The stage is set, the lights are on and the cameras are in place here at Playground Poker Club, where in a few short hours we will be hosting the Final Table of the Party Poker WPT Montreal Main Event.
Mukul Pahuja, 5,945,000
Only 6 players remain out of the 862 entrants that participated in this years Main Event, and the televised table is headlined by New York pro Mukul Pahuja, who is bringing a healthy stack of nearly 6 million. He is the most experienced poker player of the six, and has been actively playing big live events for a number of years now. Although he’s had a lot of success in his career, including a 3rd place finish in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Hollywood earlier this year, where he turned his $5,300 investment into a $872,625 payout, he is still in pursuit of his first major event title. He is being railed by his brother and fellow poker pro Vineet Pahuja, who made the final table of the Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival Main Event earlier this year, finishing in 5th place. Vineet is also well know in the poker circuit, but, much like his brother, has yet to win a big event. Maybe this will be the one for the Pahuja family!
Sylvain Siebert, 8,435,000
The chip leader coming into today is Sylvain Siebert, who doesn’t have too much experience deep in big events, but did manage to make last year’s final table of the WPT Montreal, finishing in 5th place. Him and his almost 8.5 million chip stack are looking to improve on that score this year, and he is definitely in the right spot to do so.
Serge Cantin, 6,960,000
Not far behind Sylvain in chips is Serge Cantin, who, although being unknown for the most part in the poker world, did make a deep run in last years WPT Montreal Main Event. Him and Sylvain played together in the later stages of the tournament, but Serge fell just short of the official final table of, finishing in 7th place.
Lily Kiletto, 370,000
The shortstack of the final table is Lily Kiletto, who has a stack of 370K, good for just over 6 big blinds. This fierce tournament player is not to be underestimated though, as she has quite a bit of experience in the poker world, and has already made a WPT Final table, when she finished runner up in the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open in Hollywood earlier this year. She is being railed by known poker pro James Caldarero, who also played in the WPT Montreal Main Event and the Fall Classic High Roller.
Derrick Rosenbarger, 1,985,000
Derrick Rosenbarger, who is coming back today with nearly 2 million chips, is a US Airforce pilot from Destin, Florida. Although he doesn’t have much experience in big live events, he has proven to be a worthy opponent who is capable of mixing up his game and playing with the best. We saw him be very active throughout the Main Event, and even pull some magnificent bluff, including a triple-barrel bluff versus Ludovic Lacay in the late stages of Day 4.
Alexandre Lavigne, 2,150,000
The final player on this final table is local Alexandre Lavigne, who also doesn’t have much experience in the bigger events. This is looking to be his first significant cash, and if he keeps up his solid performance, he has a chance of making a nice score.
There is a huge gap in the chips in this final table, as the top three all sit on stacks of 5.9M or more, and hold over 80% of the wealth, and the bottom three are all below 2.2M. The average stack is still of 66 big blinds though, so it really is anyone’s game.
The final table will start at 3pm today, and you can view the live stream here, which will begin at around 4:30pm. Chip counts and seating arrangements are available here.
Good luck to our 6 final table players!
was bested by Sylvain’s 
on a 
board.
and Mukul had made a big bet of 465K. Derrick was deeply in the tank and remained there until Mukul called time. The dealer announced that time had been called and Derrick had 60 seconds in which to act. After just about 20 seconds Derrick called and Mukul flipped over 
and river 
didn’t change anything, and Marco was eliminated in 8th place for $68,992. Not a bad score for a satellite winner! Serge is now closing on the 7M chip mark.
was good for Alexandre’s pair of 9s, and he doubled up to just over 2.1M chips.
, and was called by Sylvain Siebert.
that fell on the river, giving Sylvain a higher two-pair. Ludovic collected $51,817 for his final table run.
, and Antoine checked to Mukul, who put out a bet of 240K. Antoine tanked for a minute, and then announced all-in for a little over 1M in chips. Mukul snap called, tabling his overpair of 
hit the river, and Antoine was sent to the cashiers to pick up his $38,135 score.