TonyBet Winter Festival

Main Event Day 1c – final counts

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There were 200 entries in today’s Day 1c flight of the TonyBet Winter Festival Main Event, a $1,000 + $100 NL Hold’em tournament with a $500,000 Guaranteed prize pool. Added to the 320 entries from Days 1a and 1b, it adds up to a total of 520 total entries in the tournament. 62 players qualified through Day 1c, all of whom have qualified for Day 2 on Monday February 8th.

Note that these are player-recorded chip count totals. The actual chips have been sealed in bags which will be opened by the players to be returned to play on Day 2. The full list of qualifiers and the Day 2 seating draw will be released shortly.

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First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
ChristinaKnot269,100
AlexandreLavigne196,000
ShaneBrotherwood191,000
TeddeBallanger190,100
LouisArpin178,700
SeanWindover171,500
GrantPazarka168,800
Joseph DwayneShaw168,000
BrianFriesen160,000
Pierre AntoineMartin159,700
RodneyHollett148,900
WilliamMolson139,700
Rabah Belal AhinAl-Nasseri134,900
RobertMoran128,300
RickyCampanelli126,000
IsabelleMercier120,400
Charles-EtienneGagnon120,100
KirkMyrie117,300
GrahamLupton115,000
ChrishanSivasundaram113,100
PhilippDaze112,800
ZhengWei110,600
ScottShelvock109,000
ReneGauvin104,900
DanielFortier101,600
SethManning98,700
EmaZajmovic95,500
VahidHoseyni92,500
ReneBerube Sarginson92,000
AlainDesbiens86,900
BradleySmith86,100
MichaelKorovine81,700
JeremieBenoit81,100
TroyVandaalen80,900
MaximilianDroege80,100
JohnPortelance80,000
JimmyFradette Dufour77,300
JamesGibson73,400
RodneyLawrence69,800
GoranBrestovac69,400
AlexandrePruneau67,000
AdamMizzi65,900
MaximeBlanchard64,600
JasonGracie63,700
NoeungTroeung62,000
Francine Di NardoLevesque61,400
Marc-AndreGauthier60,200
ReneBerube59,200
SenthuranVijayaratnam59,200
DavidOrmsby58,800
SergioIannetti50,200
Brent FMccue49,700
NicholasKing-Edwards49,700
GeorgeCaragiorgas43,200
BrianHodhod41,800
FrancoisGraton-Valiquette41,000
FelixSides40,400
Pierre OlivierGuay36,600
MichaelNoor35,000
DanyTremblay28,400
DavinderSrann22,000
StevenKerr20,700

Onto Day 2 of the TonyBet Winter Festival Main Event

  • Level: 13
  • Small Blind: 1.2K
  • Big Blind: 2.4K
  • Ante: 400
  • Chip Average: 104K
  • Remaining: 150
  • Entries: 520


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    Day 1c of the Main Event has just wrapped up, and as this was the last flight for this tournament, we are now set for Day 2. 150 of the 520 players that entered this have managed to score themselves a seat for tomorrow’s Day 2, although this number includes players who have qualified twice, and will be adjusted once all the counts are in.

    Online qualifier Rabah Belal Ahin Al-Nasseri is the overall chip leader, and has actually managed to qualify himself more than once after winning 3 seats online. Only his biggest stack will move on to Day 2, while the rest of the chips will be taken out of play.

    The top 6 stacks entering Day 2 are from starting flights 1a and 1b, as the biggest stack to pass from Day 1c was that of Christina Knot, who bagged 269,100. Other big stacks from this last flight include [3-time Main Event final-tableist at Playground Poker Club] Alexandre Lavigne (196,000), Shane Brotherwood (191,000) and Tedde Ballanger (190,000). Local pro Isabelle Mercier stayed under the radar most of the day, until ramping up her stack in the final moments of the day, and she finally bagged a healthy 120,400 stack.

    Once the tournament staff has finished compiling all the data, we will release the full list of player-reported chips counts from all 3 starting flights, as well as the seating assignments for Day 2.

    As a reminder for any player that made Day 2, the tournament is scheduled to start at 12pm Monday February 8th, and players are required to show a valid photo ID to take their seats.

    See you tomorrow!

    Photographs from level 12:

     

    TonyBet Winter Festival Main Event – prize pool & payout table

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    Event 8 of the TonyBet Winter Festival was the Main Event, a $1,000 + $100 NL Hold’em tournament with 3 Day 1s, with the entire tournament scheduled to run over 4 days until February 10th. The tournament had a prize pool guarantee of $500,000. With 520 entries in the three day 1s, the actual prize pool surpassed this guarantee, reaching $504,400.00.

    This prize pool will be distributed according to the following table. Day 2 begins tomorrow – Monday February 8th at 12pm (noon).

    PosPrize
    1st$100,000.00
    2nd$70,000.00
    3rd$44,000.00
    4th$32,000.00
    5th$24,500.00
    6th$19,600.00
    7th$16,400.00
    8th$13,020.00
    9th$9,800.00
    10th-12th$7,200.00
    13th-15th$5,850.00
    16th-18th$5,050.00
    19th-21st$4,500.00
    22nd-24th$4,000.00
    25th-27th$3,500.00
    28th-36th$3,020.00
    37th-45th$2,550.00
    46th-54th$2,100.00
    55th-63rd$1,750.00

    Last break of the night; Update on leaderboard

  • Level: 12
  • Small Blind: 800
  • Big Blind: 1.6K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 77.9K
  • Remaining: 77
  • Entries: 200


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    As promised, we brought an update to the leaderboard on this the last break of Day 1c. Christina Knot has recently taken over the chip lead, and has been consistently amongst the leaders since just before the dinner break, while Rodney Hollet holds the second largest stack.

    Players have two more levels left to complete before bagging their remaining chips onto Day 2, which will take place tomorrow February 8th at 12:00pm.

    Leaderboard as play enters level 12:

    First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
    ChristinaKnot206,600
    RodneyHollet175,300
    ReneGauvin169,600
    ScottShevlock169,500
    ReneBerube Sarginson169,300
    GrantPazarka159,700
    MarcoCannizzaro155,800
    AdamMizzi144,300
    SenthurnanVijayaratnam143,800
    SeanWindover135,700
    SethManning115,000

    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:

    More tweets from the field

  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 41.7K
  • Remaining: 144
  • Entries: 200


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    This is the most active day so far in terms of players in the event who are also on Twitter – here’s a taste of some of the tweets we’ve noticed so far.

    Late reg has closed

  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 38.7K
  • Remaining: 155
  • Entries: 200


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    Level 6 and the break following it have come and gone and with those came the end of the late registration period. The total number of entries today ended at exactly 200, which adds up to a total of 520 entries in the event overall.

    We took the opportunity during the break to survey the tables for the largest stacks, and we found that there are currently 4 players with over 90K and just 2 players with over 100K as the day reaches its half-way point. Clearly there’s a lot of poker left to be played today, and anything could happen.

    First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
    SergioIannetti107,600
    BradleySmith103,450
    NimerLtaif95,500
    AlexFortin Demers92,450

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