Sunday, May 20, 2012

LE GRAND TOURNOI LOTO-QUEBEC: SWEET SIXTEEN - LADOUCEUR LEADS THE PACK

PHOTO: POKERNEWS

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.

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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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