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Strangers in the Night – Leaderboard

Level: 19
Small Blind: 4K
Big Blind: 8K
Ante: 1K
Chip Average: 181.5K
Remaining: 54
Entries: 490

2017/06/11 - 15:28 by Jôle Simard

Players are now resuming play at level 19. With the blinds at 4K/8K/a1K and the bubble coming up, there will be some interesting all-ins in near future. For now, here is a look at our current top 10, built during the break when 56 stacks were at the tables. François Côté (title picture) is comfortably in the lead, with 200K more than his closest rival. He has definitely appointed himself captain of his table, continuing the great work he was doing all through Day 1A.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
François	Côté	581,000
Pierre-Paul	Paulin	386,000
André	Vézina	367,000
Simon	Binette	347,000
Tam	Ho	334,000
Stéphane	Alarie	329,000
François	Jacob	297,000
Christian	Rho	289,000
Said	Nehme	278,000
Joseph	Kennedy	272,000

Nearing the money bubble

Level: 18
Small Blind: 3K
Big Blind: 6K
Ante: 1K
Chip Average: 171.9K
Remaining: 57
Entries: 490

2017/06/11 - 14:36 by Jôle Simard

There is 1 more level to play before our players go on their first break of the day, and we are getting close to the payouts. 49 players will enjoy a payday, and 57 are left. Our 2 leaders at the start of the day, François Côté and Joël Giguère, both increased their stack to over 500K, and are still our top 2.

We will publish a leaderboard in about 45 minutes.

Photographs of levels 16-17:

Day 2 – 20 eliminations in the first level

Level: 16
Small Blind: 2K
Big Blind: 4K
Ante: 500
Chip Average: 124.1K
Remaining: 79
Entries: 490

2017/06/11 - 13:38 by Jôle Simard

Day 2 has now played one full 30-minute level, and already 20 players have busted. The field is getting rid of its short stacks rather quickly, and balance should be restored soon, allowing the Event to move to slower action.

Photographs of level 1:

Strangers in the Night – Day 2

2017/06/11 - 13:03 by Jôle Simard

The Strangers in the Night charity Event counted 490 entries spanned over 4 starting flights. Once again, there was an overlay covered by the house. $13,750 were added to the buy-ins as overlay, making this Event a great value tournament. Players contributed to the Strangers in the Night charity, while getting more for their dollars – what more can a player ask for?

99 players return today for Day 2 of this 3-day Event, and are now being directed to their respective table. François Côté is leading the pack, having literally destroyed Day 1A. Him and Joël Giguère are well above anyone else, and we will keep an eye on their progress.

We will play 14 30-minute levels today, and with 49 players paid, this should bring us well into the money. The few survivors that will bag their chips at the end of this day will come back tomorrow, Monday at 7pm, for the completion of the Event and the crowning of the Strangers in the Night Champion.

The tournament director will announce ”Shuffle up and deal” in a few moments.

Good luck to all qualifiers!

Strangers in the Night Poker Fundraiser – Day 2 seating draw (with counts)

2017/06/11 - 4:48 by

Play resumes for Day 2 of the Strangers in the Night Poker Fundraiser at 1:00pm on June 11th. The following table is the seating draw for the Day 2 restart.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Seat \| Siège	Stack \| Tapis
Raphael	Clayette	Table 57 - Seat 1	55,500
Byron	Doyle	Table 57 - Seat 2	72,000
Cole Spencer	Neufeld	Table 57 - Seat 3	59,500
William	Pauze	Table 57 - Seat 4	160,000
Paul	El-Khouri	Table 57 - Seat 5	94,000
Genia	Frenkel	Table 57 - Seat 6	55,000
Naren Danasar	Mangal	Table 57 - Seat 7	78,500
Mark	M	Table 57 - Seat 8	88,500
Francis	Carriere	Table 57 - Seat 9	87,500
Taoufik	Khlifi	Table 58 - Seat 1	59,500
Francois	Jacob	Table 58 - Seat 2	106,500
Odette	Tremblay	Table 58 - Seat 3	69,500
Jay	Doerr	Table 58 - Seat 4	39,000
Pierre-Luc	Gaudreau	Table 58 - Seat 5	95,000
Sacha	Caya	Table 58 - Seat 6	27,000
Hugo	Marquis	Table 58 - Seat 7	35,000
Christian	Rho	Table 58 - Seat 8	100,500
Damien	Garoyan	Table 58 - Seat 9	254,000
Daniel	Chen	Table 60 - Seat 1	116,500
Keven	Morin	Table 60 - Seat 2	192,000
Russell Thomas	Omond	Table 60 - Seat 3	87,000
Joel	Giguere	Table 60 - Seat 4	433,000
Jean-Francois	Dupont	Table 60 - Seat 5	112,000
Simon	Binette	Table 60 - Seat 6	191,500
Adam	Hamaoui	Table 60 - Seat 7	90,000
Sebastien	Proulx	Table 60 - Seat 8	62,500
David	Ho	Table 60 - Seat 9	51,500
Adam	Cader	Table 61 - Seat 1	40,000
Julien	Lemay	Table 61 - Seat 2	71,000
Tomas	Larivee Magni	Table 61 - Seat 3	79,000
Andre	Maurice	Table 61 - Seat 4	80,500
Maurice	Devereaux	Table 61 - Seat 5	87,000
Roger	Boyer	Table 61 - Seat 6	75,500
Yan	Gohier	Table 61 - Seat 7	51,000
Cedric	Meyer	Table 61 - Seat 8	70,000
Jared	McDonald	Table 61 - Seat 9	33,500
Stephane	Alarie	Table 62 - Seat 1	100,000
Tammy	Phan	Table 62 - Seat 2	49,000
Prosper	Azoulay	Table 62 - Seat 3	126,500
Pavel	Covaliov	Table 62 - Seat 4	41,500
Franck	Di Scala	Table 62 - Seat 5	83,000
Alain	Lavoie	Table 62 - Seat 6	104,000
Pierre	Gauthier	Table 62 - Seat 7	140,500
David Alfonso	Martinez	Table 62 - Seat 8	28,000
Philippe	Mangiacotti	Table 62 - Seat 9	74,000
Nick	Petsas	Table 64 - Seat 1	139,500
Rejean	Lapointe	Table 64 - Seat 2	55,000
Sebastien	Laviolette	Table 64 - Seat 3	112,500
Mathieu	Daigle	Table 64 - Seat 4	10,500
Michel	Bergeron	Table 64 - Seat 5	109,000
John	Palmer	Table 64 - Seat 6	35,000
Benoit	Desmarais	Table 64 - Seat 7	57,000
Pierre Paul	Paulin	Table 64 - Seat 8	186,500
Daune	Fernandez	Table 64 - Seat 9	71,000
Cristian	Muset	Table 65 - Seat 1	76,000
Matteo	Carelli	Table 65 - Seat 2	145,000
Oliver Finlay	Mercer-Smail	Table 65 - Seat 3	108,000
Andy	D'Alessandro	Table 65 - Seat 4	50,500
Tam	Ho	Table 65 - Seat 5	85,500
Jean Francois	Alexandre	Table 65 - Seat 6	180,500
Stephen	Ayoub	Table 65 - Seat 7	31,000
Guillaume	Tremblay	Table 65 - Seat 8	72,000
Nicolas	Delval	Table 65 - Seat 9	184,500
Alain	Boucher	Table 66 - Seat 1	25,500
Andre	Vezina	Table 66 - Seat 2	107,500
Giovanni	Di Marino	Table 66 - Seat 3	159,500
David	Cadoche	Table 66 - Seat 4	102,000
Eric	Leblond	Table 66 - Seat 5	65,500
Scott	Shein	Table 66 - Seat 6	48,500
Arthur	W	Table 66 - Seat 7	52,500
Pei	Wu	Table 66 - Seat 8	110,000
Benjamin	Cohen	Table 66 - Seat 9	71,500
Patrick	Mailloux	Table 68 - Seat 1	71,000
Tina	S	Table 68 - Seat 2	3,500
Vincent	Trepanier	Table 68 - Seat 3	212,000
Jean-Francois	Beaulieu	Table 68 - Seat 4	92,000
Claude	Dussureault	Table 68 - Seat 5	109,000
Nick	Giorgio	Table 68 - Seat 6	118,000
Jean Guy	Racine	Table 68 - Seat 7	83,500
Xi An Le	Wang	Table 68 - Seat 8	53,500
Joseph	Kennedy	Table 68 - Seat 9	202,000
Francois	Cote	Table 69 - Seat 1	493,500
Michel	Lachance	Table 69 - Seat 2	72,500
Nabil	N	Table 69 - Seat 3	32,500
Alexandre	Guindon	Table 69 - Seat 4	172,500
Michel	Gaudette	Table 69 - Seat 5	49,000
Marc	Leroux	Table 69 - Seat 6	110,000
Anthony	Ciambella	Table 69 - Seat 7	74,500
David Joseph Don	Gionet	Table 69 - Seat 8	37,500
Richard	Desmarais	Table 69 - Seat 9	67,000
Matthieu	Lepine	Table 70 - Seat 1	169,500
Dwayne	Mattice	Table 70 - Seat 2	161,000
Alex	Guerrera	Table 70 - Seat 3	79,500
Mitcheal	Ferguson	Table 70 - Seat 4	95,500
Daniel	Johnston	Table 70 - Seat 5	55,000
Richard	Drolet	Table 70 - Seat 6	99,500
Patrice	Mailloux	Table 70 - Seat 7	91,000
Gianfranco	Giordano	Table 70 - Seat 8	90,000
Said	Nehme	Table 70 - Seat 9	171,500

37 players bag in Day 1D

2017/06/11 - 3:08 by Playground Poker

The final flight of the Strangers of the Night Charity Poker Tournament has been completed, and the stage is being set for Day 2. From the 490 entries that took place over 4 starting flights, there were 100 stacks that qualified for Day 2, including a double from Francois Jacob (only the biggest of his two stacks will move forward).

Day 1D added 37 players into the mix from a starting field of 162 players, with the biggest stack of the flight belonging to Vincent Trepanier, who amassed an armory of 212,000 chips. Full counts from this last flight are included in the table below, whereas the full list of Day 2 qualifiers can be found here.

Action resumes at 1pm tomorrow, and will play through 14 levels of 30 minutes each before the surviving players carry their chips onto Day 3, where our tournament champion will be crowned. The money bubble will burst sometime tomorrow, and the top 49 players will secure a cash prize of at least $310, with a massive $19,240 reserved for the eventual winner.

Follow all the action via our own Playground Poker Blog, where we will be publishing photos and live updates throughout the day.

See you tomorrow!

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Vincent	Trepanier	212,000
Keven	Morin	192,000
Alexandre	Guindon	172,500
Said	Nehme	171,500
Giovanni	Di Marino	159,500
Prosper	Azoulay	126,500
Nick	Giorgio	118,000
Daniel	Chen	116,400
Jean-Francois	Dupont	112,000
Olivier Finlay	Mercier-Smail	108,000
David	Cadoche	102,000
Richard	Drolet	99,500
Paul	El-Khouri	94,000
Patrice	Mailloux	91,000
Mark	M	88,500
Jean Guy	Racine	83,500
Tomas	Larivee Magni	79,000
Naren Danasar	Mangal	78,500
Philippe	Mangiacotti	74,000
Guillaume	Tremblay	72,000
Byron	Doyle	72,000
Benjamin	Cohen	71,500
Daune	Fernandez	71,000
Cedric	Meyer	70,000
Odette	Tremblay	69,500
Eric	Leblond	65,500
Taoufik	Khlifi	59,500
David	Ho	51,500
Yan	Gohier	51,000
Andy	D'Alessandro	50,500
Tammy	Phan	49,000
Michel	Gaudette	49,000
Pavel	Covaliov	41,500
David Joseph Don	Dionet	37,500
John	Palmer	35,000
Hugo	Marquis	35,000
Tina	S	3,500