Table 30 has rounded up some of Montreal’s best poker players. On it, one can see Carter Swidler ($551,237 in lifetime earnings), who cashed $108,410 for his 5th place in the 2015 partypoker.net WPT Montreal, right here at Playground Poker Club. On his right sits none other than Marc-André “FrenchDawg” Ladouceur ($1,843,708 in lifetime earnings). Although he made most of his money in the online nosebleeds, he is an established and feared tournament player.
Last but not least, a few seats over is Marc-Étienne McLaughlin. His lifetime earnings are $2,905,697, $1,601,024 of which came from his 6th place finish in the 44th World Series of Poker Main Event, in 2013. He is considered a top 5 tournament player in Québec.
All 3 have a little under average, but they will probably find a way to climb up the leaderboard.
That table has tremendous skills on it, as you can also find Maria Ho, professional player with over 2M in lifetime earnings. Maria and Marc-André are also connected as two of the Captains of Global Poker League teams (LA Sunsets and Montreal Nationals, respectively).
As we were writing these lines, the table was broken, and those players are now scattered on the tournament floor. We wish them good luck on their new tables!