8 July 12: Yann Dion knows a good 1st day in its Main Event!

Dominik Nitsche wins the bracelet in the event #59, Nick Shulman won his 2nd career bracelet and Yann Dion alias Yadio knows an excellent first day in his Main Event! Many other québécois will be to follow in the coming days!

Event #59 No Limit Hold'em ($1000) - Dominik Nitsche wins the bracelet!

The action of this tournament was at 16 h 00, Quebec yesterday! On the lot of players remaining, there were still 2 Quebecers in the race: Éric Lévesque ranked 27th with 242,000 tokens and Gylbert Drolet in 40th place with 147,000 tokens!

Our Quebec 2 may not have reached the final table, but they have however offered a great performance!

Éric Lévesque finished 24th tournament on 4620 entries $ 20,499 and Gylbert Drolet finished 17th for $ 25,780!

It is ultimately the German Dominik Nitsche who finished first to win the sum of $ 654,797.

It was for him to his first purse in a WSOP tournament and his first bracelet!


Event #60 2-7 Draw Lowball No Limit to $ 10,000 - Nick Shulman wins his 2nd bracelet!

Canadian Daniel Negreanu finished 13th in this tournament so that Nick Shulman has won! The other fellows include Jason Mercier who finished 12th for $ 19,272, Erik Seidel who finished 11th for $ 22,386 and John Juanda who finished 6th for $ 41,270!

For Nick Shulman, it was his 16th awards the WSOP and his 2nd career bracelet. It brings the total of his earnings to 1.3 M $!

Event #61A main event No Limit Hold'em $ 10,000 - Yann Dion leader among Quebecers!

Several Quebec should play on this day was! After an intense day of play, there are 1066 players! Among these players, some Quebecers are still in the race: 575th ranked found Dany Ducas with 17,200 tokens, the 464th ranked with 28.500 chips, Tommy Petropoulos, ranked 285th, Jonathan "Da_engineer" Driscoll with 45,700 tokens and finally, the leader among Quebecers, ranked 45th, Yann "Yadio" Dion with 104,350 chips!

Today will be day 1 B in which we should still find a few Quebec! PokerCollectif will follow the tournament closely!

Good luck to all Quebecers for the Main Event!

To watch today:

-The beginning of the day 1 B of Main Event!

Discuss these different tournaments on PokerCollectif forums:


Event #59 No Limit Hold'em ($1000)

Event #60 2-7 Draw Lowball No Limit to $ 10,000

Event #61A main event No Limit Hold'em $ 10,000

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