Weldon Ward Finishes Day 1h of the partypoker $500,000 Guarantee Canadian Grand Prix on Top
Weldon Ward leads the 16 players from Day 1h into Day 2 of the partypoker $500,000 Guarantee Canadian Grand Prix. He bagged the big stack in a field that started with 156 players. He was at risk earlier in the tournament when he got all in with an open-ended straight draw and turned the nuts against Matthew Durand, who had a pair and made a worse straight. Ward bagged 389,000 and was just ahead of Kevin Daily (354,000). The highlight of Daily's day may have been when he eliminated Poker Hall-of-Famer Mike Sexton. Daily had pocket jacks against the 
of Sexton and held. So far Mike Stannard still holds the biggest stack heading into Day 2 with 668,500. He was an online qualifier. The online flights are still going on, starting 30 minutes after the remaining live flights.
This was the first flight of four today, the last four of eleven live starting flights. Two flights are running right now with one more set to start at 7 p.m.
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