2013 WPT Montreal Day 1A – Updates

Day 1A has come to a close at the $3,850 partypoker WPT Montreal, and 92 players have advanced to Day 2.

There were 215 players that entered and 92 of them advanced. Sebastien Drolet-Poitras was the chip leader with 270,800 and there were some big stacks bagged up by notables such as Mohsin Charania, Amir Babakhani, and Ryan Franklin.

Other big stacks include:

• Mohsin Charania 183,600
• Amir Babakhani  185,100
• Ryan Franklin  155,000
• Ludovic Lacay 129,800

 

 Day 1A Chipcounts

First Name	Last Name	Status	Chip Count	City	Country
Sebastien	Drolet-Poitras	Still in	270,800	Montreal	Canada
Mohsim	Charania	Still in	186,300	Chicago	USA
Amirmasoud	Babakhani	Still in	185,100	Thornhill	Canada
Ryan Nelson	Franklin	Still in	155,000	Savannah	Usa
Jason	Bokor	Still in	151,300	Toronto	Can
Daniel	Dvoress	Still in	148,400	Mississauga	Can
Yannick	Gauthier	Still in	136,500	Chute Aux Outardes	G0H 1C0
Marc-Olivier	Carpentier-Perrault	Still in	132,000	Sainte-Therese	Canada
Ludovic	Lacay	Still in	129,800	London	England
Josue	Sauvageau	Still in	128,800	Quebec	Canada
Vanessa	Selbst	Still in	127,500
Yung Hao	0	Still in	119,900	Sugarland	USA
Eugene	Katchelov	Still in	119,700	Las Vegas	USA
Griffin	Benger	Still in	115,500	Toronto	Ca
Badri	Abboud	Still in	114,400	Laval	Canada
Daniel	Ghionoiu	Still in	112,700	Kitchener	Canada
Danny	Nguyen	Still in	112,400		USA
Robert	Petronio	Still in	111,000	mississauga
Daniel Jason	Strelitz	Still in	110,800	St-Torrance	USA
Phil	Laak	Still in	109,900		USA
Carl	DiVeglia III	Still in	99,500	Albany	USA
Roman	Gallivan	Still in	91,800
Calvin	Anderson	Still in	86,400	Yukon ok	USA
Helio	Liberman	Still in	86,400	Cote St Luc	Canada
Matthew	Lapossie	Still in	85,300	London	USA
Tri Ba	Huynh	Still in	80,400	Burnaby	Ca
Thomas	Lefort	Still in	80,000	Ste Anne Des Lacs	J0R 1B0
Maciek	Gracz	Still in	78,200	Huntersville	USA
Chi Tsun	Chan	Still in	77,900	Vancouver	Canada
Brandon	Steven	Still in	76,600	Wichita	USA
Brian	Yoon	Still in	75,600	Torrance	USA
Jason	James	Still in	74,600	Mississauga	Ca
Jonathan	Little	Still in	74,600	Vegas	USA
Erik	Cajelais	Still in	73,200	Montreal	Canada
Paul	Arthur	Still in	73,200	Davidson	USA
Alan James	Percal	Still in	73,100	Weston	USA
Blake	Bohn	Still in	72,800	Shakopee	USA
Stephane	Blouin	Still in	68,400		M3T 1J3
Kyle	Wilson	Still in	67,900	Abbotsford	Canada
Scott Jeremy	Clements	Still in	67,400	Lynden	USA
Robert Logan	Dunn	Still in	66,300	Abbotsford	Canada
Roland	Isaelashvili	Still in	65,300	Forest Hills	USA
William	Maderos-Treaster	Still in	64,700	Horton	USA
Christopher	Dixon Bell	Still in	64,400	Raleigh	USA
Harvey Richard	Larocque	Still in	62,200	GD	Al
Kyle	Myers	Still in	60,900	Dartmouth	Canada
Marko	XXX	Still in	59,400
Jason	Duval	Still in	56,900	St George	Canada
Ronald	Lauzon	Still in	54,000	Edmonton	CAN
Brandon David	Shane	Still in	52,200	Colombus	USA
Jordan	Cristos	Still in	51,900	Palm Dale	USA
Daniel	Colman	Still in	51,800	Holden	USA
Yong	Guo	Still in	51,400		USA
Erik	Augustson	Still in	50,900	Washington DC	USA
Istvan	Nagy	Still in	50,900	Toronto	ca
Todd	Sislev	Still in	50,800	Toronto	Canada
Chanracy	Khun	Still in	49,600	Montreal	Canada
Charles	Villeneuve	Still in	48,800	Dawson City	Canada
David	Bokor	Still in	48,600	Toronto	ca
Mike	McDonald	Still in	47,600		USA
Kevin	Saul	Still in	46,200	Warrenville	USA
Jean-Pascal	Savard	Still in	45,500	st Augustin
Jonathan	Roy	Still in	43,100
Joshua Keith	Tucker	Still in	42,700	Miramichi	Can
Wassim	Boutros	Still in	40,800	Laval	USA
Jonathan	Duhamel	Still in	40,400	Montreal	Canada
William	Molson	Still in	40,400	Mtl	Canada
Marc Etienne	Mclaughlin	Still in	39,700	Saint-Jean Sur Richelieu	USA
Sorel	Mizzi	Still in	39,500	Toronto	USA
Jeffrey Dale	Gross	Still in	37,200	baltimore
Timothy	McDermott	Still in	36,800	Saint Helena	USA
Tyler	Reiman	Still in	36,200	Morton	USA
Georges Anthony	Dunst	Still in	35,900		USA
Nicolas	Aubin	Still in	35,800
Jordan	Martin	Still in	32,500	Cambridge	Canada
Danny	Lauzon	Still in	32,200	Cornwall	Canada
Eric	Haber	Still in	31,000	Muttontown	USA
Michael	Watson	Still in	29,100	Toronto	Canada
Jerry Lee	Cooper	Still in	29,000	Ford Mackay	Canada
Nicky	Evans	Still in	28,500		USA
Fuad	Shehab Nasser	Still in	26,200	Ottawa	Canada
David	Peters	Still in	25,300	Toledo	USA
Ryan	Hall	Still in	24,700	Hamilton Onterio	USA
Marco	Lang	Still in	24,600		h3v1c3
Philip	Couture	Still in	23,300	moncton	canada
Eric	Place	Still in	23,100		USA
Scott	Montgomery	Still in	22,600
Jiachen	Gong	Still in	21,600	Pt Claire
Youssef	Bejjani	Still in	20,800		USA
Etienne	Leduc	Still in	17,300	Sainte-Anne de la perade	Canada
Joe	Godbout	Still in	12,600	Riverview	Canada
Norman Henry	Overdijk	Still in	7,700	Vaddeck	Canada

 

Defending WPT Montreal champion Jonathan Roy ended play with 43,100, and that’s fine with him because he bagged up a similar amount on Day 1 last year on his way to the title.

 

WPT Montreal Main Event – Day 1a Gallery

 

Level 10

Blinds: 500-1,000, 100 ante

This will be the last level of the night.

Only 106 players remain from the 215 that entered on Day 1A at partypoker WPT Montreal.

Chip Leaders

Sebastien Drolet-Poitras  270,800

Mohsin Charania  186,300

Amir Babakhani  185,100

 

Level 9
Small Blind	400
Big Blind	800
Ante	100
Chip Average	52.4k
Players Remaining	123
Entries	215

• Shaun Deeb Eliminated by Amir Babakhani

 

Level 9

The players are back from break and the blinds are now 400-800 with a 100 ante for the start of Level 9. The field will play two last levels and then play will end on Day 1A at the Playground Poker Club.

 

Day 1A Players Remaining

First Name	Last Name	Status	Seat	City	Country
Amirmasoud	Babakhani	Still in	Table 56, Seat 7	Thornhill	Canada
Antoine	Berube	Still in	Table 51, Seat 8	Quebec	USA
Badri	Abboud	Still in	Table 56, Seat 2	Laval	Canada
Ben	Menache	Still in	Table 57, Seat 6
Blake	Bohn	Still in	Table 50, Seat 5	Shakopee	USA
Brandon David	Shane	Still in	Table 52, Seat 7	Colombus	USA
Brandon	Steven	Still in	Table 57, Seat 2	Wichita	USA
Brian	Yoon	Still in	Table 56, Seat 6	Torrance	USA
Byron	Kaverman	Still in	Table 60, Seat 8	Fort Jennings	USA
Calvin	Anderson	Still in	Table 61, Seat 9	Yukon ok	USA
Carl	DiVeglia III	Still in	Table 61, Seat 7	Albany	USA
Chanracy	Khun	Still in	Table 54, Seat 8	Montreal	Canada
Charles	Villeneuve	Still in	Table 50, Seat 9	Dawson City	Canada
Chi Tsun	Chan	Still in	Table 60, Seat 1	Vancouver	Canada
Chris	Lockhart	Still in	Table 51, Seat 4	Newmarket	Can
Christopher	Dixon Bell	Still in	Table 61, Seat 3	Raleigh	USA
Daniel	Charette	Still in	Table 52, Seat 5
Daniel	Colman	Still in	Table 53, Seat 8	Holden	USA
Daniel	Dvoress	Still in	Table 64, Seat 1	Mississauga	Can
Daniel	Ghionoiu	Still in	Table 56, Seat 8	Kitchener	Canada
Daniel Jason	Strelitz	Still in	Table 51, Seat 7	St-Torrance	USA
Danny	Lauzon	Still in	Table 54, Seat 3	Cornwall	Canada
Danny	Nguyen	Still in	Table 64, Seat 3		USA
David	Becker	Still in	Table 64, Seat 7	Wichita	USA
David	Bokor	Still in	Table 57, Seat 5	Toronto	ca
David	Peters	Still in	Table 60, Seat 2	Toledo	USA
Derek	Sproul	Still in	Table 65, Seat 8	Lunenburg	Canada
Eric	Haber	Still in	Table 53, Seat 5	Muttontown	USA
Eric	Place	Still in	Table 60, Seat 3		USA
Erik	Augustson	Still in	Table 53, Seat 9	Washington DC	USA
Erik	Cajelais	Still in	Table 60, Seat 5	Montreal	Canada
Etienne	Leduc	Still in	Table 54, Seat 5	Sainte-Anne de la perade	Canada
Eugene	Katchelov	Still in	Table 56, Seat 5	Las Vegas	USA
Fuad	Shehab Nasser	Still in	Table 54, Seat 7	Ottawa	Canada
George	Caragiorgas	Still in	Table 57, Seat 7
George	Mantas	Still in	Table 51, Seat 1	Laval	Can
Georges Anthony	Dunst	Still in	Table 52, Seat 6		USA
Govert	Jan Antonius	Still in	Table 56, Seat 1	Monte Carlo	holland
Griffin	Benger	Still in	Table 64, Seat 6	Toronto	Ca
Harvey Richard	Larocque	Still in	Table 53, Seat 1	GD	Al
Helio	Liberman	Still in	Table 64, Seat 9	Cote St Luc	Canada
Istvan	Nagy	Still in	Table 60, Seat 7	Toronto	ca
Jason	Bokor	Still in	Table 53, Seat 6	Toronto	Can
Jason	Duval	Still in	Table 51, Seat 2	St George	Canada
Jason	James	Still in	Table 49, Seat 2	Mississauga	Ca
Jean-Pascal	Savard	Still in	Table 53, Seat 2	st Augustin
Jeffrey Dale	Gross	Still in	Table 61, Seat 8	baltimore
Jerry Lee	Cooper	Still in	Table 57, Seat 8	Ford Mackay	Canada
Jiachen	Gong	Still in	Table 51, Seat 5	Pt Claire
Joe	Godbout	Still in	Table 54, Seat 1	Riverview	Canada
Jonathan	Duhamel	Still in	Table 57, Seat 1	Montreal	Canada
Jonathan	Little	Still in	Table 49, Seat 6	Vegas	USA
Jonathan	Roy	Still in	Table 50, Seat 6
Jordan	Cristos	Still in	Table 54, Seat 9	Palm Dale	USA
Jordan	Martin	Still in	Table 64, Seat 5	Cambridge	Canada
Joshua Keith	Tucker	Still in	Table 52, Seat 1	Miramichi	Can
Josue	Sauvageau	Still in	Table 65, Seat 9	Quebec	Canada
June	Jenkins	Still in	Table 56, Seat 4	Hamilton	Canada
Kevin	Saul	Still in	Table 54, Seat 6	Warrenville	USA
Kyle	Myers	Still in	Table 51, Seat 3	Dartmouth	Canada
Kyle	Wilson	Still in	Table 65, Seat 2	Abbotsford	Canada
Lucas	Greenwood	Still in	Table 50, Seat 2	Toronto	ca
Ludovic	Lacay	Still in	Table 53, Seat 3	London	England
Maciek	Gracz	Still in	Table 56, Seat 3	Huntersville	USA
Marc Etienne	Mclaughlin	Still in	Table 49, Seat 3	Saint-Jean Sur Richelieu	USA
Marc-Olivier	Carpentier-Perrault	Still in	Table 49, Seat 5	Sainte-Therese	Canada
Marco	Lang	Still in	Table 49, Seat 4		h3v1c3
Marco	Sousa	Still in	Table 49, Seat 9	Terrebonne	ca
Marko	XXX	Still in	Table 50, Seat 7
Martin	Raus	Still in	Table 65, Seat 6		USA
Matthew	Lapossie	Still in	Table 50, Seat 8	London	USA
Max	Greewood	Still in	Table 61, Seat 4	Toronto	ca
Michael	Watson	Still in	Table 60, Seat 6	Toronto	Canada
Mike	Leah	Still in	Table 57, Seat 3	Innisfil	Ca
Mike	McDonald	Still in	Table 52, Seat 2		USA
Mohsim	Charania	Still in	Table 52, Seat 4	Chicago	USA
Nicky	Evans	Still in	Table 61, Seat 1		USA
Nicolas	Aubin	Still in	Table 60, Seat 4
Norman Henry	Overdijk	Still in	Table 61, Seat 5	Vaddeck	Canada
Paul	Arthur	Still in	Table 52, Seat 3	Davidson	USA
Phil	Laak	Still in	Table 50, Seat 1		USA
Philip	Couture	Still in	Table 49, Seat 1	moncton	canada
Philippe	Boucher	Still in	Table 53, Seat 4	Quebec	Canada
Robert Logan	Dunn	Still in	Table 65, Seat 4	Abbotsford	Canada
Robert	Petronio	Still in	Table 50, Seat 3	mississauga
Roland	Isaelashvili	Still in	Table 54, Seat 2	Forest Hills	USA
Roman	Gallivan	Still in	Table 53, Seat 7
Ronald	Lauzon	Still in	Table 65, Seat 7	Edmonton	CAN
Ryan Nelson	Franklin	Still in	Table 51, Seat 6	Savannah	Usa
Scott Jeremy	Clements	Still in	Table 64, Seat 2	Lynden	USA
Scott	Montgomery	Still in	Table 52, Seat 8
Sean	Wilson	Still in	Table 49, Seat 7	Marmora	Canada
Sebastien	Drolet-Poitras	Still in	Table 57, Seat 9	Montreal	Canada
Sorel	Mizzi	Still in	Table 49, Seat 8	Toronto	USA
Soren	Turkewitsch	Still in	Table 64, Seat 8	Newtonville	Canada
Stephane	Blouin	Still in	Table 56, Seat 9		M3T 1J3
Thomas	Lefort	Still in	Table 54, Seat 4	Ste Anne Des Lacs	J0R 1B0
Timothy	McDermott	Still in	Table 51, Seat 9	Saint Helena	USA
Tyler	Reiman	Still in	Table 64, Seat 4	Morton	USA
Vanessa	Selbst	Still in	Table 65, Seat 5
Wassim	Boutros	Still in	Table 60, Seat 9	Laval	USA
William	Maderos-Treaster	Still in	Table 65, Seat 3	Horton	USA
William	Molson	Still in	Table 61, Seat 6	Mtl	Canada
Yannick	Gauthier	Still in	Table 50, Seat 4	Chute Aux Outardes	G0H 1C0
Youssef	Bejjani	Still in	Table 65, Seat 1		USA
Yung Hao	0	Still in	Table 61, Seat 2	Sugarland	USA

Level 8

Level 8: 300-600, 75 ante

Play continues with the blinds increasing to 300-600 with a 75 ante for the start of Level 8 here at the partypoker WPT Montreal Main Event. The last break of the night will take place at the end of this level.

 

• Yann Dion Eliminated by Mohsin Charania

• Marc-Andre Ladouceur Eliminated by Amir Babakhani

 

Registration has closed for Day 1A

Level 7: 250-500, 75 ante

There were officially 215 entries in the partypoker WPT Montreal Main Event on Day 1A.

 

Dinner Break Until 7:35 pm

The players are now on a 45-minute dinner break. Play will resume at about 7:35 pm.

 

Level 6 Begins

Level 6: 200-400, 50 ante

The blinds are now 200-400 with a 50 ante for the start of Level 6 and there will be a 45-minute dinner break at the end of this level.

 

Big Stacks

Sebastien Drolet-Poitras – 83,000
Amir Babakhani – 77,000
Mike Gracz – 74,000
Ryan Franklin – 73,000
Blake Bohn – 67,000
Chris Bell – 65,000
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin – 63,000

Level 4 Begins

Level 4: 100-200, 25 ante

The blinds are now 100-200 with a 25 ante for the start of Level 4 on Day 1A at the partypoker WPT Montreal Main Event. There will be a 15-minute break at the end of this level.

 

Players have returned from their first break of the day, and are playing in level 3 at the moment.

 

• Players are now on break 15min

 

It’s still early on Day 1a and the clock currently shows 183 registered players for this flight. A bunch already have been knocked out as 175 currently remain.

• Shawn Buchanan Eliminated by Jason James

 

Level 2 Begins

There will be a 15-minute break at the end of the level.

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Notable Canadian Players Day 1a:

Erik Cajelais, Marc-Etienne McLaughlin, Yann Dion Shawn Buchanan, Will Molson, Charles Sylvestre, Mike Leah, Griffin Benger, Jonathan Roy and Jonathan Duhamel are all playing in today’s first Day 1 flight.

 

Players will begin with 30,000 in chips and the blinds kick off at 50-100 for the first 60-minute level of the day.

Full schedule for the tournament:

Day 1A: Friday, November 29
Day 1B: Saturday, November 30
Day 1C: Sunday, December 1
Day 2: Monday, December 2
Day 3: Tuesday, December 3
Day 4: Wednesday, December 4
Final Day: Thursday, December 5