Wednesday, November 28, 2012

WPT MONTREAL: ROY IS PLAYGROUND KING


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

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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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