Seat 6: Jonathan Roy, 25, Boucheville, Quebec, Canada - PokerStars player - 1,525,000
Jonathan Roy closed out 2012 with a bang as he won the World Poker Tour Montreal Main Event for a payday of $755,601. There, he defeated a record field of 1,173 players to win the title and the largest score of his career.
Roy is good friends with Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel, who was on his rail for Roy's big win in Montreal. We expect Duhamel to be sweating Roy hard from the rail here in the Bahamas as well.
Formerly an online player, the 25-year-old Roy has been transitioning into live poker a bit more recently. After Black Friday hit, Roy moved away from the virtual realm, claiming that he was "scared about online poker." Clearly the transition has worked out for him so far. Already earning $165,900 in prize money, Roy has locked up the second largest score of his career and pushed his live career tournament earnings up over $1 million.
*Bio courtesy of PokerStars