The following table lists the final chip counts for Day 1b of Event 1 of the Playground Poker Montreal Festival. There were a total of 396 entrants in this, the 2nd of 4 starting flights in Event 1, which adds up to 665 total entries so far in the tournament. Of the 396 players who started, exactly 100 have qualified for Day 2 on Sunday, August 24th at 12pm.

Note that these are unverified player-counted chip counts. All chips have been sealed in bags until they return to play on Day 2.

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Rank,First Name,Last Name,Chip Count [attr sort=”desc”]
1,Dominique,Morin,”269,000″
2,Jose,Manchon,”249,100″
3,Jean Bernard,Audet,”234,800″
4,Richard,Johansen,”200,000″
5,Benoit,Frechette,”195,200″
6,Michael,Sovey,”184,500″
7,Tedde,Ballanger,”161,400″
8,Olivier,Lachapelle,”150,800″
9,Ibrahim,Ozor,”150,000″
10,Sabit,Khandaker,”149,400″
11,Brent F,Mccue,”145,500″
12,Steve,Daraiche,”140,900″
13,Irina,Tchakarova,”134,300″
14,Daniel,Arseneau,”128,900″
15,Isabelle,Lafrance,”122,900″
16,Stephane,Alarie,”121,000″
17,Marcel,Basset,”120,900″
18,Lance,Perkins,”112,900″
19,Ryan,Wilner,”112,700″
20,Yannick,Lamarre-Delooz,”112,500″
21,Ward,King,”111,100″
22,Gregory,Arkhurst,”107,300″
23,Marcello,Iacovella,”106,800″
24,Marc-Andre,Racine,”105,700″
25,Ahmad,Baalbaki,”105,000″
26,Robert,Amireault,”102,700″
27,Christian,Roy,”97,000″
28,Serge,Girard,”96,600″
29,Rodney,Ramalho,”94,000″
30,Victor,Vuong,”93,500″
31,Raphael,Hebert,”91,800″
32,Ronald,Lebel,”88,500″
33,Eric,Osman,”85,400″
34,Michael,Hunter,”84,200″
35,Amine,Mouna,”81,600″
36,Steve,Lawrence,”80,900″
37,Joon Seok,Park,”78,900″
38,Jonathan,G,”78,100″
39,Maxime,Pitre-Pepin,”74,500″
40,Alexander,Weldon,”74,400″
41,Khang,Can,”73,800″
42,Daniel,Marcotte,”72,200″
43,Jean-Philippe,Piquette,”70,300″
44,Donald,Abdelhay,”69,300″
45,Sammy,Lafleur,”68,400″
46,Gregory,Feuz,”67,800″
47,Keith,Lacasse,”67,800″
48,Yanick,Brisebois,”67,200″
49,Jean-Gabriel,Quenneville-Renaud,”66,800″
50,Joel,Thibeault,”66,700″
51,Tommy,Coulombe,”66,400″
52,Kevin,Fischback,”65,800″
53,Sean,Windover,”64,700″
54,Jocelyn,Page,”64,300″
55,Martin,Dyotte,”64,100″
56,Eric,Levis,”63,700″
57,Bao,Luu,”63,400″
58,Eric,Riendeau,”60,900″
59,Walter Jesse,St-Rose,”59,500″
60,Miguel,Goncalo,”59,000″
61,Stephane,Charpentier,”58,200″
62,Kamal,Hamai,”57,700″
63,Julie,Payette,”56,600″
64,Robin,Leblanc,”55,800″
65,Armry,Senat,”53,500″
66,Bruce,Kraemer,”53,100″
67,Patrick,Helie,”52,600″
68,Kevin,Long,”50,100″
69,Maxime,Dusablon,”49,700″
70,David,Legault,”49,100″
71,Jean-Luc,Gauthier,”48,100″
72,Jean Pierre,Cloutier Sr,”48,000″
73,Martin,Beaudry,”47,000″
74,Peter,Marco,”47,000″
75,Jocelyn,Poirier,”45,300″
76,Domenico,Boemio,”41,000″
77,Marc-Andre,Gariepy,”40,800″
78,Maria,A,”40,700″
79,Matthew,Brunskole,”39,800″
80,Louis-Dominique,Fradelle,”38,600″
81,Karine,Clermont,”36,600″
82,Philippe,Laudy,”36,100″
83,Alexandre,Lauziere,”35,700″
84,Claude,Dussureault,”34,700″
85,Cedrick,Quenneville-Renaud,”34,500″
86,Yohann,Wagner,”34,400″
87,JG,Kastner,”34,200″
88,Valerie,Turgeon,”34,000″
89,Patrick David,Hu-A-Kam,”32,700″
90,Hoang,Quach,”31,000″
91,Martin,Nguyen,”29,200″
92,Justin,Lieu,”28,700″
93,Stephane,Payette,”25,800″
94,Alain,Houle,”23,600″
95,Mathieu,Ducharme,”23,500″
96,Sebastien,Levesque,”21,000″
97,Mark,Mountain,”20,700″
98,Mark,Casalinuovo,”17,300″
99,Stephan,Richer,”16,500″
100,Stephen,Langlois,”10,900″
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We are now in the final level of play for Day 1b of Event 1, and the players remaining at the completion of this level will bag and tag their chips onto Day 2. There are still two more flights in this event, with Day 1c and Day 1d set for tomorrow, at 11:00am and 7:30pm respectively. With a total of 665 entries so far, we can expect to see this number to nearly double tomorrow, creating one impressive prizepool for a tournament of this buy-in!

Chip counts of the remaining players will be published shortly after the day has been completed. Here are a few final shots taken in the late stages of Day 1b:

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Day 1b of Event 1 has now reached level 11, and with 3 levels left before the completion of the day, the field has dropped to just 165 players.

Here are a few photographs taken during the last level:

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8 levels have come and go here in Day 1b of Event 1, and with the field down to just 209 players, here are the top stacks at the moment:

1. Marcel Basset – 130K
2. Michael Sovey – 127K
3. Ibrahim Ozor – 114K
4. Tedde Ballanger – 112K
5. Sammy Lafleur – 99K
6. Jocelyn Page – 97K

Level 8 is underway, and the field has dropped down to 247 players. After this 30-minute level, the players will go on a short break, during which we will be bringing you the current leaderboard. Players will have 5 more levels to complete after this break before bagging their chips onto Day 2.

We are mid-way through level 6 in this second flight of Event 1, and we’ve lost around a quarter of tonights field so far. That brings the average up to 27K, but a number of players have grown stacks much larger than this. Play will continue until the end of level 13, after which the remaining players will bag and tag their chips onto Day 2.

With level 5 now underway, late registration has closed on this Day 1b, and we saw a total of 396 players register for this flight. That brings our total for Event 1 up to 655, with still two more flights to come tomorrow!

Be sure not to miss what will certainly be a huge prizepool! Day 1c is at 11:00am tomorrow, and Day 1d is set for 7:30pm .

A few players have managed to separate themselves from the 24.6K average after 4 levels, with Marcel Basset and his 82K stack leading the field. Here are the top 5 stacks at the moment:

1. Marcel Basset – 82K
2. Ibrahim Ozor – 73K
3. Renato Soldera – 71K
4. Ahmad Ballbaki – 55K
5. Sean Windover – 51K

Ahmad Baalbaki

Ibrahim Ozor

Marcel Basset

Sean Windover

Renato Soldera

Day 1b of Event 1 is completing it’s third level of the night, and registration has climbed up to 383 players! There is still around 45 minutes left before late registration closes, so it’s not too late to make your way down here to participate in this huge field event!

Here are a few photos from the early stages of the tournament:

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Event 1, a $135 + $15 No Limit Hold’em tournament boasting a massive guaranteed prizepool of $100K, is about to resume action with it’s second of four starting flights set to start momentarily. Players are already swarming into the tournament hall here at Playground Poker Club to take their seats, and so far the registration is up to 222 players. Late registration will remain open until the end of the first break, or approximately 9:45pm.

There will be two more flights for this opening event, with Day 1c scheduled at 11:00am tomorrow, and Day 1d at 7:30pm.

Good luck to our registered players!