Playground Poker

Only 17 players are still in contention of bagging chips in this 4th live flight of the Grand Prix Canada as play returns from the 3rd break of the night. Once we see 3 more eliminations, the flight will come to a close and the remaining players will bag their stacks onto Day 2.

Leading the field is Brian Morgan, who is up to 401,400 in chips entering level 19. Other big stacks include Dominic Chagnon (392,400), Daniel Leduc (362,500) and Mathieu Ducharme (358,600). Once the flight is over, we will add the chip counts to the combined counts for Day 2, which can be found here.

Final 17 players entering level 19:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège
Daniel	Leduc	Table 54 - Seat 01
Levon	Dedeyan	Table 54 - Seat 02
Jean-Philippe	Leclerc	Table 54 - Seat 03
Michel	Leblanc	Table 54 - Seat 04
Karim	Abdelhamid	Table 54 - Seat 05
Christopher	King	Table 54 - Seat 06
Franco	Sicondolfi	Table 54 - Seat 08
Sofiane	Boulila	Table 54 - Seat 09
Patrick	Mailloux	Table 54 - Seat 10
Mathieu	Ducharme	Table 58 - Seat 01
Natalya	Goldis	Table 58 - Seat 02
Marc	Guerbilsky	Table 58 - Seat 04
Nadir	Lalji	Table 58 - Seat 05
Dominic	Chagnon	Table 58 - Seat 06
Ghislain	Bissonnette	Table 58 - Seat 08
Jocelyn	Poirier	Table 58 - Seat 09
Brian	Morgan	Table 58 - Seat 10

Photographs from levels 17-18:

Only 3 tables remain in play in Day 1D of the Grand Prix Canada, and a little less than half of the remaining players will bag some chips into Day 2, with 14 qualifiers scheduled to go through in this flight.

Haguy Cohen leads the way as he nears 300K in chips, while Dominic Chagnon holds a healthy 2nd place stack with around 250K. Brian Morgan rounds the top 3 with 230K, and Therlegrand Faustin, Paul Arcache, Ghislain Bissonnette, Natalya Goldis and Karim Abdelhamid flirt with the 200K mark.

Photographs from levels 14-15:

Another short break just took place in this 4th live flight of the Grand Prix Canada, and through 12 levels of play the 131-strong field has been widdled down to just 46 players. During this time we brought an update on the leaderboard, found below:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Therlegrand	Faustin	204,400
Raymond	Kay	188,200
Ghislain	Bissonnette	177,900
Dominic	Chagnon	167,300
Alex	Fortin Demers	154,100
Michel	Leblanc	151,300
Sofiane	Boulila	148,400
Paul	Arcache	146,700
Ron	G	144,100
Kathy	Sawers	140,000
Bob	T	131,100

Photographs from levels 11-12:

Level 10 has just been completed here in Day 1D of the Grand Prix Canada, and the field has been more than cut in half. Only 6 tables remain as we play down to the final 14 players, who will earn themselves a cash prize of $400, as well as carry their stack onto Day 2.

A short break is scheduled after level 12, at which point we will publish an update on the leaderboard.

Photographs from levels 8-9:

With late registration now closed, the story for Day 1D is set – with 131 players registered, action will continue until the final 14 players remain. The surviving players will then bag and tag their chips onto Day 2, and collect a $400 cash prize along the way (with much more up for grabs in Days 2 and 3!).

Michel Leblanc has leaped up above 100K in just 6 levels of play, and his 102,400 stack currently tops the Day 1D field at this first break of the night. Haguy Cohen sits in second place with 90,525, while Kristopher Chaykowski rounds the top 3 with a stack of 80,550.

Players who have had the misfortune of being eliminated from play still have several chances to try and bag a stack onto Day 2, as more starting flights are scheduled over the next few days. For a complete list of starting flights, visit the information page for the Grand Prix Canada.

Photographs from level 4-5-6:

The late registration period for Day 1D is still open, and will remain so until the start of level 7. This allows for players to buy-in to the tournament up until 9:15pm.

The field has recently reached the 100-player mark, and is now the largest of the live flights so far. We can expect the flights to get gradually larger as we near the weekend and Day 2.

Photographs from levels 1-2: