Event #42 - Hold'em no limit ($1000)
Yesterday, all Québec hopes had fallen and remained nothing more than a few players in the tournament.
While the leader at the beginning of the day was Rory Mathews, Hungarian Norbert Szecsi was in a precarious position. But a bit of luck and most importantly, a beautiful 'suckout' allowed him to win the tournament!
Indeed, Norbert has cracked ACEs of one of his rivals with a pair of nine preflop which turned square on the river.
For his performance, Szecsi pockets $ 345,037. It was his first career bracelet and his 4th purse in a WSOP tournament.
Event #43-2 / 7 Draw Lowball (no limit) ($10,000)
Tournament highstakes statement size. Only 87 players participated in this tournament to 2-7.
After the 3 days of play, it was the American Jesse Martin who won honors and $253,524. For him, it was his 30th purse in a WSOP tournament.
Event #44 - Hold'em no limit ($3000)
We followed this tournament carefully given the presence of 3 Quebec among the finalists. As a reminder, you could find:
12th Jean-Pascal Savard (88,500)
38th Jonathan "poker_john" Duhamel (65,700)
87th Michael korovin (45,100)
Unfortunately, none of the 3 Quebec was able to access the next day, but 2 of the 3 have still managed to be in the money. Duhamel, a little more unlucky one was released shortly before the money.
In summary:
56th Jean-Pascal Savard ($9335)
108th Michael korovin ($5560)
130th Jonathan Duhamel ($0)
There are now 22 players in this tournament dominated by Niall Farrell who has 792,000 tokens. When the action resumes today, the blinds will be at 4K / 8K with antes to 1 K. The winner of the tournament receives $ 592,684.
Event #45: Hold'em no limit ante only ($1500)
Many québécois have is part of the log of 678 registered in this tournament. After the day yesterday, it has reduced the number of players at 71. Among these players, only 1 Quebec figure in the lot, Jason "Jayggins" Hallée which is shortstack in 67th position with 6800 tokens.
The tournament is currently dominated by Chris Moorman which 143,900 tokens.
The winner will receive $ 201,399. We wish the best of luck to Jason for the continuation of the opportunities in this tournament!
Event #46 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 ($3000)
435 players participated in this tournament of Omaha-8. Among them, only 144 can spend the day following which the Québécois Miguel "Mig" Proulx who is ranked 95th with 16,900 chips.
The winner of this tournament will win $ 279,094. The tournament will resume at 14:00 local time in Las Vegas! We wish the best of luck to Miguel for the rest of his tournament!
To watch today: first of all, the performance of the Québécois 2 which will have their own a very important day to play since they are both short on chips, is Jason Hallée and Miguel Proulx. We hope that this day will be profitable for them.
The beginning of the #47 event named "One Drop High Rollers Hold' no limit '. It is not like last year in a tournament at 1.1 M $, but rather a tournament "more modest" (we hear) which will have a buy-in 10 x smaller, i.e. $ 111,111. How many players does this tournament attracted?
You can discuss on PokerCollectif forums: Jason Hallée and Miguel Proulx to follow today in their respective tournament
