Event 2 of the TonyBet Winter Festival attracted a total of 82 entries which contributed to a total prize pool of $11,931.00. This prize pool will be distributed according to the following payout structure table.
| Pos | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $3,101.00 |
| 2nd | $2,360.00 |
| 3rd | $1,800.00 |
| 4th | $1,380.00 |
| 5th | $1,050.00 |
| 6th | $800.00 |
| 7th | $610.00 |
| 8th | $470.00 |
| 9th | $360.00 |
This is the official seating chart for Day 3 of the All-Stars for Starlight tournament, which is Event 1 in the TonyBet Winter Festival. After 26 levels of play there are just 30 players remaining out of a total of 1,109 entries, 266 of whom began play on Day 2.
Play resumes in level 27 at 7pm on Monday February 1st. Play will continue on Day 3 until a champion is crowned!
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 3.
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| First Name | Last Name | Seat | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theo | Psihogios | Table 35 - Seat 1 | 310,000 |
| Michel | Harvey | Table 35 - Seat 2 | 1,034,000 |
| Jeremie | Benoit | Table 35 - Seat 3 | 1,125,000 |
| Alexandre | Bergeron-Cyr | Table 35 - Seat 4 | 705,000 |
| Andre | Vezina | Table 35 - Seat 6 | 450,000 |
| David | Bolduc Hamel | Table 35 - Seat 7 | 1,360,000 |
| Kosta | Papa | Table 35 - Seat 9 | 1,495,000 |
| Alberto | Scuderi | Table 36 - Seat 1 | 500,000 |
| Devon | Bestard | Table 36 - Seat 2 | 830,000 |
| Bill | Kontaratos | Table 36 - Seat 3 | 1,060,000 |
| Eric | Boire | Table 36 - Seat 4 | 920,000 |
| Janendra | Mahendra Rajah | Table 36 - Seat 5 | 200,000 |
| Stephan | Daoust | Table 36 - Seat 6 | 1,390,000 |
| Mathieu | Fontaine Raposo | Table 36 - Seat 8 | 1,001,000 |
| Alexandre | Henry | Table 36 - Seat 9 | 905,000 |
| Jean-Jacques | Dubois-Belisle | Table 39 - Seat 1 | 420,000 |
| Michel | Poulin | Table 39 - Seat 3 | 310,000 |
| Michael | Moussis | Table 39 - Seat 4 | 620,000 |
| Name | Withheld | Table 39 - Seat 5 | 660,000 |
| Andre | Dupuis | Table 39 - Seat 6 | 635,000 |
| Pierre Olivier | Guay | Table 39 - Seat 8 | 345,000 |
| Daniel | Johnston | Table 39 - Seat 9 | 459,000 |
| Mohamed | Ben Yahia | Table 40 - Seat 1 | 160,000 |
| Eric | Trudeau | Table 40 - Seat 2 | 215,000 |
| Francis | L | Table 40 - Seat 3 | 915,000 |
| Haguy | Cohen | Table 40 - Seat 5 | 1,095,000 |
| Nick-Real | Seide | Table 40 - Seat 6 | 1,095,000 |
| Kaylen | Nichol | Table 40 - Seat 7 | 765,000 |
| Shu Pui Philip | Tse | Table 40 - Seat 8 | 675,000 |
| Andrey | Vainer | Table 40 - Seat 9 | 480,000 |
Day 2 of the All-Stars for Starlight has just finished, and 30 players will return tomorrow for the conclusion of this kickoff event to the TonyBet Winter Festival.Local hero Kosta Papa leads the way, as he bagged a total of 1,495,000 in chips, while Stephan Daoust (1,390,000) and David Bolduc Hamel (1,360,000) are not too far behind.
Day 3 takes place tomorrow night at 7pm (Monday, February 1st), and will play down until we have our tournament champion!
In a few minutes we will publish the full list of player-reported chip counts, as well as the seating draw for Day 3.
See you tomorrow!
Top 3 going into Day 3:
Play has just entered level 26 here in the All-Stars for Starlight event, which means only 1 level remains before the conclusion of Day 2. There are still 34 players remaining at the moment, and those who still hold chips when time runs out will return tomorrow for the conclusion of the tournament.
Photographs from levels 24 and 25:
Event 2 is now well underway, and as this is a Shootout Event, players must win their table in order to qualify for the final table. Below are some photographs taken during the early stages of the tournament:
Daniel Johnston
Day 2 of the All-Stars for Starlight has just come off its last break of the night, and only 3 more 40-minute levels remain before the tournament wraps up for the night. A few players have recently breached the 1-million chip mark, and it’s Daniel Johnston who leads the final 47 players with a stack of 1,423,000.
Once level 26 is completed, the remaining players will bag and tag their chips onto Day 3, which is scheduled for 7pm tomorrow, Monday February 1st.
Here is a look at the current leaderboard, as play enters level 24:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel | Johnston | 1,423,000 |
| Francis | L | 1,361,000 |
| Kosta | Papa | 1,178,000 |
| Mohamed Ben | Yahia | 1,121,000 |
| Eric | Boire | 1,103,000 |
Event 1 of the TonyBet Winter Festival attracted a total of 1,109 entries which contributed to a total prize pool of $145,223.00. This prize pool was distributed according to the following payout table.
Note that there were several deals made starting from 10 players remaining (final table). The initial deals were designed to flatten out the payouts slightly, and then with 6 players remaining they chose to chop the prize pool evenly while reserving $2,900 and the trophy for 1st place and $1,723 for 2nd place. These deals are reflected in the official payout table.
| Rank | Pos | First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Prize | Bourse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathieu | Fontaine Raposo | $14,900.00 |
| 2 | Michael | Moussis | $13,723.00 |
| 3 | Jeremie | Benoit | $12,000.00 |
| 4 | Nick-Real | Seide | $12,000.00 |
| 5 | Name | Withheld | $12,000.00 |
| 6 | Andrey | Vanier | $12,000.00 |
| 7 | Jean-Jacques | Dubois-Belisle | $5,000.00 |
| 8 | Stephan | Daoust | $5,000.00 |
| 9 | Andre | Dupuis | $2,100.00 |
| 10 | Theo | Psihogios | $2,000.00 |
| 11 | Eric | Boire | $1,600.00 |
| 12 | Devon | Bestard | $1,600.00 |
| 13 | Kosta | Papa | $1,300.00 |
| 14 | David | Bolduc Hamel | $1,300.00 |
| 15 | Alberto | Scutari | $1,300.00 |
| 16 | Andre | Vezina | $1,050.00 |
| 17 | Janendra | Mahendra Rajah | $1,050.00 |
| 18 | Michel | Poulin | $1,050.00 |
| 19 | Shu Pui Phillip | Tse | $900.00 |
| 20 | Kaylen | Nichol | $900.00 |
| 21 | Alexandre | Bergeron-Cyr | $900.00 |
| 22 | Alexandre | Henry | $800.00 |
| 23 | Francis | L | $800.00 |
| 24 | Haguy | Cohen | $800.00 |
| 25 | Daniel | Johnston | $750.00 |
| 26 | Michel | Harvey | $750.00 |
| 27 | Bill | Kontaratos | $750.00 |
| 28 | Eric | Trudeau | $700.00 |
| 29 | Pierre Olivier | Guay | $700.00 |
| 30 | Mohamed | Ben Yahia | $700.00 |
| 31 | Henri | Lajoie | $650.00 |
| 32 | Nabil | Assaff | $650.00 |
| 33 | Anton | Shlyk | $650.00 |
| 34 | Joseph | Abou Khalil | $600.00 |
| 35 | Christian | Rho | $600.00 |
| 36 | Jonathan | Brazeau | $600.00 |
| 37 | Marc-Andre | Gariepy | $550.00 |
| 38 | Yvan | Gravel | $550.00 |
| 39 | Matt | Ranger | $550.00 |
| 40 | Zied | Ben Jaballah | $550.00 |
| 41 | George | Kazarian | $550.00 |
| 42 | Phannasophea | Muong | $550.00 |
| 43 | Ramnik | Singh | $550.00 |
| 44 | Wilfred | Vatcher | $550.00 |
| 45 | Yves | Aubin | $550.00 |
| 46 | Andre | Landry | $500.00 |
| 47 | Isham | Yamani | $500.00 |
| 48 | Simon | Barrette | $500.00 |
| 49 | Charles | Gendron | $500.00 |
| 50 | Sylvain | Gauthier | $500.00 |
| 51 | Noy | U | $500.00 |
| 52 | Andrew | Isabel | $500.00 |
| 53 | Ioannis | Pentefountas | $500.00 |
| 54 | Behrooz | Salemi | $500.00 |
| 55 | Nassim | Kabbara | $450.00 |
| 56 | Corey | Jackson | $450.00 |
| 57 | Pierre | Tischuk | $450.00 |
| 58 | Real | Boisvert | $450.00 |
| 59 | Eric | Cloutier | $450.00 |
| 60 | Gerry | Arbour | $450.00 |
| 61 | Luc | Ratelle | $450.00 |
| 62 | Danik | L'Ecuyer | $450.00 |
| 63 | Therlegrand | Faustin | $450.00 |
| 64 | Danny | Rouleau | $400.00 |
| 65 | Hassan | Hares | $400.00 |
| 66 | Louis-Patrick | Levros | $400.00 |
| 67 | Daniel | Piperni | $400.00 |
| 68 | William | Porter | $400.00 |
| 69 | Xavier | Lehoux | $400.00 |
| 70 | Jesse | Deslauriers | $400.00 |
| 71 | Henri | Cardinal | $400.00 |
| 72 | Adam | Cader | $400.00 |
| 73 | Deitan Baruch | St-Amand | $360.00 |
| 74 | Felix | Bigras | $360.00 |
| 75 | Alexandre | Couturier | $360.00 |
| 76 | Mathieu | Couture | $360.00 |
| 77 | Laurie | Mallen | $360.00 |
| 78 | Benjamin | Menard | $360.00 |
| 79 | Kenneth | Guitard | $360.00 |
| 80 | Jonathan | Beaudoin | $360.00 |
| 81 | Michael | Plante | $360.00 |
| 82 | Emile | H | $330.00 |
| 83 | Patrick | St-Onge | $330.00 |
| 84 | Marie-Lyne | Menard | $330.00 |
| 85 | Joel | Plante | $330.00 |
| 86 | Francois | Blais | $330.00 |
| 87 | Martin | Giguere | $330.00 |
| 88 | Jennifer | Brooks | $330.00 |
| 89 | Hiroaki | Harada | $330.00 |
| 90 | Alex | Normandin | $330.00 |
| 91 | Francois | Jacob | $300.00 |
| 92 | Grant | Pazarka | $300.00 |
| 93 | Richard | Johansen | $300.00 |
| 94 | Ryan | Jensen | $300.00 |
| 95 | Igor | Gamayunov | $300.00 |
| 96 | Rose Anne | Lesperance | $300.00 |
| 97 | Axel | Ouellet-Guy | $300.00 |
| 98 | German | Tamayo | $300.00 |
| 99 | Jean-Sebastien | Lemay | $300.00 |
| 100 | Frederick | Richard | $280.00 |
| 101 | Hamed | Roshan | $280.00 |
| 102 | Arthur | W | $280.00 |
| 103 | Jean | Seminaro | $280.00 |
| 104 | Dave | Pelletier-Bremner | $280.00 |
| 105 | Lawrence | Gluck | $280.00 |
| 106 | Christian | Barbeau | $280.00 |
| 107 | Genevieve | Champagne | $280.00 |
| 108 | Olivier | Lachapelle | $280.00 |
| 109 | Jean-Francois | Marin | $280.00 |
| 110 | Tanvir | Ahmed | $280.00 |
| 111 | Mathieu | Leclerc | $280.00 |
| 112 | Martin | Dufour | $280.00 |
| 113 | John | Palmer | $280.00 |
| 114 | Jean-Guy | Roy | $280.00 |
| 115 | Marc | Hainey | $280.00 |
| 116 | Francois | Graton-Valiquette | $280.00 |
| 117 | Marc | Brisson | $280.00 |
Ramnik Singh
There is an interesting story brewing here in Day 2 of the All-Stars for Starlight event, as the current chip leader Ramnik Singh was nearly blinded out today, as he apparently slept through his alarm and only showed up at hand-for-hand, 6 levels into the day. His stack was blinded down from 149,000 to just 26,000 before he finally showed up. He moved all-in twice during hand-for-hand, winning in both cases, and has since grown his stack to an impressive 950,000 total.
Other current big stacks include Kosta Papa (roughly 900,000) and Francis L (roughly 820,000).
Photographs from level 21:
Players from Day 2 of the All-Stars for Starlight are enjoying a short break, and we’ve seen a number of eliminations occur since the bubble burst around one level ago. The field has dropped to 83 players during this time, as the pressure of the money-bubble is no longer present.
Kaylen Nichol took over the chip lead in the hand before the break, and now leads the field with just over 900,000. Here is a look at the top stacks as play enters level 21:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Kaylen | Nichol | 901,000 |
| Francis | L | 738,000 |
| Daniel | Johnston | 667,000 |
| Zied Ben | Jaballah | 623,000 |
| Noy | 594,000 | |
| Philip | Tse | 591,000 |
| Alberto | Scuderi | 572,000 |
Photographs taken during level 20 – after the bubble burst:
After just 4 hands of hand for hand play, the bubble has burst as Denis Levesque was eliminated by Nick-Real Seide in the type of hand that often seems to characterize bubble eliminations.
The preflop action was standard: Denis open shoved, action folded around to Nick-Real in the bb (who covered Denis by quite a bit), who made the call. The hole cards were turned over.
Denis: 
Nick-Real: 
The flop was terrific for Denis: 
and the turn 
didn’t seem like much of a threat… until the 
was flipped over on the river! Nick-Real had made a runner-runner straight! And though it was a pretty bad beat, Denis was gracious about congratulating the table before making his way to the exit.
During hand for hand play we saw the beginning of level 20 in the tournament, which is significant because from now on, blinds will be 40 minutes in length.
