Playground Poker

Pietrafesa takes the lead

Level: 9
Small Blind: 500
Big Blind: 1,000
BB Ante: 1,000
Chip Average: 58K
Remaining: 154
Entries: 294

2018/11/02 | 19:36 by Playground Poker

We are now three quarters the way through the Day 1C flight, and the players have just returned to their seats following their last 15 minute break. During a chip count of the big stacks, we determined that Joseph Pietrafesa was the chip leader, having amassed a 194,000 chips. That is more than three times the average chip count of 58,000.

The next closest stack, of the remaining 154 entries, was Christopher Rivard with a stack of 157,000 chips.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Joseph	Pietrafesa	194,000
Christopher	Rivard	157,000
Denis	Giguere	126,000
Jose-Anthonio	Rodriguez-Zurita	111.000
Said	Michailidis	110,000

Paulin leads the final 33 at the dinner break

Level: 24
Small Blind: 15K
Big Blind: 25K
BB Ante: 25K
Chip Average: 960K
Remaining: 33
Entries: 792

2018/11/02 | 19:19 by Playground Poker

The WPT Montreal Main Event is now on dinner break, and 33 players remain on the hunt for the champion’s trophy. Pierre-Paul Paulin is the current chip leader and the only player above 3 million, however Ema Zajmovic is not far behind with 2.7 million.

Here are the full counts of the remaining players as they head into level 24:

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Seat \| Siège	Stack \| Tapis
Carl	Martel	Table 17 - Seat 1	680,000
Jack	Gong	Table 17 - Seat 2	1,225,000
Brent	Roberts	Table 17 - Seat 3	805,000
Jonathan	Little	Table 17 - Seat 4	1,720,000
Ljubomir	Josipovic	Table 17 - Seat 6	540,000
Richard	Alsup	Table 17 - Seat 7	595,000
Kliment	Tarmako	Table 17 - Seat 8	885,000
Ema	Zajmovic	Table 19 - Seat 1	2,700,000
Michael	O'Sullivan	Table 19 - Seat 2	1,555,000
Mike	Leah	Table 19 - Seat 3	1,240,000
Nektarios	Papadedes	Table 19 - Seat 4	335,000
Jean-Serge	Baril	Table 19 - Seat 5	550,000
Jordan	Westmorland	Table 19 - Seat 6	430,000
Mark	Bradley	Table 19 - Seat 7	445,000
Jared	Griener	Table 21 - Seat 2	580,000
Medhat	Ramzey	Table 21 - Seat 4	125,000
Amir	Babakhani	Table 21 - Seat 5	575,000
Santiago	Plante	Table 21 - Seat 6	650,000
Sorel	Mizzi	Table 21 - Seat 7	1,295,000
Patrick	Serda	Table 21 - Seat 8	1,460,000
David	Guay	Table 23 - Seat 1	390,000
Pierre-Paul	Paulin	Table 23 - Seat 3	3,215,000
Ruben	Perceval	Table 23 - Seat 4	390,000
David	Thompson	Table 23 - Seat 5	855,000
Kauvsegan	Eham	Table 23 - Seat 6	370,000
Gil	Levy	Table 23 - Seat 7	140,000
Simon	Deadman	Table 23 - Seat 8	1,095,000
Adam	Cader	Table 27 - Seat 1	730,000
Upeshka	De Silva	Table 27 - Seat 2	2,190,000
Samantha	Cohen	Table 27 - Seat 3	925,000
Garrett	Dansereau	Table 27 - Seat 4	550,000
Bradley	Smith	Table 27 - Seat 6	200,000
Quentin	Siffledeen	Table 27 - Seat 8	905,000

Rose raises to victory at table 97

Level: 2
Small Blind: 10
Big Blind: 200
BB Ante: 100
Chip Average: 31K
Remaining: 138
Entries: 143

2018/11/02 | 19:09 by Playground Poker

Boyd Rose wasn’t under the gun in the last hand at table 97, but led the action at every turn, eventually taking down the pot.

Action began preflop with his raise of 700. There were three callers: Tam Ho, Jonathan Blaha and Michel Cronier. One of his opponents, Michel Cronier, came in 4th a couple of months ago here at Playground in the WSOP-C $300 + $30 event, taking down a significant prize.

Flop:

Michel checked utg and Boyd raised to 1,100. Tam folded, but Jonathan and Michel called.

Turn:

Michel checked again, and this time Boyd raised to 1,600. Again, Jonathan and Michel called.

River:

For the third time, Michel checked utg. This time Boyd raised to 2,700., and it was finally too much for Jonathan, who folded. Michel was game, however, calling Boyd’s third raise of the hand. Boyd flipped over his and collected the nearly 14,000 chips in the pot. His two pair was too much for Michel, who mucked his cards.

Dinner break

Level: 24
Small Blind: 15K
Big Blind: 25K
BB Ante: 25K
Chip Average: 960K
Remaining: 33
Entries: 792

2018/11/02 | 18:54 by Playground Poker

Players are now on a 45 minute dinner break, with 33 players remaining in action. In a few minutes we will publish the full counts in play.

WPTDeepStacks Day 1D Competitors

Level: 1
Small Blind: 100
Big Blind: 200
BB Ante: 0
Chip Average: 30K
Remaining: 93
Entries: 93

2018/11/02 | 18:42 by Playground Poker

With level 1 already underway we have almost reached 100 entries in this evening’s WPTDeepStacks Day 1D event already. Anyone who survives the twelve 40-minute levels will have a chance to return on Day 2, occurring tomorrow, Saturday November 3 at 3pm, for a chance to win part of the $1,000,000 prize pool.

See below for some photos of the competitors who have already started playing.

Zajmovic doubles through Leah

Level: 23
Small Blind: 10K
Big Blind: 20K
BB Ante: 20K
Chip Average: 855K
Remaining: 37
Entries: 792

2018/11/02 | 18:40 by Playground Poker

Lawrence Ma opened to 45,000 from the hijack position, and Ema flat called from the cutoff before Mike Leah raised the action to 175,000 from the small blind. Lawrence got out of the way, and Ema made the call.

Both players checked on the flop, and Mike checked again when the peeled on the turn. Ema slid forward a bet of 210,000, and Mike obliged. When the river brought the , Mike checked for a third time, and Ema went into the tank. She then looked up at the dealer and announced her all-in for 765,000, a bet that was quickly called by Mike.

Ema tabled for a flush, besting her opponent’s straight with . With that pot she took over the tournament chip lead, now playing a stack of 2,385,000 chips. Mike Leah still has a little over a million after the hand, but has ceded his reign over to Ema for the time being.