VIP Poker Room Tournament Updates

 

Will Failla Wins 100k Guaranteed Tournament

Just moments after the 5k Event ended, a winner was also decided on the 100k GTD Event

Gene Castro goes all in on the turn for 700k and Failla calls.

Failla :As :2h

Castro :Ks :Th

Board :2s :9d :Qh :6h :9c

Failla hits a pair of deuces that hold up to win him the 100k Premiere Event and Winner’s Bracelet and of course $26,540. Gene Castro wins $16,400 for 2^nd

5k GTD – Kevin MacDonald Wins $52,432 and Players Championship Watch

Blinds 2.5k/5k +500 ante

Driscoll in the bb position raises 20k and Kevin flat calls.

The flop reveals  :8h :5s :Kh

Both players check and then the turn reveals :Tc

Driscoll bets 20k and is called.

The river is :Td and Kevin pushes all in.

Jonathan who is short stacked ponders out loud for a few minutes, even discussing a deal. Kevin MacDonald stays cool.

After a few minutes, Driscoll calls but doesn’t bother showing his cards.

MacDonald reveals :Ts :7c for trip 10’s

Jonathan Driscoll places in 2^nd for $31,455.

Congratulations Kevin and Jonathan!!

 

100k GTD Update – Heads Up Castro doubles on Failla

Castro goes all in and Failla calls.

Failla :9d :9h

Castro :Jd :5s

Board :Js :2d :Qh :7s :Qs

Castro connect a pair of jacks.

5k Event Update – Down to Two

Blinds 2.5k/5k +500 ante

Short stacked Marc-Andre Ladouceur is in the big blind and goes all in. Kevin MacDonald calls from the small blind.

Marc-Andre :Ad :2s

Kevin :Th :5h

Board  :6s :3d :Ts :4s :Jh

Marc-Andre finishes in 3^rd place in this great tournament and wins $20,970.

Congrats Marc-Andre!

100k GTD Update – Sansone and da Failla

Sansone shoves all-in and Failla calls from the button.

Sansone :7d :7s

Failla :Ad :Ac

Board comes up :Kd :Ah :Th :9h :8c and it is all over for James Sansone who was the chip leader from Day 1 and finishes in 3rd place for an $11,000 payday.

We now get ready for heads up between Gene Castro and Will Failla

5k Update – Pierre-Paul Poulin Bubble Boy

Pierre-Paul forced all-in. He shows :Ac :6c

The board comes :Tc :Js :4s :Ts :7s and Driscoll bets 20k and no one else calls.

Driscoll shows :As :4d to eliminate Poulin in 4th place.

We are now playing 3-handed

5k Update – Jonathan Driscoll doubles up against Pierre-Paul Poulin

Blinds 2.5k / 5k +500 ante

Both guys are all in

Poulin  :Td :Ts

Driscoll :Ad :Tc

Board :3h :6d :6c :Kh :Ah

Driscolls doubles 88k against Poulin who is now severely short stacked.

5k Update – Marc-Andre doubles up against Pierre-Paul Poulin

Blinds 2.5k / 5k +500 ante

Ladouceur goes all in pre-flop and Pierre-Paul calls.

Poulin  :7c :7h

Ladouceur :Jc :Qc

Board :9d :Qh :3s :9h :Td

Ladouceur doubles his 71.5k shove.

5k Update – Chipping up

Blinds 2.5k / 5k +500 ante

Jonathan Driscoll	190k
Pierre-Paul Poulin	126k
Kevin Mac Donald	390k
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	81k

100k Update: Dufresne out in 4th

Dufresne all in vs James Sansone

Dufresne :9d :As

Sansone :Ah :Ac

Board :Jd :2d :Td :9s :6h

Sylvain “Moose” Dufresne eliminated in 4th for $7,850

Next Hand in 5k – Driscoll vs. Pierre-Paul

Driscoll is on the button and Pierre-Paul all-in.

Driscoll :Ac :Ah
Pierre-Paul :Kh :9h

Board :5h :Qh :Kc :Jd :Qc

Pierre-Paul doubles 53.8k

 

 

5k Update – MacDonald vs Driscoll

MacDonald on the button. Blinds 2k/4k + 300 antes.

MacDonald bets 8k, Driscoll bets 22k, Mac bets 50k, Driscoll bets 90k, Mac bets 150k Driscoll shoves all-in for 233.5k.

Driscoll :Kd :Kc

MacDonald :Ad :Ks

Board :2h :Jh :Ac :Jd :Qh gives MacDonald a higher pair with Aces.

Sansone Fires Back Long – Long Pham crippled

James goes all in from the small blind and Long calls.

James :As :8c vs Long :Ad :5d

Board :8d :Js :6s :9d :8h to give Sansone trip 8’s

Long lost some 605k chips and forced to go all in next hand but to no avail. Long eliminated in 5^th place for $6,100 cash.

Chip counts on 100k event after the break

1	Gene Castro 1.9M
3	Sylvain Dufresne 525k
4	James Sansone 560k
7	Long Pham 775k
9	Will “The Thrill” Failla 2M

 

Chip countt on 5k buyin event at the break

Blinds 2k/4k antes 300 still in 4-handed play

Jonathan Driscoll	300.8k
Pierre-Paul Poulin	58.7k
Kevin Mac Donald	285k
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	66.9k

Long Pham another double up against Sansone

All-in total 365k by Long. Sansone calls.

It’s Long :Ah :5d vs Sansone :Ad :Tc

Board runs :5h :Qd :Jh :2c :Qh and that gives Long a pair of 5’s to double up

 

Constantinos Eliminated in 6^th

Constantinos all-in pre-flop with 275k and Gene Castro calls.

Constantinos  :Qh :Js

Gene :Kc :Jd

Board  :9s :6h :2h :9c :Ts

Constantantinos Psalidas eliminated in 6^th place for $5,000 pay day

Long Pham doubles against Sansone

Long in button seat goes an all in for about 216k stack.

Sansone calls.

Showdown Long :As :Kc  vs  Sansone :Ah :Qs

Board :4d :7h :Kh :6s :Qc

A pair of kings for Long who doubles up.

 

 

Sansone eliminates Yannick Kwan

Blinds 20k/40k +3k ante

Kwan goes all in and James Sansone calls from the button.

Kwan  :Ac :9d

James  :As :5s

Board :Td :3h :Js :2h :4c

James connects a straight on the river and eliminates Kwan in 7^th for $4,150

Dean Murphy down in 8^th

Dean in small blind position goes all-in and Sylvain Dufresne (aka Moose) snap-calls.

Dean :Kh :5h

Sylvain :Ac :Jd

Sylvain picks up another ace on the board sealing Dean’s fate.

:8s :Ah :Js :2c :8c

Dean eliminated in 8^th place in the 100k event – good for $3,485

Dean doubles up on Long Pham

Blinds 20k/40k ante 3k

Pham min-raises 80k and Dean goes all-in

Pham calls and shows :Qd :Qs

Dean shows :Kd :Jh

The board gives Dean trip Kings and helps him double up and stay in the game longer.

Board   :5s :8d :Kc :Kh :7s

 

100k event – Constantinos doubles up on Sansone

Blinds 15k/30k Constantinos all-in

Sansone ponders a while and calls the 187k short stack of Constantinos.

Constantinos shows pocket jacks and James Sansone shows A-8 suited.

The board doesn’t help Sansone and Constantinos doubles up to stay in the game.

 

100k event – Dufresne doubles on Failla

Blinds 15k/30k Dufresne in the small blind. All in for 140k.

Failla calls.

Dufresne :As :Kd

Failla :Kh :5c

Board  :8s :9c :7c :4c :Ks

Dufresne ace kicker.

 

5k event

Blinds 1,200/2,400/200 ante

Marc-Andre Ladouceur doubled up against Jonathan Driscoll JJ vs AQ in the 5k Event. Following the elimination of Chanracy Khun  there are 4 players remaining.

5k event – Chanracy Khun 5th place

Blinds 1,200/2,400/200 ante

Chan Khun moves all in for 35k and is in bad shape against Jonathan Driscoll.

Khun: A2
Driscoll: AK

The board runs out 8 10 3 J J and Khun is out in 5th place. He misses the money by two spots and we’re now on the money bubble.

Driscoll extends his chip lead and is now up to 190k.

Vino’s luck runs out

Vino goes all-in and Failla calls.

Vino :8c :8s

Failla :As :2d

Board :7s :Ad :4d :5c :Ks

Vino couldn’t hold on any longer. Out in 9th for $2,875

 

100k Short Break

Players are on a 10 minute break while the 5k gets in action.

Here are the updated chip counts at the break. Castro and Failla neck and neck for the chip lead.

Seat	Name-Chip Count
1	Gene Castro 1.4M
2	Dean Murphy 240k
3	Sylvain Dufresne 260k
4	James Sansone 775k
5	Costantinos Psalidas 500k
6	Yannick Kwan 460k
7	Long Pham 430k
8	Phil Diamantakos busted in 10th
9	Will “The Thrill” Failla 1.350M
10	Vinokurov Gennady 160k

 

5k Final Table Back in Action

Players are back in action for the 5k event going for top 3 paying positions.

Here are the starting stacks for the Final Day.

The final chip counts for the night are:

Seat 1	Jonathan Driscoll	249.8k
Seat 3	Pierre-Paul Poulin	75.9k
Seat 5	Kevin MacDonald	231.2k
Seat 9	Marc-Andre Ladouceur	93.5k
Seat 10	Chanracy Khun	39.6k

Dean doubles up on James Sansone

Dean in small blind, all-in pre-flop. Sansone calls.

Dean :Ac :Jh

Sansone :Jc :Qs

Board :6c :Kh :As :Kd :2c

Dean doubles up his stack.

Another double up for Vino

Once again Vino all-in

Sansone raises 158k and its only the two of them.

Vino :As :8s
Sansone :Ks :Qs

Board :7d :5d :7c :3c :Ts

Vino doubles up.

Vinokurov stay and play some more

Vino who is very short stacked goes all-in pre-flop and Sylvain calls.

Vino :7d :Qd

Sylvain :Ac :7c

Board :5d :Ah :6h :9h :8h

Initially looks like pair of aces will take it but Vino is saved by the straight.

 

 

Farewell Phil..

Blinds 12k/24k ante 2k

Series of bets pre-flop, Gene raises to 150k from the button. Phil goes all in and Gene calls.

Phil   A-Q

Gene  A-K

Board :Kc :9c :9d :Ac :3c

Gives Gene a pair of Kings and sends Phil off as the first casualty of the day.

Phil Doubles on Yannick

A few hands into play, Phil makes an all-in pre-flop. Yannick calls.

Phil :As :Kd
Yannick :Jd :Jh

Board :Kd :4h :Ts :3h :Qd

Back in action on Final Day of 100k

We are back today Monday 1 PM for the start of the 100k event. We are streaming live and here are how the players stack up.

Winner will get more than $26k. Good Luck.

Seat	Name-Chip Count
1	Gene Castro 724k	Henderson, NV
2	Dean Murphy 298k	Montreal
3	Sylvain Dufresne 354k	Montreal
4	James Sansone 1.067 million	Fayetteville, NY
5	Costantinos Psalidas 356k	Montreal
6	Yannick Kwan 801k	Laval, QC
7	Long Pham 527k
8	Phil Diamantakos 247k (10 bb)	Laval, QC
9	Will “The Thrill” Failla 1.195 million (50 bb)	Smithtown, NY
10	Vinokurov Gennady 295k	New York

Call it a night..

Five players are left in the 5k event. Action for that will resume tomorrow at 2PM on our feature table. The next level will be level 12 with blinds of 1.5k/3k +300 ante. They are playing for a share of $104,857 to be divided as follows:

1st – $52,432          2nd – $31,455          3rd – $20,970

The final chip counts for the night are:

Seat 1	Jonathan Driscoll	249.8k
Seat 3	Pierre-Paul Poulin	75.9k
Seat 5	Kevin MacDonald	231.2k
Seat 9	Marc-Andre Ladouceur	93.5k
Seat 10	Chanracy Khun	39.6k

Avg stack is about 138k.

The 100k final table will also resume tomorrow at 1PM so stay tuned.

 

Big Mac Attack

John Hanson all-in pre-flop with his 30k stack and Kevin MacDonald calls it. It is a pair of Aces for John and Kevin MacDonald shows :9s :9d .  The board is :Jd :6d :9s :8d :Qs to give Kevin trip 9’s. John is eliminated by MacDonald who keeps on piling the chips. We are down to final five players.

Oh Vanessaaa…

A series of small bets while the board is revealed :5d :9c :Ac :Kd . Vanessa bets 10k and Jonathan Driscoll raises to 65k. A long decision period by Vanessa and conversation with Driscoll while she attempts to get a read. She finally shoves all-in showing :Ad :Qs vs. Jonathan’s :3d :4d . At this point Vanessa is looking good. She always looks good but referring to her cards. The river brings a wave against her as Jonathan hits his flush draw with a :9d . The lovely Vanessa is eliminated from the tournament.

 

David vs. Goliath

Eugene Katchalov the small stack is in the small blind and goes all-in pre-flop. Kevin MacDonald the largest stack calls. It’s :8d :7d for Eugene vs. :Ad :Ac for Kevin. The board brings :8c :4c :3c :2d and finally :2c and gives Kevin an ace high clubs flush. He would’ve won with his pair of aces anyhow. Goliath won in this case and Eugene is eliminated.

Marc-Andre eliminates Dmytri

Dmytri all-in and Marc-Andre. Dmytri shows :Ad :3d vs. Marc-Andre :9d :9h. The board is :8h :5h :6s :4h :Js and Marc-Andre’s pair of nines hold up to eliminate Dmytri.

Chip counts entering level 11 – blinds 1k/2k +200 ante

	Name	Chips
Seat 1	Jonathan Driscoll	135k
Seat 2	Eugene Katchalov	9k
Seat 3	Pierre-Paul Poulin	92k
Seat 4	Dmitry Druzhinsky	28k
Seat 5	Kevin MacDonald	188k
Seat 7	John Hanson	28k
Seat 8	Vanessa Rousso	80k
Seat 9	Marc-Andre Ladouceur	58k
Seat 10	Chanracy Khun	36k

3-Way All-in

In the next hand, players are dealt their cards and there is a 3-way all-in started by Luc who bet 19.5k and followed by Vanessa with 23.8k. After some though Eugene calls. So its Luc :Kc :Qh Vanessa :As :Ac and Eugene :9c :9d. The board is :Jh :Ah :Ks :4c :8c and Vanessa makes trips to take a nice pot. Luc Lafontaine is eliminated.

Dmitry joins the table and we have our final ten.

 

Carla Sabini Out

All-in Carla (A-K) vs. Pierre-Paul (3-3). The board comes 5-8-7-8-Q and it is over for Carla who was one of the stronger players early in the tournament.

Seat Assignments – Level 9 600/1200 +100 ante

Seat 1	Jonathan Driscoll
Seat 2	Eugene Katchalov
Seat 3	Pierre-Paul Poulin
Seat 4	Luc Lafontaine
Seat 5	Carla Sabini
Seat 6	Kevin MacDonald
Seat 7	John Hanson
Seat 8	Vanessa Rousso
Seat 9	Marc-Andre Ladouceur
Seat 10	Chanracy Khun

She’s backkkk…

As the two tables get combined with a few minutes left in Round 9, Vanessa Rousso makes her re-entry to the tournament. The players  draw seats and you can see them all on the feature table.

 

Rivet rivered out

3-way all-in between Pierre-Paul (:8d :Kh), Luc Lafontaine (:Ah :7s), Guillaume Rivet (pocket 3’s). The board comes :4h :2c :As :Jh and an :Ad on the river gives Lafontaine a higher pair to river Rivet out of the tournament.

Vanessa Rousso out

Vanessa on the button. Raises 2.4k, in a 3-bet goes all-in for 20k and gets called by Guillaume Rivet. Showdown A-K vs Q-J. Rivet makes a pair of Jacks on the board and the lovely Vanessa is out.

 

How they stack up after the break

Players took a short 10-minute break to colour up. Players are now in Level 9 with 600-1200 blinds and 100 ante.

Here are some chip counts after the break. Avg stack is 52,500.

Name	Chips
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	77k
Jonathan Driscoll	74k
Dennis Druzhinsky	71k
John Hanson	65k
Pierre-Paul Poulin	60k
Luc Lafontaine	60k
Carla Sabini	52k
Guillaume Rivet	41k
Kevin MacDonald	39k
Eugene Katchalov	34k
Chanracy Khun	26k
Vanessa Rousso	24k

Failla Aces Cracked

Will in small blind position. Driscoll calls. Flop comes 6-Q-7 with a series of bets. The turn is a Q and then Failla all-in and Driscoll calls. River is a 2. Failla turns pocket Aces against Driscoll’s K-Q in the hole. Failla’s Aces got cracked by 3 Q’s.

Will Failla Buys into 5k

Will has had an amazing day in the 100k, finishing in the final table as one of the chip leaders. Will in now in on the 5k event.

 

5k Event Update

We are currently in Level 8 of the 5k event the blinds are 400-800 and the avg. count is $46,153. There are a total of 20 entries with 13 remaining. The last player to get busted out was Dmitry Druzhinsky. Vanessa Rousso just entered the tournament and currently our prize pool is standing at $91,180 based on the number of entries. The re-entry period still has a couple of hours left.

 

100k Gets to Final table.

Yann Dumont gets a bad beat. He pairs his pocket kings on the flop with another king to get trip kings but Dufresne who is also all-in hits a spade flush draw on the river to his A-K suited. Dumont is out the next hand and we get our top 10 final table as follows:

Seat – Name – Chip Stack

1  Gene Castro 1.3 million
2  Dean Murphy 550k
3  Sylvain Dufresne 360k
4  James Sansone 530k
5  Costantinos Psalidas 395k
6  Yann Dumont 1.2 million

7  Long Pham 420k
8 Phil Diamantakos 320k
9 Will “The Thrill” Failla 900k
10 Vinokurov Gennady 279k

 

Rivet Out and Back Again – Hanson Back in Also

Rivet raise under the gun against Luc on the button – 3bet. 10-10 for Rivet vs. A-K suited for Luc who hits a king on the board to knock out Rivet. Rivet set to re-enter the 5k tournament. John Hanson also re-enters  and is now in seat 9 on the feature table.

In the 100k,Robert Renaud pushes in his stack with pocket 9s and is in a coin flip vs Gene Castro’s AQ. Castro hits a queen on the flop and eliminates Renaud in 12th place, good for $2,265. Castro now chip leader with 1.2 million chips.

 

100k Approaching a Final Table – Eugene Re-Enters 5k Event

We are down to 12 players as there have been a couple of eliminations in the 100k. Alexander Zaveruka moves all in with A-10 and vs Pham with A-Q. Zaveruka finished in 14^th place for $1,770. Bill Kontaratos moved all in with A-J against Yannick Kwan A-K. Kwan hit a pair of Kings in the flop. Bill is out in 13^th for $1,770.

Eugene Katchalov has re-entered the tournament after having a short break. He had a long flight to Montreal from France where he was at the EPT. He is on the feature table now in seat 2.

Marc-Andre Ladouceur Knocks Out Eugene Katchalov

Both guys went all-in pre flop. Eugene was holding pocket 7’s and Marc-Andre A-K. The flop gave Marc-Andre a pair of Aces.

Also out was John Hanson so we have 13 players left in the 5k. But this is a re-entry tournament and registration is still open so we can see some new faces.

Mike Leah out and Failla Leads in 100k

Mike Leah was the first casualty in the 5k event getting caught in a bluff, 5-6 suited against Aces. Carla Sabini knocks out the pro.

In the 100k, Will Failla leads as it is down to 14 players. The last casualties were:

15 Mel Rothman $1,770

16 Nicholas Aubin $1,380

 

No major moves in 5k

There are 14 players in this re-entry event. The blinds are 200/400 and players are buying their time. A few all-ins but not eliminations yet.

In the feature table we have 7 players:

1. Carla Sabini, 2. Kevin James MacDonald, 3. Chanracy Khun, 4. Dennis Druzhinsky, 5. Jonathan Driscoll, 6. Mike Leah, 8. George Caragiorgas

At the other table we also have 7 players:

1. Eugene Katchalov, 3. Pierre-Paul Poulin, 4. Luc Lafontaine, 5. John Hanson, 6. Guillaume Rivet, 7. Marc-Andre Ladouceur, 8. Dmitry D.

In the 100k:

17 Scott Worlsley $1,380

18 Jean-Francois Boulais $1,380

 

100k event, more eliminations

There are 18 players remaining in round 17. Blinds are 4k/8k +1k antes. Some more eliminations include.

19 Marc Andre Roy $1,215

20 Adam Cader $1,215

21 Sebastien Proulx $1,215

22 Gabriel Alarie $1,215

 

Action continues

In the$5k Players Championship we have several new players that joined the action which is on two tables.

In the feature table we have 7 players:

1. Carla Sabini, 2. Kevin James MacDonald, 3. Chanracy Khun, 4. Dennis Druzhinsky, 5. Jonathan Driscoll, 6. Mike Leah, 8. George Caragiorgas

At the other table we have 6 seated:

1. Eugene Katchalov, 3. Pierre-Paul Poulin, 5. John Hanson, 6. Guillaume Rivet, 7. Marc-Andre Ladouceur, 8. Dmitry D.

 

In the 100k we have a few more eliminations:

23rd Ednin Cekic $1,215

24thDaniel Marcotte $1,215
25th Mathieu Sauriol $1,215
26th Patrick St-Onge $1,215

 

 

$5k Players Championship Event Underway

The $5k Players Championship Event has started. Players start off with 30,000 chips. Notable names playing are WSOP and WPT Champion Eugene Katchalov, one of Canada’s top poker pros Mike Leah, and local pros Jonathan Driscoll and Chanracy Khun. Watch the live stream feature table on CanadaPoker.com

Meanwhile, the 100k event is reaching the money rounds with 28 players remaning into Level 15, they are playing hand by hand for the bubble.

L’événement Players Championship $5 milles a commencé. Les joueurs commencent avec 30.000 jetons. Quelques joueurs notables de poker inclus le  Champion WSOP et WPT Eugene Katchalov, l’un des top joueurs de poker au Canada Mike Leah et les pros locaux Jonathan Driscoll et Chanracy Khun.

Écoutez la table feature par live stream sur CanadaPoker.com
Pendant ce temps, l’événement 100k c’est rendu à 28 joueurs au 15^e niveau, ils jouent main par main pour la bulle avec les top 27 places payantes.

Eugene Katchalov is in the house

VIP Poker Room Ambassador is in the house after flying in from the EPT in Deauville, France. Eugene is considered one of the top tournament players in the world and has well over $7 million in career tournament winnings and has won events at WSOP, WPT and PCA. He is here to play the $5k Players Championship event.

The 100k event is close to wrapping up Level 14 and here are some of the chip leaders at the moment.

Ambassadeur VIP Poker Room est dans la maison, en France. Eugene est considéré comme l’un des meilleurs joueurs de tournois dans le monde et compte plus de 7 millions de dollars de gains en tournois et a remporté des événements WSOP, WPT et l’APC. Il est ici pour jouer l’événement Championnat $ 5k joueurs.

L’événement est proche de 100k enveloppant niveau 14 et voici quelques-unes des chip leaders pour le moment.

James Sansone 435k
Bill Kontaratos 300k
Long Pham 286k
Sebastien Proulx 245k

Into Level 14

The players are into level 14 where the blinds are 2k/4k +300 ante and there have been several eliminations of the shorter stacks. Some of the players eliminated early include Andy Sher, Yanick Brodeur, Anesti Kocini, Manon Cloutier, Luc Lafontaine. There are 42 players remaining and remember that the blind levels are now 1 hour long.

Le jeux est au 14e  niveau où les blinds sont 2k/4k + mise de 300 et il ya eu plusieurs éliminations des short stacks. Parmi les joueurs éliminés tôt sont Andy Sher, Yanick Brodeur, Anesti Kocini, Manon Cloutier, Luc Lafontaine. Il ya 42 joueurs restants et rappelez-vous que les niveaux de blinds sont maintenant de 1 heure.

 

Day 2 of $550 Underway

A total of 56 players made it through to Day 2 of this great event and they will be fighting for a share of $110,580 with the top 27 places getting paid. James Sansone of Day 1A has held the chip lead entering into Day 2 with 328,500 chips with second place Robert Renaud at 217,200. Other notables still in the field include Mike Leah with 180,500 and Will Failla with 135,900,  with the chip average at 102,000. A complete seating is below. The players are in level 13 and the blinds are 1.5k/3k.

Day 1B Finished

After 12 rounds and a starting field today of 130 players, we are down to 32 players. The 25 players from Day 1A and those from 1B will return on Sunday at noon to play Day 2. Also on Sunday will be the 5k Players Championship which promises to be an exciting event  with a lot of big name pros, so stay tuned for that, or better yet come down to VIP Poker Room and play with the pros at 2PM.

Après 12 niveaux de jeux et un champ à partir de 130 joueurs d’aujourd’hui, nous en sommes rendu à 32 joueurs. Les 25 joueurs du Jour 1A et ceux du 1B seront de retour le dimanche à midi pour jouer la 2e jour du tournoi. Aussi, le dimanche sera le Players Championship à buy-in de 5 000$  qui promet d’être un événement passionnant avec beaucoup de grands noms du poker, alors restez branchés pour cela, ou mieux encore venez jouer avec les pros à 14 heures chez VIP Poker Room.

 

		VIP Premiere Event Day 2 Chip Counts
			Chip Sort
Position		First	Last	Count		Table	Seat
1		James	Sansone	328,500		17	3
2		Robert	Renaud	217,200		15	5
3		Vinokurov	Gennady	212,500		14	7
4		Jacques	Pilon	184,800		15	3
5		Mike	Leah	180,500		14	2
6		Yann	Dumont	173,200		18	3
7		Sebastien	Proulx	168,800		16	7
8		Daniel	Marcotte	166,400		16	6
9		Joey	Sauve	165,600		13	5
10		Kosta	Papa	159,200		19	9
11		Jino	Veizi	155,200		13	2
12		Long	Pham	143,300		14	1
13		Luc	Lafontaine	140,100		16	4
14		Will “The Thrill”	Failla	135,900		19	6
15		Mathieu	Sauriol	133,700		13	9
16		Bill	Kontaratos	130,400		15	1
17		Scott	Worsley	128,400		18	7
18		Adam	Cader	128,200		13	3
19		Yannick	Kwan	127,800		18	2
20		Anesti	Kocini	119,300		15	8
21		Jean-Francois	Boulais	112,500		19	1
22		axel	Ouellet-Guy	105,400		16	8
23		Mel	Rothman	104,000		16	3
24		Ruben	Perceval	103,800		17	5
		CHIP	AVERAGE	102,000	(34 bb)
25		Raymond	Smuk	98,800		17	1
26		Costantinos	Psalidas	96,700		16	1
27		Michael	Korovine	95,200		16	2
28		Alarie	Gabriel	92,700		18	1
29		Sylvain	Dufresne	88,500		17	8
30		Maxime	Heroux	88,300		19	4
31		Gene	Castro	87,200		17	6
32		Shawn	Spiegel	83,500		13	4
33		Mario	Brouillard	77,900		18	4
34		Karl	Bergeron	75,400		17	2
35		Patrick	St-Onge	74,300		19	5
36		Simon	Quintal	69,400		17	4
37		Phil	Diamantakos	63,700		14	8
38		Sylvain	Lessard	61,000		17	7
39		Xingwei	Ma	60,700		19	2
40		Nicolas	Aubin	59,100		19	3
41		Joseph	Hanna	56,800		13	6
42		Don	McCalmont	55,500		16	9
43		Manon	Cloutier	53,600		18	9
44		Andy	Sher	52,900		14	9
45		Jean Louis	Arseneau	46,600		14	5
46		Yanick	Brodeur	42,800		15	7
47		Dean	Murphy	42,000		13	1
48		Harley	Stoffmaker	41,300		15	4
49		Alexander	Zaveruka	38,200		15	2
50		Jean  Bouchard	Francois	34,400		14	6
51		Marc	Tittley	34,200		13	8
52		Edin	Cekic	30,600		18	6
53		Matthew	Wade	30,500		13	7
54		Nizar “The Sultan”	Tajdin	28,200		19	7
55		Marc  Andre	Roy	22,700		15	9
56		Armand	King	NR		18	5

Round 11 – 39 players remaining

The field has narrowed down to 39 players with almost another hour of play left today over 2 rounds. The blinds are currently 1k/2k +200 ante. Avg stack is 83,076.

Le champ des joueurs est réduit à 39 joueurs avec presque une heure de jeu restant aujourd’hui et de 2 niveau. Les blinds sont actuellement à 1k/2k plus la mise de $200. La stack de jetons moyenne est à 83.076.

Prize Pool

A total of 228 players have created a combined prize pool of $110,580, effectively surpassing the 100k guarantee! Top 27 places will be paid as follows.

Un total de 228 joueurs ont créé un prize pool cumulé de 110 580 $, dépassant la garanti de 100 milles initialement prévu ! Les top 27 places seront payées comme suit.

1 $26,540

2  $16,400

3  $11,000

4  $7,850

5  $6,100

6  $5,000

7  $4,150

8  $3,485

9  $2,875

10-12  $2,265

13-15  $1,770

16-18  $1,380

19-27  $1,215

 

 

Chipleaders at the Dinner Break

Players are on dinner break after 9 rounds. There are 57 players remaining in the 100k with avg stack of 56.842. The top 2 chip leaders are Raymond Smuk ~190k and Mike Leah ~170k and both men are on the feature table.

Les joueurs sont en pause dîner après 9 niveau. Il ya 57 joueurs restants dans le 100k avec une pile de jetons moyenne de 56,842. Les 2 premiers chip leaders sont Raymond Smuk ~ 190k et Mike Leah avec ~170k et les deux hommes sont sur la feature table.

 

Round 9

We are now in Round 9. A total of 130 players and 74 remaining. Blinds are 600/1200 + 100 ante. Avg stack is 43,783. There will be a break after this round.

Nous sommes au 9e niveau. 130 players en tous ce sont inscrits et and 74 restants. Les blinds sont 600/1200 + 100 mise. La stack moyenne et 43,783. Il y aura une pause après ce niveau.

Vanessa Rousso Out

Vanessa is part of a 3-way all-in hand to end round 6, she had :Jh :7s, Michael Korovine had :Qc :Qs and Peter Cash had :As :2s . Vanessa moved all in from the big blond position and two players call. The board came :2d :4d :Ts :Kh :Ad and Cash got a pair of acesto take out Russo. He also gets the $250 knock out bounty on Vanessa.

There are now 128 players total for Day 1B with 88 remaining into round 7. Avg chip stack is 36,363 and the blinds are 300/600 +50 ante.

Vanessa fait partie d’un 3-way all-in pour terminer la 6e ronde. Elle a eu :Jh :7s, Michael Korovine :Qc :Qs et Peter Cash :As :2s . Vanessa va all in à partir de la position big blind et les deux joueurs call. Les cartes en commun sont :2d :4d :Ts :Kh :Ad  et la paire de As de Cash gagne la main pour fair sortir Russo. Il obtient également le bounty de 250$ sur Vanessa.

Il ya maintenant 128 joueurs au total pour le Jour 1B avec 88 restants dans la ronde 7.  La stack moyen est de 36,363 et les blinds sont 300/600 ante 50.

Level 6

There are 92 players remaining from a total of 122 starters today. Blinds are 250/500 in Level 6 with avg. chip stack of 33,097. If you are watching the feature table on LIVE STREAM, we have a couple of new players. Here are the seat assignments. You can also watch the first live stream poker massage 🙂

Il ya 92 joueurs restants sur un total de 122 enregistrements aujourd’hui. Les blinds sont 250/500 au niveau 6 avec une moyenne de  jetons de 33.097. Si vous écoutez la feature table sur LIVE STREAM, nous avons un couple de nouveaux joueurs assises. Voici les joueurs avec leur siège respectifs.

1 MiChael Korovine 2 Patricia Hill 3 Peter Cash 4 Philippe Julien 5 Francis Doyle 6 Anesti Kocini 7 Chanracy Khun 8 Vanessa Rousso 9 Eric Siegel    10 Mike Leah

 

LIVE STREAM

We are into Level 5 and we are up to 120 registrations with 101 players remaining. We have a feature table on Live Stream with some celebrity poker pros, the beautiful Vanessa Rousso, Mike “GoLeafsGoEh” Leah and local pro Chanracy Khun.

Nous sommes dans le 5e niveau et nous sommes à 120 inscriptions avec 101 joueurs restants. Nous avons une table télévisée par LIVE STREAM avec quelques pros du poker de célèbres incluant, la belle Vanessa Rousso, Mike “GoLeafsGoEh” Léah et le pro local Chanracy Khun.

1 Jason Horton
2 Patricia Hill
3 Peter Cash
4 Philippe Julien
5-EMPTY-
6 Anesti Kocini
7 Chanracy Khun
8 Vanessa Rousso
9 Eric Siegel   
10 Mike Leah

Into Level 4

Total of 118 players into Level 4 with 108 remaining. Avg chips = 27,083 with the blinds at 200/400. Click here to view  Day 1B photo gallery.

118 joueurs dans le 4e niveau avec 108 restants. Moyenne = 27.083 jetons avec les blinds à 200/400. Cliquez ici pour voir la gallerie de photos d’aujourd’hui.

First  Break after Round 3.

Registration is still open until the end of Round 6 here today. So far there are 113 runners and 102 remaining today. Avg, chip stick is 27,621 with blinds 150/300.

L’enregistrement est toujours ouvert jusqu’à la fin du niveau 6. Jusqu’à présent, il ya 113 joueurs inscrits et 102 restants. La moyenne est 27.621 jetons avec les blinds à 150/300.

 

Day 1B of 100k GTD “au jeu”

Really great turnout at VIP Poker Room today for Day 1B of the $550 buy-in 100k Guaranteed Premiere Event. There are 111 players at about 1PM with 107 remaining in Round 2. Late registration will open until the end of Level 6.

A total of 25 players advanced from yesterday’s Day 1A – 98 player total after 12 rounds of play and will meet back the remaining field from Day 1B on Sunday.

James Sansone 328,500 (110 bb)
Jacques Pilon 184,800
Kosta Papa 159,200
Jino Veizi 155,200
Long Pham 143,300
Luc Lafontaine 140,100
Yannick Kwan 127,800

Ruben Perceval 103,800k
AVERAGE STACK 98,000 (33 bb)
Costantinos Psalidas 96,700
Alarie Gabriel 92,700
Sylvain Dufresne 88,500
Gene Castro 87,200
Shawn Spiegel 83,500
Karl Bergeron 75,400
Xingwei Ma 60,700
Nicolas Aubin 59,100
Don McCalmont 55,500
Simon Quintal 69,400
Sylvain Lessard 61,000
Manon Cloutier 53,600
Alexander Zaveruka 38,200
Dean Murphy 42,000
Harley Stoffmaker 41,300
Jean Francois Bouchard 34,400
Marc Andre Roy 22,700 (8 bb)

19	Marc Andre Roy		1,215
20	Adam Cader		1,215
21	Sebastien Proulx		1,215
22	Gabriel Alarie		1,215

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