The Final Table is set at the Stardust Poker Mansion near Montreal where the Stardust Canadian Poker Classic powered by PokerStars is being held for the first time.
Quebec's Neal Armstrong (no, not THAT Neil - different spelling) is the chip leader heading into Final Table play later today.
Armstrong (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) is the only player with a chip stack over the 2M mark.
Starting the day in second place is PCA Main Event Final Table standout Xuan Liu (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-146th). Liu - who appeared on Poker Eh's final episode of the season prior to the start of the WSOP (look for Season 2 coming soon on the QuadJacks Network) - had a great start to the WSOP collecting points in the Seven-Stud Hi-Low Eight or Better event.
Liu may have been the overnight chip leader where it not for her losing a late-night race to our other feature player, Christopher McClung (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR).
McClung had a successful run on the European Poker Tour in 2011, his experience in those major events will certainly serve him well later today at the Stardust.
Jean-Louis Arsenau and Bill Kontaratos are two other players to keep an eye on Sunday.
FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS:
Neal Armstrong 2,176,000
Xuan Liu 1,443,000
Justin Ouimette 1,263,000
Amarith Keo 1,032,000
Jean-Louis Arsenau 990,000
Bill Kontaratos 870,000
Chris McClung 798,000
Cedrick Angoie 516,000
Edin Cokic 500,000
Shawn Zibenberg 481,000
It wasn't a great day for former NHL tough guy George Laraque. Laraque started the day Top 5 in chips but the former Edmonton Oiler and Montreal Canadian quickly found out that poker isn't for the weak of heart. It didn't take long for Laraque's stack to take a hit and eventually fade away on Day 2.
CanadaPoker will provide live stream coverage to the event starting at Noon Montreal Time (EDT).
FT EVENT PAYOUTS (CAD) 1st $85,000 2nd $50,000 3rd $31,000 4th $25,000 5th $19,000 6th $15,000 7th $12,000 8th $10,000 9th $8,000 10th $6,500 RELATED POSTS > LIU FT'S WSOP EVENT 4 > LIU FOURTH AT PCA | PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT STARDUST CANADIAN POKER CLASSIC 1K NLH Main Event August 30-2, 2012 Stardust Poker Mansion | Quebec Buy-in: $1,115 | Prizepool: $332,650 Entries: 337 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 35 2nd place 18 3rd place 10 4th place 8 5th place 5 |
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