Hassan Takes Massive Chip Lead After Day 1c
Day 1c was the largest and longest of the Day 1 flights with 778 entries that took nearly 16 hours to play down to under 10% with 76 players to end the night. It was a day full of action that leads into Day 2 seamlessly.
Ending the night as the runaway chip leader was Hussein Hassan who bagged a gargantuan 2,037,000. He caught fire at the end of the night as he held a big chip lead in the final levels but extended that lead even more in one of the last hands of the night when he was called after a river bet with the nut flush.
Well behind in second place was Kevin Javier with 937,000 and Sebastien Aube in third with 902,000 as the only other two players to bag more than 900,000.
A notable who found his way to Day 2 was Santiago Plante who bagged 650,000. He got the vast majority of his chips in a crazy aces vs aces cooler, where he found the four-card diamond flush to brutally bust his opponent and allow him to cruise into Day 2 from there.
Some other notables to make it through to Day 2 included; David Guay, Diana Shamshoum and Daniel Chalifour.
Top 10 Day 1c Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Hometown | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hussein Hassan | Southport, Australia | 2,037,000 |
| 2 | Kevin Javier | Cote Saint-Luc, QC | 937,000 |
| 3 | Sebastien Aube | Montreal, QC | 902,000 |
| 4 | Kevin Rines | New Ipswich, NH | 863,000 |
| 5 | Anthony Belanger-Nader | Terrebonne, QC | 796,000 |
| 6 | Kayvan Payman | Coquitlam, BC | 764,000 |
| 7 | Eric Lupovich | Mont-Royal, QC | 748,000 |
| 8 | Manish Ralh | Milton, ON | 717,000 |
| 9 | Diana Shamshoum | Pointe-Claire, QC | 673,000 |
| 10 | Samuel Barre-Comtois | Bonsecours, QC | 666,000 |
The 76 players will join the survivors of the first two flights to make for 149 players going into Day 2, which will begin in just 8 hours at 11 a.m. PokerNews will be on hand to bring you the live coverage of Day 2.