The fourth starting flight of Event #16: $500,000 partypoker Canadain Grand Prix has come to an end with 25 players remaining. Friday afternoon's Day 1d attracted a field of 242 entries.
Leading the way at the end of play was David Lanthier, bagging a top stack of 656,000. Also sitting at the top of the leaderboard were Joey Boczek (490,000), Basil Glezakos (415,000), Julien Aubin (372,000), and Adam Ettinger (348,000).
A number of notables and familiar faces around Playground took their shot this afternoon. A few failing to survive include Jeff Madsen, Buddy Villaluz, Grant Ellis, Chris McClung, Charles La Boissonniere, and Kenneth Wigfield
Players will have six more opportunities to qualify for Day 2, live at Playground. There are two more starting flights on Friday evening, and another four on Saturday.
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The World Cup of Cards (WCC) is really starting to ramp up with Day 1a of the partypoker Grand Prix Poker Tour $500,000 Guarantee. This is event #16 and this tournament sports the biggest guarantee of the WCC. It also has the lowest buy in, only $109.
Today's flight is just the fourth of eleven live starting flights. There have been a ton of online Day 1 flights as well and online flights are still running concurrently with the live flights. Mike Stannard is the big stack so far with 668,500 qualifying from one of the earlier online flights.
There are still plenty of chances for live players to match Stannard's stack, beginning with Day 1d at 1 p.m. This will be the second of four starting flights today. The regular flights will have 20-minute levels and the turbo flights will have 15-minute levels. Each player will start with 20,000 and each starting flight play will continue until ten percent of the field remains. Day 1d is a normal flight with 20 minute levels.
One of the unique elements of the GPPT is a "Golden Chip." The golden chip can be earned in a series of 1-cent online tournaments. The top five players from each of the tournaments earns a virtual golden chip. If a player with a virtual golden chip makes Day 2, they get a physical golden chip. Then any player who wins the tournament and has a golden chip adds $50,000 to their first place prize.
The Party Poker Grand Prix $500,000 Guarantee is Event #16 of the World Cup of Cards. PokerNews will be here throughout the festival, bringing you all the news, updates, and photos. Follow @pokernews on Twitter for live updates, Periscope broadcasts, and more. Also, follow PokerNews on Facebook and Instagram.
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