Gatineau, QC (November 20, 2013) — Day 1 is complete in the Casino Lac-Leamy Main Event and 185 hopefuls are left to battle it out for gold.
Everyone eying the overnight chip lead looked at a daunting task as
Francine ‘Coko’ Cousineau bagged up 103,000 after Day 1A. It was a close
call but in the end it’s Jason Sagle who closed out with 106,000 chips.
Sagle had a terrific day and he leads all survivors on Day 2.
Sagle is no stranger to big poker tournaments as the Copper Cliff,
Ontario resident notched up his first tournament result back in 1997.
Sagle was also a witness to one of poker’s most historic events as he
finished 23rd in the 2004 WSOP Main Event. Sagle’s biggest result
though, came in 2006 in a WPT Niagara Falls event for $676,107.
Canadian bracelet winner Charles Sylvestre also had a great showing
on Day 1C as he ended the day with 90,500. Sylvestre won a $1,000 No
Limit Hold’em event this past summer for $491,360 and he looks to get
his first cash on home soil this week. Sylvestre played a lot of pots
throughout the day and couldn’t be stopped. Near the end of the day
Sylvestre flopped a set of jacks and got value on all three streets. On
the river Sylvestre put his opponent all in who called with a worse
hand.
Among the notables on Day 1C we saw Yann Dion and Erik Cajelais who
already played on Day 1A. This time the latter managed to survive with
34,000 chips and we will see the WSOP Europe bracelet winner back on Day
2. Montreal based Carla Sabini, who’s on quite the tear lately with a
big High Roller cash in London last month for $213,000, had a day filled
with swings and eventually she bagged up a very healthy 75,200-chip
stack.
On Day 1A we saw plenty big name pros show up ready to play. Mike
Leah made it through with 62,300 and two latecomers, Mike McDonald and
Pratyush Buddiga, finished with 45,100 and 37,900 after only playing for
three hours.
Canadian Scott Montgomery, who won a bracelet in 2010 and made the
WSOP Main Event final table in 2008, also made it into Day 2 using just
one bullet and he comes back tomorrow with 37,700. Things didn’t go so
well for Matt Marafioti who played both Day 1A and C and both times he
was knocked out before the day was done.
All players who used one entry and were knocked out on Day 1C, new entrants and players
who decided to take a day off after busting Day 1A have until the end of
the second level tomorrow to still buy in for this event.
Make sure to check back in with us tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. local time
as we will bring you all the live updates from the Casino Lac Leamy
World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event.
Top 10 Day 2 Chip Counts:
1. Jason Sagle - 106,000
2. Francine Cousineau - 103,000
3. Andrej Markovinovic - 97,500
4. Tam Ho - 91,200
5. Charles Sylvestre - 90,500
6. Ronald Wong - 80,800
7. Samuel Gagnon - 77,000
8. Eric Jean Bradley - 76,600
9. Younan Beddaoui - 76,100
10. Carla Sabini - 75,200
Full chip counts on WSOP.com.