Canadian Grand Prix
Day 1f Completed
Canadian Grand Prix
Day 1f Completed
The sixth starting flight of Event #16: $500,000 partypoker Canadain Grand Prix in the books with 32 players qualifying for Day 2. Friday evening's Day 1f flight inside Playground Poker Club attracted a field of 313 entries. Leading the way at the end of play was Glenn Sauve, bagging a top stack of 415,000.
Sauve claimed the chip lead by a single chip as Tommy Perreault built a stack of 414,000. Also among the leaders were Luc Lariviere (380,000), Darrin McCaffrey (341,500), Tristan Bernier (331,000), and Stephanie Mclean (323,000).
A number of notables and familiar faces around Playground took their shot this afternoon. A few failing to survive include Kathy Sawers, Buddy Villaluz, Grant Ellis, Jason Comtois, Bryan Ferriera, and Nick-Real Seide.
Players will have four more opportunities to qualify live at Playground on Saturday, along with a number of online Day 1 flights via partypoker.
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Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Glenn Sauve |
415,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Tommy Perreault | 414,000 | |
Luc Lariviere | 380,500 | |
Darrin McCaffrey |
341,500
141,500
|
141,500 |
Tristan Bernier |
331,000
-89,000
|
-89,000 |
Stephanie Mclean | 323,000 | |
Jean Sebastien Bergeron | 291,500 | |
Sammy Chao |
279,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
Felix Langevin |
263,000
182,000
|
182,000 |
Mathieu Lavigne | 257,500 | |
Roman Mikhailov |
213,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
Daniel Tomah | 209,000 | |
Richard Tossing | 194,000 | |
Ha Van Nguyen |
192,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
Daniel Le |
191,500
74,500
|
74,500 |
Sebastien Copeau |
190,500
177,500
|
177,500 |
Daniel Roireau | 178,000 | |
Eric Besso | 176,000 | |
Neil MacLeod |
172,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
Reid Alexander Bennett | 159,000 | |
Jacques Daigle | 141,000 | |
Paul Quenneville | 139,500 | |
Yvan Veilleux | 130,000 | |
Maxime Pitre-Pepin |
128,500
16,500
|
16,500 |
Michel D. Patenaude | 111,000 |
In the first few hands immediately following the break, the field dropped from 36 to 32 and the remaining players in the field have made Day 2. Full end of day chip counts to follow.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tristan Bernier | 420,000 | |
Glenn Sauve |
255,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Ha Van Nguyen | 220,000 | |
Faisal Khan | 213,000 | |
Nick-Real Seide |
196,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
With a flop of , Chao checked, his opponent next to act moved all-in for 20,000, another player in the hand made the call, and Chao shoved over top, forcing a fold.
Chao:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Chao raked in the sizable pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sammy Chao |
144,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Roman Mikhailov | 240,000 | |
Glenn Sauve |
230,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
Darrin McCaffrey | 200,000 | |
Daniel Le |
117,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
Maxime Pitre-Pepin |
112,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Nick-Real Seide |
105,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
John Palmer |
75,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Bryan Ferreira
|
12,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
The remaining 83 players have entered Level 14. Blinds are 2k/4k with an ante of 500. Average stack is 76,300. The top 32 players will move on to Day 2.
Play has entered Level 11 with 127 players left in the field. Blinds are now 1k/2k with a 300 ante.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matthew Olma |
137,000
67,500
|
67,500 |
Jean Daunais | 128,000 | |
Maxime Pitre-Pepin |
100,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Grant Ellis |
87,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
Imran Hussain |
68,000
16,500
|
16,500 |
Nick-Real Seide | 66,000 | |
Bryan Ferreira
|
55,000 | |
Sammy Chao |
30,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Buddy Villaluz |
25,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
John Palmer |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Sebastien Copeau | 13,000 |
The total amount of entries received for this evening's Day 1f Grand Prix flight was 313. With 10% of the field moving on to Day 2, the top 32 players will bag their stacks at the end of the night.
There are currently 165 players remaining.