High Roller prize pool and payout table

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 56.7K
  • Remaining: 18
  • Entries: 34


  • The High Roller event in the PokerStars Canada Cup, also known as Event 4, is a $10,000 + $400 No Limit Hold’em event held from May 20 to 22, 2014. There are 34 total entries in the event which adds up to a prize pool of $329,800.00 which will be distributed according to this payout table.

    Finish Prize
    1 $122,050.00
    2 $79,150.00
    3 $49,470.00
    4 $34,620.00
    5 $24,730.00
    6 $19,780.00

    Lawrence Greenberg loses his flip

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 56.7K
  • Remaining: 18
  • Entries: 34


  • Lawrence Greenberg started the day as one of the shorter stacks, and after losing a few chips in the first orbit of Day 2, he found himself all-in for his remaining 10K with 7 of Clubs 7 of Diamonds versus the Queen of Hearts Jack of Hearts of Danny Lauzon. The board ran in favour of Danny, reading 6 of Spades 10 of Diamonds Jack of Diamonds 9 of Clubs 10 of Spades, ending Lawrence’s High Roller event.

    Martin Rauss has been moved to table 70 – seat 8 – to balance the tables out.

    Day 2’s first elimination

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 53.7K
  • Remaining: 19
  • Entries: 34


  • Jeffrey Rossiter started the day short-stacked, having bagged just under 7.5K when play wrapped up last night, and today he was the first victim. He got it pretty good, holding 9 of Hearts 9 of Diamonds but was called by Ace of Clubs Queen of Clubs and the 8 of Diamonds Ace of Diamonds 8 of Hearts on the flop put Jeffrey way behind and he couldn’t regain the lead with the 10 of Clubs and 4 of Clubs that completed the community cards.

    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!

     

    Event 4 High Roller – Day 2 seating chart & chip counts

    A total of 34 players entered Event 4 of the PokerStars Canada Cup at Playground Poker Club. Event 4 is the $10,000 + $400 No Limit Hold’em High Roller Event. After 8 levels of play on Day 1 today just 20 players remain and will return for Day 2 at 1pm tomorrow (Wednesday May 22). This is the seating chart for Day 2 including the chip counts each player bagged up at the end of Day 1.

    First Name Last Name Seat Chip Count
    Ami Alibay Table 70 – Seat 3 32,000
    Ankush Mandavia Table 66 – Seat 3 78,875
    Carlos Chadha Table 61 – Seat 5 55,050
    Chanracy Khun Table 61 – Seat 1 24,425
    Danny Lauzon Table 70 – Seat 7 66,325
    David Dong Ming Yan Table 70 – Seat 1 130,250
    Guillaume Rivet Table 70 – Seat 6 38,725
    Jason Duval Table 66 – Seat 5 69,300
    Jeffery Rossiter Table 61 – Seat 3 7,475
    John Andress Table 70 – Seat 8 31,800
    Jonathan Duhamel Table 61 – Seat 8 39,350
    Kevin MacDonald Table 66 – Seat 4 30,525
    Lawrence Greenberg Table 70 – Seat 4 20,525
    Martin Rauss Table 66 – Seat 7 18,300
    Nicholas Petrangelo Table 66 – Seat 8 27,000
    Patrick Crivell Table 61 – Seat 7 23,450
    Samuel Chartier Table 66 – Seat 6 83,000
    Steven Silverman Table 66 – Seat 1 61,650
    Sylvain Siebert Table 61 – Seat 2 64,025
    Timothy Adams Table 70 – Seat 2 118,800

    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.

    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.

    Back from break

  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 39.2K
  • Remaining: 26
  • Entries: 34


  • The players are now back from their 3rd break of the day and there were no last-minute registrations so the final tally stands at 34 players that started the event.

    During the break we found the following 5 chip leaders. The situation hasn’t changed considerably since the last break, but that’s not to say that the action hasn’t been fierce.

    1. Samuel Chartier – 100K
    2. Sylvain Siebert – 100K
    3. Marco Cannizzaro – 85K
    4. Danny Lauzon – 78K
    5. Jonathan Duhamel – 75K

    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

    Just over 20 mins left…

  • Level: 6
  • Small Blind: 200
  • Big Blind: 400
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 37.8K
  • Remaining: 27
  • Entries: 34


  • The High Roller event has made it most of the way through level 6, which means there remains just over 20 minutes before late registration closes! There are currently 27 players of the 34 total entries who started the day.

    Recent eliminations include Satellite qualifier John Pentefountas, Thiago Nishijima, Gabriel Le Jossec, and Spencer Stacey.