Interview with the winner of the #3 of the 2013 WSOP event, a tournament with re entered $ 1000 hold ' em no limit.
1 - Could you quickly tell us about your experience in live tournament? Cheeks you also online?
I play tournaments live importance for about 4-5 years. I started calling me on PokerStars for travel packages. My first tournaments were the LAPT. For about 3 years, I play 2-3 EFA by year and I try to spend a few days in Vegas during the WSOP.
I play a little online and especially tournaments. I also had my biggest score to life 3 weeks ago while I finished the 2nd row / 997 in the SCOOP from Sunday at $ 2100 for 260 k.
It is not impossible that you have already seen me in the past occasionally "shooter" of 100-200, 200-400 PLO on Stars after good scores of tournaments.
2-is it big 1 tone score in a WSOP tournament? How did you find the caliber at this tournament?
I played a few WSOP tournaments in 2010 of which 2 were pretty well. I had finished 23rd on a field more of 1000 players in a PLO event at $ 1500. Subsequently, after having figured in the top 10 of the ranking of the Main Event for 5 days, I myself am inclined 465th out of approximately 7000 players for 27 k. And we know the sequel, Jonathan Duhamel won the honors for Quebec.
The calibre was correct in my tournaments. It is sure that fewer buy-ins are high, less the level of participants is high. I found much more difficult gauge when the first WSOP tournament I've played this summer (the $5000 NLH 8 max). But obviously, in the $ 1000 re-entry that I won, more on advancing in the tournament, more the calibre was high.
3 - Could you tell us quickly set key, or a time key in the tournament? (it can also be a game of which you are proud)
There was a few moments key, but nothing special or suck out. I won an important flip left 2 tables, AJ vs 88 for my life. And on the final table, I won a flip 44 vs AJ (for 1/3 of my stack) and win with AA all-in on the flop against an open-ended. I have just well runne, which is usually needed to win a tournament over 3000 players.
4 - At the beginning of the final table, that is what passed you through the head? Were you a plan? Were you nervous?
Surely, I was a little nervous. The fact to play my first WSOP final table, and for a bracelet kept running in the spirit. And whether it was live stream and hundreds of friends and colleagues followed it gave me desire more than ever to play my best poker.
5. do this victory changes your plans to the WSOP this year? In other words - do you intend to participate in more events than expected?
The victory slightly alter my plans. I already had as a plan to be here until 10 June and return after for the hand (I must return to Montreal to resolve work-related stuff).
But I think maybe return between the two (late June) to play a few more tournaments and I do not exclude the possibility of playing the Big One for One Drop (111 k buy in), but it remains to be seen how I run by then.
Thank you very much and good luck to all my friends in Quebec for the rest of the WSOP.
Thank you Charles-Alexandre for this interview and we wish you the best of luck for your upcoming tournaments!
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