It was a slower day for Canadian cashes, as only a few players found one on the day. However, many Canadian players found a bag to head into the following day of the event. Among them, Zachary Zaret sits atop Event #21: $1,500 PLO Hi-Lo with the current chip lead. He enters Day 3 with 7,060,000 the equivalent of 118 big blinds.
Linyang Song and Duff Charette both remain in the Event #20: $1,500 Shootout. They have 2,175,000 and 2,125,000 respectively, while Patrick Stacey sits 12th heading into Day 2 of Event #23: $1,500 Badugi with 224,000. Allen Shen found the biggest cash of the day finishing Event #17: $2,000 NLH in 10th for $30,161. Weston Pring and Pablo Mariz both found a deep run in the $1,500 Shootout for $5,360 each.
Allen Shen Nearly Final Tables the $2,000 NLH
Allen Shen WSOP
Allen Shen was the big winner of the Day with his 10th place cash in the $2,000 NLH. He entered the Day 3 with the 7th largest chip stack and was able to take that to the unofficial final table. For his efforts, he receives $30,161 of the $3,011,760 total prize pool. The event was a massive success with 1,692 entries total.
Another chip leader of the previous day, Juan Lamprea completed his run in the $1,500 PLO Hi-Lo finishing in 12th place for $12,719. Also finding a deep run were Pablo Mariz and Weston Pring in the $1,500 Shootout. They found a 16th and 18th place finish both taking home $5,360 for their efforts.
All Canadians Who Cashed on the Day
Event #
Player
Position
Prize
Event #17: $2,000 NLH
Allen Shen
10th
$30,161
Event #20: $1,500 Shootout
Pablo Mariz
16th
$5,360
Event #20: $1,500 Shootout
Weston Pring
18th
$5,360
Event #21: $1,500 PLO Hi-Lo
Juan Lamprea
12th
$12,179
Event #21: $1,500 PLO Hi-Lo
Pushpinder Singh
53rd
$4,985
Event #21: $1,500 PLO Hi-Lo
Michael MacHugh
82nd
$3,346
Event #21: $1,500 PLO Hi-Lo
Seseung Oh
109th
$3,173
Zachary Zaret Holds the Lead Heading into Day 3 of the $1,500 PLO Hi-Lo
Zachary Zaret WSOP
Zachary Zaret was the big star of the day finding the chip lead in the $1,500 PLO Hi-Lo. He spun it up from 6 big blinds earlier in the day, ending with 7,060,000. The tournament drew in 1,176 entries to create a total prize pool of $1,561,140. Also finding a top stack was Linyang Song in the $1,500 Shootout. She found an 8th place, heading into the following day, and currently sits at 2,175,000.
Duff Charette didn’t need a ton of encouragement to join the fray. He found a bagging stack in the $1,500 Shootout after action packed hands such as this one.
Christian Roberts moved all in from the big blind. Before Charette made any action, the dealer started preparing a flop. “She wants me to go,” Charette joked as he made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Christian Roberts: 3♣3♦ Duff Charette: K♠9♠
The board ran out A♥K♣K♦Q♥2♥ to give the pot to Charette. The two players exchanged numbers and plans to share a beer sometime later in the series as the most social aspect of the game was on full display.
Duff Charette: 2,250,000
All Canadians Who Bagged on the Day
Event #
Player
Position
Chip Count
Event #19: $500 Colossus
Ivan Hui
95th
508,000
Event #19: $500 Colossus
Hyung Kim
131st
437,000
Event #19: $500 Colossus
Brady Hinnegan
151st
413,000
Event #19: $500 Colossus
Kyle Janisse
156th
404,000
Event #19: $500 Colossus
Aaron Goodennoorzad
200th
343,000
Event #19: $500 Colossus
Gurdeep Parhar
232nd
300,000
Event #19: $500 Colossus
Nicholas Peterson
258th
264,000
Event #19: $500 Colossus
Jason Rock
260th
263,000
Event #19: $500 Colossus
Tommy Nguyen
262nd
261,000
Event #19: $500 Colossus
Dustin Hyer
316th
214,000
Event #19: $500 Colossus
Zhi Yang
325th
201,000
Event #19: $500 Colossus
Herbert Burke
326th
201,000
Event #19: $500 Colossus
Jean Ledoux
362nd
159,000
Event #19: $500 Colossus
Shawn Buchanan
450th
81,000
Event #20: $1,500 Shootout
Linyang Song
8th
2,175,000
Event #20: $1,500 Shootout
Duff Charette
15th
2,125,000
Event #21: $1,500 PLO Hi-Lo
Zachary Zaret
1st
7,060,000
Event #23: $1,500 Badugi
Patrick Stacey
12th
224,000
Event #23: $1,500 Badugi
Louise Francoeur
61st
89,000
Event #23: $1,500 Badugi
Jeffery Stepaniuk
80th
62,000
Event #23: $1,500 Badugi
Jonathan Krela
81st
60,000
Stay tuned as the series builds towards a crescendo 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.
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