After 4 sold out fields of 80 player Qualifying Rounds, a total of 320 entries for the $550 No Limit Hold’em 2011 Atlantic Canada Poker Championships has now been reduced to just 64 players.
Only half of the players taking their seats today will reach the pay-outs and with a top prize of $40,000 there is sure to be some hard fought poker in store for today; Ryan Drake has held the chip lead since the initial starting rounds and with 83,600 looks to be almost 3.5 times the chip average.
By our math (5000 x 320) there should be about 1.6 million chips in play today, making the chip average an even 25,000…well almost…
For those readers that notice any repeat names on the chip counts, (Norman Overdyke for one) and despite today being billed “double vision Sunday” in other poker, you aren’t seeing things; like other major events in the east, players are allowed to purchase seats and play in multiple qualifying rounds, even if they already advanced. It seems Norm wasn’t satisfied with a top 3 chip count after the first few rounds and played another starting seat; in the end he was able to secure around 3,000 more chips on his second go around, keeping himself in third to begin the Championship Round. His smaller stack will be removed from play, meaning the actual starting field will be only 63, making the average stack around 24,542.
Blinds roll back to 200/400 with a 25 ante to start today, meaning what might appear to be extremely short stacked players actually still have ample opportunity to take down the title.
Good Luck to all the players playing at Redshores Casino and Racetrack in Charlottetown today!
For those interested in checking them out, our 1a and 1b photo galleries from the 2011 ACPC are already up for viewing; check back soon for more pictures and updates. In the mean time, here are the chip counts heading into the final day:
| Player Name | Chip Standing | Player Name | Chip Standing | |||
| 1 | Ryan Drake | 83,600 | 17 | Michael Johnson | 29,800 | |
| 2 | John Boutlier | 58,450 | 18 | Matt LeBlanc | 29,150 | |
| 3 | Norman Overdyke | 56,925 | 19 | Nick Henneberry | 28,350 | |
| 4 | Dan Hughes | 56,650 | 20 | Ryan Theriault | 27,925 | |
| 5 | Norman Overdyke | 53,825 | 21 | Rob Davis | 27,400 | |
| 6 | Stephen Kirk | 52,025 | 22 | Vandra Duff | 26,075 | |
| 7 | Jeff Kennedy | 48,100 | 23 | Dave Edgett | 25,425 | |
| 8 | Jamie Drisdelle | 44,975 | 24 | Gerald MacLeod | 25,250 | |
| 9 | Cecil Luke | 42,325 | 25 | TJ Burke | 24,600 | |
| 10 | Paul Goulden | 39,350 | 26 | Eric Place | 24,250 | |
| 11 | Kyle Myers | 39,275 | 27 | Claude Rideout | 24,125 | |
| 12 | Shawn Schiebel | 38,050 | 28 | Jack MacDonald | 23,750 | |
| 13 | Raymond Boutlier | 36,175 | 29 | Troy Gallant | 23,275 | |
| 14 | Danny Lee | 32,700 | 30 | Daniel Tomah | 23,025 | |
| 15 | Bob Acorn | 30,300 | 31 | Eli Critchley | 22,200 | |
| 16 | Jerome Theriault | 30,025 | 32 | Gary Lucci | 22,125 |
| Player Name | Chip Standing | Player Name | Chip Standing | |||
| 33 | Robert Gringas | 22,000 | 49 | Emmerson Duff | 16,700 | |
| 34 | Craig Rout Gallant | 21,950 | 50 | Joseph Hinkley | 13,875 | |
| 35 | Mike Doucette | 21,575 | 51 | Allison Amero | 12,875 | |
| 36 | Jordan Brown | 21,550 | 52 | Mitchell Proctor | 11,.650 | |
| 37 | Renee Miller | 21,500 | 53 | Roman Gallivan | 11,450 | |
| 38 | Shane Brotherwood | 21,125 | 54 | Daryl Gallivan | 10,400 | |
| 39 | Bill Walsh | 20,100 | 55 | Armand King | 8,850 | |
| 40 | Justin Cummings | 19,550 | 56 | Rob Gardiner | 8,725 | |
| 41 | Trevor Mercer | 18,900 | 57 | Allen McLaughlin | 7,250 | |
| 42 | Dale Carrol | 18,750 | 58 | Danielle Casario | 7,100 | |
| 43 | Matt Wilkins | 18,675 | 59 | Patrick Neary | 6,925 | |
| 44 | Todd Webb | 18,275 | 60 | Guy Cruickshanks | 6,375 | |
| 45 | Solomon Dawe | 18,150 | 61 | Brent MacDonald | 6,100 | |
| 46 | David Meunier | 18,150 | 62 | Tammy Bailey | 5,975 | |
| 47 | Jerry Atlas | 17,650 | 63 | Dale Tapper | 5,550 | |
| 48 | Craig Crossman | 17,475 | 64 | Patrick Leger | 3,600 |
