After two intense Day 1’s thanks to an incredible attendance, 100 competitors entered the Mansion today to get closer to the massive $327,860 prize pool. The winner can expect to walk away $85,000 richer and the top 34 players will make it into the money.
With a 337 player strong starting field, the Stardust Canadian Poker Classic has surpassed the $300,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Starting Day 2, the average chip count is about 102k chips and Xin Qi is coming back from Day 1A holding a considerable chip lead with his 282k stack followed in close 2nd by Serge Pouliot with 265k.
Several notable pros and celebrities are still in lead by former Montreal Canadien Georges Laraque in 4th with 226k. Other poker pros still in include Philippe Plouffe 104k (39th), Xuan Liu 90k (48th), Chris McClung 89k (49th), Erik Cajelais 89k (50th), and Ben Leblond 54k(58th).
Here are the prize pools followed by the complete chip counts entering into Day 2.
| Pos. Prize $ | |
| 1 $85,000 | 15 $3,600 |
| 2 $50,000 | 16 $ 3,600 |
| 3 $31,000 | 17 $3,450 |
| 4 $ 25,000 | 18 $ 3,280 |
| 5 $19,000 | 19 $3,260 |
| 6 $ 15,000 | 20-21 $2,940 |
| 7 $ 12,000 | 22 $ 2,600 |
| 8 $ 10,000 | 23 $2,300 |
| 9 $8,000 | 24-25 $ 2,100 |
| 10 $6,500 | 26-27 $1,900 |
| 11 $ 5,500 | 28 $1,790 |
| 12 $ 4,700 | 29-32 $1,750 |
| 13 $ 4,300 | 33-34 $1,600 |
| 14 $ 3,900 |
TOTAL $ 327,860
Day 2 Start of day chip counts
|
Position |
Name |
Chip Count |
|
1 |
XIN QI |
282,100 |
|
2 |
SERGE POULIOT |
265,200 |
|
3 |
KRISTOPHER MOHAMMED |
252,100 |
|
4 |
Georges Laraque |
226,300 |
|
5 |
CHRISTIAN BROUSSEAU |
208,100 |
|
6 |
MAXIME PALMA |
205,700 |
|
7 |
CLAYTON GRUNBERG |
200,200 |
|
8 |
AMICHAI TZVI BARER |
197,300 |
|
9 |
CUONG NGUYEN |
185,200 |
|
10 |
TYLER LEWIS |
181,400 |
|
11 |
DANNY GHALI |
179,500 |
|
12 |
SHAWN DUBEAU |
176,900 |
|
13 |
RONALD D’EATON |
175,400 |
|
14 |
MALCOME MARCONE |
172,700 |
|
15 |
LLOYD DUTCHER |
165,800 |
|
16 |
JEAN-LOUIS ARSENAU |
165,700 |
|
17 |
GLEN HAMMERS |
165,500 |
|
18 |
JOHNNY BENEHOUTSOS |
163,700 |
|
19 |
RENE BELLEFEUILLE |
160,600 |
|
20 |
SEBASTIEN SOARES |
156,600 |
|
21 |
MARK DEFARIA |
153,000 |
|
22 |
KEVIN LAPOINTE |
149,900 |
|
23 |
LUC LAFONTAINE |
149,600 |
|
24 |
Yannick Labbataglia |
146,000 |
|
25 |
OMRI MOGA |
142,900 |
|
26 |
GIOVANNILUCA ABATE |
139,000 |
|
27 |
BRADY HINNEGAN |
136,000 |
|
28 |
BRIAN COMEAUX |
134,500 |
|
29 |
CHARANCY KHUN |
132,800 |
|
30 |
MICHAEL LAWSON |
128,800 |
|
31 |
JEAN LEBLOND |
119,900 |
|
32 |
CEDRICK ANGOIE |
119,800 |
|
33 |
DAVE DRIFFIELD |
119,700 |
|
34 |
JEREME TIRSCHMANN |
117,200 |
|
35 |
AMARITH KEO |
111,600 |
|
36 |
MARTIN PRINCE |
110,700 |
|
37 |
SEBASTIAN PROULX |
106,900 |
|
38 |
BRENDAN DELOVITCH |
104,900 |
|
39 |
PHILIPPE PLOUFFE |
104,700 |
|
40 |
Seva Malam |
103,800 |
|
41 |
ROBERT BROWN |
99,500 |
|
42 |
JOSE CARLOS ZUNIGA |
98,400 |
|
43 |
YANNICK TURCOTTE |
97,800 |
|
44 |
NEIL ARMSTRONG |
95,900 |
|
45 |
JUSTIN OUIMETTE |
93,700 |
|
46 |
CHARBEL KANTERJIAN |
92,400 |
|
47 |
STEPHEN X XU |
91,700 |
|
48 |
XUAN LIU |
90,600 |
|
49 |
CHRIS MCCLUNG |
89,600 |
|
50 |
Erik Cajelais |
89,100 |
|
51 |
JAMES RUBIN |
88,900 |
|
52 |
KEVIN DODD |
87,200 |
|
53 |
ANDREW Helleur |
87,100 |
|
54 |
GREGORY PESSINE |
85,900 |
|
55 |
NOY |
84,300 |
|
56 |
BILLY KONTARATOS |
80,700 |
|
57 |
Noeung Troeung |
78,500 |
|
58 |
Adam Hamaoui |
78,500 |
|
59 |
SHAWN ZIBENBERG |
78,300 |
|
60 |
MICHAEL FORTIN-DEMERS |
78,300 |
|
61 |
VIHN BUI |
77,500 |
|
62 |
MATTHEW WAKISAKA |
76,500 |
|
63 |
ROBERT PETRONIO |
74,100 |
|
64 |
ALEX CORDERO |
73,400 |
|
65 |
LEVON DEDEYAN |
71,100 |
|
66 |
EDIN COKIC |
70,300 |
|
67 |
LUKE MELLORS |
69,400 |
|
68 |
Serge Gauthier |
67,600 |
|
69 |
CARTER SWIDLER |
66,000 |
|
70 |
BRIAN GARBE |
65,000 |
|
71 |
MARSHALL VIRTUE |
64,200 |
|
72 |
SHELLEY TALBOT |
60,000 |
|
73 |
KEVIN MacDONALD |
58,300 |
|
74 |
MARC-ETIENNE BLAIS |
57,500 |
|
75 |
Nikolas Nickoletopoulos |
56,700 |
|
76 |
YANNICK LAMARRE |
55,900 |
|
77 |
ANTHONY CHARTER |
55,700 |
|
78 |
BENJAMIN LEBLOND |
53,700 |
|
79 |
DENIS BOLDUC |
53,600 |
|
80 |
Tony Stratopolous |
53,500 |
|
81 |
LEE RITCHIE |
49,500 |
|
82 |
PAUL PETTEN |
49,000 |
|
83 |
PRESTEN CLOUTIER |
48,400 |
|
84 |
Philippe Belley |
47,400 |
|
85 |
JULIEN BOURGET HAROUN |
39,000 |
|
86 |
PIERRE ALLAIN |
38,200 |
|
87 |
Marc Saddik |
36,000 |
|
88 |
LEN CHAN |
35,600 |
|
89 |
ADAM JOSEPH BALOG |
35,500 |
|
90 |
Lane Trenholm |
33,400 |
|
91 |
OLIVER GREER |
32,900 |
|
92 |
WENDY MONOSKY |
30,900 |
|
93 |
SASCHA PIETROWSKI |
26,700 |
|
94 |
Chad Bouchard |
26,500 |
|
95 |
THOMAS LEFORT |
24,100 |
|
96 |
ANTHONY DIOTTE |
23,900 |
|
97 |
JOSH JARRELL |
20,400 |
|
98 |
DANIEL LEPINE |
10,000 |
|
99 |
JEAN-FRANCOIS LESCADRES |
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