The final sixteen players will be making their way to the Casino du Lac-Leamy on Sunday morning with at least one prize in their pocket.
The Sweet 16 have all won a trip to Las Vegas in July but, frankly, that's not what any of these players are here for. Sure maybe a few amateurs that qualified for only a few hundred dollars, the thought of spending a week in Vegas during the WSOP is great, but, for a guy like our chip leader, Marc-Andre Ladouceur, the stakes are much higher than that.
For Ladouceur and many others still alive, the trip to the WSOP in Las Vegas was already booked weeks ago, this is about the biggest opportunity of their careers, qualifying for the One Drop at the WSOP in Las Vegas with the opportunity win 15M!
Ladouceur's star was shinning bright throughout Saturday's Day 1 play.
Former PCA Champ Steve Paul Ambrose is second in chips entering Day 2 play - both Ladouceur and Paul-Ambrose - who finished the day playing at the same table for a few hours - will start Sunday play again at the same table.
SWEET 16 SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS
TABLE 1
Seat 1 Martin Fournier Giguere 97,600
Seat 2 Eric Salvas 16,800
Seat 3 Christopher Sprysa 52,200
Seat 4 Carlos Nahas 73,800
Seat 5 Marc-Andre Ladouceur 230,900
Seat 6 Franco Amorelli 33,600
Seat 7 Michel Arsenault 124,600
Seat 8 Steven Paul-Ambrose 164,600
TABLE 2
Seat 1 Chanracy Khun 80,600
Seat 2 Louis Lam 77,600
Seat 3 Gabriel Houle Morin 96,700
Seat 4 Louis Crete 42,500
Seat 5 Jonathan Driscoll 90,100
Seat 6 Jean-Philippe Matte 69,300
Seat 7 Philippe Belley 45,300
Seat 8 Jean-Christophe Ferreira 130,200
Play resumes at 10AM ET - we'll be back with the live blog!
EVENT PAYOUTS (CAD) 1st place $17,143 + 1M One Drop seat 2nd place $73,347 3rd place $68,572 4th place $59,221 5th place $49,870 6th place $43,636 Everyone who finishes in the Top 16 also receives a trip for two to Las Vegas in July, in order to cheer on this tournament's winner. RELATED POSTS >> LIVE BLOG LEVEL 7-12 >> LIVE BLOG LEVEL 1-6 >> MORE THAN THE MILLION >> THE ADVENTURE: BEGINS | PTPR TIER 3 EVENT Le Grand Touroi de poker Loto-Quebec NLH Main Event May 19-20, 2012 Casino du Lac-Leamy | Quebec Buy-in: $25,000 | Prizepool: $1,425,000 Entries: 433 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 100 2nd place 60 3rd place 35 4th place 25 5th place 18 6th place 10 7th place 8 8th place 5 9th place 5 |
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