The WPT Montreal Main Event has returned to action after a 45 minute dinner break, and play is now underway in level 15 with 3 levels to go before the end of Day 2.
As we made the rounds we noticed a nice showdown brewing on table 82 between Michael Ma in seat 9 and Ian Tang in seat 1. When we joined the hand the flop had just been dealt 
, and there was 800 in the pot.
The table checked, and the turn came down a 
, at which point Michael led out with a bet of 1,000. He was called by Ian heads up. The river was a 
, and Michael made a 3,700 bet, larger than the pot. Ian took a full five minutes to decide, but the wait was worth it.
He called and Michael emphatically exposed his 
. He had either been chasing a flush or trying to connect his straight, neither of which occured. Ian had made an excellent call, exposing his own cards even more emphatically, slapping down his 
with a big smaile, having won the hand with only a pair of 9’s.
The WPT Montreal Main Event is on dinner break, with 209 players remaining in play. Another 3 levels of play remain before Day 2 wraps up, and Garrett Dansereau (pictured below) has stormed into the lead in the last level of play, increasing his stack up above 600,000.
Below are the top counts at dinner break:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Garrett | Dansereau | 605,000 |
| Steven | Tripp | 474,000 |
| Medhat | Ramzey | 415,000 |
| Jason | Mangold | 403,500 |
| Kevin | Rivest | 402,500 |
| Patrick | Serda | 385,000 |
| Dave | Guay | 375,000 |
| Joey | Weissman | 362,000 |
| Christopher | Willis Jackson | 358,000 |
| Quentin | Siffledeen | 334,000 |
| Samantha | Choen | 331,000 |
| Maxime | Flibotte-Blanchard | 315,000 |
| Jason | James | 306,000 |
| Homan | Mohammadi | 305,500 |
| Lance | Steinberg | 302,000 |
| Ralph | Massey | 289,000 |
The players have just returned from a 15 minute break following the completion of level 9. During a pause in the action we counted the stacks and discovered that Joseph Sullivan has jumped out into the lead with 187,000 chips. He is followed closely behind by Lynn Phan with 185,000.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph | Sullivan | 187,000 |
| Lynn | Phan | 185,000 |
| Frederick | Mowatt | 173.000 |
| Filippos | Stavrakis | 164,000 |
| Shang | Dai | 151,000 |
Tournaments can begin in any number of different ways, but one commonality is typically that the play in the early going is usually conservative. That’s why it was a surprise to have seen a large pot brewing in one of the early hands of the day’s play.
We joined the action on table 77 when the board was already showing 
, with 6200 in the pot. Patrick Stacey bet 5,000 utg, and the only other player in the hand, local player Jason Harned, had a tough decision to make.
Considering the fact that the starting stack was 30,000 chips and that the blinds were only at 100/200, 5,000 was a significant bet to call. After a few minutes thinking it through, Jason called. Patrick flipped over his 
, Jason mucked, and Patrick raked in his winnings.
We are nearing the end of level 1 of today’s WPT DeepStacks Day 1B, here are a look at a few of the players who have already taken their seats.
