The final hand of Day 1d almost saw David Bonneau bag over 1-million of the 1.7-million chips in play. Instead of winning a three-way all in he was part of a hand that sent Andrej Markovinovic home with CAD $1,250 and tripled up Zheng Wei.
Wei opened the action to 12,800 and Markovinovic shoved all in for 98,000. Bonneau reshoved for more than 700,000 and Wei called.
Wei was in the lead with against the of Bonneau and the of Markovinovic. The board ran out and Wei tripled up.
The six players from today will join the other 15 players from the previous three flights when Day 2 starts on Wednesday.
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Rodney Lawrence and David Richard Cairns were eliminated in quick succession just before the break. That means there are seven players left and after the next elimination, the remaining players will be in Day 2 of WPT National Montreal.
Christopher Murrin raised from the cutoff to 8,000 and Ryan Sgrignuoli went all in for his last 11,000. Murrin called with . Sgrignuoli turned over and was looking for a jack.
The board ran out and Murrin won the pot with his pocket eights to eliminate Sgrignuoli in 12th place.
Noeung Troeung got all in with ace queen two times within a few hands and won one and lost the other.
The first time he got all in he got all in with Andrej Markovinovic after a three-bet preflop and was behind with against the of Markovinovic.
The board ran out , giving Markovinovic a flush and giving him the double up.
The second time Troeung got ace queen, he opened to 10,000 and Ryan Sgrignuoli shoved all in for 97,000. Troeung called and showed . This time he was up against .
The board ran out , giving Troeung the double up and leaving Sgrignuoli very short with just 11,000.
Three players saw the flop and Michael Malm was the first to bet. He bet 12,000 and only Alexander Puchalski called.
The turn was the and Malm was playing with some chips and re-stacking them. He set them back down and sat still for almost a minute.
He checked.
Puchalski was now on the clock and he shoved all in for more than Malm had behind. Malm quickly leaned forward, grabbing a stack of chips and setting it firmly in the middle of the table.
He called.
Malm showed for a straight and Puchalski showed .
The river was no help to Puchalski and Malm doubled up.
Benoit Jean has been running pretty bad today. After losing a big pot earlier with pocket threes, Jean was put at risk again, all-in preflop.
Jean:
Opponent:
Seeing the bad news, Jean stood up and started to gather his belongings. The dealer patted the table a delivered a flop. Jean spiked a set of three on the flop and they held through the turn and river — scoring the double up.
A quick glance across each table will have your eyes fixated on the mountain of chips stacked in front of Diana Shamshoum. Quietly amassing a monster stack early on Day 1d, Shamshoum's luck has seemed to turn around.
Shamshoum has fired a couple bullets so far this event unable to secure a seat on Day 2. If her play this morning is any indication it would appear she may have found the right ingredients.
Shamshoum is a regular face around Playground Poker Club. A native of Ddopq, Quebec she has amassed more than $44,000 according to her hendonmob.com page. The largest of which came in 2012 at the $3,300 WPT Montreal where she finished 35th for $14,905.
We will be keeping a close eye on her as the day progresses.
Welcome to Day 1c of the World Poker Tour (WPT) National Montreal. The $600 NL Hold'em event aligned with the World Cup of Cards hosted by Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec boasts a $400,000 guarantee with seven starting flights. The event runs between August 19-25.
Playground has been a favourite stop for the WPT in Canada. This will be the ninth time a champion is crowned by the WPT inside Playground. Some former champions include Jonathan Roy, Jason Comtois, Amir Babakhani, Jared Mahoney, Sheraz Nasir, and Derrick Rosenbarger.
Each Day 1 will pay 12% of the starting field and play down to the final 5%. Payouts will be $750, $1,000 or $1,250 based on where a player busts. This is a re-entry event and players will have the option to re-enter on any Day 1 before registration closes at the end of the break following Level 8. Players may choose to play multiple Day 1’s even if they have previously qualified. Only a player’s best stack will carry over to Day 2, though any forfeited stack will be worth a bonus $1,500.
With 85 entries on Day 1a, 90 on Day 1b, and 98 on Day 1c, there have been just fifteen players qualify for Day 2. Five from each day. Benoit Beaulac has the top stack collecting over 50% of the chips in play after day 1a with 648,000. Frank Gregory has the second largest bagging the top Day 1b stack with 542,000.
of Bonneau and the 
of Markovinovic. The board ran out 
and Wei tripled up.
and Krumins earned the double up. That left Krumins with 7,000.
against 
and that spelled the end of the day for Krumins.
. Sgrignuoli turned over 
and was looking for a jack.
and Murrin won the pot with his pocket eights to eliminate Sgrignuoli in 12th place.
against the 
of Markovinovic.
, giving Markovinovic a flush and giving him the double up.
flop and Michael Malm was the first to bet. He bet 12,000 and only Alexander Puchalski called.
and Malm was playing with some chips and re-stacking them. He set them back down and sat still for almost a minute.
for a straight and Puchalski showed 
