Playground Montreal Festival

305 register for Day 1b

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Registration is now closed for Day 1b, and a total of 305 players have bought in to this second flight of the Main Event of the Playground Poker Montreal Festival. With yesterday’s 218 entries, the total for the Main Event is up to 523 entries!

Now that the players have taken a rest to fill their bellies with the provided buffet, we are back in action here in Day 1b. With only 3 hours left of play, we can expect to see a lot of movement amongst the stacks. Those who fail to qualify on to Day 2 will have a last chance to do so tomorrow, with Day 1c at 11:00am.

Dinner break chip counts

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While the players are enjoying a 45-minute break, we went ahead and found the top stacks of the tournament. Here is a list of players who have already climbed into the 6-figures:

  1. Theodore Doukas – 223K
  2. Alain Jobin – 210K
  3. Gaetano DiMaria – 182K
  4. Senthuran Vijayaratnam – 159K
  5. Kamal Hamai – 147K
  6. Kevin Rivest – 146K
  7. Michael Mellor – 143K
  8. Vinh Lieu – 136K
  9. Vlad Faubert – 132K
  10. Denis Cyr – 131K
  11. John Portelance – 129K
  12. Philippe Landy – 123K
  13. Gabriel Alarie – 122K
  14. Tim O’Grady – 116K
  15. Richard Bourgeois – 114K
  16. Staurt Taylor – 110K
  17. Domenic Vannelli – 103K
  18. Jonathan Bussieres – 104K

Some notables include:

  • Samuel Chartier – 48K
  • Marc Etienne Mclaughlin – 88K
  • Amir Babakhani – 99K
  • Patrick Braga – 74K
  • Ami Alibay – 25K

There are 4 more levels to play before the end of the day.

Dinner break approaching

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With less than 25 minutes left on the clock for level 9, the dinner break is fast approaching. Players will have 45 minutes to relax, eat and prepare themselves for the final 4 levels of play for Day 1b. During that time, we will bring you some updates on chip counts, but for now, we’ve prepared a small album of photos from the last hour or so:

Some more photos

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We have just entered level 6, which means that in a little less than 1-hour, registration for this Day 1b will close. Attendance has climbed up to 305 players, with still one more starting flight to go, as Day 1c is schedule at 11:00am tomorrow.

Here are a few more photos taken during levels 4 and 5:

Day 1a complete!

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The clock has run out here in the 13th level of Day 1a, which means the players still in are now on break until Day 2, set on Monday September 1st, at 12:00pm. We’ve seen a lot of action happen today, as the field drop from the 218 players that started down to just 57, with an average stack of 114.7K. Many notables have hit the rail, such as Amir Babakhani, Chanracy Khun, Jonathan Duhamel, George Caragiorgas, Kevin Macdonald, Serge Cantin, Rayan Chamas, Samuel Chartier and Sylvain Siebert. Players still in include the likes of Jean-Philippe Piquette (92,600), Carla Sabini (144,800), and Josue Sauvageau (141,900), amongst others.

Player reported chip counts will be made available shortly. Just as a reminder, there are still two more flights for this Main Event of the Playground Poker Montreal Festival, with Day 1b on Saturday at 11:00am, and Day 1c on Sunday at 11:00am.

A few photos from the last level of play:

Leaderboard

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11 levels have passed us in Day 1a of the Main Event, and players have 2 more levels to complete before bagging and tagging for Day 2. 88 players remain so far in this first of three flights, and here are some of the current top stacks:

  1. Daren Keyes – 243K
  2. Ruben Perceval – 165K
  3. Najem Khalil – 158K
  4. Alain Rondeau – 157K
  5. Chris Stechlinski – 153K
  6. Patrice Rinfret – 147K
  7. Rayan Chamas – 146K
  8. Andrew Pereira – 136K

Below you’ll find some photos from level 11:

A few notable chip counts

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While the players are taking advantage of a 45-minute dinner break to replenish their batteries, we took this time to do some chip counts. Here are a few stacks of notable players, from international sensations to local heroes:

  • Alexender Wong – 29K
  • Carla Sabini – 106K
  • Daniel Charette – 70K
  • Dean Murphy – 130K
  • Jeff Cote – 29K
  • Jean-Philippe Piquette – 76K
  • Jonathan Duhamel – 77K
  • Josue Sauvageau – 39K
  • Justin Miller – 5K
  • Marco Caza – 123K
  • Mathieu Tanguay – 34K
  • Nimer Ltaif – 83K
  • Rayan Chamas – 90K
  • Samuel Chartier – 70K
  • Samuel Louis Gagnon – 76K
  • Stacy Levac – 95K
  • Vince Dwyer – 19K
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