000
Eric Richer	186,000
Chi-Hoa Ngo	162,000
Daniel Gagne	152,000
Denis Cyr	148,000
Miltiadis Mavrigiannakis	134,000

Level 11

Level: 11

Small Blind: 600

Big Blind: 1.2K

Ante: 200

Chip Average: 82.2K

Remaining: 73

Entries: 200

2015/08/29 - 19:46 by Playground Poker

There hasn’t been much movement done amongst the leaders from the last break, as Eric Richer and Chan A Luong seem to still be in the driver seat, although their lead has been narrowed down a little. There will be a break in a few minutes, and we will bring an update on the chip leaders.

Photographs from levels 10 and 11:

Leaderboard after 9 levels of play

Level: 10

Small Blind: 500

Big Blind: 1K

Ante: 100

Chip Average: 59.4K

Remaining: 101

Entries: 200

2015/08/29 - 18:33 by Playground Poker

Here is an update on the leaderboard as play enters level 10. Quite a few players have managed to breach the 100,000 mark, and for the now it is Eric Richer and his 239,000 that lead the field.

Name	Chip Count
Eric Richer	239,000
Chan An Luong	223,000
Luc Fournier	175,000
Tony De Stefano	146,500
Patrick Braga	140,000
Eric Aucoin	140,000
Miltiadis Mavrigiannakis	134,000
Buck Ramsay	133,500
Thomas Lefort	131,000
Louis Boutin	124,000
Julien Lauzon	118,000
Daniel Gagne	108,000
Mathieu Boulanger-Vaugeois	106,000
Denis Cyr	102,000
Giovanni Massa	100,000

Ami’s Year of Giving

Level: 9

Small Blind: 400

Big Blind: 800

Ante: 100

Chip Average: 55K

Remaining: 109

Entries: 200

2015/08/29 - 17:54 by

Ami Alibay is a popular local player who joins us at Playground for all events we host as well as a lot of our weekly and daily tourneys. Ami has also had a lot of success in poker, and he spent the last year touring the international poker circuit extensively, playing in more events than he ever has before.

This year he plans to continue playing tournaments all around the world, but he’s adding a very generous wrinkle: he’s donating 5% of all of his winnings to various charities. The organizations that stand to benefit include the following (1% each):

One Drop Foundation
Fondation Céline Dion
Fondation MIRA
IDRQ
Maison de femmes maltraité Rive-nord

We wish Ami all the luck in the world as he continues his poker journeys!

Luong leads the field in level 9

Level: 9

Small Blind: 400

Big Blind: 800

Ante: 100

Chip Average: 54.1K

Remaining: 111

Entries: 200

2015/08/29 - 17:50 by Playground Poker

Level 9 is mid-way through completion, and one player in particular has leaped ahead of the field. Chan An Luong is sitting on a stack north of 230,000, which is far ahead of any other player at the moment in this Day 1b of the Main Event.

There is a scheduled break in less than 30 minutes, during which we will be bringing an update on the leaderboard.

Chan An Luong

Photographs from levels 8 and 9:

Level 8 – photo update

Level: 8

Small Blind: 300

Big Blind: 600

Ante: 75

Chip Average: 48.4K

Remaining: 124

Entries: 200

2015/08/29 - 16:52 by Playground Poker

Play has entered level 8 here in the second flight of the Main Event of the Montréal Poker Expo, and we saw a total of 200 players take their seats, 124 of which are still in play.

Photographs taken during level 7: