Day 2 of the TonyBet Winter Festival Main Event started today at 12pm with 149 player still in the action, and by the end of the day there were just 25 players remaining. Action resumes tomorrow (February 9th) at 12pm and will continue on Day 3 through 7 levels or until 6 players remain.

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Players are on their first break of the day in Event 10. Here are the early chip leaders in the event.

1. Mike Lafable: 75,800 chips
2. Roger Lamia: 68,100 chips
3. Carl Laberge: 67,500 chips

The field in the Main Event of the TonyBet Winter Festival has been reduced to just four 9-handed tables, as play enters the last level of Day 2. Those still holding chips once the clock runs out will bag them and tag them for tomorrow’s Day 3, where we will play down until our official final table of 6 players is set. The conclusion of the event will take place on Wednesday at noon, where the final 6 will face-off until only 1 remains – our tournament champion.

Shortly after the players bag their chips, we will release the full list of player-reported chip counts, as well as the new seating assignments for Day 3.

Here are the final 4 tables:

Registration for Event 10, the $500 + $50 2-day Freeze, will remain open through the first 6 levels and break, which means players still have until 9:15pm to enter. Registration is nearing the 100 entries mark at this point, and players are steadily rolling in.

It’s not too late to join in the action and take home a piece of the prize pool!

Event 10 of the TonyBet Winter Festival, which features a deepstack structure and a hefty $500 + $50 buy-in, is all set and ready to begin!

This tournament will be played over 2 days, or rather 2 evenings, and includes gradual blind levels. The first 6 levels will be set at 20 minutes long, and will then increase to 30 minutes long until the final table is reached, where they will jump up to 40 minutes long. This event was designed to allow players to participate in a big buy-in event without necessarily impeding on business hours or weekend time – hence the weeknight starting times. Day 1 will play through 16 levels, and the remaining players will then return tomorrow evening for the conclusion of the event.

The tournament is now underway, and late registration will remain open until the end of the break following level 6, or roughly 9:10pm. Come down to Canada’s premiere poker destination and join in the action!

See you on the felts!

*note there was a minor adjustment made to the structure: instead of levels 1 through 10 being 20 minutes long, it will actually only be levels 1 through 6 which will be 20 minutes long, and the rest (until the final table) will increase to 30 minutes long.

It has only been around 30 minutes that the money bubble has burst, yet we have already lost 14 players since it’s occurrence. Hand-for-hand lasted for over a full level, and left many players very short stacked in the process. Once the money pressure was lifted, chips were being thrown into the middle with much more ease, leading to this slew of eliminations.

One player who has consistently maintained a spot amongst the chip leaders is Eric Borduas, who is the first player to breach the 7-figure mark so far in this Main Event of the TonyBet Winter Festival. He tops the remaining 49 players with a stack of 1,064,000, although a few players are managing to keep up with his pace.

Here is a look at the leaderboard as play enters level 20: