With a little over 1,500,000, Daniel Le moved all-in from under the gun. Action folded around to big stacked Dave Graham in the big blind, who made the call.
Daniel: 
Dave: 
Daniel was all set for a double-up, until the river card of the 
board sent him to the rail in 13th place. Daniel collected $11,000 for his deep run.
The two biggest stacks in the WPT500 just collided in a massive pot, creating an overwhelming chip leader.
Trevor Argue opened to 500,000 from under the gun, and Vasilios Gerontakos made the call from the big blind. Both players checked on the flop, and Vasilios lead for 1,200,000 when the 
peeled on the turn. Trevor replied with an all-in for 9,000,000 on the nose, forcing Vasilios into the tank.
Having his opponent just barely covered, Vasilios ended up making the call, only to find out his set of 
was in bad shape versus the set of 
tabled by Trevor. The was dealt on the river, and Trevor was awarded the nearly 20 million chip pot, putting him far ahead of the field. Vasilios was left with less than 800,000 after the hand.
In an interesting turn of events, Vasilios was dealt a few hands later, and doubled up versus a pair of !
In the mean time Fraddy Gonzalez was eliminated in 14th place, cashing $11,000 for his deep run.
The WPT Main Event draws all kinds of players, both amateurs and pros, and everyone has a chance to make it big. Some names are bigger than others however, and table 23 happens to have a few all concentrated together.
Maxime Heroux is one of those players. He won the 2017 $3200 + $300 No Limit WPT Main Event, and also made the final table three additional times over the last two years at various events. He will be one to watch for moving forward.
Also at the table is Ari Engel, currently 12th on the Canada All Time Money List, and with more than twenty five 1st place finishes over the last decade, he a grinder legend that should never be underestimated.
Finally we have Alexandre Lavigne. He final tabled two events back to back right here at Playground Poker Club in the summer of 2014, and he hasn’t slowed down since, finishing in 2nd just two months ago in the $1000 + $100 No Limit Hold’em Bounty event.
Good luck to all the players, and perhaps even more to their opponents.
Two more players have just been knocked out of the WPT500, with Samuel Spiwak placing 16th for $8,750 and Stephane Blouin-Verroeulst in 15th for $11,000.
Stephane moved all-in for 1,950,000 from early position, and Miguel Goncalo put him at risk from the big blind.
Stephane: 
Miguel: 
Miguel improved to a pair of Aces on the 
board to bring the field down to 14 runners.
With the recent eliminations of Pierre-Paul Paulin and Trevor Strutt, the field is now down to 16 finalists, bringing on another redraw for the final 2 tables. Below are the new seating assignments:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Seat | Siège |
|---|---|---|
| Miguel | Goncalo | Table 60 - Seat 1 |
| Fraddy | Gonzalez | Table 60 - Seat 2 |
| Stephane | Blouin-Verroeulst | Table 60 - Seat 3 |
| Sebastien | Lepine | Table 60 - Seat 4 |
| Samuel | Spiwak | Table 60 - Seat 5 |
| Said | El-Yousfi | Table 60 - Seat 6 |
| Thomas | Hall | Table 60 - Seat 7 |
| Sergei | Gurin | Table 60 - Seat 8 |
| Trevor | Argue | Table 63 - Seat 1 |
| Geoffrey | Hum | Table 63 - Seat 2 |
| William | Blais | Table 63 - Seat 3 |
| Jason | Harned | Table 63 - Seat 4 |
| Denis | Simard | Table 63 - Seat 5 |
| Dave | Graham | Table 63 - Seat 6 |
| Daniel | Le | Table 63 - Seat 7 |
| Vasilios | Gerontakos | Table 63 - Seat 8 |
Recently eliminated:
Although 114 players have already joined us today at the WPT Main Event Day 1B, the average stack remains very close to the starting stack of 40,000. Only one player who has managed to get out ahead of the rest, Mr. Jason Mangold. He is the current chip leader with exactly 100,000 in chips. The only other players even close are Louis Boutin with 89,000 and Edward Arnold with 82,200.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Jason | Mangold | 100,000 |
| Louis | Boutin | 89,000 |
| Edward | Arnold | 82,200 |
