Event #53 - Hold'em no limit ($1500)
At the beginning of the day yesterday, still 3 players vied for the bracelet. The trio was led by David Vamplew.
It was the American Brett Shaffer, who won the tournament and the $ 665,397.
For him, it was his first career bracelet and its 8th award in a WSOP tournament.
Event #54 Hold'em no limit ($1000)
Yesterday also marked the end of this tournament $ 1000. It is the American Dana Castañeda, who won the $ 454,207 followed by the Canadian Jason Bigelow who pockets $ 281,991 on his side. It is the first woman in 2013. to win a mixed tournament.
For this cocktail waitress, it was his 2nd career award and his first bracelet!
Event #55 The Poker Player Championship ($50,000)
We followed this tournament closely since Jonathan Duhamel therein to the 2nd row before the beginning of the day yesterday.
After 3 days of game, Duhamel is now ranked 8th on 26 with a stack of one million and the dust.
The current leader is Don Nguyen which has a little more than 2 million chips.
Remember that 16 players will be paid in this tournament and the winner receives 1. $7M.
We wish the best of luck to Jonathan in this tournament during this decisive day for him (it is today that we will know some of the Fellows).
Event #56 - Hold'em no limit ($2500)
4 Quebecers were to follow in this tournament to Hold'em at $ 2500. As a reminder:
22nd friend Alibay
103rd Marc-André Ladouceur
193rd Sam Chartier
205th Guy Lepage
The good news is that all players have completed in the awards, but the bad is that none is passed to the next day.
In order are:
53rd Sam Chartier ($12,124)
82nd friend Alibay ($6,713)
104 Marc-André Ladouceur ($5,371)
153rd Guy Lepage ($4,857)
The current leader is OJ Ojiri of Tokyo, which has 1.5 million chips. The action will resume today while the blinds will be 5 k / 10K with antes to 1 K.
The winner of the tournament will be richer by $ 730,756.
Event #57 - Hold'em no limit ($5000)
784 players entered this tournament to Hold'em $ 5000. Among the entries, many québécois. Only 3 remain in the race:
13th Carter Swidler (107,100)
121 Jonathan Cohen (41,700)
183 Carlo Lanzetta (25,000)
The current leader is Mark Darner with 222,700 chips.
81 places will be paid during this tournament and the winner will receive $ 792,275.
To watch today:
1 - Jonathan Duhamel at the Championship to $ 50,000.
2 - 3 Quebec still in the race at the event # 57.
3 - The beginning of Little One for One Drop, a $ 1,111 tournament which should be very popular. To discuss the performance of Quebecers to the 2013 WSOP, you can use our discussion forums: 3 Quebecers spend the day #2 in the #57 event
