The third of five WPTDeepStacks flights has officially come to a close with 97 players qualifying for Day 2 action. Today’s Day 1C chip leader was Frederick Normand with 276,500 chips. He is followed closely behind by Mark Klimchuk with 275,600 and Day Christopher Rivard, who bagged up 252,500. These three stacks were good for 2nd to 4th overall through 3/5 starting flights.

There were 294 entries (including 49 re-entries) in Day 1C during the 8 levels of late registration that was available to players. Of that number, there were 97 new qualifiers for Day 2 action, and they have been added to the Combined Day 1 Results page. There are still two more “regular” Day 1 flights remaining, including Day 1D, on now, plus tomorrow’s Turbo Day 1 at 10:00am.

Today’s qualifiers will return for Day 2 action at 3:00pm on Saturday.

View the WPTDeepStacks Day 1 Combined Results page.

Montrealer, Rodney Ramalho, who won the 2015 DeepStacks poker tour championship, raised to 3,300, preflop. After everyone else at the table folded, fellow Montreal native, Maxime Theroux, who was the 2017 WPT Montreal champion, called.

When the flop came down , Rodney wagered another 3,300. Maxime called. When the dealer revealed the turn , both players checked. When the river was dealt , the two Montrealers checked once more. After Maxime showed his , Rodney returned his hand to the dealer, unable to beat Maxime’s pair of tens.

At table 84 Ryan McKnight raised to 1,700, preflop. Steve Rioux, Patrick Eskandar, and Aaron Massey all called.

When the flop came down , Ryan, the low stack at the table bet 2,500. Steve and Aaron tossed in their cards. Patrick studied Ryan, and called. But when the was dealt on the turn, Ryan checked, and Patrick pounced. He wagered 6,300… enough to bust his opponent. Ryan peeked at his hole cards, and regarded the pot, before returning his hand to the dealer.

The players are currently wrapping up level 8 and will be taking their next 15 minute break after level 9. There are still 186 entries remaining in this flight. There have been 277 total entries in Day 1C, including 38 re-entries. The average stack size currently sits at 44,600 and late registration will continue for another hour.

Here are some photos from the action occurring during level 8.

At the end of level 6, Aaron Scott raised to 1,000 preflop. Muhammed Abdel-Rahim, sitting two seats to Aaron’s left, called, as did Eric Ranger, who was sitting two seats to his right.

When the flop came down , Aaron wagered another 1,000, and both Muhammed and Eric called again. When the dealer flipped the turn , both Aaron and Eric checked. Muhammed regarded the pot that now contained close to 7,000 chips, and pushed 2,000 more towards the center.

Eric immediately folded. Aaron peeked at his cards, and after shaking his head, returned his hand back to the dealer.