Local hero Jonathan Roy is the king of WPT Montreal. Roy (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 19th) picks up the huge first-place, worth over 780K USD for his second victory of the season on the circuit ... Roy won a EPT Grand Final side event in Monte Carlo earlier this year ... the win allows Roy to make a late-season charge, moving to 19th overall on the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year Leaderboard.
In an all-French Canadian final, Roy defeated his friend, 2010 WSOP bracelet winner Pascal Lefrancois (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-242nd), heads-up for the Montreal title.
American Jeff Gross (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 289th) certainly tried his best to play the role of spoiler but ran out of steam three-handed.
Lefrancois held a sizeable chip lead on his two opponents when three-handed play began but was hit hard in a few hands actually dropping to third for a while before battling back to face Roy during heads-up play.
One of Canada's most famous and recognizable players, Gavin Smith (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 568th), was back the limelight for the first time in a while, finishing fourth in the event.
Martin Raus, Ashton Griffin, Amanda Musumeci and Francois Billard, who cashed in the 1K Deepstack event earlier in the series at Playground, all earned POY points in this event.
Congratulations to the folks at Playground Poker Club near Montreal for hosting a great event, the third biggest in the history of the World Poker Tour.
TOP 27 PAYOUTS (USD) Jonathan Roy $784,101 Pascal Lefrancois $473,572 Jeff Gross $319,238 Gavin Smith $212,937 Sylvain Siebert $147,184 Peter Kaemmerlen $113,792 Serge Cantin $86,539 Martin Raus $63,370 Gabriel Fernandes $45,313 Kuong Chhe Kuoch $32,366 Josue Sauvageau $32,366 Tommy Velliama $32,366 Ashton Griffin $25,211 Amanda Musumeci $25,211 Thanh Phong $25,211 Danny Thanh Nguyen $21,123 Paul Apotstols $21,123 Francois Billard $21,123 Bruce Buffer $17,714 Jean Roy $17,714 Todd Siislev $17,714 Jason Koon $17,714 Anesti Kocini $17,714 Amichai Barer $17,714 Timothy Adams $17,714 Hugo Dumoulin $17,714 Mike McDonald $17,714 RELATED POSTS WPT FT - MONTREAL CALLING > ROY WINS MONTE CARLO PRELIM > LEFRANCOIS WINS BRACELET > G-SMITH WINS BRACELET | PTPR SIDE EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR PLAYGROUND POKER CLASSIC WPT NLH Main Event November 23-27, 2012 Playground Poker Club | Quebec Buy-in: $3,325 | Prizepool: $3,387,930 Total Entries: 1,173 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION JONATHAN ROY 136 PASCAL LEFRANCOIS 86 JEFF GROSS 56 GAVIN SMITH 46 SYLVAIN SIEBERT 41 PETER KAEMMERIEN 36 SERGE CANTIN 36 MARTIN RAUS 21 GABRIEL FERNANDES 21 KUONG CHHE 21 JOSUE SAUVAGEAU 21 TOMMY VELLIAMA 19 ASHTON GRIFFIN 19 AMANDA MUSUMECI 19 THANH PHONG 19 DANNY THANH NGUYEN 16 PAUL APOTSTOIS 16 FRANCOIS BILLARD 16 NEXT WPT TOUR STOP WORLD POKER TOUR WPT MAZAGAN Mazagan Beach Resort, Morocco Event Started (FT December 1st) |
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