Day 1a of the Main Event in the Playground Poker Montreal Festival has concluded and of the 218 players who began the flight today, after 13 levels, 57 players remain. The following 57 players have qualified for Day 2, to be held on Monday, September 1 at 12pm.

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Rank,First Name,Last Name,Chip Count [attr sort=”desc”]
1,Calogero,Graci,”269,700″
2,Noeung,Troeung,”252,200″
3,Sylvain,Cote,”229,300″
4,Ratharam,Sivagnanam,”227,000″
5,Daren,Keyes,”219,900″
6,Matthew,Johnson,”204,700″
7,Chad,Gray,”199,200″
8,Andrew,Pereira,”193,700″
9,Ruben,Perceval,”191,600″
10,Najem,Khalil,”188,000″
11,Charbel,Kanterjian,”164,900″
12,Chris,Stechlinski,”164,800″
13,Dean,Murphy,”160,000″
14,Sylvain,Lepage,”159,900″
15,Carla,Sabini,”144,800″
16,Josue,Sauvageau,”141,900″
17,George,Metaxakis,”135,900″
18,Samuel Bisrat,Tsehai,”135,000″
19,James,Armstrong,”133,300″
20,AJ,Gambino,”130,200″
21,Alain,Rondeau,”127,900″
22,Shane,Mackinnon,”120,600″
23,Fraser,Swidler,”120,100″
24,Benoit,Jean,”118,300″
25,Marco,Caza,”117,200″
26,Gaetan,Miron,”110,300″
27,Samuel Louis,Gagnon,”110,000″
28,Milton,Mavrigiannakis,”103,600″
29,Patrice,Rinfret,”102,600″
30,Levon,Dedeyan,”99,800″
31,Glen,Hammers,”98,500″
32,Samuel,Barre,”95,300″
33,Jean-Philippe,Piquette,”92,600″
34,Denis,Thibert,”90,300″
35,Frederick,Laurin Fortin,”87,800″
36,Jacquelyne,Wong,”87,600″
37,Jeremie,Bilodeau,”86,000″
38,Daniel,Leduc,”83,300″
39,Conrado,Corpus,”80,600″
40,David,Ghazarian,”79,800″
41,Charles,La Boissonniere,”77,800″
42,Patrick,Mailloux,”75,400″
43,Michael,Taylor,”73,600″
44,Jeremy,Chandler,”69,500″
45,Daniel,Charette,”69,000″
46,Patrick David,Hu-A-Kam,”63,800″
47,Antonio,Pace,”62,200″
48,Jean-Philippe,Matte,”61,000″
49,Pierre,Daigle,”59,900″
50,Simon,Meunier,”48,200″
51,Jean Sebastien,Dubois,”46,900″
52,Spencer,Stacey,”46,100″
53,Jonathan,Skelly,”40,000″
54,Giovanni,Massa,”39,000″
55,Omid,Shahbazian,”38,200″
56,Kevin,McColgan,”34,200″
57,Danny,Rouleau,”27,800″
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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:

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We have now reached our last level of play of Day 1a, and in less than 45 minutes, the remaining players will bag their chips onto Day 2. Those who failed to qualify today can reenter in either of the next two flights, with Day 1b scheduled at 11:00am tomorrow, and Day 1c at 11:00am on Sunday.

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:

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Day 1a of the Playground Poker Montreal Festival Main Event has just entered level 11, which means there are less than three 45-minute levels left to play before the day ends. Below are photographs taken during level 10:

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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

We have gone to count stacks during the beginning of the dinner break, and while we found quite a few players who had reached the 100K mark and more, in terms of the leaders there are three players whose stacks stand out.

1. Najem Khalil – 193K
2. Charbel Kanterjian – 188K
3. Chad Gray – 149K

Players have another 25 minutes of break and then will return to the tables to play the final 4 levels of the day.