The WPT National Canadian Spring Championship Day 2 Coverage Highlights + Chip Counts

Day 2 of the partypoker.net WPT National: Canadian Spring Championship has officially wrapped with an official prize pool of CAD $1,046,630 (approximately $ 946,046). We started the day off at 12pm with an official number of 311 remaining players, and the top 126 places would be paid with 1st place taking home CAD $178,114 (approximately $160,997).

Famous Bust Ups

The notables that busted before the money today included Team partypoker’s Kara Scott, Dylan Wilkeron, Laurence Grondin, Bill Kontaratos and Xuan Liu. The big names that took home cash today were Mike Leah (104th place), Amir Babakhani (75th place), Mike Sexton (74th place), Daniel Schreiber (45th), and Tony Dunst (44th place).

Chip Leader…

The chip leader at the end of play tonight is Mario Lim with 1,758,000. Other top stacks were bagged up by two-time WPT Montreal final table finisher Sylvain Siebert (1,655,000), Eric Afriat (1,700,000), and Alexander Wong (1,402,000). The familiar faces still in the hunt for the final table include Samuel Chartier, Alexandre Lavigne, and Eric Afriat. Stephanie Goertz was the bubble girl, and after she busted, each player remaining was guaranteed a minimum cash worth $1,569.

partypoker Chip Counts

Here are the chip counts for the remaining partypoker Qualifiers at the start of today:

• Simon Quintal – 303,900 (126 bb)
• Shpend Kllokoqi – 214,000 (89 bb)
• Steven Schartner – 193,900 (80 bb)
• Edward Hislop – 120,300 (50 bb)
• Steve Simpson – 117,700 (49 bb)
• Maxime Gervais – 113,000 (47 bb)
• Patrick Lalonde – 83,600 (34 bb)
• Troy Reardon – 69,900 (29 bb)
• Larry Farr – 69,300 (28 bb)
• Pascal Fournier – 60,800 (25 bb)
• Darcy J. Wright – 60,000 (25 bb)
• Tian Lin Liao – 55,700 (23 bb)
• Kenneth McFarlane – 50,200 (20 bb)
• Stephen Caplan – 48,600 (20 bb)
• Albert Aiello – 44,900 (18 bb)
• Domenic Gatto – 39,400 (16 bb)
• Max Droege – 37,800 (15 bb)
• Shawn O’Dell – 25,500 (10 bb)

Shortlived…

Of the 18 qualifiers to make it through to Day 2, we have one partypoker Qualifier left standing! Simon Quintal is still in the hunt for the title with 474,000 in chips (15 bb). Four other qualifiers made it to the money:

• Kenneth McFarlane – Eliminated in 43rd Place ($4,709)
• Steven Schartner – Eliminated in 61st Place ($3,349)
• Shpend Kllokoqi – Eliminated in 80th Place ($2,511)
• Steve Simpson – Eliminated in 116th Place ($1,569)

Caught On Camera

Royal Flush Girl, Tugba Ercan caught up with a few partypoker Qualifiers

Show Me The Money!

• 1st: $178,114 (approximately $160,997)
• 2nd: $124,758
• 3rd: $80,904
• 4th: $59,762
• 5th: $44,586
• 6th: $36,108
• 7th: $29,933
• 8th: $23,863
• 9th: $17,792
• 10th-12th: $13,292
• 13th-15th: $10,675
• 16th-18th: $9,210
• 19th-21st: $8,268
• 22nd-24th: $7,326
• 25th-27th: $6,384
• 28th-36th: $5,442
• 37th-45th: $4,709
• 46th-54th: $3,977
• 55th-63rd: $3,349
• 64th-72nd: $2,930
• 73rd-81st: $2,511
• 82nd-90th: $2,197
• 91st-99th: $1,883
• 100th-126th: $1,569

Overall Chip Counts