Ben Wilinofsky Leads Day 1 of the WPT Fallsview Poker Classic

Day 1 comes to an end with 188 players remaining from a record-breaking field of 602, and the chipleader is Ben Wilinofksy (pictured), who bagged up 464,000 (116 big blinds).

Coincidentally, Wilinofsky was also the Day 1 chipleader in this same event two years ago.

The full list of official chip counts won’t be available until late tonight, but in the meantime, here is an unofficial look at the top of the leaderboard:

1.  Ben Wilinofsky  –  464,000  (116 bb)
2.  Michael Bailey  –  417,000  (104 bb)
3.  Daniel Le  –  360,000  (90 bb)
4.  Buck Ramsay  –  346,000  (87 bb)
5.  Derek Verrian  –  321,000  (80 bb)
6.  Patrick Lacy  –  319,000  (80 bb)
7.  Ben Underwood  –  299,000  (75 bb)
8.  Darren Elias  –  290,000  (73 bb)

The final 76 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least CAD $6,834 each. Here is the full list of payouts:

1st:  CAD $517,424*
2nd:  CAD $362,853
3rd:  CAD $233,339
4th:  CAD $167,388
5th:  CAD $128,471
6th:  CAD $105,170
7th:  CAD $86,535
8th:  CAD $68,997
9th:  CAD $51,734
10th-12th:  CAD $43,144
13th-15th:  CAD $34,444
16th-18th:  CAD $28,735
19th-21st:  CAD $24,234
22nd-24th:  CAD $20,145
25th-27th:  CAD $17,126
28th-36th:  CAD $14,189
37th-45th:  CAD $12,295
46th-54th:  CAD $10,759
55th-63rd:  CAD $9,331
64th-72nd:  CAD $8,069
73rd-76th:  CAD $6,834

Day 2 begins at 12:00 noon EST. Return to WPT.com for continuing coverage of the WPT Fallsview Poker Classic.

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s USD $15,000 seat into the season-ending Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions.

Note: Amounts listed on the Payouts page have been converted to US dollars at the casino’s exchange rate of CAD 1.35 = USD $1.00, for worldwide consistency across all World Poker Tour events.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com