CAD$880 Main Event Day 1b | 2019 SIGA Poker Championship

10-06-2019 00:50 UTC-5

Day 1b Sends 57 Players Through to Final Day

Lyle Bateman

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The second starting flight for the 2019 SIGA Poker Championship is now in the books, and Day 2 is set. After 40 players made it through Day 1a, a total of 57 players ended up bagging chips on Day 1b.

At the top of the list for both days is Dallas Larson. Larson built up an astonishing stack of 418,000, more than 100,000 more than the second place stack of Warren McCallum with 307,000. Third place belongs to Day 1a chip leader Josh Hopkins, who bagged 272,000.

The room was packed to start the day, and tournament staff even opened a few extra tables. Normally, the tournament seating is capped at 150, but two extra tables opened early today to seat 170 entries to start. Rebuys were slow because there weren't many bustouts in the early levels, and by the time late registration closed, there were 200 total entries in play.

The lead changed hands quite a few times during the day. Earlier in the day, Clint Cockburn was one of the first players to cross the 100,000 chip barrier. Later on, James Hart managed to build a massive stack of over 200,000 only to see it dwindle in late-stage play. Skylar Kingdon was well over 200,000 as well at one point, but doubled up Cockburn near the end of the night to drop a bit below. John Hashem looked to be the end-of-day chip leader as play went into the last two levels, but he lost some to eventual big stack Dallas Larson.

The 57 remaining players from today will join the 40 who made it through Day 1a for tomorrow's final day. Day 2 will play down to a winner, but the first order of business will be getting into the cash. With 97 players returning and only 51 cashing spots, nearly half the Day 2 field will go home empty handed.

Action for Day 2 kicks off at noon Sunday and they'll play as long as it takes for one player to collect all the chips. Follow along with the live updates all day here at PokerNews Canada, and be here when they crown the 2019 SIGA Poker Champion.

Tags: Dallas Larson Josh Hopkins Warren McCallum

10-05-2019 22:15 UTC-5

Nicole Doubles Through Hart

Lyle Bateman

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante

Casey Nicole had already shoved her short stack, and action was on James Hart as he contemplated a call with the bigger stack. The flop and turn were already out, reading , and Hart eventually made the call.

He groaned audibly when Nicole rolled over for the turned straight, and he tabled for just top pair. The bricked the river, and Nicole got a much needed double.

Meanwhile, in an earlier hand on the same table, Deven Lane busted when he got it in with a dominated ace and couldn't get there.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Hart	110,000 -160,000	-160,000
Casey Nicole	76,000 36,000	36,000
Deven Lane	Busted

Tags: Casey Nicole Deven Lane James Hart

10-05-2019 17:01 UTC-5

Everyone Loves a Chop Pot

Lyle Bateman

Level 8 : 250/500, 500 ante

After a limp from under the gun, Casey Nicole raised it up to 2,000. Brad Korchinski shoved over top for about 7,000 and it folded back to Nicole, who called after a short time in the tank.

Both players revealed their hands, and they both showed down pocket nines. The board brought no surprises, and they ended up chopping the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Casey Nicole	28,000 19,000	19,000
Brad Korchinski	8,000 -14,500	-14,500

Tags: Brad Korchinski Casey Nicole

10-05-2019 16:09 UTC-5

Updated Chips in Level 6

Lyle Bateman

Level 6 : 150/300, 300 ante

Day 1b Field 2019 SIGA Poker Championship

Player	Chips	Progress
Pete Fylyma	53,000 13,000	13,000
Pavel Krumer	50,000 25,000	25,000
Dallas Larson	39,000 8,000	8,000
Brian Anderson	37,500 9,500	9,500
Brian Borsheim	35,000 3,000	3,000
Tyler Bonkowski	33,000 5,000	5,000

Kyle Stronski	28,000
Sheldon Birkeland	26,500 -4,500	-4,500
Chris Bowers	26,500 -13,500	-13,500
Kimberly McClymont	16,500 -3,500	-3,500
Tyler Williams	16,000 -14,000	-14,000
Clint Cockburn	14,000 -15,000	-15,000
Casey Nicole	9,000 -24,500	-24,500

10-05-2019 13:15 UTC-5

Familiar Faces in the Room

Lyle Bateman

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

The community has come out in force for Day 1b, and there are a ton of familiar faces in the crowd. 2014 Champion Chris Bowers is in the field, looking to join 2017 Champ Trevor Norlander, and 2018 Champ Daniel Lefevbre in Day 2 action. In addition to Bowers, other players who have been sighted so far today include Kyle Irvine, Brian Anderson, Harley Hudson, Pete Fylyma, and Casey Nicole, who usually celebrates her birthday on one of the tournament days, but this year will be celebrating that on Monday. There are also a few players who tried on Day 1a and didn't make it through, including Sandra Loudon and Kimberly McClymont.

10-05-2019 02:23 UTC-5

Day 1b of 2019 SIGA Poker Championships is On Deck

Lyle Bateman

Day 1a is in the books, and 40 players have already booked their tickets for Day 2 action. Josh Hopkins is the one with all the chips after the first day of play, bagging up 272,000 by the end of the day, but there's still one more chance to find a stack for Day 2 play, as Day 1b kicks off at noon on Saturday, October 5th.

Last year, Day 1b was huge with a total of 232 entries pushing through the turnstiles before registration closed. It's still an open question how many players will be there this year, but considering the Day 1a total was nine higher than 2018's Day 1a, the trend for Day 1b is looking good.

No doubt a few of the familiar faces to fall on Day 1a will take another shot tomorrow. Its likely that players like Jordan Cossette, Kimberly McClymont, Murray Hicks, Sy Clark, Mike Smith, Tyler Williams, Dallas Larson and others will be back at the felt for Day 1b.

Cards are in the air at noon on Saturday, and once again they'll play 16 levels to decide who moves on to Day 2.
Stay tuned here for the action from the floor all weekend long.