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Currently held in Europe the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). The 7A event currently plays and it's the main event at 10,450 euros.
Among the participants, there are 2 well-known PokerCollectif and 2 members from Quebec who are not in their first tournament: Philippe Boucher alias PhilLeDingue which has more need for presentation and Jonathan "PokerJohn" Duhamel, the 2010 WSOP world champion!
It is therefore with great interest that we will follow the progress of this tournament.
420 players participated in this tournament and at the time of this writing, there are still 120 players. The leader is currently Joseph Cheong that Duhamel knows very well for having played with him on the final table of the WSOP 2010 closely followed by Phil Hellmuth. CHEONG has 310,000 tokens while Hellmuth has 300,000.
In 33rd position found Mr Boucher with 131,000 chips and ranked 45th, Jonathan Duhamel with 100,000 chips!
Those who have thrown a glance to the list of players still in the race will quickly realize that most players are solid players. Lot, include: Joseph Cheong, Phil Hellmuth, Bertrand Grospellier, Daniel Negreanu, Eugene Katchalov, Jason Mercier, Justin Bonomo and Sam Trickett to name a few.
48 places will be paid and the winner of this tournament will receive a grant of 1,022,376 euros.
Currently, the tournament is at level 10 and the blinds are at 600-1200 with antes in 200.
We wish the best of luck to our two Quebecers and we will keep you informed of future developments in this tournament!
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