Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2015 partypoker.net World Poker Tour Montreal
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 partypoker.net World Poker Tour Montreal
Buy-in
3,500 CAD
Prize Pool
2,366,315 CAD
Entries
697
Level
37
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000
A Big Day 1b Ends with 96 Remaining and Big Stacks Up Top
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Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Another 10 levels of play have come to a close here at Playground Poker Club. The 2015 partypoker.net WPT Montreal saw Day 1b fill with 235 players today. When play concluded at about 10:40 p.m., just 96 of them still had chips to bag for Day 2.
Once the chips were counted, the best stack in the room belonged to Abdallah Aljboul with 252,300 which puts him 30,000 ahead of Day 1a's chip leader Brian Altman with 221,600.
The second-best stack was the 252,000 chips at the hands of Marco Caza, and Michael Tieu rounded out the top trio with 220,300.
Combined with Day 1a, this event has had 362 entries so far and 141 of them are headed to Day 2 at this point.
Some of the other late-day survivors include the likes of Freddy Deeb (180,000), Mike Linster (141,400), Marc-Andre Ladouceur (127,500), Mike McDonald (116,200), Jonathan Duhamel (99,400), Mike Sexton (82,900), Darren Elias (82,600), WPT Montreal defending champion Jonathan Jaffe (71,700), Samuel Chartier (60,900), Kevin MacPhee (54,300), and Jeff Gross (53,000).
There were also several notable players who bought a stack today but weren't able to make it through the 10 levels. They include Ami Alibay, Andy Frankenberger, Darryll Fish, Will Molson, Liv Boeree, Igor Kurganov, Vince Van Patten, Eric Afriat, and Sheraz Nasir.
Players will have one last chance to build a Day 2 stack tomorrow with Day 1c. Action will kick off at 11 a.m. with late registration open through to the end of the dinner break after Level 6 — about 6:15 p.m.
PokerNews will be back on the tournament floor bringing you live updates of all the action. Until then, have a great night!
Official End-of-Day Counts (full)
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Here are the official chip counts for all 96 players who bagged a stack at the end of Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
252,300
252,300
|
252,300 |
|
252,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
220,300
220,300
|
220,300 |
|
180,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
|
175,700
175,700
|
175,700 |
|
157,100
157,100
|
157,100 |
|
153,600
153,600
|
153,600 |
|
149,000
149,000
|
149,000 |
|
|
144,600
144,600
|
144,600 |
|
141,400
22,400
|
22,400 |
|
|
||
|
127,500
60,500
|
60,500 |
|
|
126,400
126,400
|
126,400 |
|
123,700
123,700
|
123,700 |
|
120,800
120,800
|
120,800 |
|
|
||
|
116,200
25,200
|
25,200 |
|
114,500
114,500
|
114,500 |
|
|
113,800
113,800
|
113,800 |
|
|
112,700
112,700
|
112,700 |
|
109,000
109,000
|
109,000 |
|
101,500
101,500
|
101,500 |
|
99,400
-15,600
|
-15,600 |
|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
89,600
89,600
|
89,600 |
|
|
88,500
88,500
|
88,500 |
|
82,900
47,900
|
47,900 |
|
||
End-of-Day Photos
Just before players bagged and tagged their chips, we grabbed photos of a few of them.
Picking Away at Deeb's Big Stack
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The board was at the turn with 
on the table and Freddy Deeb bet 6,000, getting a call from his one opponent.
The turn was the 
and Deeb fired again, this time for 9,000. His opponent took little time pushing all in for 30,300. Deeb thought for a moment before shaking his head and throwing his cards in the muck. He's still holding one of the best stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
177,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
|
||
PokerNews Podcast Episode #343: WSOP Main Event Final Table Recap
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Rich Ryan and Donnie Peters are back to talk about Joe McKeehen's dominating performance at the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event final table.
Don't forget, you can call the show and leave a voicemail at 774-77-PNPOD.
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Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Duhamel's Fantastic 2015
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Jonathan Duhamel has had his best year of poker since his WSOP Main Event win in 2010.
So far in 2015, Duhamel won the High Roller for One Drop for a WSOP bracelet in Las Vegas, and then won a second bracelet in the High Roller at WSOP Europe, not to mention a long list of other tournament cashes and wins this year.
Duhamel spoke with Caitlyn Howe about his year and what he attributes for his success.
Big River Bets
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
With the board reading 
, Jonathan Duhamel was faced with a bet of 6,000. He raised to 21,000. His opponent thought for several moments before calling.
Duhamel turned over 
for a full house, sweeping up the large pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Chip Update
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Here's an update on some of the stacks of players still in the field here late in Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
119,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
114,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
95,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
91,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
|
91,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
83,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
76,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
67,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
63,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
60,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
57,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
51,000 | |
|
38,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
38,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
|
38,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
35,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
34,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
32,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
29,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
26,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
25,000 | |
|
|
23,000 | |
|
19,000
-54,000
|
-54,000 |
|
16,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |