Day 1H is into level 15, and 90 players remain of which 29 are set to make Day 2. To see the list of Day 2 qualifiers, visit the Grand Prix Canada Day 1 combined results page.
Photographs from levels 13-14:
Players have just returned from their second break of the night, and 116 of them are back at their seats trying to qualify their stack onto Day 2. Only 29 of them will manage to do so from this flight however.
The biggest stack in the room currently belongs to Olivier Finlay Mercer-Smail, who clashed with other big stack David Letourneau-Sullivan in the last hand before the break to win what was most likely the biggest pot of the night so far. Olivier now sits on a cool 358,800 stack entering level 13. Rivalling his chip count is Guillaume Tremblay, who has more than tenfold the starting stack with 329,100. Below are the top counts through 12 levels of play:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Olivier | Finlay Mercer-Smail | 358,800 |
| Guillaume | Tremblay | 329,100 |
| Behrouz | Ghaedi | 230,500 |
| Christopher | Kokozaki | 224,100 |
| Bob | T | 173,000 |
| Thibault | Delmarle | 166,300 |
| Pierre | Boire | 155,800 |
| Frederic | Gagne | 149,900 |
| Steeven | Jacques | 141,100 |
| Michael | Brown | 136,200 |
Level 12 is here, and a little more than half of the 281 player field has been eliminated from play. The remaining players are scattered across 14 tournament tables, and action will continue until only 29 players are left with chips in hand.
There is a short break following level 12, during which we will publish the top counts in play.
Photographs from levels 10-11:
Below is a series of photographs taken during levels 7, 8 and 9 in Day 1H of the Grand Prix Canada, part of the Playground Poker Spring Classic.
The registration period has come to a close in Day 1H of the Grand Prix Canada, and this has been the most popular flight by far. The final number of entries from this 8th live flight was of 281, bringing the combined total up to 1,552 entries through 23 flights. Another 5 flights remain (2 online and 3 live) before the tournament moves forward to Day 2, which begins on Sunday April 30th at 1pm.
Dina Adamopoulos has taken a head start on this Day 1H field as he sits on 106,825 after 6 levels of play. Daniel Gleason (92,225) and Christopher Kokozaki (90,300) have also managed to triple their starting stacks, while Jacques Bigonesse (89,975), Michael Brown (86,100) and Bob T (87,450) are very close behind.
Photographs from levels 3-4-5:
Day 1H is up above 200 entries so far, with late registration open for another 90 minutes or so. This is by far the biggest flight to date, however every flight remaining will need to see this big of a number of attendees if the $500,000 guarantee is to be met. Otherwise the players will enjoy some overlay!
3 live flights are scheduled for tomorrow (12pm, 4pm and 7pm), which is the last day to qualify for Day 2. In addition, 2 more online flights remain on partypoker.net – one tonight at 9pm and another tomorrow night at 9pm.
Photographs from levels 1-2:
