Pascal Lefrancois was the actual winner of the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship (Event #8). He's the 23-year-old university student through Montreal, Quebec, canada ,. He's currently pursuing a degree at Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Montreal (HEC), which is affiliated using the Universite de Montreal. The actual Canadian victor gathered $568,974 in that which was show of total dominance, especially at the last table. Lefrancois earned their first WSOP gold bracelet.

Lefrancois topped a huge field of 2,341 players as well as received the actual game’s most sought after prize. The tournament began upon Thursday June 2nd as well as ended at two:double zero am upon Sunday 06 5th. Their triumph was cheered upon in the Rio within Vegas with a rowdy number of French Canadians, that ringed the final table and roared each time Lefrancois received a big hand. Indeed, a global Pot atmosphere prevailed the majority of the night, as 6 various countries were represented in the last table -- such as Australia, Brazil, North america, England, Israel, as well as the united states.

Second place finisher was Maximum Josef Steinberg, the 21-year-old poker pro who cashed in the WSOP the first time. Between those who also banked was 11-time WSOP gold bracelet success Phil Hellmuth. Together with his 15th-place finish, Hellmuth extended their lead since the all-time WSOP leader within cashes, currently from 76.

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