2015 partypoker.net World Poker Tour Montreal

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2015 partypoker.net World Poker Tour Montreal

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
453,122 CAD
Event Info
Buy-in
3,500 CAD
Prize Pool
2,366,315 CAD
Entries
697
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000

Main Event

Day 1b Completed

A Big Day 1b Ends with 96 Remaining and Big Stacks Up Top

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Freddy Deeb
Freddy Deeb

Another 10 levels of play have come to a close here at Playground Poker Club. The 2015 partypoker.net WPT Montreal saw Day 1b fill with 235 players today. When play concluded at about 10:40 p.m., just 96 of them still had chips to bag for Day 2.

Once the chips were counted, the best stack in the room belonged to Abdallah Aljboul with 252,300 which puts him 30,000 ahead of Day 1a's chip leader Brian Altman with 221,600.

The second-best stack was the 252,000 chips at the hands of Marco Caza, and Michael Tieu rounded out the top trio with 220,300.

Combined with Day 1a, this event has had 362 entries so far and 141 of them are headed to Day 2 at this point.

Some of the other late-day survivors include the likes of Freddy Deeb (180,000), Mike Linster (141,400), Marc-Andre Ladouceur (127,500), Mike McDonald (116,200), Jonathan Duhamel (99,400), Mike Sexton (82,900), Darren Elias (82,600), WPT Montreal defending champion Jonathan Jaffe (71,700), Samuel Chartier (60,900), Kevin MacPhee (54,300), and Jeff Gross (53,000).

There were also several notable players who bought a stack today but weren't able to make it through the 10 levels. They include Ami Alibay, Andy Frankenberger, Darryll Fish, Will Molson, Liv Boeree, Igor Kurganov, Vince Van Patten, Eric Afriat, and Sheraz Nasir.

Players will have one last chance to build a Day 2 stack tomorrow with Day 1c. Action will kick off at 11 a.m. with late registration open through to the end of the dinner break after Level 6 — about 6:15 p.m.

PokerNews will be back on the tournament floor bringing you live updates of all the action. Until then, have a great night!

Tags: Eric AfriatFreddy DeebJeff GrossJonathan DuhamelJonathan JaffeJonathan RoyKevin MacPheeMarc-Andre LadouceurMarco CazaMike McDonaldVince Van Patten

Official End-of-Day Counts (full)

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Here are the official chip counts for all 96 players who bagged a stack at the end of Day 1b.

Player Chips Progress
Abdallah Aljboul
Abdallah Aljboul
252,300 252,300
Marco Caza ca
Marco Caza
252,000 138,000
Michael Tieu ca
Michael Tieu
220,300 220,300
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
WPT 1X Winner
180,000 3,000
Daniel Notice
Daniel Notice
175,700 175,700
Carlos Sanchez
Carlos Sanchez
157,100 157,100
Patrick Blye ca
Patrick Blye
153,600 153,600
Anthony Diotte ca
Anthony Diotte
149,000 149,000
Ronald Laplante
Ronald Laplante
144,600 144,600
Mike Linster us
Mike Linster
WPT 1X Winner
141,400 22,400
Marc Ladouceur ca
Marc Ladouceur
127,500 60,500
Matthieu Boisvert
Matthieu Boisvert
126,400 126,400
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
123,700 123,700
Seth Davies us
Seth Davies
WPT 1X Winner
120,800 120,800
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
116,200 25,200
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
114,500 114,500
Doug Mackinnon
Doug Mackinnon
113,800 113,800
Ward Hewitt
Ward Hewitt
112,700 112,700
Craig Stewart
Craig Stewart
109,000 109,000
Timothy Reilly us
Timothy Reilly
101,500 101,500
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
99,400 -15,600
Scott Diver
Scott Diver
90,000 90,000
Jean-Pierre Sevigny
Jean-Pierre Sevigny
89,600 89,600
Yazan Jerab
Yazan Jerab
88,500 88,500
Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
82,900 47,900

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Picking Away at Deeb's Big Stack

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The board was at the turn with {2-Clubs}{9-Spades}{8-Clubs}{k-Hearts} on the table and Freddy Deeb bet 6,000, getting a call from his one opponent.

The turn was the {6-Diamonds} and Deeb fired again, this time for 9,000. His opponent took little time pushing all in for 30,300. Deeb thought for a moment before shaking his head and throwing his cards in the muck. He's still holding one of the best stacks in the room.

Player Chips Progress
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
WPT 1X Winner
177,000 101,000

Tags: Freddy Deeb

PokerNews Podcast Episode #343: WSOP Main Event Final Table Recap

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Rich Ryan and Donnie Peters are back to talk about Joe McKeehen's dominating performance at the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event final table.

Don't forget, you can call the show and leave a voicemail at 774-77-PNPOD.

You can subscribe to the entire iBus Media Network on iTunes here, or you can access the RSS feed here. The PokerNews family of podcasts is now available on Stitcher.

Tags: Donnie PetersPokerNews PodcastRich RyanWSOP

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Duhamel's Fantastic 2015

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Jonathan Duhamel has had his best year of poker since his WSOP Main Event win in 2010.

So far in 2015, Duhamel won the High Roller for One Drop for a WSOP bracelet in Las Vegas, and then won a second bracelet in the High Roller at WSOP Europe, not to mention a long list of other tournament cashes and wins this year.

Duhamel spoke with Caitlyn Howe about his year and what he attributes for his success.

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Big River Bets

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

With the board reading {j-Spades}{q-Clubs}{10-Spades}{10-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}, Jonathan Duhamel was faced with a bet of 6,000. He raised to 21,000. His opponent thought for several moments before calling.

Duhamel turned over {j-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} for a full house, sweeping up the large pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
115,000 24,000

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Chip Update

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Here's an update on some of the stacks of players still in the field here late in Day 1b.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Jaffe us
Jonathan Jaffe
WPT 1X Winner
145,000 66,000
Mike Linster us
Mike Linster
WPT 1X Winner
119,000 -16,000
Marco Caza ca
Marco Caza
114,000 72,000
Ratharam Sivagnanam ca
Ratharam Sivagnanam
95,000 62,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
91,000 91,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
91,000 53,000
Kayvan Payman
Kayvan Payman
83,000 53,000
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
WPT 1X Winner
76,000 -26,000
Marc Ladouceur ca
Marc Ladouceur
67,000 18,000
Eric Vallee ca
Eric Vallee
63,000 2,000
Shakeeb Kazemipur
Shakeeb Kazemipur
60,000 30,000
Ami Alibay ca
Ami Alibay
57,000 57,000
Ryan Hall ca
Ryan Hall
51,000
Harley Stoffmaker ca
Harley Stoffmaker
38,000 14,000
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
38,000 -5,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
38,000 38,000
Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
35,000 4,000
Osman Soubra
Osman Soubra
34,000 -1,000
Brian Yoon us
Brian Yoon
32,000 1,000
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
29,000 29,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
26,000 -5,000
Wesley Wyvill
Wesley Wyvill
25,000
Quentin Siffledeen
Quentin Siffledeen
23,000
Samuel Chartier ca
Samuel Chartier
19,000 -54,000
Jean-Pascal Savard ca
Jean-Pascal Savard
16,000 -3,000

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