Event 7 of the TonyBet Winter Festival has just kicked off, and this tournament follows a “Survivor” structure, meaning that once the field is reduced to the final 10%, the tournament ends and the remaining players take an even part of the prize pool each. Given the buy-in of $200 + $20, players can expect to take home just shy of $2,000 should they qualify as one of the Survivors.

Late registration will remain open through until the end of the first break, giving players until 9pm to register. So far 43 players have already taken their seats in these first few minutes of the event.

Good luck to all the players in the field!

After losing Sofiane Boulila and J-Sebastien Schick in 9th and 8th respectively, the remaining 7 players decided to negotiate a deal. Given that stacks all fell between 240,000 and 400,000, they actually opted for an even chop, leaving behind the required 2% for the eventual winner (who will also take home the TonyBet Winter Festival Champion’s Trophy!).

They are pocketing $1,935 each, while the first place finisher will take home an additional $315.

Congratulations!

The final table is here!

Final table

• Siège 1: François-Étienne Corbin
• Siège 2: Kevin J. Birss
• Siège 3: Jean-Éric Gaudreault
• Siège 4: Sofiane Boulila
• Siège 5: Yannick Labattaglia
• Siège 6: J-Sébastien Schick
• Siège 7: Yang Guo
• Siège 8: Réjean Grenier
• Siège 9 Denis Asselin

With only 11 players left in action, the tournament went on a short chip-up break. At this point, two players have considerably separated themselves from the rest, as Yannick Labattaglia leads with 482,000, and is followed by Denis Asselin with 250,000. The rest of the players fall within the 180,000 – 230,000 range.

Players in Event 5 has just assured themselves a payday, as they accepted to offer an additional payout when play reached the bubble. They pulled $150 from first and $100 from second to offer it to the player who will eventually place 13th – but we all know their eyes are on the big prize of $3,820!

Here are the in-the-money players:

After 13 levels of play, only 4 players find themselves upwards of 100,000 in chips, even though the average stack at the moment is of 88,000:

1. Imran Hussain – 269 000
2. Yang guo – 172 000
3. Ryan Garonce – 155 000
4. Garry Thompson – 139 000

With one more elimination, we will be down to our final 3 tables.

Only 40 remain out of the 111 that started the night.

During the short chip-up break that just occurred, we took a walk around the tables and gathered an update for the leaderboard. Only one player has breached the 6-figure mark to date, as Garry Thompson leads the field with roughly 120,000. Here are the current chip leaders entering level 10:

1. Garry Thompson – 120 000
2. Denis Asselin – 88 000
3. Sofiane Boulila – 88 000
4. Ken Ransom – 76 000

Registration has closed for Event 5 of the TonyBet Winter Festival, and a total of 111 players have joined in the action.

Here is a quick leaderboard after 4 levels of play: