Gestern ist die World Poker Tour Montreal gestartet. Das Buy-in betrug $3.850 und insgesamt gingen 215 Spieler an den Start. 92 von ihnen haben es in Tag 2 geschafft. Chipleader nach dem ersten Starttag ist Sebastien Drolet-Poitras mit 270.800 in Chips.
Damit hat er bereits einen großen Vorsprung auf den Zweitplatzierten Moshin Charania mit 186.300. In den Top Chipcounts sind noch weitere Big Names der Pokerszene zu finden wie beispielsweise Amir Babakhani, Eugene Katchalov, Ludovic Lacay, Vanessa Selbst oder Griffin Benger. Andere hingegen sind bereits frühzeitig ausgeschieden. Zu den bekanntesten Bustouts gehörten Marvin Rettenmaier, Kara Scott, Jason Koon, Chris Moorman, Bryn Kenney, Faraz Jaka und Antonio Esfandiari. Sie alle haben jedoch die Chance, an Tag 1B erneut anzugreifen.
Hier die Chipcounts nach dem ersten Starttag:
| Platz | Name | Chipcount |
| 1 | Sebastien Drolet-Poitras | 270,800 |
| 2 | Mohsin Charania | 186,300 |
| 3 | Amir Babakhani | 185,100 |
| 4 | Ryan Franklin | 155,000 |
| 5 | Jason Bokor | 151,300 |
| 6 | Daniel Dvoress | 148,400 |
| 7 | Yannick Gauthier | 136,500 |
| 8 | Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault | 132,000 |
| 9 | Ludovic Lacay | 129,800 |
| 10 | Josue Sauvageau | 128,800 |
| 11 | Vanessa Selbst | 127,500 |
| 12 | Yung Hao ? | 119,900 |
| 13 | Eugene Katchalov | 119,700 |
| 14 | Griffin Benger | 115,500 |
| 15 | Badri Abboud | 114,400 |
| 16 | Daniel Ghionoiu | 112,700 |
| 17 | Danny Nguyen | 112,400 |
| 18 | Robert Petronio | 111,000 |
| 19 | Daniel Strelitz | 110,800 |
| 20 | Phil Laak | 109,900 |
| 21 | Carl DiVeglia III | 99,500 |
| 22 | Roman Gallivan | 91,800 |
| 23 | Calvin Anderson | 86,400 |
| 24 | Helio Liberman | 86,400 |
| 25 | Matthew Lapossie | 85,300 |
| 26 | Tri Ba Huynh | 80,400 |
| 27 | Thomas Lefort | 80,000 |
| 28 | Maciek Gracz | 78,200 |
| 29 | Chi Tsun Chan | 77,900 |
| 30 | Brandon Steven | 76,600 |
| 31 | Brian Yoon | 75,600 |
| 32 | Jason James | 74,600 |
| 33 | Jonathan Little | 74,600 |
| 34 | Erik Cajelais | 73,200 |
| 35 | Paul Arthur | 73,200 |
| 36 | Alan Percal | 73,100 |
| 37 | Blake Bohn | 72,800 |
| 38 | Stephane Blouin | 68,400 |
| 39 | Kyle Wilson | 67,900 |
| 40 | Scott Clements | 67,400 |
| 41 | Robert Dunn | 66,300 |
| 42 | Roland Isaelashvili | 65,300 |
| 43 | William Maderos-Treaster | 64,700 |
| 44 | Chris Bell | 64,400 |
| 45 | Harvey Larocque | 62,200 |
| 46 | Kyle Myers | 60,900 |
| 47 | Marko ? | 59,400 |
| 48 | Jason Duval | 56,900 |
| 49 | Ronald Lauzon | 54,000 |
| 50 | Brandon Shane | 52,200 |
| 51 | Jordan Cristos | 51,900 |
| 52 | Daniel Colman | 51,800 |
| 53 | Yong Guo | 51,400 |
| 54 | Erik Augustson | 50,900 |
| 55 | Istvan Nagy | 50,900 |
| 56 | Todd Sislev | 50,800 |
| 57 | Chanracy Khun | 49,600 |
| 58 | Charles Villeneuve | 48,800 |
| 59 | David Bokor | 48,600 |
| 60 | Mike McDonald | 47,600 |
| 61 | Kevin Saul | 46,200 |
| 62 | Jean-Pascal Savard | 45,500 |
| 63 | Jonathan Roy | 43,100 |
| 64 | Joshua Tucker | 42,700 |
| 65 | Wassim Boutros | 40,800 |
| 66 | Jonathan Duhamel | 40,400 |
| 67 | Will Molson | 40,400 |
| 68 | Marc Etienne Mclaughlin | 39,700 |
| 69 | Sorel Mizzi | 39,500 |
| 70 | Jeff Gross | 37,200 |
| 71 | Timothy McDermott | 36,800 |
| 72 | Ty Reiman | 36,200 |
| 73 | Tony Dunst | 35,900 |
| 74 | Nicolas Aubin | 35,800 |
| 75 | Jordan Martin | 32,500 |
| 76 | Danny Lauzon | 32,200 |
| 77 | Eric Haber | 31,000 |
| 78 | Mike Watson | 29,100 |
| 79 | Jerry Cooper | 29,000 |
| 80 | Nicky Evans | 28,500 |
| 81 | Fuad Shehab Nasser | 26,200 |
| 82 | David Peters | 25,300 |
| 83 | Ryan Hall | 24,700 |
| 84 | Marco Lang | 24,600 |
| 85 | Philip Couture | 23,300 |
| 86 | Eric Place | 23,100 |
| 87 | Scott Montgomery | 22,600 |
| 88 | Jiachen Gong | 21,600 |
| 89 | Youssef Bejjani | 20,800 |
| 90 | Etienne Leduc | 17,300 |
| 91 | Joe Godbout | 12,600 |
| 92 | Norman Overdijk | 7,700 |
