LIVE EVENTS

There are only 34 players left in the room with the play ending once the field drops to the final 26.

The average stack is a little over 500K and three players are millionaires; Ryan Lashmar has taken the lead with 1,046,000 chips, followed by Mike Mellor with 1,015,000 chips and Michele Pengue with 1,011,000 chips.

Here are the leaders:

With only 40 players remaining and play scheduled to end once the field drops to the final 26 players, there are now two millionaires in the room. Michele Pengue maintains the pole position with 1,250,000 chips, followed closely by Ryan Lashmar with 1,1050,000 chips. The next break is scheduled for 1:45am at which point there will be a new leaderboard posted.

The players have just had the third break of the night and with 59 still left in contention, the average stack is now just over 300,000. Michele Pengue has taken the lead with a stack of 859,000 chips, good for 172 big blinds.

These are the top stacks now in play:

The late registration period has now closed and the total number of entries hit 179 (including 53 re-entries), with 72 players still fighting it out on the felt. The top 26 finishers will be in the money and will bag their chips for Day 2. Any player who bags more than one stack will play Day 2 with their largest stack and still receive a min-cash of $400 for each additional bag.

The stacks have changed around and with an average stack just below 200,000 chips, Ryan Lashmar, coming off of a third place finish in Event #8 last night, has jumped out in front with a stack of 514,000 chips, equal to 147 big blinds.

Bar Brill, the chip leader from the first break ran into trouble and has recently busted out however the two other leaders, Bill Johnston and Olivier Monfet, are still grinding away. There is one more level remaining in the late registration period

Here are the top stacks in play at the start of level nine:

Play is now in level eight with 97 players still in contention out of the 157 entries (including 39 re-entries). Players can enter and re-enter right up until the start of level 11 at 10:30pm so there is still plenty of time to join the action. The starting stack is 100,000 chips and blinds in level 11 will be at 2,000/5,000.

The stacks have been shifting and with a break coming up shortly, we will produce a new leaderboard of the top stacks in play. Here are some of the players still alive and kicking in level eight:

The players have just returned from their first break of the day and after four full levels of play the field has grown to 127 entries (including 22 re-entries) with still 100 players left in contention.

The average chip stack is sitting at 127,000 chips (79 big blinds) and three players have now managed to go over the 300K mark; Bar Brill leads the pack with an impressive 358,000 chips, good for 224 big blinds.

Here are the top three stacks in play at the start of level five:

There is action going on across the tournament room as with 85 players still in the running out of 98 total entries, there have now also been a total of 12 re-entries. The late registration and re-entry period will be open until the start of level 11 at 10:30pm, with the blinds at 2,500/5,000 (20 big blinds).

On table 34, there was an early position limper and when the action was on Mathieau Legault, he bumped it up from 1,200 to 3,500, finding a call from  Atbin Abassianafrapoli as well as the from the limper, Bar Brill.

The flop came and action checked around. The turn brought the , Abassianafrapoli checked and this time Brill lead out for 5,200. Legault called and Abassianafrapoli folded. On the river both players checked. Brill showed and Legault mucked.

You have to play hands to win pots.

A entries great turnout so far in  Day 1B with already 76 entries (including 5 re-entries) and still another 4.5 hours left to go in the late registration period that ends at 10:30pm.

Here are some of the players taking a shot in level three:

The second live starting flight of the Grand Prix Canada, Day 1B, has begun!

As with all other starting flights, players will start with 100,000 in chips to play through as many 30-minute levels as needed to reduce the field to one in seven entries, at which point the money will be reached and the remaining players will advance to Day 2. Each live Day 1 will start 10-handed and move to 9-handed play as soon as possible. 

The Grand Prix Canada is a re-entry event with unlimited re-entries permitted until the end of the late registration period at the beginning of level 11, which will arrive at 10:30pm on Day 1B. Players may enter  additional Day 1s even if they have survived a previous Day 1 with chips. Players who qualify for Day 2 more than once resume play on Day 2 with their largest qualifying stack; all other qualifying stacks are forfeited. Players would, however, retain the associated cash prize for every forfeited stack.

Good luck to all!