After 18 exciting levels of play, the chips are in the bag on Day 1I.

This afternoon’s flight brought out a large, boisterous crowd that contributed a total of 161 entries to the Grand Prix Canada. Those in attendance pulled out all the stops in their attempts to run up big stacks for Day 2, as big, multi-way pots became the early norm. The action settled to a more familiar tournament grind in the late stages, but the players were not shy about standing their ground and putting chips in the middle when the situation called for it.

This flight’s chip leader, Alexandre Fournier, rose to the top of the leaderboard after 11 levels of play, as the first millionaire in the field. Although Fournier was not the outright chip leader for the rest of this flight, he emerged with the largest stack when the chips went in the bag, securing 2,334,000 in chips for Day 2.

There are three more starting flights for the Grand Prix Canada, all of which will be held tomorrow. Day 1L starts at 11:00am, Day 1M runs at 4:00pm, and Day 1N Turbo goes at 7:30pm. Don’t miss out on these chances to get in on the Grand Prix Canada!