Pascal Lefrancois is a Canadian professional poker player from Montreal, Quebec. He won a WSOP bracelet in 2010, after taking down Event #8: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em.
Pascal Lefrancois Background
Before turning professional, Lefrancois was a competitive athlete, playing junior hockey in Quebec. He attended the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) de Montreal, affiliated with the University of Montreal, where he earned a degree in finance.
Pascal Lefrancois Poker Career
Following his maiden WSOP title in 2010, he famously posed shirtless for his winner's photo after defeating Max Steinberg heads-up. That year, he also finished 11th in the WSOP Main Event for $635,011.
Two years later, he narrowly missed out on a WPT title in Montreal, finishing runner-up to Jonathan Roy. In 2014, he final-tabled the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, finishing in seventh place.
In the inaugural Global Poker Masters, Lefrancois was part of the victorius Montreal Nationals team.
The largest cash of his career came in 2018, winning the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final in Barcelona for €1,700,000.
In 2020, he took down the SCOOP Main Event 2nd Chance online, before winning the Caribbean Poker Party (CPP) Super High Roller title.
The following year, he won the partypoker MILLIONS Online Main Event before finishing runner-up in the 2021 WCOOP Main Event.
In 2024, he narrowly missed again, finishing runner-up for a second time in the WCOOP Main Event.
