It looks like things went a bit crazy in Sundance after the bubble. The field is down to 44 left already with the night drawing to a close shortly. See below for a look at the cashers so far.
Day 1c Cashers
Place |
Player |
Home |
Prize |
44 | Abite Shawile | Edmonton Ab | $3,621 |
45 | Tyler Thomas | Chestermere Ab | $3,448 |
46 | Bradley Bernier | Red Deer Ab | $3,448 |
47 | Edwin Seagris | Siuox Lookout On | $3,448 |
48 | Michael Mcwhirter | Vancouver Bc | $3,448 |
49 | Shane Brotherwood | Calgary Ab | $3,448 |
50 | Stephen Dauphinais | Calgary Ab | $3,448 |
51 | Michael Noor | Ajax On | $3,448 |
52 | Harry Newton | Victoria Bc | $3,448 |
53 | Phong Truong | Calgary Ab | $3,448 |
54 | Gurdeep Parhar | Calgary Ab | $3,448 |
55 | Dylan Ellis | Winnipeg Mb | $3,448 |
56 | Henry Menard | Winnipeg Mb | $3,448 |
57 | Ronald Lightning | Maskwacis Ab | $3,448 |
58 | Steven Labelle | Rossland Bc | $3,448 |
59 | Ryan Cook | United Kingdom | $1,724 |
60 | Ryan Godson | Lethbridge | $1,724 |
They are in the money in 1c now with 56 players left in action. It looks like the min-cash spot was chopped with Ruan Godsen and Ryan Cook busting on the bubble hand. Meanwhile, Steve Labelle and Ron Lightning have also hit the rail to make it 56 left.
They are eight off the money in 1c now with about 15 minutes to play in Level 16. Level 17 is technically the last level on the schedule for today but they will play into the money for sure tonight, no matter how long it takes. There is still an hour and 15 minutes left in the scheduled levels, though, so they may well get there before the end of 17.
Level 1has just and they are down to 90 players remaining on the board. That actually means there are fewer than 90 left as the clock is only being adjusted when tables break for now, though that will change as they near the money.
392 entries is confirmed now and the Day 1c prizes are up. 59 players are in the money from this flight with at least 40 advancing to Day 2. There are 99 players left in the action with about 30 minutes to play in Level 14.
Place |
Prize |
41 | $3,621 |
42 | $3,621 |
43 | $3,621 |
44 | $3,621 |
45 | $3,448 |
46 | $3,448 |
47 | $3,448 |
48 | $3,448 |
49 | $3,448 |
50 | $3,448 |
51 | $3,448 |
52 | $3,448 |
53 | $3,448 |
54 | $3,448 |
55 | $3,448 |
56 | $3,448 |
57 | $3,448 |
58 | $3,448 |
59 | $3,448 |
The numbers are still unofficial, but entries are now closed with 392 on the board for 1c and 828 for the whole event. If that holds, it means the total prizes will be $1,254,420 with $593,880 of that coming from 1c.
59 players will be part of the Day 1c cash, either today or tomorrow, with at least 40 players advancing to day 2 from today's flight. I'll confirm all the numbers once the prizes are posted.
There are 390 entries on the board for 1c with about 10 minutes left in the final break before the end of registration. That puts the combined field at 826 and the total prizes at just over $1.25 million.
I'll post another update when he break is complete and confirm all the numbers once the Day 1c prizes are posted later. I should also have eyes on the Day 2 prizes later, but they could be subject to change depending on how many players make it through the day.
The Main Event is in the final level of entry now. Level 12 has just begun in the final flight so there are about 50 minutes of reg left.
Level 11 is nearly complete and Level 12 will be the final level of poker to buy into the game. There is another 15-minute break following Level 12, and entries will be closed on the Main when they sit down for Level 13 in about an hour.
The Ladies game is also running tonight over in the Chrome room. I had a wander around both rooms with my video camera to get a look at some of the action.
Level 11 is just beginning and that means there are two levels of entry remaining for this Main Event. There are 385 entries on the 1c board to start the level and about t95 minutes left to enter the game. Currently, the prizes are at just over $1.24 million.
1c is now just 18 entries away from 400 entries with 10 minutes to play in Level 10. There are just under two hours left to enter, so 400 still seems reasonable as I expect a fair number of rebuys over the next couple of hours.
The players are back in their seats after dinner for Level 10 with 376 entries for 1c, and 812 across all three flights. That puts the prizes a bit higher than $1.23 million now with 400 for 1c completely within sight.
The board shows 371 entries on the dinner break now. There are about 25 minutes left in dinner, and they have three more levels of entry following dinner before the Main Event field is set in stone. The combined prizes are already more than $1.22 million and they need another 19 entries to hit $1.25 million in prizes.
They are one entry away from $1.2 million in prizes not with 805 total entries so far. There are just under 5 minutes to play in Level 9 with the 45-minute dinner break following this level.
There are now 800 combined entries in the field with about 2.5 hours left to enter. That puts the prizes at $1.212 million and among the players competing for some of that are George Broumas, Roman Brar, Takuma Bergeron, Michael Malm, Don Fujita, Glenn Tarasoff, Srinivas Gottiparthi, Lee Clark, $1k winner Teddy Thalhuber, Matt Kwong, Leo Zhang, Lina Niu, Talal Shoush, John Hashem, and Nicholas Lee.
They are now up to 792 combined entries for the Main Event, putting the prizes at just under $1.2 million. Level 8 is nearly complete with four more levels of entry for the Main remaining once Level 9 begins. The dinner break will follow Level 9.
Day 1c is up to 347 entries now and will cap 350 before this level is complete I expect. The current combined field is 783 with prizes of $1,186,245. That puts them ten entries away from $1.2 million in prizes so that looks certain to fall. If they make 400 entries today, the prizes will be more than $1.25 million.
As expected, Sundance is packed to the rafters with familiar faces and dangerous players. I've just had a wander around half the room - I stopped at half to keep the list "short" lol and will do the rest n a bit - and among the faces I spotted were Vince Lam and Ricky Nguyen, both of whom were deep in the PLO Bounty last night, as well as Dale Foyle, in from interior BC, Quingwie Meng, Flip & Go winner Duff Charette, Anthony Smith, Michael McIntyre (who was at the F&G FT yesterday), multiple ring winner Paul Sokoloff, Scott Calvank, winner of the Seniors Scott Calvank, Andy Truong, Ty Adams,, Colten Yamagishi, Ian Modder, Mehmet Siginc (who was also at the PLO Bounty FT last night), Kris Steinbach, Gurdeep Parhar, Jason Tran, Matt Shaw, Trent Hopper (another F&G FT player), Mike Leah (who is 11th place on Canada's money list and has multiple rings and bracelets to his name), Mike Kim, Kim Pham, Cowboy Ron Giles in his usual cowboy hat, and Raymond Trieu.
The combined field is up to 761 entries as they near the second break of the day. Level 6 will be over in a couple of minutes, and there will be six levels of poker, including a dinner break, before entries close for the Main Event.
Level 6 has just begun and the the prize pool left $1 million in the dust ages ago. There are now 744 total entries for all three flights and $1,127,160 in total prizes so far. Entries are still open for about 6 more hours and I expect the pace of reentry today to be brisk as this is the final chance to bag a stack for tomorrow's Day 2. It seems pretty reasonable to predict more than 400 in the field today, but they still need more than 90 extra entries for that, so it remains to be seen.
I've just arrived in the room after a pretty late Friday night, so I haven't a great chance to look around yet but among the players I've spotted early are Monster winner George Yang, Homan Mohammadi (who is often in from Vancouver for these Main Events and usually bags a stack - he can close in Day 1b with a Day 1 cash yesterday), Pav Braich, Edmonton's Paul Brar, Deven Lane, David Labchuk (who won his third Calgary ring in the opening event of the series), Phillip Louie, Shane Brotherwood (who was final table of the Flip & Go yesterday), Tyler Thomas (who picked up his first ring in January in the closing Bog 30 Stack), Regan Duong, Derek van Loon, Jack DIck, Ross Wilson, and Wayne Hoffert. That's hardly a full list - it's really only the faces I can see from my desk lol - so no doubt when I wander the room in a bit, there'll be a few more to report on.
Event #11: |
$1,700 Main ($1515 + $185) |
Date: | Day 1a: Aug 15, 2024, 11 am Day 1b: Aug 16, 2024, 11 am Day 1c: Aug 17, 2024, 11 am Day 2: Aug 18, 2024, noon |
Blinds: | 40/60 Min |
Start Stack: | 40,000 |
Day 1 Entries: | 12 Levels (~8:30 PM) |
Day 1 Ends: | Level 18 (~12:45 am) |
Day 1a Entries: | 176 |
It's time for the big show! After 173 entries and 20 qualifiers on Day 1a, Day 1b saw a bigger field of 263 for a combined total of 436 so far. 31 players bagged stacks from 1b with another nine players getting Day 1b payouts tonight. That puts the prize pool so far at $660,540 and with a bigger 1c expected, the final prizes should be well over $1 million. The Main this time is bagging at the end of Level 17, or at 10% of the starting field -- also note that Level 17 is a one-hour level.
Ashkan Razavi bagged the big stack from 1a, and he's still leading the Day 2 counts as the top 1b stack, Richard Mullen, only managed to find 840k through the day. However, Mullen, Sunny Lubana, Chun Kwan, Taran Parmar, and Andrew Goosen will all slot in ahead of 1a's second stack, Alex Liu.
Players start the day with 40k in chips with Day 1 blinds at 40 minutes, bumping to 60 for Day 2. There are 12 levels of entry on Day 1 with the final shot at entry around 8:30 pm. Players are limited to a single rebuy for the Main, so use your bullets wisely.
I should be watching most of Day 1c, along with the Ladies event I hope. I likely won't be on the floor until the first or second break however as Friday night was a late one with the PLO Bounty game running late as usual.