All-Stars for Starlight
Day 1a Completed
All-Stars for Starlight
Day 1a Completed
Today was the first day of event #6 of the World Cup of Cards, The All-Stars for Starlight CAD $160 No Limit Hold em tournament.
There were 136 players in the field and Daniel Le bagged the chip lead (247,500) with 29 moving forward to Day 2. The All-Stars for Starlight tournament is a four-starting flight tournament with a CAD $100,000 guarantee with a morning and evening flight today and tomorrow before Day 2 Sunday.
Le shot to the chip lead very fast, adding around 200,000 chips to his stack in just about 15 minutes. He had better luck than Michael Bakeman, who held the chip lead during the middle part of the day, but was eliminated by Eric Shapiro (99,500) during the final hour of play.
Fraser Swidler (169,500), Robert Dagenais (168,000), Sameul Chaput (155,500), and Jason Bulman (129,000) round out the top five stacks heading to Day 2. The next flight is just getting under way and the remaining two flights will be tomorrow at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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247,500
82,500
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82,500 |
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169,500
26,500
|
26,500 |
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168,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
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155,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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129,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
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127,000
63,600
|
63,600 |
|
124,500
95,700
|
95,700 |
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115,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
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111,500
73,900
|
73,900 |
|
102,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
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99,500
27,500
|
27,500 |
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98,500
55,400
|
55,400 |
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95,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
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95,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
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91,500
55,700
|
55,700 |
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89,500
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
86,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
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81,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
76,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
69,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
62,500
23,500
|
23,500 |
|
61,000
6,800
|
6,800 |
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49,000
1,600
|
1,600 |
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46,500
24,200
|
24,200 |
|
45,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
With only half of the final level gone, the former chip leader Michael Bakeman has now been eliminated by Eric Shapiro. David Bonneau, Rong Xu, and Spencer Stacey have also been eliminated.
Meanwhile, Danny Le added over 200,000 to his stack in the last 15 minutes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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330,000
212,200
|
212,200 |
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148,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
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81,000
67,800
|
67,800 |
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72,000 | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Robert Dagenais is over 100,000 and just took down a pot with little to no resistance from his table mates.
Dagenais limped from middle position and Arold Nozieux raised to 4,000. The next two players called, the big blind called, and Dagenais called.
The flop came and Daniel Le checked from the big blind. Dagenais bet 8,000 and everyone folded, giving Dagenais the uncontested pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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101,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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143,000 | |
|
127,000 | |
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117,800 | |
|
97,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
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95,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
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94,500
77,300
|
77,300 |
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91,500 | |
|
79,000 | |
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78,400 | |
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59,600
36,800
|
36,800 |
|
54,200 | |
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50,600
47,900
|
47,900 |
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49,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
48,800
11,800
|
11,800 |
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43,100
11,800
|
11,800 |
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38,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
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37,600
19,600
|
19,600 |
|
24,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300