Event #1: $500 + $50 WPT500

WPT500: Full counts to level 32

Level: 32
Small Blind: 75K
Big Blind: 150K
BB Ante: 150K
Chip Average: 4.2M
Remaining: 18
Entries: 2536

2018/10/30 | 14:32 by

There are just 18 players remaining in the WPT500 and they just took their first break of the day. While the players were absent from the table we were able to get full counts of the remaining players. Trevor Argue is the current leader, but with 2 players within a million chips of his count, he can’t take anything for granted.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Trevor	Argue	10,450,000
Dave	Graham	10,025,000
Thomas	Hall	9,875,000
Vasilios	Gerontakos	9,740,000
Miguel	Goncalo	7,650,000
Said	El-Yousfi	5,500,000
Trevor	Strutt	3,300,000
William	Blais	3,175,000
Geoffrey	Hum	2,775,000
Sebastien	Lepine	2,050,000
Denis	Simard	2,000,000
Daniel	Le	1,900,000
Pierre Paul	Paulin	1,850,000
Stephane	Blouin-Verroeulst	1,450,000
Fraddy	Gonzalez	1,325,000
Jason	Harned	1,275,000
Samuel	Spiwak	1,000,000
Sergei	Gurin	550,000

WPT500 Seating chart – 24 remain

Level: 31
Small Blind: 75K
Big Blind: 125K
BB Ante: 125K
Chip Average: 3.5M
Remaining: 22
Entries: 2536

2018/10/30 | 13:57 by

Here is the new seating chart as the WPT500 continues to move towards its conclusion. Since the clock was re-started, David Chang and Dean Murphy were eliminated, leaving just 22 players active in the event.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Seat \| Siège
Vasilios	Gerontakos	Table 60 - Seat 1
Daniel	Le	Table 60 - Seat 2
Denis	Simard	Table 60 - Seat 3
Said	El-Yousfi	Table 60 - Seat 4
Harpreet	Padda	Table 60 - Seat 5
Trevor	Argue	Table 60 - Seat 6
Mukul	Pahuja	Table 60 - Seat 7
Thomas	Hall	Table 60 - Seat 8
William	Blais	Table 63 - Seat 1
Dave	Graham	Table 63 - Seat 2
Zheng-Yi	Xie	Table 63 - Seat 3
Sebastien	Lepine	Table 63 - Seat 4
Pierre Paul	Paulin	Table 63 - Seat 5
Trevor	Strutt	Table 63 - Seat 6
Stephane	Blouin-Verroeulst	Table 63 - Seat 8
Miguel	Goncalo	Table 64 - Seat 1
Raymond	Latinsky	Table 64 - Seat 2
Fraddy	Gonzalez	Table 64 - Seat 3
Geoffrey	Hum	Table 64 - Seat 4
Samuel	Spiwak	Table 64 - Seat 5
Sergei	Gurin	Table 64 - Seat 6
Jason	Harned	Table 64 - Seat 8

Redraw at 24 players

2018/10/30 | 13:39 by

The clock has been paused in the WPT500 as the eliminations have continued to come at a rapid pace and the field has been reduced to 24 players remaining. Among the recent eliminations are Matthew Wilkins, Jean-Pascal Gauthier, and Eric Afriat, whose run today started so strongly. The main beneficiary of Eric’s chips seems to have been Vasilios Gerontakos, who is now up to a tournament-leading 10,515,000.

Goncalo wins a big one

Level: 30
Small Blind: 50K
Big Blind: 100K
BB Ante: 100K
Chip Average: 2.9M
Remaining: 26
Entries: 2536

2018/10/30 | 13:14 by

We arrived at the table after the action had closed, but Thomas Downer was all in for under 1M, Miguel Goncalo was all in for slightly more (790K) and Geoffrey Hum – who covered both by a long way – having was still in as well.

Miguel:
Geoffrey:
Thomas:

The flop came down putting Geoffrey in the lead, but giving Miguel a winning draw – and he was calling for a club as the was dealt on the turn… and then the on the river, giving him the flush.

Miguel improved his stack to around 2.2M and is now approaching the chip average with 26 players remaining.

A couple of photos

Level: 30
Small Blind: 50K
Big Blind: 100K
BB Ante: 100K
Chip Average: 2.5M
Remaining: 30
Entries: 2536

2018/10/30 | 12:48 by

There will be many more photos to come today, but here are a few from the first level played today.

Afriat gets Patenaude on the river

Level: 29
Small Blind: 40K
Big Blind: 80K
BB Ante: 80K
Chip Average: 2.4M
Remaining: 32
Entries: 2536

2018/10/30 | 12:42 by

Mike Patenaude has been eliminated by Eric Afriat after confidently shoving his final 1M in chips on the river on a board reading . Mike declared his straight and turned over the – he had it on the flop – and when Eric revealed his for a full house, Mike was clearly surprised, perhaps even shocked. Eric covered him, and Mike left in 34th place.

Following this hand, Eric was up to over 3.5M. At another table, Glenn Millar was eliminated in 33rd position and the tournament is now down to 4 tables.