With the players on dinner break here in Day 1c of the PokerStars Canada Cup Main Event, we went around the room to estimate some chip counts. Here is what we found:

Leaders

1. Jason Dean Ross – 128K
2. Steven Escobar – 102K
3. Justin Miller – 100K
4. Joeygajan Ravinthan – 93K
5. Francois Binette – 93K

Notable local players

This is a list of local players who have either had big international results, or have run deep in events here at Playground Poker Club.

• Pascal Lefrancois – 82K
• Marc-Etienne McLaughlin – 37K
• Ami Alibay – 21K
• Philippe Boucher – 38K
• Eric Afriat – 41K
• Patrick Braga – 11K
• Laurence Grondin – 46K
• Derek Lerner – 28K
• Jonathan Roy – 55K
• Guillaume Rivet – 60K
• Jonathan Driscoll – 81K
• Chanracy Khun – 52K
• Jonathan Poissant – 35K
• Eric Cajelais – 22K

Other players of note

This is a list of international players who have either had big international results, or some deep runs at events here at Playground Poker Club.

• Michael Watson – 51K
• Andrew Graham – 52K
• Ryan Hall – 26K
• Sam Greenwood – 33K
• Daniel Suied – 31K
• Patrick Crivell – 29K
• Timothy Adams – 45K
• Sol Bergren – 5K
• Buck Ramsay – 27K
• Ricky Tang – 13K
• Michael Malm – 30K
• Amir Babakhani – 75K
• Alexander Wong – 16K
• David Baba – 31K

Notable eliminations include the likes of Victor Ramdin and Barry Kruger.

Here are a few photos taken during level 5:

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The players are returning from their second break of the day, and the field is led by the following players:

1. Jason Dean Ross – 114K
2. Justin Miller – 85K
3. Joeygajan Ravinthan – 84K
4. Hani Sawaf – 82K
5. Amir Babakhani – 81K
6. Francois Binette – 80K
7. Michael Watson – 78K

Registration is up to 274 for the day, which means we still have over $300K in overlay for the time being! Late registration will remain open for another 2 hours and 45 minutes.

Some notable eliminations leading up to this break include Mike Leah, Carla Sabini and Eric Despres.

Jason Dean Ross

Hani Sawaf

Michael Watson

Amir Babakhani

Joeygajan Ravinthan

Francois Binette

Justin Miller

Registration keeps climbing in Day 1c of the Pokerstars Canada Cup, with the total of the day up to 262 for now. This still falls short of the guarantee, meaning there is still an overlay. Players have over 4 hours to come and register, so be sure not to miss this opportunity!

A few recent Tweets:

Had to skip the Spartan race to play the 3.3k in Montreal. Hope it will be worth it, owe my friends big time.

— Jonathan Driscoll (@JDogDriscoll) May 24, 2014

Playing CanadaCup @PlaygroundPoker in Montreal #1bullet Lets get it

— Victor Ramdin (@victorramdin) May 24, 2014

Playing the PokerStars Canada Cup at @PlaygroundPoker today!! Should be a fun!! Gl to everyone!!

— Jonathan Roy (@jonathanroy70) May 24, 2014

Decided to play @PokerStars cup despite having a recent nose surgery. If I'm bleeding during a hand it doesn't mean that I'm strong…

— Marc.E McLaughlin (@Go_Irish_Go) May 24, 2014

Bagged 222k on day 1b of Canada cup at playground good for the chip lead, day 2 on sunday #onemoretime #canadacup #pokerstars #playground

— Charles-A. Sylvestre (@chilaxchuck) May 24, 2014

Here are a few photos from today’s Day 1c of the PokerStars Canada Cup Main Event:

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Today is the last of three flights of the PokerStars Canada Cup Main Event, and it is looking to be a packed house! With still another 10 minutes to go before the traditional ‘Shuffle up and deal’ that launches the tournament, the current attendance for this Day 1c has already surpassed yesterday’s 161 entries by quite a bit! And with late registration still open for another 7 hours, we can expect that number to steadily grow throughout the day.

So far, this Main Event has seen 290 players register in the first two flights, and 109 of these have survived onto Day 2. That number covers less than half of the $2 million guarantee, which means that, depending on today’s outcome, the players might enjoy an overlay! So far, 190 players have registered for this final flight, and any number of entries below 377 today will be added to the prize pool. This could prove to be very interesting for the players!

Day 1c will play out a total of 10 levels of 1-hour before going on break until Day 2. There will be a 45-minute dinner break after level 6, at the end of which the late registration period will close. All of the surviving players will be back tomorrow, Sunday May 25th, at 11am for Day 2.

Good luck to the players participating in Day 1c!