Players to watch: Team Quebec

Samuel Chartier

Although he’s not Quebec’s highest profile player, Samuel Chartier has built up an extremely impressive resumé including success in events all over the world, including wins in the 2009 WSOP-C Championship and a PCA side-event win.

Philippe Boucher

Philippe Boucher is a well-respected Quebec pro who boasts a WSOP bracelet from a PLO Event at the WSOP-E in Cannes in 2009 and other results from events around the globe since 2004.

Laurence Grondin

Laurence, known universally by her Twitter handle @LadyLuckPoker, is primarily an online pro but she has also had a lot of live success over the years. In addition to playing poker, Laurence is currently a TV Poker analyst at RDS (a French-language sports channel).

Jean-Philippe Piquette

Playground Players Club member JP Piquette is an online and live poker pro whose claim to fame here at the Club is having won the Main and High Roller Events at the first Playground Poker Classic festival, taking home the first two Championship Belts that were ever awarded by Playground Poker Club. Piquette is a dedicated tournament and cash game player and managed to cash in 6 of 8 events he entered in the 2013 EPT Prague festival.

Patrick Braga

Patrick Braga may not consider himself a poker pro, but he has enough results to be put on any Team Quebec list. Patrick’s biggest result to date is his win in the 2013 FPS Deauville Main Event.