Now 7-handed across three tables, the chess match continues. In the latest hand, Tomas Larivee raised to 25K from middle position and only the blinds called.

Flop:

Both blinds checked the flop and Tomas was again the aggressor, this time betting 48,500. This was too much for Pierre Gauthier (in blue below), but David Bolduc was keen to call and see the next card.

Turn:

This time it was checked to Tomas, who now bet 145,000. David thought about it for a couple of minutes. He thought hard. Ultimately he couldn’t make the call, folding his hand.

Below are some photos of the three tables of players that remain in today’s Day 1B flight. With the average chip stack up around 600,000 and the BB at 12,000, it’s anyone’s guess as to how many will be left by the end of round 18, which is in 80 minutes.

Will it be less than 15? More? We’ll see!

We just lost another one. This time it was Stephane Dallaire.

Stephane had what anyone would want with time winding down and the blinds creeping steadily upwards – a pocket pair! He shoved for 143,000, and was called by Andre Larocque. Unfortunately for Stephane, Andre had a pair of aces.

The board was dealt , and Stephane was forced to take his leave.

Now we are down to only 29 participants, but we still have four levels left to play!

As we passed by a table recently we heard those fateful words: All in.

They were uttered by Robert Aho, who had shoved preflop over the 25,000 bets of Terrence Caulcutt and David Bonneau. Next to play was Terrence, who shoved over top, pushing David out of the hand.

Robert’s cards were good – just not good enough.

Robert:

Terrence:

Terrence made a set on the flop and didn’t look back, busting Robert’s kings and adding to his stack.

Board:

After 12 levels of play we have only 43 players left battling it out on the felt. The average chip stack is nearing 300,000, and the leaders are indicated in the list below. However, the player with the most chips so far is Tomas Larivee, who boasts an impressive 918,500 chips.

Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Tomas Larivee	918,500
Francis Abbott	903,000
Christopher Savov	693,000
Samuel Miranda	586,000
Xi Wang	580,500

Just now on table 31 we said goodbye to one of the (now less than) 50 players still standing in today’s Day 1B flight. This time it was Marc Petit who left us after losing a big pot to Inbal Peretz and then a final (much smaller) throw-away pot to Jason Rosen.

The first handed began with a raise to 12K from early position by Marc which was folded around to Inbal in the small blind. She shoved her remaining stack, which was not substantial, less than 75,000. After a bit of thought, perhaps realizing that he was also relatively short-stacked and may as well go for it, Marc called.

Marc:

Inbal:

The board was dealt and Marc reluctantly doubled his opponent up.

With less than 40,000 chips still in his hand Marc’s body language indicated that he would shove on the next hand no matter what, and that he did. Leave it to lady luck to give him a pretty decent hand to shove with on his way out the door. Jason Rosen called.

Marc:

Jason:

The board came down , and Marc’s pair didn’t stand up. He packed up his jacket and headed for the door.

Today’s second flight of the day, Day 1B, is now officially closed to new registrants. There were a total of 125 entries (including 31 re-entries), of which 56 currently remain.

Now playing 9-handed across seven tables, the players will do their best to accumulate chips in preparation for Day 2, which will be played on Sunday January 27th at 3:30PM.

Good luck to all the players as they work through the last eight 30-minute levels. Plenty of poker still left to play!