Not Just a Canadian Affair

Play is underway here on this final online Day 1 on partypoker and action has kicked off with 14 players.

Some familiar faces include Alberta, Canada's Thomas 'raidershabsjays' Taylor and Rami 'phenom11218' Hammoud, who already qualified with 3,500,000 chips on Day 1a.

While this is an event in Canada, many players from around the world are doing their best to qualify. Here's a look at the field so far:

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