At the conclusion of Day 1, the WPT Montreal High Roller counted 46 players. Registration, however, was still open, and 54 players started Day 2 today. After the first 4 levels of play, the late registration period was over and the payout table was published, announcing a whopping $173,080 first prize! All were looking to squeeze into the top 18, which would not be an easy task for anyone, given the considerable amount of talent in the field. And chips were moving…

Before the dinner break, Stephen Song and Stephen Deutsch distanced themselves from the field and were ruling the leaderboard. Sitting side by side, they showed great camaraderie and both continued to bust players and chip up until their table had a disproportioned amount of chips.

Jeffrey Cormier made a dent in Deutsch’s stack, but Deutsch then doubled up against Song. Then Tony Dunst came along and shook the table up. He climbed the leaderboard at a frantic pace, and before long had the biggest stack in the event. He was still in the lead at the end of the day with 698,000 chips.

Marc-André Ladouceur also had a nice run on his own table and orchestrated the bust that led the field in the money. He starts Day 3 in second place with 487,000.

Day 3 starts at 12:00pm sharp, and coverage will continue until one player has it all. See you then!

A few photos taken during the last moments: