We are back from the last break of the day, and Day 1c will be finished upon the completion of 2 more 1-hour levels. We’ve seen a lot of movement in chips in these last 2 levels, and and few players have sprung up way above the average. Given the amount of entries in this flight versus the two previous ones, we are expecting to see a lot more players finish the day with stacks upwards of 200K, although no one has reached that plateau yet. Here is an approximation of the top ten stacks we’ve come across:

1. Marcello Delgrasso – 180K
2. Francis Binette – 164K
3. Levon Dedeyan – 148K
4. Sebastien Girard – 137K
5. Johnny A Benehoutsos – 135K
6. Joeygajan Ravinthan – 132K
7. Eric Afriat – 117K
8. Medhat Ramzy – 103K
9. Alex Cordero – 103K
10. Riyaz Abdulla – 100K

Day 1c of the PokerStars Canada Cup Main Event is into it’s 8th level of the day, and players still have almost 3 hours left of play before bagging their chips onto Day 2.

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

The tournament flight is half-way through level 4 and the players will be taking their second break in about 20 minutes. The eyes that aren’t glued to the poker table are wandering almost exclusively to the Champions League Final that is being played in Lisbon today!

Registration is up to 271 with two more levels (plus the dinner break) left to late register, and the numbers today, while solid, will likely not quite make it up to the level required to hit the guarantee… which means added value for everyone in the field!

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

It’s still very very early in today’s flight, but there are a few players who have already managed to at least double their starting stack.

1. Marc-André Roy – 73K
2. Justin Miller – 67K
3. Jason Mann – 64K
4. Jiachen Gong – 61K

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

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