2015 WSOP Main Event Day 1b: Matt Salsberg a Top Canadian Stack of the Day

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2015 WSOP Main Event Day 1b: Matt Salsberg a Top Canadian Stack of the Day 101 — Matt Salsberg at the WSOP Main Event.

Every year, one tournament at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) earns the nickname “the Big Dance.” That is, of course, Event #68: No-Limit Hold’em Main Event. The $10,000 buy-in tournament not only attracts some of the biggest names in the game, but also amateur and casual players from around the world.

With one starting flight already in the books, Day 1b got under way Monday at the Rio. After registration closed on Day 1b, the total field size for the both Main Event starting flights grew to 2,457 players. By the time the day ended, 1,154 players survived with chips still in front of them. Added to the survivors of Day 1a, a total of 1,624 players have already secured their spot in Day 2.

Leading the way on Day 1b was Hamid Feiz of the U.S. His 182,675 chips not only gave him the biggest stack on this day, but also for the tournament as a whole so far. Adil Khan sits second in chips with 156,800 while Srikanth Koneru bagged 154,725 for third place.

The top Canadian on Day 1b was also very near the top of the counts. Yong Lu of Calgary, Alberta bagged a sixth-place stack of 141,750. Canadian writer and producer Matt Salsberg finished the day with 113,025, good for 26th place, while Mississauga, Ontario’s Joseph Andres ended up in 32nd spot with 109,300.

In total, 64 Canadians bagged chips at the end of the day, listed below.

Player	Chips	Player	Chips	Player	Chips	Player	Chips
Yong Lu	141,750	Mark Dietrich	67,500	Chris Kirkland	45,525	David Gelowitz	29,850
Matt Salsberg	113,025	Bryan Stein	66,350	Maria Parlatore	44,950	Sam Greenwood	28,100
Joseph Andres	109,300	Azim Popatia	63,450	Terrance Chan	44,275	Karim Koval	24,700
Spencer Cossette	107,400	Gavin Smith	58,200	Harsukhpaul Sangha	42,225	Enzo Deluca	22,050
Mathiue Martin	90,450	Paul Woodhouse	57,450	David Mercer	42,025	Douglas Hartwick	21,550
Andre Boyer	87,175	Jason Mann	52,400	Devin Verstaelen	40,750	Michael Bartholomew	21,200
Shaan Siddiqui	86,500	Timothy Adams	52,025	Marc-Andre Ladouceur	38,700	Donald Arsenault	20,800
Peter Raimondi	83,200	Michael Bochansky	49,800	Jia Mai	38,025	Terrance Coutts	19,975
Scott Montgomery	80,175	Tony Guglietti	49,600	Matthew Dietrich	37,425	Mark Defaria	18,275
Darren Keyes	80,075	Brenda Hodges	49,400	Samuel Ngai	34,600	Angie Gelinas	17,400
Ping Lin	79,375	Ami Alibay	48,800	Ronald Giles	33,675	Christopher Mysore	13,825
Chris Comely	77,975	Buck Ramsay	48,725	Jacob Kipfer	33,025	Jason Gigliotti	12,350
Jeffrey Mahoney	73,050	Sebastian Troen	47,375	Douglas Mahagen	32,075	Trevor Schmidt	11,050
Kyle Bonazzo	70,400	Frederick Pynn	46,900	Allon Allison	32,000	Jay Dragland	9,100
Michael Dietrich	70,375	Marie-Pier Simard	46,350	Neil Stemmler	31,850	Ryan Hodge	5,350
Pascal LeFrancois	69,925	James Hawley	46,125	Nenad Medic	30,750	Li Fu	4,575

A few other notables to finish Day 1b with chips included Dominik Nitsche (128,725), Greg Raymer (92,200), Brian Rast (88,825), Todd Brunson (57,925), Jason Mercier (66,325), and Phil Galfond (33,400), among others.

Day 1c kicks off at noon Pacific time in the Rio when the final players to advance to Day 2 will be decided.

_{Details courtesy of the WSOP Live Blog.}

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