The tournament has just hit level 13, which is the last level of scheduled play for Day 1b. The players who remain will bag and tag their chips onto Day 2, set for Monday at 12:00pm.
Tomorrow is the last chance to participate in this Main Event of the Playground Poker Montreal Festival, with Day 1c at 11:00am.
Here are the players that lead the field after 11 levels:
Other notable stacks:
Alain Jobin 
Vlad Faubert 
Theodore Doukas
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.
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:
Some notables include:
There are 4 more levels to play before the end of the day.
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:
Tony Di Maria is a regular Playground big event visitor and well-known in many circles of the Montreal poker community, having been one of the finalists in the last Montreal Open held a couple of years ago.
Well, Tony has had a great run of cards (and play) and is, for the moment, the chip leader by a long way, with well over 200K in his stack.
Players are on their second break of the day – which also marks the end of the late registration period for today – and while they were away from the tables we surveyed the room for the chip leaders in today’s Day 1b flight.
The next break will be the 45-minute long dinner break, when we’ll be able to get some more exhaustive counts.
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:
It’s early to tally up the leaders in the tournament, but a quick tour of the room shows quite a few players have doubled or more to start the event and are hovering above 65K. Some of the players in this group include Marc Etienne McLaughlin, Danny Freitas, David Diplacido, and Michael Skinner.
In terms of the overall entries, Day 1b has crept up over 300 for this second flight with another hour and forty-five minutes to late register.
