In total there were 95 players who battled through 14 levels of 30 minutes, starting with a stack of 25k. The early stages played out very calm, and throughout the evening, there weren’t many major battlers or upsets as the pace remained pretty steady. Just as we normally see in the multi day events, players with medium to low stacks aren’t always too keen to come back on Day 2 with a stack of 5-12 BB’s, therefore, in the last 30-40 minutes of play, action heated up and there were plenty of stacks going into the middle of the felt. Some were successful, and some were not.
In the end, 21 players bagged, with the chip leader being Josef Ares, sitting on 281,500, followed by local player Rodney Ramalho (273,000), who has a list of top scores in both Canada and Europe over the last few years.
Players come back for Day 2 on Saturday @ 1 PM.
For those looking to jump into the action, Day 1B starts @ 11 AM Friday morning, and the final flight, Day 1C is at 7 PM on Friday.
Here are the chip counts along with photos of a few of the players who are coming back, hoping for that big payday:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Josef | Ares | 281,500 |
| Rodney | Ramalho | 273,000 |
| Douglas | James | 214,000 |
| Sebastien | Poirier | 184,000 |
| Marouane | Tijani | 150,000 |
| Joey | Cournoyer | 141,000 |
| Remi | Bourque | 138,0009 |
| Robert | Dagenais | 129,000 |
| Maxime | Argento | 116,000 |
| Kevin | Daily | 106,000 |
| Gianfranco | Girodano | 100,000 |
| Haralambos | Margaritis | 82,000 |
| Simon | Rosato | 80,000 |
| Paul | Nakhle | 62,000 |
| Andrew | Boujaoude | 59,500 |
| Natalia | Nogina | 54,000 |
| Lucas | Braga | 52,500 |
| Robert | Gosselin | 52,000 |
| Joel | Berard | 40,000 |
| Pascal | Vaillancourt | 35,500 |
| Dat | Doan | 30,500 |
Chip leaders Josef Ares and Rodney Ramalho:
A few of the other players who will play Day 2:
