LIVE EVENTS

Day 1D of the $200 + $20 Grand Prix Canada attracted a total of 200 entries (including 52 re-entries) putting 20 million chips into play. It was an action packed evening and stacks started to get built right from the start. By the time the first break came around, the chip leader had amassed a stack of 425,300. Play slowed down going into the second break and then stacks started to reach for the sky. 

Alain Chikani was dominating for most of the night but it was Graham Thomson who bagged the lead with an impressive 2,167,000 chips to lead the 29 Day 1 qualifiers into Day 2. Chikani bagged 1,866,000 chips and Etienne Leduc was the third biggest stack with 1,577,000 chips.

To see all of the combined day 1 results, click here 

The bubble lasted for quite some time until the elimination hand took place.  Andy “Coach” D’Alessandro was nursing the shortest stack in play and finally got his his chips in when he picked up , only to be called by Gaetan Miron holding . D’Alessandro needed to hit a king but it wasn’t meant to be and he was sent to the rail, bringing the other 29 players into Day 2.

There are more Day 1 starting flights on Friday and Saturday. To see the structure sheet and schedule, click here

There are only 35 players remaining with the top 29 moving on the Day 2 as the tournament is now in the final stretch. With the chip average just under 600K, Alain Chikani is still in the lead with a massive stack of 2,095,000 chips, effectively 105 big blinds.

Here is the final leaderboard of the night:

With only 46 players left on the tables the tension is starting to build as everyone wants to bag a big stack to head into Day 2. Here are some of the biggest stacks in play right now:

The field has thinned out and only 63 players remain as level 13 commences. With 20 million chips in play tonight, the tournament has it’s first millionaire. Alain Chikani is playing a stack of 1,191,000 chips (149 big blinds), close to four times the average! There are quite a few other large stacks around the room and with play continuing until the field drops to only 29 players, it is a given that some stacks will will grow while players keep getting eliminated.

Here are the top stacks in play:

The late registration and re-entry period has now come to a close in Day 1D and the total entries reached exactly 200 (including 52 re-entries), putting 20 million chips into play tonight. The play will continue until the field drops to 29 players who will then be in the money and will bag their chips to play Day 2.

There are now 188 entries (including 42 re-entries) in Day 1D and late registration is still open until 10:30pm.

The average stack is at 184,300 chips and Peter Liakopoulos has jumped to the top of the leaderboard with exactly 400,000 chips (133 big blinds).

These are the top stacks in play from the start of level nine:

On tabel 22, one of the chip leaders from the first break, Piotr Wielopolski, had lost a massive pot a little while ago and needed to make a move to get back some chips. He opened with a min-raise from 3,000 to 6,000 and found calls from Joshua James Myers and Melanie Viens seated on his direct left. When it was Josaiah Longmore-Edwards turn act, he re-popped it to 32,000. Wielopolski decided that it seemed like the right spot to try to go heads-up with Longmore-Edwards and see where it takes him. He shoved his stack. To his surprise, all three other players in the hand also put all of their chips in and all of the sudden there was a four-way all in.

Longmore-Edwards:
Wielopolski: 
Myers:
Viens:

Wielopolski was behind Myers who out-kicked him and both were behind Longmore-Edwards who had a suited ace. That all changed when the dealer fanned out on the flop, giving Wielopolski top pair. The turn and river were clean for him and all of the sudden Wielopolski quadrupled his stack!

The players just returned from their first break of the night and there are 104 players still fighting it out from the 129 entries (including 14 re-entries), putting just over 14 million chips into play in this flight.

The average chip stack is at 124,000, and many of the players have now accumulated double the average. A select group has also been able to more than triple the average, led by Joey Cournoyer who is the only one so far to go north of 400K. Cournoyer is sitting on a stack 425,300 chips, good for 266 big blinds.

Here is the first leaderboard of the evening:

The room is filling up nicely and there are now 95 players left out of the 101 entries (including three re-entries). Players have right up until the start of level 11 at 10:30pm to join the action with a full 100,000 chip starting stack.  With the slow structure and 30-minute blind levels it offers a great opportunity to try to get yourself a piece of the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Here some of the players grinding it out in level three:

Welcome to Day 1D of the 2020 World Cup of Cards Grand Prix Canada. This $200+ $20 event offers amazing value with an outstanding $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. There have already been three live flights that have so far attracted close to 600 entries and players have also had the option to play an online starting flight on partypoker. Day 1E online is tonight at 7:00pm and is the last online flight.

Players start with 100,000 chips and play through 30-minute blind levels until the field is reduced to one in seven players, at which point all remaining players will be in the money and will bag for Day 2. Play will start 10-handed and move to nine-handed as soon as space permits.

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 is at 10:30pm on Day 1D. 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 but each additional bagged stack will earn the player a $400 min-cash. 

Good luck to all of the competitors!