Its Time to Crown a Champion
Both Day 1s are now in the books. A total of 40 players (of 146) made it through Day 1a, and another 57 players (out of 200) made it through Day 1b. That means 97 players will be returning for Day 2 play, and with only 51 paid spots, nearly half the field will go home with empty pockets.
The man the everyone is watching is Dallas Larson. Larson had an amazing final level on Day 1b, and ended up bagging well over 400,000 chips, by far the biggest stack from either starting day. His closest competitor, Warren McCallum, is more than 100,000 chips behind him with 307,000, and the Day 1a chip leader, Josh Hopkins, will start Day 2 in third place with 272,000.
Among the other notable players to make Day 2 are two former Champions of this event. The 2017 Champ, Trevor Norlander, bagged a modest stack of 63,000 on Day 1a, while last year's winner, Daniel Lefebvre, bagged a top 15 stack with 190,000. Among the other names to make Day 2 are Sheldon Birkeland, John Hashem, Adrian Baran, Skylar Kingdon, Kyle Stronski, and Michael Smith. Day 2 seating assignments won't be out until just before the start of Day 2, so an update will be posted early tomorrow with the starting seat assignments.
Day 2 action is underway at noon CST, and PokerNews Canada will be on the floor from the first hand to the last bringing you the action. As a reminder, the My Stack app is activated for this event, which allows players to update their stacks themselves, as well as share photos and updates from the tournament to their social media. Click here to download the My Stack app for iPhone, or click here to download the My Stack app for Android. Stay tuned here for all the action as they play down to a 2019 SIGA Poker Champion.