Event #26: No-Limit Hold'em ($1,500)
1.594 players participated in this tournament to $ 1,500. play 3 days later, we had a winner: the American Andrew Rennhack from Seattle. For his performance, he earned $ 408,953. For him, this was his first bracelet and his 5th purse in a WSOP tournament.
On the side of Canadians, the best performance belongs to Christopher Symesko who finished 12th for a purse of $ 22,788.
Event #27: H.O.R.S.E. ($1,500)
On the side of Quebecers, only Jonathan Duhamel was present yesterday in this HORSE tournament. Unfortunately, it was eliminated early in earlier in the day, not succeeding in doubling his rug.
At the moment of this writing, there are still 15 players of 743 registered, all insured for a value of $ 7,492.
The winner of the tournament will win $ 230,744. At the time to resume the tournament, Kristan Lord will be the leader in chips with his stack of 474,000.
Event #28: Pot-Limit Hold'em ($10,000)
160 players participated in this tournament highstakes $ 10,000 buy-in. After 2 days of play, he remains more than 10 players, with Matt 0'Donnell in mind. At this stage, all players are guaranteed to win $ 30,516. The winner meanwhile will receive $ 398,567.
Event #29: No-Limit Hold'em ($2,500)
1.165 players participated in this tournament which began yesterday. After the first day, 209 players are still in the race. Amongst Quebecers still alive after this first day of tournament, note Lorne Wechsler in 73rd place with 46,500 tokens. A little further away in the standings, Jean-Pascal Savard is 122nd with 31,000 chips.
The tournament will resume today while the American Barry Hutter is leader with his 150,500 chips. The winner of the tournament will win $ 536,768.
Event #30: Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 - or Better ($1,500)
588 players participated in this tournament of Stud. After the first day of play, 109 people are still in the race including Guillaume "sixzeros" Rivet ranked 96th. It will however have to double quickly who has only a stack of 6000 tokens.
The leader of the tournament is Jimmy Fricke who 67,300 tokens. The winner of the tournament will win $ 190,538.
We wish the best of luck to William for this decisive day for him.
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