After 14 levels of tough poker, Christopher Tavares wrote his name on top of tonight’s qualifiers’ list. There are 29 names on that list, and they will be added to the Combined Day 1 Results list, in the results section.
Here is a sneak peek:
Tomorrow will need to welcome at least 280 players to cover the huge $100K guarantee. Value Alert!
Adam Cader missed qualification by a hair. He 3-bet shoved Nicolas Majdalani for about 50K.
Adam Cader: 
Nicolas Majdalani: 
Board: 
Robert Dagenais went all-in on the flop for about 20K. Michael Macdonell called.
Robert Dagenais: 
Michael Macdonell: 
Board: 
Moments later on the same table, just before it broke and sent its survivors to 1 of 4 remaining tables, Kevin Scheen was the victim of a set-up:
Steven Nicolas Curkovich:
Kevin Scheen: 
Board: 
The huge pot was pushed to Curkovich. Play continues with 35 minutes left to the night.
Some deep-runner photographs:
Players are back at the tables, with 3 more levels to play before the end of their shift. Anderson Frank-Graham has built a 184,400-chip stack, escaping the pack. His closest rival is Christopher Tavares with 138,100, and 6 more players are above the 100K mark. They are listed below:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson | Frank-Graham | 184,400 |
| Christopher | Tavares | 138,100 |
| Nicolas | Majdalani | 136,300 |
| Ryan | Parsons | 133,200 |
| Christian | Barrett | 127,300 |
| Therlegrand | Faustin | 122,500 |
| Yan | Nadeau | 119,500 |
| Nicholas | Soller | 113,400 |
With the blinds now at 600/1.2K/a1.2K, many short stacks are feeling the pressure, which leads to a lot of pre-flop action. In this hand, Jean-David Rivard won his race against Ryan Jensen, for a 40K pot:
Jean-David Rivard: 
Ryan Jensen:
Board: 
Level 11 photographs:
Players will take their last break of the day in a few minutes, after which 3 more levels will be played.
Stéphane Bédard open-limped from the small blind, and Yan Nadeau raised to 2,7K. Bédard went ahead and pumped it to 8K, which was called rather quickly by Nadeau. Bédard placed a c-bet on a dry flop, and when Nadeau mucked, Bédard showed aces, and asked Nadeau if he would have bet into a check. Nadeau chuckled, and said he wouldn’t, indicating that he had Bédard exactly where he was.
Later, on another table, Elvira Popescu and Therlegrand Faustin were involved in a sizable pot. Popescu check-called the turn, and open-shoved the river for about 12K into a pot estimated at almost 30K. Faustin tanked for several minutes, and eventually called time on himself. 3 seconds before expiration, he pushed forward the exact amount. A good call!
Elvira Popescu:
Therlegrand Faustin: 
Board: 
