Event 1 Day 1b – final chip counts

Day 1b of Event 1 of the PokerStars Canada Cup started at 7:30pm on May 16 and played through 13 half-hour levels before the remaining players bagged their chips to take to Day 2. Day 1b had 406 total entries, and when the day wrapped up, the following 109 players qualified to return on Sunday.

Rank First Name Last Name Chip Count
1 Jonathan Poissant 248,200
2 Patrick Renaud 228,300
3 Gary Farrell 205,600
4 James Morgan 190,100
5 Glenn Sauve 174,900
6 Ricky Tang 168,300
7 Pierre Blackburn 161,000
8 Jamie Marciano-Pegoretti 155,800
9 Martin Gelinas 154,700
10 Amale Chahine 153,600
11 Dominic Dufour 148,100
12 Steven Umansky 143,700
13 Nicolas Couture 142,000
14 Patrick Lightenauer 129,400
15 Philip Fauteux 122,600
16 Jeremy Thompson 122,000
17 Nicolas Aubin 119,800
18 Kelly Smith 118,000
19 Thanh Phu 115,800
20 Carmela De Ciantis 114,500
21 Eddie Daldalian 107,300
22 Roland Roy 105,900
23 Alberto Scuderi 104,400
24 Andrej Bachynsky 101,900
25 Franco Sicondolfi 101,100
26 Hung Dao 100,600
27 Olivier Morin 98,800
28 Daniel Schreiber 95,800
29 Alexandre Patoprsty 93,700
30 Kyle Paul 93,700
31 Pascal Roberge 92,700
32 Greg Arevian 92,600
33 Martin Archambault 92,000
34 Cory Maize 91,400
35 Norman Gauthier 86,000
36 Erik Cajelais 85,600
37 Derek Lerner 84,400
38 Isabelle Tremblay 84,400
39 Miguel Goncalo 83,200
40 Ian Middel 80,500
41 Rony Cherfan 78,400
42 Edouard Dupuis 78,200
43 Igor Ledovskikh 76,500
44 Ryan Wilhelm 76,000
45 Kaveh K 70,500
46 John Clarke 69,600
47 Chulsoo Park 69,500
48 Sebastien Drolet-Poitras 69,200
49 Sammy Sidky 67,800
50 Robbie Dickson 64,700
51 David Baba 63,000
52 Sengdao Soysangwane 62,600
53 Denis Leclerc 61,800
54 Sophie Bourassa 61,800
55 Cedrick Quenneville-Renaud 61,700
56 Real Cantin 60,300
57 Bogos Doshoian 58,500
58 Jeremie Meynard 57,100
59 Mark Demuth 56,700
60 Dominique Morin 55,000
61 Philippe Drouin 55,000
62 Alain Couture 54,200
63 Vanessa D'souza 53,400
64 Michael Chaloux 53,000
65 Luciano Iacovella 51,600
66 Hugo Fontaine 50,000
67 Richard Bourgeois 49,800
68 Pierre Gaudreau 49,600
69 German Tamayo 49,200
70 Marc-Andre Cote 49,200
71 Yvan Waltzing 48,600
72 Mike McCarthy 46,900
73 Louis Lam 46,800
74 Steve Fardy 46,600
75 John Cronin 45,300
76 Christophe Fracheboud 45,100
77 Michel Beland 44,900
78 Samuel Boissonneault 44,300
79 David Boudreau 44,100
80 Marc Andre Gagne 43,700
81 Philippe Genequand 42,900
82 Cristian Niculae 42,000
83 Dominik Lavoie 40,900
84 Gael Simonard 40,100
85 Andrew Hum 38,700
86 Maxime Benoit 36,000
87 Patrick Mailloux 35,900
88 Alexandre Belanger 35,700
89 Jean-Francois Kirouac 35,000
90 Yanick Ranzi 34,200
91 Sylvain Gauthier 32,400
92 Yannick Labattaglia 31,600
93 Carlo Nini 31,000
94 Sharron Patenaude 30,900
95 Stephen Louden 30,000
96 Daniel Germain 29,900
97 Dino Cicora 29,500
98 Sebastien Morin 28,600
99 Ben Menache 28,500
100 Michel Dessureault 28,100
101 Jean-Guy Larosiliere 23,900
102 Gerald Oleksiuk 23,700
103 Giovanni Massa 20,400
104 Marco Caza 18,300
105 Jason Collins 18,200
106 Steve Daraiche 17,900
107 Danny Nguyen 16,900
108 Chris Oleksiuk 16,400
109 Serge Girard 13,300

One hour left in Day 1b

  • Level: 12
  • Small Blind: 800
  • Big Blind: 1.6K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 52.4K
  • Remaining: 155
  • Entries: 406


  • This second flight of Event 1 is entering it’s final stages, and there is just under one hour left before the end of Day 1b. For the moment, 155 players remain in action, however we can expect to see a lot of chips flying in the next two levels, and this number will surely drop a considerable amount.

    The two final flights of Event 1 will be payed out tomorrow, with Day 1c starting at 11:00am and Day 1b at 7:30pm.

    Nearing level 11

  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1K
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 44.1K
  • Remaining: 184
  • Entries: 433


  • The tournament is now approaching level 11 in this Day 1b, meaning there are just over 3 levels left to complete before the end of the day.

    Here are a few late Day 1b photos:

    Chip leaders after 8 levels

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 34.7K
  • Remaining: 234
  • Entries: 406


  • The second break is now finished, which means the players are on their last 5-level stretch before the end of Day 1b. Only a few players have already managed to breach the 100K mark, but one in particular has leaped ahead of the average.

    The field is led by these 3 players:

    1. Michael Chaloux – 155K
    2. James Morgan – 121K
    3. Nicolas Couture – 113K

     

    Update – Level 8

  • Level: 8
  • Small Blind: 300
  • Big Blind: 600
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 31.2K
  • Remaining: 260
  • Entries: 406


  • We have just begun level 8 here in the opening Event of the Pokerstars Canada Cup, and the field has dropped down to 260 players out of the 406 that began the day. There are 6 levels remaining in Day 1b, after which the surviving players will bag and tag their chips for Day 2, held Sunday at 12pm.

    Here are some photos from the last few levels:

    Late registration closed!

  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 150
  • Big Blind: 300
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 23.8K
  • Remaining: 341
  • Entries: 406


  • Level 5 has just begun here in Day 1b of Event 1, which means that late registration is now closed for the night. We saw 406 players participate in tonights flight, bringing the grand total up to 643 entries after the two first flights. With two more flights happening tomorrow, we can expect the $100K guarantee to be far exceeded!

    There are still 9 levels of play before the end of Day 1b.

    Early Day 1b photos

  • Level: 3
  • Small Blind: 75
  • Big Blind: 150
  • Ante: 25
  • Chip Average: 22K
  • Remaining: 351
  • Entries: 386


  • Registration has now climbed up to 386 players in Day 1b of this opening event to the Pokerstars Canada Cup, and it with just under an hour left to go before late registration closes, we should see that number climb to over 400!

    Here are a few photos taken early in this flight:

    Day 1b is all set to go!

  • Level: 1
  • Small Blind: 50
  • Big Blind: 100
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 20K
  • Remaining: 260
  • Entries: 260


  • Day 1b is minutes away from beginning, and it is looking to be a huge turnout! We saw 237 players take their seats this afternoon for Day 1a, and this number has already been exceeded with the tournament just about to start. Players will be allowed to register to the tournament until the start of level 5, or roughly 9:45pm. There is a cap of 400 players + alternates, and it is looking to be a full house tonight!

    If you are unfortunate enough to get eliminated today, or simply couldn’t make it to the club, keep in mind that there are two more flights for Event 1 happening tomorrow, Saturday May 17th. Day 1c is scheduled at 11:00am tomorrow, and Day 1d at 7:30pm.

    Good luck!