After an eventful Day 2 of the TonyBet Winter Festival Main Event, 26 players have managed to bag chips for Day 3 after 21 levels of play over 2 days of poker.
Chip leader at the start of the day Rabah Belal Ahin El-Nasseri was not amongst the remaining players, although he did manage to collect a min-cash, while local pros Yann Dion and Isabelle Mercier failed on their mission to bring home the bacon. Jonathan Roy looked as if he was going to end Day 2 with some chips, but got knocked out on the penultimate hand of the night.
Poker notables Will Molson (488,000) and Marco Caza (1,033,000) managed to stay alive so far in this Main Event, and will be back tomorrow to continue their progress towards the elusive final table. Alexandre Lavigne (410,000) also bagged some chips, and he is on the hunt for his 4th final table in a Main Event here at Playground Poker Club. Local heroes Michael Korovine (323,000) and Jiachen Gong (416,000) are also still in the running, all eyeing the sweet $100,000 first prize.
Day 3 will begin at 12pm tomorrow, February 9th, and will play down until the official final table of 6 is reached. Leading the way is Benoit Jean (1,730,000), who took the chip lead on the last hand of the night as he eliminated Michael Johnston. Inches behind is Ryan McGarry (1,667,000), who has maintained a spot amongst the leaders throughout most of the day.
In a few moments we will publish the full list of player-reported chip counts, as well as the new seating assignments for Day 3 and the payouts thus far in this Main Event of the tonyBet Winter Festival.
See you tomorrow!
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- Benoit Jean
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- Ryan McGarry
