A quick glance across each table will have your eyes fixated on the mountain of chips stacked in front of Diana Shamshoum. Quietly amassing a monster stack early on Day 1d, Shamshoum's luck has seemed to turn around.
Shamshoum has fired a couple bullets so far this event unable to secure a seat on Day 2. If her play this morning is any indication it would appear she may have found the right ingredients.
Shamshoum is a regular face around Playground Poker Club. A native of Ddopq, Quebec she has amassed more than $44,000 according to her hendonmob.com page. The largest of which came in 2012 at the $3,300 WPT Montreal where she finished 35th for $14,905.
We will be keeping a close eye on her as the day progresses.
Day 1d of WPT National Montreal is going strong. It's the first of the four flights to break 100 players.
On the tournament floor, two players at different tables had pocket jacks at the same time. Alexis Lucien Pierre Crenn shoved all in preflop with his jacks and ended up at risk against Xin Qi, who held queens.
Crenn had 5,100 and shoved from the cutoff and Qi called on the button. A jack came on the flop, giving Crenn a set. He won the pot when the board ran out and doubled up.
Next door, Malcom Fraser is one of three players in a hand. Another player is all in while Fraser and his opponent check down the board. Fraser turns over jacks, the all in player shows eights and Fraser wins the pot despite the board that ran out with four diamonds and two over cards.
Today's WPT National Montreal flight is the fourth of seven. So far, the largest single flight was 98 players and today's flight has already reached that number with three levels left until registration closes.
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and doubled up.
