Alex Livingston Finds a Deep Run in Dealer’s Choice; Juan Lamprea Bags Chip Lead in $1,500 PLO Hi-Lo

WSOP 2024: Alex Livingston Wins His Second Bracelet in Event #97: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed!
Alex Livingston

Yesterday saw a few Canadians set themselves up for a deep run at the 2025 WSOP at Horseshoe and Paris. As well, many familiar faces have found a bag and cash at this year’s WSOP. Alex Livingston made a deep run in Event #18: $10,000 Dealer’s Choice 6-Handed finishing in 19th for $20,680. Also finding a deep cash are Kenneth McMillan and Thomas Taylor finding $29,616 and $16,100 respectively.

Juan Lamprea found the largest stack at the end of Day 1 of Event #21: $1,500 PLO Hi-Lo. He sits with 1,050,000 heading into the second day of the tournament. Also finding a large stack is Allen Shen in Event #17: $2,000 NLH. He enters Day 2 as the ninth-largest stack sitting with 2,500,000. Multiple Canadian players found a cash and bag on the same day as the WSOP is in the full swing of things.

Alex Livingston Cashes the $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed

Alex Livingston found a cash in the $10,000 Dealer’s Choice 6-Handed finishing in 19th for $20,680. The tournament found 152 entries to create a prize pool of $1,413,600. Also finding a final table cash was Kenneth McMillan who exited in 7th from the $600 PLO Deepstack. For his effort he received $29,616 of the $1,657,008 prize pool.

A staple of the WSOP reporting is none other than Thomas Taylor. He has a stacked resume playing all the mixed game events, as well as standard NLH events. He finished in 10th place in the $1,500 6-Handed NLH for $16,100. The event found $2,354 entries to create a total prize pool of $3,124,935.

All Canadian Cashes of the Day

Event #PlayerPositionPrize
Event #15: $1,500 Mixed: PLO Hi-LoThomas Taylor10th$16,100
Event #16: $600 PLO DeepstackKenneth McMillan7th$29,616
Event #16: $600 PLO DeepstackMiguel Proulx23rd$8,615
Event #16: $600 PLO DeepstackJian Fu24th$6,931
Event #17: $2,000 NLHBenjamin Underwood20th$15,810
Event #17: $2,000 NLHBenjamin Leblond51st$9,323
Event #17: $2,000 NLHYu Liu144th$4,212
Event #17: $2,000 NLHErnest Chevrette177th$4,011
Event #17: $2,000 NLHWeston Pring189th$4,011
Event #17: $2,000 NLHDaniel Lefebvre205th$4,011
Event #17: $2,000 NLHNicholas Teeuwen215th$4,011
Event #17: $2,000 NLHGeorge Caragiorgas217th$4,011
Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-HandedAlex Livingston19th$20,680

Juan Lamprea Takes the Chip Lead Into Day 2 of the $1,500 PLO Hi-Lo

Juan Lamprea WSOP
Juan Lamprea WSOP

Juan Lamprea set himself up for success bagging the chip lead in the $1,500 PLO Hi-Lo. He enters Day 2 with 1,050,000, as the tournament found 1,176 entries to create a prize pool of $1,561,140. Also finding a final table stack was Allen Shen who found the 9th largest stack in the $2,000 NLH. He heads into Day 3 with 2,500,000 as the tournament created a prize pool of $3,011,760 off of the 1,692 entries.

All Canadians Who Bagged on the Day

Event #PlayerPositionChip Count
Event #17: $2,000 NLHAllen Shen9th2,500,000
Event #19: $500 ColossusKhaled Aljoma31st719,000
Event #19: $500 ColossusJustin Oumette99th459,000
Event #19: $500 ColossusGlenn Slater114th424,000
Event #19: $500 ColossusAdam Ajudhia228th258,000
Event #19: $500 ColossusBenny Chen230th254,000
Event #19: $500 ColossusMichael Bailey362nd108,000
Event #19: $500 ColossusNadine Savage376th86,000
Event #20: $1,500 ShootoutLinyang Song39th225,000
Event #20: $1,500 ShootoutDuff Charette43rd225,000
Event #20: $1,500 ShootoutWeston Pring46th225,000
Event #20: $1,500 ShootoutPablo Marizhernandes80th225,000
Event #20: $1,500 ShootoutYu Liu165th85,000
Event #21: $1,500 PLO Hi-LoJuan Lamprea1st1,050,000
Event #21: $1,500 PLO Hi-LoMichael MacHugh52nd195,000
Event #21: $1,500 PLO Hi-LoSeseung Oh65th172,000
Event #21: $1,500 PLO Hi-LoPushpinder Singh71st163,000
Event #21: $1,500 PLO Hi-LoZachary Zaret156th37,000

Stay tuned as the series continues to build throughout the summer. Make sure to check back at poker.pro for all your general and WSOP news needs. As always, we will keep you updated on Canadian success at the WSOP along with international coverage from our other reporters.

* Hands and photos courtesy of PokerNews and WSOP

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