Jôle Simard

Play started slow in Day 2 of the PLO Event. Players are warming up, not taking any risks. The biggest pot on table 28 was won by Joey Boczek. He 3-bet pot pre-flop with double suited aces, and continued with a pot-bet when he flopped open-ended with a nut flush draw. Claudemir took a hit on that hand, but went on to double up against Mathyeu Provost. Pirooz also went up by about 50K.

On table 32, Raymond Latinsky now stands at about 475K, or 100K more than what he started the day with. His chips come from Sébastien Leboeuf, who is still chip leader, but only by a hair.

Some early photos of the field:

Day 2 of the PLO Event has started, with 14 players on 2 tables. Blinds are 1.2K/2.4K on level 13, and the Event will continue to completion.  Action unfolds on the left-hand side of the tournament hall, next to Day 3 of the WPT Montreal.

Good luck to all Day 2 qualifiers!

Our PLO qualifiers will get back in the arena at 4pm this afternoon, for the completion of this 2-day Event. We will be monitoring both tables, especially table 32, where Sébastien Leboeuf and Raymond Latinsky, 1st and 2nd in chips, will be going at it.

In the last moments of Day 1, Sébastien Leboeuf was seen adding even more chips to his already impressive stack, by pushing Manfred Gunther around. To be fair, Manfred made the right fold. He mucked top 2-pair face up, on the flop, and Leboeuf showed middle set. In all likelihood, his showing of good hands is part of the reason why people tend to fold to him.

Pirooz Bayat will be leading his own table. Scroll down to see the full seating chart with counts.

14 people will take their seat at 4pm sharp, and will play until the Champion Trophy is awarded.

Good luck!

Day 1 of the $500 + $50 PLO Event has come to a close, with Sébastien Leboeuf towering above the rest. Event 13 is Sébastien’s very first Live PLO tournament. He reportedly learned the game 3 weeks ago, with Frédéric Breton as a teacher (Frédéric added that detail with a smile). Sébastien will be back tomorrow, knife between his teeth, with nothing to lose.

Raymond Latinsky bagged the second biggest stack, with 386,000 chips to his name. You will find below the list of our 14 Day 2 qualifiers and their counts. Play resume tomorrow at 4pm sharp. See you then!

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Sébastien	Leboeuf	612,600
Raymond	Latinsky	386,000
Pirooz	Bayat	319,600
Mathyeu	Provost	233,800
Manfred	Gunther	231,300
Andrew	Johnson	218,000
Richard	Book	208,800
Frédéric	Breton	183,900
Mark W.	Andress	173,200
Joey	Boczek	170,900
Claudemir	De Oliveira	138,300
Dennis	Pedersen	137,000
Marko	X	86,100
Benjamin	Chabot	74,500

A few more photos:

Here are 2 eliminations hands that happened in the last round:

Frédéric Breton:
Jie Gao:

In this hand, a lot of chips went in pre-flop. Jie Gao had an unbelievable pre-flop hand, but Frédéric Breton floped gin, and that’s when the all-in happened.

Board: . Gao was covered, and walked away.

On another table, Shijaudin Daud Sha had flopped the nut-straight, and Raymond Latinsky a flush draw. Bets were placed, and Raymond caught a second pair on the turn. He was going nowhere, and that’s when the money went in.

Shijaudin Daud Sha:
Raymond Latinsky:

Board:

Raymond hit it, and sent Shijaudin home.