Day 1d of the Canadian Poker Championships is complete with a total of 78 entries with 52 players moving on to Day 2 at 5:00 p.m. this evening.
Leading the field is Sreyleap Prom with a total of 3,987,000 chips after playing nine turbo levels. Close behind is Michael Tessier-Strasbourg (3,219,000), with Diana Shamshoum (2,929,000), Julio Cacoilo (2,647,000) and Farid Jattin (2,464,000) rounding out the top five stacks.
Registration in this event is still wide open until the end of Level 12 during Day 2, with players getting a single re-entry until then. Players will still start with 1,000,000 chips should they buy in directly, with a shot at the $2 million prize pool.
Other notable players to make it through today's field include Rayan Chamas (2,362,000), Rodney Ramalho (2,300,000), Nikolas Chinell (1,854,000), Wesley Wong (1,756,000), Donghai Lu (1,329,000), Jonathan Karamalikis (1,152,000), and Will 'The Thrill' Failla (817,000).
Keep following along as PokerNews continues to provide coverage on the way to finding a winner in this marquee event at the World Cup of Cards.
Nikolas Chinell raised to 23,000 from early position and action was on Illankumaran Kandiah in the hijack. He thought for a moment before putting in a three-bet to 75,000. Chinell wasted no time and put in a four-bet to 202,000. Kandiah had a decision to make for his remaining 750,000 and decided to five-bet jam. Chinell called.
Kandiah tabled , up against Chinell's .
The flop came , with Chinell holding on the only spade and taking away an out from Kandiah. The turn was the and the river was the to send Kandiah to the rail.
Chinell is looking to ride his heater after finishing third in the Big Bounty last night at Playground for $3,850 plus $2,500 in bounties! He ran into a cooler three-handed in a chip-lead pot but couldn't hold in a 60/40.
The final starting flight of the Canadian Poker Champions at Playground Poker begins at noon local time and it's a turbo format so players can hop into Day 2 at 5:00 p.m. this evening!
This event guarantees $2 million dollars and there have been 714 entries between the Phase One tournaments, direct entries and re-entries across the live and online events.
Direct buy-ins will start with 1,000,000 chips and players will compete for a total of nine levels at 20-minutes a piece. There will be one, 10-minute break after Level 5. Around 3:10 p.m. players will bag up and prepare to come back for 5:00 p.m. for Day 2. Registration will remain open until the end of Level 12, and players are allowed a single re-entry should they bust before then.
Stick with PokerNews as the action heats up while the tournament goes deeper and they play down to a winner this week!
, up against Chinell's 
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, with Chinell holding on the only spade and taking away an out from Kandiah. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
to send Kandiah to the rail. 
