2010 World Series of Poker

Day 3 completed

Posted 06-05-2010 02:59 GMT-7 by donpeters

Pascal LeFrancois Winner Photos

Posted 06-05-2010 02:44 GMT-7 by FlipChip

Congratulations to Pascal LeFrancois, Event No. 8 Champion ($568,974)!

Posted 06-05-2010 02:41 GMT-7 by GeorgiaPeach

Pascal LeFrancois - Champion!

The eighth bracelet of the 2010 World Series of Poker has been won and French-Canadian Pascal LeFrancois is your champion! LeFrancois has just one previous WSOP cash in last year's $1,500 no-limit hold'em event. This will definitely be memorable for LeFrancois who had a entire contingency of friends rooting him on throughout this last day of play.

Play began on Wednesday with 2,341 hitting the felt, all with hopes of being crowned champion. After Day 1, 277 players remained. At the end of the second day, the field had been whittled down to 25. Saar Wilf led the way into Day 3 with the chip lead and not too far behind was Phil Hellmuth, who was looking to take home his 12th bracelet.

Hellmuth will have to wait for another event to snag that elusive 12th bracelet however, as he was eliminated in 15th place. Action was fast and furious at the start of Day 3 and players were heading to the payout desk almost as fast as we could write up the hands. Soon though, we found ourselves at the secondary feature table in the Amazon Room with ten players looking for the gold.

Jose Gatmaitan was eliminated in 10th place, giving us our official final table. Soon after, the day's chip leader Wilf hit the rail followed by Joshua Brikis, Kurt Disessa, and James Andersen. David Aue was eliminated in fifth place and Daniel Wjuniski, who was in competition with LeFrancois for loudest railbirds was eliminated in fourth. Kevin Howe left us heads up with LeFrancois holding a nine-to-one chip lead over Max Steinberg. It wasn't too long after that that LeFrancois finished the deal.

LeFrancois took home $568,974 for his victory and his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet! Congratulations to him for conquering Event No. 8. Here's how the entire final table wrapped up.

1. Pascal LeFrancois - $568,974
2. Max Steinberg - $352,916
3. Kevin Howe - $249,351
4. Daniel Wjuniski - $179,286
5. David Aue - $130,617
6. James Andersen - $96,422
7. Kurt Disessa - $72,087
8. Joshua Brikis - $54,579
9. Saar Wilf - $41,843

Tags: Max Steinberg, Pascal LeFrancois, Phil Hellmuth.

Max Steinberg Eliminated in 2nd Place ($352,916)

Posted 06-05-2010 02:21 GMT-7 by GeorgiaPeach

Max Steinberg - 2nd Place

Pascal LeFrancois limped and Max Steinberg checked his option.

The flop came down .

Steinberg bet 140,000 and LeFrancois made the call.

The turn brought the .

Steinberg bet 360,000 and LeFrancois made the call.

The fell on the river and Steinberg moved all in. LeFrancois asked for a count, thought for a second, and made the call.

When he saw the of Steinberg and knew his was good, he jumped out of his seat and ran over to his railbirds who were screaming and jumping up and down. Steinberg may not have gotten the bracelet but $352,916 isn't a bad consolation prize.

Tags: Max Steinberg, Pascal LeFrancois.

Chop it Up

Posted 06-05-2010 02:09 GMT-7 by GeorgiaPeach

Pascal LeFrancois raised to 235,000 and Max Steinberg moved all in.

Steinberg:
LeFrancois:

The flop came down .

The turn brought the and the river the and the pot was chopped.

Tags: Max Steinberg, Pascal LeFrancois.

Double for Steinberg

Posted 06-05-2010 02:07 GMT-7 by GeorgiaPeach

After a number of folded hands. The chips went in the middle preflop on this hand and the entire rail leaned forward to get a closer look.

Pascal LeFrancois:
Max Steinberg:

The board ran out and Steinberg doubled to 1.58 million.

Tags: Max Steinberg, Pascal LeFrancois.

LeFrancois Takes the First One

Posted 06-05-2010 02:05 GMT-7 by GeorgiaPeach

It was limped to the flop of . Pascal LeFrancois checked and Max Steinberg bet 110,000. LeFrancois made it 360,000 and Steinberg folded.

Tags: Pascal LeFrancois, Max Steinberg.

Heads-Up

Posted 06-05-2010 01:58 GMT-7 by GeorgiaPeach

We're heads up now. Pascal LeFrancois has a commanding chip lead with 9,184,500 in chips and Max Steinberg is sitting behind 1,350,000.

"Flip for the bracelet!" cried out one of the railbirds.

Level 29 started

Posted 06-05-2010 01:57 GMT-7 by GeorgiaPeach

Break Time

Posted 06-05-2010 01:44 GMT-7 by GeorgiaPeach

We're heads up and going on a 20 minute break