Day 1B Ends with Will Molson (497K) Leading 18 Survivors

Photo:  Day 1B Chipleader Will Molson

Day 1B comes to an end with Will Molson (pictured) leading the 18 survivors from this flight of 124 entries. There was 22:00 remaining in Level 19, with blinds at 4,000-8,000 and a big blind ante of 8,000.

The 18 survivors from this flight will return for Day 2 at 1:00 pm on Monday. Here are their official chip counts:

1.  Will Molson  –  497,000
2.  Chen Song  –  425,000
3.  Tae Kyung Cha  –  372,500
4.  Haroutioun Telvizian  –  334,500
5.  Frederick Bradbury  –  323,000
6.  Aneris Adomkevicius  –  309,000
7.  Ramsey Belmaaza  –  224,000
8.  Steven Brenie-Sinclair  –  181,500
9.  Alexandre Paquette-Leduc  –  167,000
10.  Constantinos Psallidas  –  155,500
11.  Francois Bergeron  –  120,000
12.  Hamid Reza Ofogh  –  116,000
13.  Vsevolod Malamud  –  104,000
14.  Patrick Fournelle  –  99,500
T-15.  Alex Arsenault  –  81,500
T-15.  Thomas Brocato  –  81,500
17.  Zheng-Yi Xie  –  73,500
18.  Maxime Chartrand  –  69,000

There will be three more starting flights tomorrow (Saturday), with Day 1C beginning at 12:00 noon, Day 1D beginning at 5:00 pm, and Turbo Flight 1E beginning at 10:00 pm. (Sunday will have the same schedule for the final three starting flights.) Return to WPT.com for continuing coverage of WPT500 Montreal.

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