Day 1B Ends with Camille Mikhael Leading 126 Survivors

Photo:  Chipleader Camille Mikhael

Day 1B comes to an end with 126 players remaining from a field of 238, and the chipleader is Camille Mikhael, who finished with 284,500 (356 big blinds).

The full list of official Day 1B chip counts can be found in the post below this one or on our Chip Counts Page. Here’s a quick look at the top five:

1.  Camille Mikhael  –  284,500
2.  Mike Leah  –  180,500
3.  James Hundt  –  163,800
4.  Joseph Pombriant  –  158,100
5.  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  154,000

There were 182 entries yesterday for Day 1A, and another 101 entries in a special online starting flight on partypoker, so the total field size after Day 1B is up to 521. Day 1C will be the final starting flight, beginning tomorrow at 12:00 noon. Registration remains open until the start of Level 13, around 4:30 pm on Day 2 (Friday), and players are allowed one entry and one re-entry per day.

The prizepool is guaranteed to be worth at least CAD 3,000,000 (~US $2.28 million), and the payouts will be released after registration closes on Day 2.

Stay tuned to WPT.com for continuing coverage from WPT Montreal.

Photography by Tomas Stacha / Poker-Photo

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