Canadian Grand Prix
Day 1a Completed
Canadian Grand Prix
Day 1a Completed
Michel Dubreuil is the big stack with 12 players advancing from Day 1a of the partypoker Canadian Grand Prix $500,000 Guarantee. He finished the day with 362,000 and was followed closely by Danny Freitas (332,000). Mike Hamryszak finished the day above 300,000 also bagging 308,000.
This was a turbo flight and Dubreuil still finished about 200,000 below Mike Stannard who will have the biggest stack on Day 2 at 668,500. He was one of 38 players to play one of the 38 online flights. There are still ten more live flights, one of which just started at 9 p.m. and players are able to buy directly into Day 2 for $1,100. Day 2 starts Sunday at 1 p.m.
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Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michel Dubreuil |
362,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Danny Freitas |
332,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Mike Hamryszak |
308,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
Elvira Popescu |
269,500
172,500
|
172,500 |
Babak Forozandeh |
231,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
Nicolas Valette-Heiler |
165,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
Eric Levesque |
118,000
-72,000
|
-72,000 |
Stephen Smith |
113,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
Mathieu Valade-Williams |
103,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
Hugo Dumoulin |
99,500
69,000
|
69,000 |
Alex Guerrera |
80,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
Jonathan Guenette |
60,500
-44,500
|
-44,500 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michel Dubreuil |
360,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
Danny Freitas |
357,000
267,000
|
267,000 |
Babak Forozandeh |
254,000
169,000
|
169,000 |
Nicolas Valette-Heiler |
196,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Mike Hamryszak |
192,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Eric Levesque |
190,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
Jonathan Guenette |
105,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Alex Guerrera |
103,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
Elvira Popescu |
97,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Guillaume Haineault
|
90,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Kyle Bordeau
|
61,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Mathieu Valade-Williams |
47,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Hope Stacey |
45,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Hugo Dumoulin |
30,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
Stephen Smith |
12,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michel Dubreuil | 291,000 | |
Mike Hamryszak |
195,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
Nicolas Valette-Heiler | 182,000 | |
Jonathan Guenette | 118,000 | |
Eric Ranger | 116,000 | |
Eric Levesque |
111,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
Elvira Popescu | 94,000 | |
Danny Freitas | 90,000 | |
Babak Forozandeh | 85,000 | |
James Grant | 83,000 | |
Guillaume Haineault
|
80,000 | |
Alex Guerrera | 72,000 | |
Elias Asfour
|
70,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Kyle Bordeau
|
64,000 | |
Walter Asatoorian | 61,000 | |
Stephen Smith | 58,000 | |
Ryan Lygitsakos
|
55,000 | |
Joey McComber
|
52,000 | |
Patrick Dattilo | 49,000 | |
Prosper Azoulay | 47,000 | |
Hope Stacey | 46,000 | |
Mathieu Valade-Williams | 44,000 | |
Christian Cyr | 41,000 | |
Stephen Anger
|
29,000 | |
David Simard | 29,000 |
On a board of , Elias Asfour moved all-in for about 40,000 (13 bbs) and was called by an opponent with slightly less.
Asfour:
Opponent:
Asfour was way out front needing to fade just a few cards. The on the turn, however gave his opponent a straight, leaving Asfour drawing to just a spade on the river. Fortunately, the dealer laid out the and Asfour made the nuts to take the pot and bust his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Elias Asfour
|
90,000 |
Here are some of the players with the bigger chip stacks entering the 600/1,200 blind level.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Hamryszak | 77,000 | |
Robert Leboeuf
|
73,000 | |
Sean Hollohan | 72,000 | |
Jeff Madsen | 55,400 | |
|
||
Kirill Kiriliuk
|
54,000 | |
Eric Levesque | 54,000 | |
Michel Jalbert
|
52,000 |
The players are coming back from a 15-minte break. The opening flight of the partypoker Canadian Grand Prix $500,000 Guarantee drew 113 players and 95 remain coming back from the break. The final 12 players will from this flight will continue to Day 2.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeff Madsen | 26,900 | |
|
||
Buddy Villaluz | 22,000 | |
Diana Shamshoum | 19,800 | |
Grant Ellis | 18,700 | |
Ken Ransom | 17,400 | |
Jason Conforti | 16,800 | |
Spencer Stacey | 16,500 | |
Kathy Sawers | 15,100 | |
Carrie Webster | 12,800 |