TonyBet Winter Festival

3 levels remain

  • Level: 11
  • Small Blind: 600
  • Big Blind: 1.2K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 68.2K
  • Remaining: 88
  • Entries: 200


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    Play has entered level 11, and following this round there will be the last break of the night, with two more final levels of play. Rodney Hollet is steadily growing his stack, and still maintains the chip lead with his 180,000 stack. Recent additions to the leaderboard include Goran Brestovac, Rene Gauvin and Senthuran Vijayaratnam, who have all surpassed the 6-figure mark in recent levels.

    We will bring a more detailed update on the leaderboard during the next break, in roughly 45 minutes.

    Photographs from level 10:

    Level 10

  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1K
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 57.1K
  • Remaining: 105
  • Entries: 200


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    Level 10 has just begun, and a little over 3 hours remain to this last flight of the Main Event. There has not been much movement in the leaderboard in the last level, as Rodney Hollet still leads the field, closely followed by Scott Shelvock, Christina Knot and Chrishan Sivasundaram.

    Photographs from level 9:

    Chip counts at dinner break

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 49.2K
  • Remaining: 122
  • Entries: 200


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    The dinner break is finishing up, and during the time players were enjoying a mid-day snack, we took a walk and did some chip counts. Below you will find a list of the current chip leaders, as well as a few additional counts of notable players.

    Leaderboard entering level 9:

    First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
    RodneyHollett168,000
    ChristinaKnot118,200
    ScottShelvock117,100
    ChrishanSivasundaram116,500
    GrahamLupton111,100
    MaximilianDroege97,600
    MichaelKorovine97,300
    AdamMizzi96,400

    Additional counts:

    First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
    WilliamMolson63,200
    AlexandreLavigne60,400
    PatrickBraga55,900
    StevenKerr48,700
    Jean-PhilippePiquette45,000
    DavidOrmsby42,900
    EmaZajmovic34,600
    IsabelleMercier20,100
    NoeungTroeung13,700
    SenthuranVijayaratnam12,400
    AzimPopatia7,900

    Pre-dinner photos

  • Level: 8
  • Small Blind: 300
  • Big Blind: 600
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 47.6K
  • Remaining: 126
  • Entries: 200


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    Dinner break is just around the corner here in Day 1c of the TonyBet Winter Festival Main Event, and we will soon be publishing an updated leaderboard. Around 1/3 of the filed has already been eliminated from this final flight of the Main Event, and players will have 5 more levels to play after dinner break before the bagging of the chips.

    Photographs from levels 7 and 8:

    Level break of the day; Update on leaderboard

  • Level: 12
  • Small Blind: 800
  • Big Blind: 1.6K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 80.7K
  • Remaining: 68
  • Entries: 183


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    The players have just taken their last break of the night, and will play through 2 more levels before bagging up their remaining chips onto Day 2.

    Shortly after the completion of these two levels, we will publish the full list of player-reported chip counts. For now, here is a look at the current big stacks, as play enters level 12:

    First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
    KevinMacDonald280,600
    Charles-AlexandreBergeron202,300
    EricBorduas188,900
    JiachenGong185,500
    WaltAsatoorian166,400
    DannyKalpakis154,500
    MathyeuProvost140,100
    YannickLamarre-Delooz131,400
    Placide JuniorSanon129,500

    Photographs from level 11:

    Level 10

  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1K
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 57.8K
  • Remaining: 95
  • Entries: 183


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    Kevin MacDonald

    Kevin MacDonald has taken over the current chip lead here in Day 1b of the TonyBet Winter Festival Main Event, as he has grown his stack upwards of 180,000. Dinner-break leader Eric Borduas is still in the top 3 stacks, and sits sits on roughly 170,000, while Andrew Attia has increased his holdings to over 150,000. Mathyeu Provost has jumped up the leaderboard recently as well, as sits on a healthy 155,000 stack entering level 10.

    4 levels remain today.

     

    Photographs from level 9:

    Dinner break update; leaderboard and photos

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 50.8K
  • Remaining: 108
  • Entries: 183


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    8 levels have passed in Day 1b of the TonyBet Winter Festival Main Event, and 108 players are still in the running and currently enjoying a buffet sponsored by Playground Poker Club. We’ve lost a number of players so far, including the likes of Jean-Philippe Piquette, Ami Alibay, Alexandre Lavigne, Mike Leah, AJ Gambino, Azim Popatia, amongst others.

    Here is a look at the current leaderboard, as play enters level 9:

    First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
    EricBorduas161,400
    Andrew Attia145,900
    YannickLamarre-Delooz140,100
    KevinMacDonald138,700
    TonyTo115,300
    JeremyDufour109,300
    JiachenGong107,400
    MathyeuProvost105,100
    Eric Place103,100
    DannyKalpakis97,900
    Charle-AlexandreBergeron97,700

    Additional counts:

    First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
    CarlaSabini58,300
    DianaShamshoum50,400
    ChanracyKhun42,100
    JasonComtois38,300
    GriffinBenger18,700
    SamuelChartier15,600
    EricAfriat14,100

    Photographs from level 8:

    Level 7 photos; Dinner break in one level

  • Level: 8
  • Small Blind: 300
  • Big Blind: 600
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 44.3K
  • Remaining: 124
  • Entries: 183


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    The dinner break of this second flight to the TonyBet Winter Festival Main Event is around the corner, as we are but one level away. We will take advantage of this 45-minute break to bring an update on the leaderboard after 8 levels.

    Photographs from level 7:

    Last level of the night

  • Level: 13
  • Small Blind: 1K
  • Big Blind: 2K
  • Ante: 300
  • Chip Average: 93.4K
  • Remaining: 44
  • Entries: 137


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    Only 1 level separates the remain players from locking in a seat to Day 2, as Day 1a is set to finish once this 13th level has been completed.

    Two more flights remain for this Main Event of the TonyBet Winter Festival, with Day 1b scheduled on Saturday 11am, and Day 1c on Sunday at 11am. This tournament does follow a “next day re-entry” format, meaning that anyone wishing to participate in more than 1 starting flight can do so. Should they have more than 1 stack qualify for Day 2, only the biggest one will be kept.

    Photographs from level 12:

    Big stacks following the last break of the day

  • Level: 12
  • Small Blind: 800
  • Big Blind: 1.6K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 77.5K
  • Remaining: 53
  • Entries: 137


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    The last break of Day 1a has just finished, and players have 2 final levels to complete before bagging their chips onto Day 2. Shortly after time runs out in today’s flight, we will publish the full list of player-reported chip counts of the day.

    Here is a look at the leaderboard as play enters level 12:

    First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
    Rabah Belal AhinAl-Nasseri248,900
    MarcoSousa175,400
    Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perreault172,100
    TonyLaughing157,700
    BillKontaratos146,700
    RyanMcGarry145,200
    AlexandreRochette137,400
    Ivan FazalKarim132,800
    GeorgeCaragiorgas102,700
    YannDion102,300

    Photographs from level 11:

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