Day 1b of the PokerStars Canada Cup is now on dinner break. Here are the current chip leaders of this flight, along with their estimated stacks:

1. Rayan Chamas – 159K
2. Stephane Racine – 112K
3. Ankush Mandavia – 110K
4. Ami Alibay – 108K
5. Sylvain Siebert – 102K
6. Etienne Leduc – 96K

Notable players:

• Antonio Esfandiari – 67K
• Jonathan Duhamel – 71K
• Sol Bergren – 24K
• T.J. Ulmer – 57K
• Carla Sabini – 74K
• Antoine Berube – 28K
• Kevin Macphee – 29K
• Patrick Braga – 9K
• Ronnie Bardah – 42K
• Philippe D Auteuil – 79K
• Michael Watson – 26K
• Henri Balcazar – 28K
• George Caragiorgas – 19K
• Mike Leah – 13K
• David Barter – 43K
• David Yan – 48K
• Jason Duval – 41K
• Yann Dion – 74K
• Jeff Cote – 54K

Level 6 is a few minutes away from completion, after which the players will have a 45-minute dinner break before coming back for 4 more levels. Late registration will remain open until the end of this dinner break, so there is still almost an hour left for anyone who wants to jump into Day 1b.

Below is a gallery of photos taken in the last few levels:

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Level 5 will begin after the current break, and 3 players have reached the 100K mark after 4 hours of play in this Main Event of the PokerStars Canada Cup. They hold a solid lead over the field, as the next biggest stacks all fall below the 80K chip mark.

1. Rayan Chamas – 106K
2. Benoit Forcier – 105K
3. Stephane Racine – 104K

Rayan Chamas

Stephane Racine

Benoit Forcier

Twitter is widely used amongst poker players as it a great way to keep your rail informed of how you are doing in tournaments. We’ve been seeing a lot of Tweets show up on our Playground page from players that are either on their way here, sitting at the tables, or were recently eliminated. Here are a few we’ve come across early in this second flight to the PokerStars Canada Cup Main Event:

Playing the main event of Canada Cup @PlaygroundPoker ! Great event!!!

— Jason Duval (@bebe_chien) May 23, 2014

Ruff start here In Montreal.22k from 30 going to 75-150 with ante

— Ronnie Bardah (@RonnieBardah) May 23, 2014

Absolutely brutal day!! After jumping to 45k, I then lost with KK KK QQ QQ 99…a flush…and a straight flush draw. #PokerStarsCanadaCup

— Josh Kimmel (@Josh_Kimmel) May 23, 2014

Out AQ < AK again. Flop A 2 9. Turn Q, I get it in. River K #ontothenextone

— Steven Kerr (@SkinnySteve) May 23, 2014

Can confirm that @PlaygroundPoker is run extremely well and is the best poker room in Canada.

— Timothy Adams (@Tim0theeAdams) May 23, 2014

Grinding the pokerstars Canada cup at the best run poker room that I’ve ever played in @PlaygroundPoker #Montreal

— sol bergren (@sollucas) May 23, 2014

Day 1b of the Main Event of the PokerStars Canada Cup is now on break after 2 levels, and the following 5 players are currently leading the tournament:

1. Rayan Chamas – 83K
2. Sean Ruane – 79K
3. Jonathan Duhamel – 70K
4. Sylvain Siebert – 67K
5. Johnathan Morales – 66K

Here are a few more photos taken prior to the break:

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Day 1b of the PokerStars Canada Cup Main Event has entered level 2, and 123 players have taken their seats so far today. If we do some math, we could see that there is looking to be some overlay in this $2 million guaranteed event, which is always good for the players! We have  combined total of 252 total entries so far, with still a few hours left to register today, and tomorrow will be the third and final flight for this Main Event.

Here are a few photographs from the early stage of Day 1b:

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It’s almost time for the second of three flights to begin of the Pokerstars Canada Cup Main Event here at Playground Poker Club, and 129 players took their seats yesterday in Day 1a to participate in this tournament that features a $2 million guaranteed prizepool!

A few poker icons have already made their appearance in this series so far, such as former world champion Jonathan Duhamel, #1 all-time on the money list Antonio Esfandiari, Pokerstars pro Marc-André Ladouceur, Michael Watson, Jeffrey Dale Gross, the Greenwood brothers – Lucas and Sam, David Yan, Yann Dion, to name a few. Many local Québec poker pros have also made their way over the poker club to take a chance at what will be a very impressive top prize.

The cards will be in the air in just under 15 minutes, and players are already streaming in to take their seats for this Day 1b of the Main Event.

Here’s a look at what we found on our Twitter feed this morning.

Here we go at the best place to play @PlaygroundPoker @PokerStars #CanadaCup 30k chips, 50/100 blinds, hr levels. Cvg on Playground site.

— Ryan Hall (@RGHall) May 23, 2014

On my way to fire the @PlaygroundPoker Main Event .Should be lots of fun! — Ronnie Bardah (@RonnieBardah) May 23, 2014

Got a good nights sleep. Playing Day 1b of @PokerStars Canada Cup at @PlaygroundPoker today at 11am #LetsDoThis pic.twitter.com/JX5DxhuEbF — Steven Kerr (@SkinnySteve) May 23, 2014

Did not win the @wsop National Championship, did not make day 2 either… Off to @PlaygroundPoker for the Canada Cup #ontheroadagain — Mike Leah (@GoLeafsGoEh) May 23, 2014