We’ve recently passed the half-way mark here in Day 1A of the Main Event, and 15 tables remain in action. Christopher McClung is starting to accumulate chips, and is now sitting on roughly 60,000. George Caragiorgas is continuing his strong start, and is nearing the 75,000 start, while Kevin MacPhee slipped a little down to just over 50,000. Rayan Chamas has made his presence felt, and is quickly climbing the leaderboard, sitting on just shy of 100,000. Michael Malm has recently joined the field, and has collected a few pots in his short time at the tables.

Photographs from level 7: 

The Main Event’s first flight is on its second break of the day, and registration is moments away from closing. We will be back shortly with the final count of players for today. For the moment, here are the top stacks entering level 7:

1. Carl Laberge – 102,000
2. Jonathan Brule – 91,000
3. Nicolas Bastien – 89,000
4. Daniel Gagne – 84,000
5. Hubert Paquin-Moisan – 83,000
6. Jacques Iza – 82,000
7. Shawn Martell – 79,000
8. Kevin MacPhee – 78,000

Notable eliminations include back-to-back WPT Montreal final tableist Alexandre Lavigne, and local hero Ruben Perceval.

172 players have registered through 5 levels of play, and registration will remain open until roughly 4pm.

Photographs from levels 4 and 5:

The Main Event is on it’s first break of the day, and with only 3 levels completed, we’ve already lost 10 players so far. Here is a list of the early chip leaders, along with their approximate chip counts:

1. Nicolas Bastien – 76,500
2. Sergio Vigano – 72,000
3. John Zioulas – 61,500
4. Marie-Pier Simard – 60,500
5. Charles La Boissonniere – 58,000
6. Edward Hislop – 55,000
7. Hubert Paquet-Moisan – 54,500

Photographs taken during level 3:

Level 3 is about to start, and a few more players have registered in this last level. Day 1A is schedule to play for thirteen 45-minute levels, and those still around at that point will bag and tag their chips onto Day 2, which will be held Sunday at 12:00pm.

Level 2 photos:

The Main Event has just jumped into level 2, and registration is still climbing! For now we’ve seen 135 players take their seats, but registration will remain open until around 4pm.

Level 1 photos: