Day 1I is down to 35 players and play is set to stop for the day when 34 players remain – so this Day 1 has reached a small bubble. The 34 players who survive will each make $400 and bag their chips to return on Day 2.
We’ll have the final results of the day and an update of the Combined results list shortly.
Please Note: Due to the high number of players at the tables today, tournament staff has decided to push the start of the final Live starting flight in the Grand Prix Canada – Day 1K – back a half hour to 7:30pm. This will ensure that we have enough tables available to be able to seat everyone who wants to play promptly when the tournament begins.
The players in Day 1I have just returned from a break following level 18 and there are just 20 eliminations to go before the remaining players bag their chips to return to play on Day 2, tomorrow.
Two players so far have broken the half million chip mark – Alain Corriveau (537K), and Claude Savard (543K), but Eric Afriat continues among the leaders, just a hair back at 465K.
The first 6 levels have come and gone and registration has now closed in the second-to-last Live Day 1 in the Grand Prix Canada. A total of 296 players took a seat during the registration period – 227 of whom remain in the action through the beginning of level 7.
This total means that another 30 entries will make it through to Day 2, which will bring the total somewhere North of 230 Day 2 Qualifiers total with more yet to come in the final live and online Day 1s.
In addition, this brings the total number of entries in the tournament all the way up to 2,219, adding up to a collected prize pool of $443,800 – almost, but not quite, meeting the guarantee!
Here are a few photos from level 18 in Day 1I.
Play in Day 1I is down to just 70 players remaining – and with 34 players set to qualify for Day 2 from this massive flight, about half of the remaining field will get through and half will not.
Since the last break a few players have been greatly accelerating the growth of their stacks – there are currently at least 5 players over 370K including Steve Cotton, Eric Afriat, Joshua Wallace, and Marc-Antoine Beriault who is currently the chip leader with over 430K in front of him at the table.