This second day of the Canadian Poker Championship passed the numbers of yesterday as 179 entrants came out to put chips in a bag. Combined with the numbers from yesterday’s flight, this puts the overall total between the days of play at 298, with two more registration days looming over the rest of the week.

Leading the way is Kurtis Ruhl who sits with 980,000. Hailing from Fergus, Ontario, the tournament regular spent a lot of the day hanging around the top of the pack. It was two hands after the final break of the night that sent him into the stratosphere, one that involved a two outer he drilled to see another player exit the tournament. With $162,047 in lifetime earnings, he looks to add an MSPT title to his burgeoning resume.

Sitting right behind him is Medhat Ramzy who ended with 890,000. With $341,164 in lifetime earnings over the past 13 years of tournament playing, Ramzy has acquired a whole host of cashes from not just Playground, but other casinos across North America. An MSPT title has yet to cross his plate, but his sizable stack today will put him in prime position for a deep run on Sunday.

A couple of this week’s gold card winners made it through in the form of Benjamin Szwimer (579,000) and Justin George (349,000). They will be joining the Day 2 ranks in an attempt to make their trip up to Playground even more trophy-filled.

Those with eyes on the Season 16 Player of The Year Race now see another exciting development as Jacob Long (318,000) found his way to a bag. Sitting in second place on the leaderboard at the moment, he now has secured a few more points in his quest to narrow the gap between himself and Umut Ozturk, looking to claim first in the player of the year race.

Today was not for everyone as many regulars of the tournament across North America took their leave. Players like Sundiata DaVore, Bradley Smith, Anne Bui, and Adam Cader all took their chances on the felt and came up empty. They will be among the many players with the ability to exercise a re-entry option for the following two days.

Play ended in Level 15, meaning that players will return to the end point of yesterday on Sunday at 11:00 AM. Yesterday’s day ended with 39:35 in Level 15 with blinds at 3,000/6,000, with a 6,000 big blind ante and is the point in the tournaments that the clock will reset to unless either of the following two flights end earlier.

That will conclude today’s coverage of Day 1B of the Canadian Poker Championship, stay tuned to MSPTPoker.com for all of the exciting updates on the ground!