The High Roller continues!

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 51K
  • Remaining: 20
  • Entries: 34


  • Event 4 – $10,000 + $400 No Limit Hold’em High Roller – resumes with Day 2 today at Playground Poker Club. This is the biggest buy-in of this Pokerstars Canada Cup series, and Day 1 saw 34 players register, including local heroes Jonathan Duhamel, Jason Duval, Chanracy Khun, Samuel Chartier, and Marc-André Ladouceur amongst others.

    With 20 players returning for Day 2, the field is led by David Dong Ming Yan and his 130,250 chip stack. Not far behind is WSOP-bracelet winner Timothy Adams, who bagged a stack of 118,800 last night. These two players have a solid lead on the field, as the third biggest stack, occupied by Samuel Chartier, is of 83,000 chips, which is more than 35,000 behind 2nd.

    Day 2 will begin shortly, with 10 levels of 1 hour scheduled to be played today. We will be bringing you up to date coverage on the action at the tables throughout the day.

    Chip counts and seating arrangements going into Day 2 can be found here

    Good luck!

     

    Day 1 coming to a close

  • Level: 8
  • Small Blind: 300
  • Big Blind: 600
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 48.6K
  • Remaining: 21
  • Entries: 34


  • Our TD Martin Roy has just made the announcement that Day 1 of Event 4 will conclude after each table has played a total of 5 more hands.

    Player chip counts as well as Day 2 seating assignments will be made available shortly.

    Back from break

  • Level: 11
  • Small Blind: 1K
  • Big Blind: 2K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 67.2K
  • Remaining: 32
  • Entries: 86


  • Event 5 is back from the third break of the night, and two players have a clear lead over the field. With the average stack at 67.2K, not many players have built stacks upwards of 120K, with the exception of Guillaume Bernier (210K) and Christopher McClung (160K), who are a head above the rest.

    Play resumes in level 11 with 4 full tables remaining.

    Level 10

  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 800
  • Big Blind: 1.6K
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 58.1K
  • Remaining: 37
  • Entries: 86


  • Event 5 is now in level 10, and the field has been whittled down to 37 players. Below are a few photographs taken in levels 8 and 9:

    Event 5 Prize Pool

    A total of 86 players registered for Event 5 – $300 + $30 Mixed NLHE-PLO, generating a prize pool of $25,026! The prizes will be distributed according to the following structure:

    Finish Prize
    1 $6,446.00
    2 $5,000.00
    3 $4,000.00
    4 $3,000.00
    5 $2,200.00
    6 $2,680.00
    7 $1,200.00
    8 $850.00
    9 $650.00

    Seating redraw – 24 players

    As stated in the rules for Event 4 – High Roller, there was a full seating redraw with 24 players remaining. Here is what the new seating arrangements look like:

    Table 62

    1. Jean-Philippe Matte
    2. David Dong Ming Yan
    3. Jonathan Duhamel
    4. Carlos Chadha
    5. John Andress
    6. Martin Rauss
    7. Patrick Crivell
    8. Marco Cannizzaro

    Table 66

    1. Jason Duval
    2. Guillaume Rivet
    3. Sylvain Siebert
    4. Antoine Berube
    5. Steven Silverman
    6. Ami Alibay
    7. Chanracy Khun
    8. Kevin MacDonald

    Table 70

    1. Samuel Chartier
    2. Nicholas Petrangelo
    3. Jeffrey Rossiter
    4. John Krpan
    5. Timothy Adams
    6. Lawrence Greenberg
    7. Ankush Mandavia
    8. Danny Lauzon

    There is another seating redraw scheduled for when the field drops to 16 players, and for the final table of 9.

    High Roller Champion’s Trophy

    On top of what should be an interesting top prize, the winner of the Event 4 – $10,000 + $400 High Roller – will also be taking home a beautiful Pokerstars Canada Cup Trophy, seen below.

    Pokerstars Canada Cup 2014 - High Roller Trophy

    Update and photos

  • Level: 4
  • Small Blind: 150
  • Big Blind: 300
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 26.7K
  • Remaining: 73
  • Entries: 78


  • Event 5 – $300 + $30 Mixed NLHE-PLO – is midway through level 4, and we’ve seen registration climb up to 78 entries! Late registration will remain open for another 40 minutes or so, so it’s not too late to jump in on the action!

    Here are a few photos from the early levels of this event:

    Coming up next: Mixed NLHE – PLO!

    In a few moments, Event 5 of the Pokerstars Canada Cup will begin here at Playground Poker Club, and it will be the first time we host a Mixed No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha event as part of a series. The buy-in for this tournament is of $300 + $30, and the blinds will go up every 20 minutes, alternating at each level between the two games.

    Late registration will close after the break following level 5, or roughly 9:50pm. With under 10 minutes left before the start of the tournament, we have 28 players registered, but we can expect that number to climb considerably.

    Best of luck!

    After 4 levels

  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 150
  • Big Blind: 300
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 34.1K
  • Remaining: 29
  • Entries: 33


  • 4 levels have come and go in the High-Roller event, and a few players have managed separate themselves from the field. Here are the top 5 stacks at the moment:

    1. Samuel Chartier – 85K
    2. Jonathan Duhamel – 77K
    3. Sylvain Siebert – 58K
    4. Danny Lauzon – 55K
    5. Timothy Adams – 54K