Canadian Grand Prix
Day 1b Completed
Canadian Grand Prix
Day 1b Completed
The second starting flight of Event #16: $500,000 partypoker Canadain Grand Prix has come to an end with 14 players remaining. Thursday evening's Day 1b attracted a field of 139 entries.
Leading the way at the end of play was Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte, bagging a top stack of 627,500. Also sitting at the top of the leaderboard were Colin Scheckman (455,000), Anoop Jugurnath (278,500), Dylan Thibault (267,500), and Tina Howie (200,000).
A number of familiar faces around Playground took their shot this evening. A few failing to survive include Joey Boczek, Jonathan Bussieres, Kenneth Wigfield, Carrie Webster, and Grant Ellis.
Players will have nine more opportunities to qualify for Day 2, live at Playground. There are five starting flights on Friday, and another four on Saturday.
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Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte | 627,500 | |
Colin Scheckman | 455,000 | 100,000 |
Anoop Jugurnath | 278,500 | 73,500 |
Dylan Thibault
|
267,500 | 7,500 |
Tina Howie | 200,000 | 84,000 |
Rene Berube | 155,000 | 21,000 |
Marc-Andre Yelle | 146,000 | -76,000 |
Philippe Chikani | 138,000 | -18,000 |
Michael Blandford
|
135,000 | -4,000 |
Matthew Willard | 113,500 | -1,500 |
Romain Briand | 90,000 | -200,000 |
Rodney Hollett | 86,000 | 3,000 |
George Lazkami | 47,000 | |
Samuel Cote | 40,500 | -47,500 |
Arash Zanjani moved all-in preflop and was called by Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte. Zanjani had tabled but was behind Massicotte-Lecompte's . Zanjani was unable to improve and busted in fifteen place, send the final 14 players into Day 2.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte | 627,500 | 437,500 |
Arash Zanjani
|
Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Colin Scheckman | 355,000 | 65,000 |
Romain Briand | 290,000 | 190,000 |
Dylan Thibault
|
260,000 | 150,000 |
Marc-Andre Yelle | 222,000 | -3,000 |
Anoop Jugurnath | 205,000 | 100,000 |
Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte | 190,000 | 4,000 |
Philippe Chikani | 156,000 | 13,000 |
Michael Blandford
|
139,000 | |
Rene Berube | 134,000 | 61,000 |
Jordan Revel
|
119,000 | -21,000 |
Tina Howie | 116,000 | 36,000 |
Matthew Willard | 115,000 | 35,000 |
Samuel Cote | 88,000 | -34,000 |
Rodney Hollett | 83,000 | 23,000 |
Arash Zanjani
|
67,000 | 7,000 |
George Lazkami | 47,000 | -48,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Colin Scheckman | 290,000 | 153,500 |
Marc-Andre Yelle | 225,000 | 130,000 |
Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte | 186,000 | 186,000 |
Michael Blanford
|
156,000 | 156,000 |
Hussein Alaweih
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
Philippe Chikani | 143,000 | -1,000 |
Jordan Revel
|
140,000 | 140,000 |
Samuel Cote | 122,000 | 122,000 |
Dylan Thibault
|
110,000 | 110,000 |
Anoop Jugurnath | 105,000 | 105,000 |
Kenneth Wigfield | 103,000 | 103,000 |
Romain Briand | 100,000 | 100,000 |
George Lazkami | 95,000 | 95,000 |
Eric Ranger | 93,000 | 8,000 |
Tina Howie | 80,000 | -96,500 |
Matthew Willard | 80,000 | 80,000 |
Rene Berube | 73,000 | 73,000 |
Rodney Hollett | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Arash Zanjani
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
Gabriel Samson
|
55,000 | 55,000 |
Jonathan Bussieres | 53,000 | -8,000 |
Normand St Jean Thibodeau
|
52,000 | 52,000 |
Mathieu Guindon
|
30,000 | -23,500 |
Daniel Le | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Colin Scheckman found himself in a great position having two players all-in and at risk preflop.
Scheckman:
Opponent:
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It was a dream board for Scheckman, running out as he took down the sizeable pot without much of a sweat.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Colin Scheckman | 136,500 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tina Howie | 176,500 | 144,500 |
Philippe Chikani | 144,000 | 49,000 |
Marc-Andre Yelle | 95,000 | |
Mark Howie | 83,000 |
Very few people have had the festival that Jonathan Bussieres is currently rolling on. After attempting to qualify for the NL Hold'em Quantum Day 2 for the third time, Bussieres has jumped into the Grand Prix and has immediately made an impact.
Holding , Bussieres had two players all-in and at risk preflop. One had and the other, . The board ran out and Bussieres scooped the entire pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Bussieres | 61,000 |