50 players out of 648 entries are all that remain in the partypoker.net WPT Montreal Main Event after Day 2 concluded last night. Day 3 kicks of at 12:00 local time today with the average stack at approx. 390k or 39 big blinds. Belgian pro Michael Gathy (over $2.2 million in live tournament earnings) will lead the way with 860k (86 big blinds) and not far behind are Ema Zajmovic and Tam Ho with around 800k in chips each.
Start of Day 2 chip leader and WPT Champions Club member Eric Afriat was eliminated in 63rd place (CAD $7,410), but there are still many familar names alive and kicking. Perhaps the most interesting table at the start of Day 3 will be the one with, for example, Mike Sexton, Andrew Frankenberger, Jake Schwartz and Justin Liberto on it.
Seating assignments and chip counts:
34-1 Justin Liberto - 399,000 (40 bb)
34-2 Jake Schwartz - 286,000 (29 bb)
34-3
34-4 Haralambos Tsivicos - 148,000 (15 bb)
34-5 Jason James - 306,000 (31 bb)
34-6 Theodore Doukas - 694,000 (69 bb)
34-7 Michael Malm - 93,000 (9 bb)
34-8 Andrew Frankenberger - 169,000 (17 bb)
34-9 Mike Sexton - 96,000 (10 bb)
35-1 Tam Ho - 800,000 (80 bb)
35-2 Darren Elias - 304,000 (30 bb)
35-3 Samuel Louis Gagnon - 604,000 (60 bb)
35-4 Ryan Michael D'Angelo - 326,000 (33 bb)
35-5 Geoffrey Hum - 301,000 (30 bb)
35-6 Samuel Robert Phillips - 309,000 (31 bb)
35-7
35-8 Martin Raus - 80,000 (8 bb)
35-9 Thanh Tri Nguyen - 170,000 (17 bb)
36-1
36-2 Chris McClung - 151,000 (15 bb)
36-3 Ema Zajmovic - 807,000 (81 bb)
36-4 Azim Popatia - 124,000 (12 bb)
36-5 Nadir Lalji - 286,000 (29 bb)
36-6 Jonathan Abdellatif - 403,000 (20 bb)
36-7 Alexander William Keating - 721,000 (72 bb)
36-8 Jeffery Rossiter - 332,000 (22 bb)
36-9 Patrick Cartier - 227,000 (23 bb)
38-1 Kevin MacDonald - 532,000 (53 bb)
38-2 Joshua Trott - 308,000 (31 bb)
38-3 Demosthenes Kiriopoulos - 251,000 (25 bb)
38-4 Poorya Nazari - 506,000 (51 bb)
38-5 Darryll Scott Fish - 150,000 (15 bb)
38-6 Seena Abedi-Sarvestani - 486,000 (49 bb)
38-7 Stuart Taylor - 418,000 (42 bb)
38-8
38-9 Ilan Charlot Boujenah - 552,000 (55 bb)
39-1 Josue Sauvageau - 375,000 (38 bb)
39-2 Terry Leon Schumacher - 455,000 (46 bb)
39-3 Izhak Aliasi Sini - 411,000 (41 bb)
39-4 Michael Philippe Gathy - 860,000 (86 bb)
39-5 Benny Chen - 502,000 (50 bb)
39-6 Frederick Mowatt - 367,000 (37 bb)
39-7 Jason Mann - 796,000 (80 bb)
39-8 Simon Charette - 349,000 (35 bb)
39-9 Dakota Vandine - 126,000 (13 bb)
40-1 David Sorgente - 78,000 (8 bb)
40-2 Ivan Fazal Karim - 443,000 (44 bb)
40-3 Robert Earl McGhee - 711,000 (71 bb)
40-4 Herbert Paul J.R. Montabalno - 150,000 (15 bb)
40-5 Brian Altman - 545,000 (55 bb)
40-6 Antonin Duda - 633,000 (63 bb)
40-7 Andrew Paul Grose - 353,000 (35 bb)
40-8 Jeffrey Cormier - 559,000 (56 bb)
40-9 Feizal Satchu - 391,000 (39 bb)
Remaining prize pool:
1st: CAD $425,980* (US $317,896*)
2nd: CAD $286,110 (US $213,515)
3rd: CAD $183,320 (US $136,806)
4th: CAD $132,750 (US $99,067)
5th: CAD $102,010 (US $76,127)
6th: CAD $81,740 (US $61,000)
7th: CAD $67,790 (US $50,590)
8th: CAD $54,060 (US $40,343)
9th: CAD $40,540 (US $30,254)
10th-12th: CAD $33,560 (US $25,045)
13th-15th: CAD $26,810 (US $20,007)
16th-18th: CAD $22,230 (US $16,590)
19th-21st: CAD $18,310 (US $13,664)
22nd-24th: CAD $15,470 (US $11,545)
25th-27th: CAD $13,070 (US $9,754)
28th-36th: CAD $10,680 (US $7,970)
37th-45th: CAD $9,370 (US $6,993)
46th-50th: CAD $8,280 (US $6,179)
* First-prize amount includes a US $15,000 seat into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.
