Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2015 partypoker.net World Poker Tour Montreal
Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 partypoker.net World Poker Tour Montreal
Buy-in
3,500 CAD
Prize Pool
2,366,315 CAD
Entries
697
Level
37
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000
Gregoire Denis Leads Biggest Day of All
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Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The final entry day of the 2015 partypoker.net World Poker Tour Montreal Main Event has come to an end with another 153 players headed to Monday's Day 2. There were a total of 335 entries at Playground Poker Club on Sunday, proving to be the largest starting flight of the three that took place.
After 10 one-hour levels, Gregoire Denis held the most chips with 204,500, but he was the smallest chip leader to advance from the three starting days. Right on his tale was local Marc-Etienne McLaughlin with 198,000 inchips.
Combined with the other two starting days, this event received a total of 697 entries. That's down a small amount from last year's 732, but there's still CAD $2,366,315 in the prize pool and a hefty CAD $433,410 first-place prize. There will be a total of 294 players returning with chips for Day 2 on Monday.
Some of the other notable players to survive the day included Cate Hall (132,100), Scott Davies (112,200), Benny Chen (93,600), Cornel Cimpan (92,100), Giacomo Fundaro (72,600), Sheraz Nasir (32,200), Andy Frankenberger (32,000), Darryll Fish (29,800), and Igor Kurganov (29,300).
Among those to buy in for a last chance at the event but fail to survive the 10 levels included Matt Affleck, Paul Sokoloff, Eric Afriat, and Aaron Mermelstein, to name a few.
Things will start to get interesting now with all three fields meeting on Monday to play another nine levels. Play will resume at 12 noon, and PokerNews will, of course, be back on the tournament floor to bring you all of the action. See you then!
Official End-of-Day Counts (full)
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Here are the official chip counts of all of Day 1c's surviving players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
204,500 | |
|
198,000 | |
|
184,900 | 127,900 |
|
171,000 | |
|
|
170,900 | 170,900 |
|
|
164,800 | 164,800 |
|
152,600 | 4,600 |
|
151,000 | 151,000 |
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
|
145,700 | 99,700 |
|
|
143,900 | 143,900 |
|
|
140,600 | 140,600 |
|
|
136,500 | 136,500 |
|
|
133,200 | 133,200 |
|
132,100 | 46,100 |
|
127,000 | 81,000 |
|
|
116,000 | 116,000 |
|
|
115,700 | 115,700 |
|
|
112,600 | 112,600 |
|
112,200 | 112,200 |
|
|
107,900 | 107,900 |
|
|
104,700 | 104,700 |
|
104,500 | 104,500 |
|
|
103,600 | 103,600 |
|
103,300 | 103,300 |
End-of-Day Photos
Here are a few of the players still holding chips at the end of the night.
Nguyen Gets a Second Life
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
In one of the very last hands of the night, Thi Nguyen got her short stack all in preflop and was holding pocket eights to her opponents pocket tens.
It looked like she was going to be headed home without a return ticket to Day 2, but an eight on the river gave her a set and the much-needed double-up just before bagging up.
Double-Up for Zhang
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Lu Zhang just got it all in preflop and had her opponent dominated with her 
to his 
. The board ran out 
and she scooped up all the chips to give her twice what she had at the start of the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000 | 20,000 |
Pairs Everywhere!
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Cate Hall three-bet to 4,700 preflop and was called by her one opponent to see a flop of 
. It checked to Hall and she continued with a bet of 5,500 which was called.
The turn was the 
and both players checked, going to a river of . This time, her opponent led out for 7,000 and Hall thought for a few moments before tossing in a couple chips to call.
Her opponent nodded, acknowledging that she had the better hand before he even saw it. He showed 
and Hall held 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
86,000 | 45,000 |
Recent Eliminations
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Here are a few of the players who have found themselves eliminated late in the day as the field continues to shrink.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Last Level
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The final level of the day has begun. In one hour's time, the players who still have chips will count them and bag them for Day 2 tomorrow, joining the 141 players from Days 1a and 1b.
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100