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Nova Scotia's Steve Joudry is the latest recipient of an early double up, vaulting him up the leaderboard.
Joudry cracked 
by turning 
into a flush and is off and running.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000 |
The players are now off on a 15-minute break with two full levels in the books.
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 25
Thanks to partypoker, Belgium's Swennen Maxime is living the WPT dream here in Montreal.
He turned $5 into a $100 satellite seat; $100 into a $500 satellite seat; and that $500 into a package that covers travel, expenses and his seat here in the 2015 WPT Canadian Spring Championship.
While Maxime told PokerNews he's just happy to be here and experience all that Montreal, The WPT and the Playground Poker Club has to offer, he's also primed for a deep run.
Things are off to the right kind of start for Maxime as well after he picked up aces in the early levels to drag a decent pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 |
Edmonton, Alberta's Valerie Ross fired 2,000 heads-up into a 
flop and her opponent called.
He called again when she bet 2,500 on the 
turn and couldn't help himself when she threw another 2,000 at the 
river. Ross turned over 
and it was good.
The incredibly busy sounding medical device sales manager, part-time MBA student, poker columnist, and fitness industry model and competitor is now off and running here in Montreal.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
Cash machine Darryll Fish, who binked a WSOP circuit ring at West Palm Beach earlier this year, was in the right place at the right time here at Playground just moments ago.
He managed to find pocket aces and a player holding big slick and willingness to get it in on a king high flop against him. Fish made trips on the turn for good measure and doubled up to 45,000, making up for what was otherwise a slow start.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Milton, Ontario's Kevin Singh is rising the ranks fast here in Montreal thanks to a couple of decent sized pots and a number of small ones.
He won a 45,000 pot with a straight over a set and managed to get two players to bet into him when he had the nuts in another hand.
As a result, Singh now finds himself among the early leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000 |
After busting Day 1a dinner break leader Brian Wang earlier, Scarborough, Ontario's Senthuran Vijayaratnam has chipped up into a spot among the leaders.
He played bluff catcher moments ago to bust one aggressor who kept firing after Vijayaratnam flopped a flush draw with 
and turned a pair of aces.
Needless to say, the bluff did not work as Vijayaratnam called a shove on the river with what amounted to top pair and never saw his opponent's hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Toronto's Kyle Chang has had two black kings no less than six times so far today.
One of those times he flopped top set and called big bets on the flop and turn before three-betting all in on the river. His opponent called and mucked leaving Chang as the first person past the 100,000-chip mark.
In fact, he's got the chip lead with just minutes to go before the second break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
102,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
