Here are some updates here at Day 2 of the PartyPoker WPT Montreal Main Event.
- We lost Mike Watson on the first hand of the day.
Busted first hand of day 2 #WPTMontreal but I won the Party 500 yesterday for $25k. 10k high roller tomorrow.
— Mike Watson (@SirWatts) December 2, 2013
- Griffin Benger is on a run, picking up two big pots early in level 11 before busting Vanessa Selbst with KK over JJ. He has managed to bring his stack up from 115K to 270K in the first two levels of the day.
Won a 70k pot flip AQ vs 1010. 155k at 600/1200/200. #WPTMontreal
— Griffin Benger (@GriffinBenger) December 2, 2013
Got lucky vs Jeff Madsen AhQh vs his AK for 30k pot. 170k about to be 800/1600. #WPTKahnawake
— Griffin Benger (@GriffinBenger) December 2, 2013
Won a huge one busting Selbst KK vs JJ thanks to a monkey squeeze from Jerry Wong. 280k should be top 5. #WPTKahnawake — Griffin Benger (@GriffinBenger) December 2, 2013
- Matt Salsberg, who was the WPT Season XI Player of the Year after scoring 6 cashes, 3 final tables and 1 title last season, was eliminated near the end of level 11, as his AA were cracked on the river.
Hj opens 2600 I flat AA in cut off. Button 8500 hj folds me all in 28k. Him Kjoff. Flop AT9. Rivered. #Showers — matt salsberg (@msalsberg) December 2, 2013
- Last years WPT Montreal champion Johnathan Roy hit the rail early in the day.
Busted, a new Montreal King will be crowned!!! Gl everybody — Jonathan Roy (@jonathanroy70) December 2, 2013
- Local sensation Laurence Grondin ran into Kevin MacPhee’s aces with her AK, eliminating her from the tournament
That was quick! Kevin McPhee AA are stronger than my AK all in pre. :( — Laurence Grondin (@LadyLuckPoker) December 2, 2013
Good start to the day in #WPTMontreal after picking up Aces vs AK for a big one. 215k at 1st break.
— Kevin MacPhee (@KevinMacPhee) December 2, 2013
- Kevin MacPhee is running his stack up, and is now over 300K
Peaking at 280k #WPTMontreal #chipporn @chipporn pic.twitter.com/qhTTeOzNhu
— Kevin MacPhee (@KevinMacPhee) December 2, 2013
300k+ #WPTMontreal
— Kevin MacPhee (@KevinMacPhee) December 2, 2013
- Isabelle Mercier is on a rollercoaster ride here in Day 2, but still has just over 15 big blinds for the moment.
Niveaux-Yoyo! 55K to 60K to 65K to 45K and down to 33K on last hand before the break… Time to double up!!!
— Isabelle Mercier (@IsabelleNoMercy) December 2, 2013