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Seat 2 - Lucas Archeny, 23, Péronnas (24,375,000)
After discovering poker at a very young age, Lucas Archeny joined two clubs close to home as soon as he turned 18: Bourg Hold'em Poker and ABC Poker of Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg. Two clubs where he would sharpen his game and build up solid live experience. A great way, incidentally, to pick up a few tickets to Winamax events. Tickets that proved unsuccessful... until this magical week in Aix-les-Bains.
Working temporary jobs in accounting, Lucas needed just one bullet in Day 1c to record his first cash in a Winamax Main Event. But it was especially on Day 2 that he impressed us, thanks to a daring ace-high hero call, motivated by the "sizing tells" he picked up from his opponent.
"I've always been very comfortable at the table, and that helps me a lot in these fields, which are made up of many online players playing live for the first time."
At just 23 years old, Lucas already displays the maturity of top regs, the kind of players who know that the next opportunity will always come along. For now, however, his focus is on the final table, which he enters with the third-largest stack, supported by several friends from his club who came along from nearby.
A solid player capable of putting in a lot of volume online, Lucas long considered himself "not very good," but still managed to get results. The breakthrough came when he started looking for online content to improve. YouTube, Twitch: the aspiring young pro devoured everything he could find before, last December, taking out his credit card to buy the Kill Tilt Masterclass. A pivotal decision.
If he wins the WPO tonight, Lucas has no intention of completely changing his playing habits.
"It will just be more comfortable. If I fancy playing a €1,500 event, maybe I'll go and play it, but I'm not going to change my €10 ABI. I just want to keep learning and become a better player."
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