Medhat Ramzy has busted Day 2 on the second hand of the day. We didn't catch the action but his seat is now empty.
Eric Afriat fell victim to a big cooler when his ran into Benoit Beaulac's on a flop. Afrait had shoved all-in getting snap-called and got no help from the turn and river.
Welcome to Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) National Montreal. The $600 NL Hold'em event aligned with the World Cup of Cards hosted by Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec featured a $400,000 guarantee with seven starting flights.
There were 817 total entries received over the course of the event. Almost half of those gathered from the last two qualifying sessions on Tuesday. Just 44 players secured their seat for Day 2.
Senthuran Vijayaratnam will take a big lead heading into play after crushing the field on Day 1f with 797,000. Benoit Beaulac (648,000), David Bonneau (636,500), Tanveer Dhanjal (553,000), and former WPT Champion Amir Babakhani (548,000) round out the top five.
Play is scheduled to reach an official final table of six today combining the final 10 players to their last seat. Here's a look at the payouts the field will be fighting for today
Place
Prize
1st
$80,000
2nd
$55,792
3rd
$36,000
4th
$23,500
5th
$18,000
6th
$15,000
7th
$12,500
8th
$10,000
9th
$8,000
10th-12th
$6,700
13th-15th
$5,700
16th-18th
$4,700
19th-21st
$3,900
22nd-24th
$3,200
25th-27th
$2,800
28th-30th
$2,400
31st-33rd
$2,100
34th-36th
$1,800
37th-44th
$1,500
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ran into Benoit Beaulac's 
on a 
flop. Afrait had shoved all-in getting snap-called and got no help from the 
turn and river.
and was called by Frank Gregory.
and Gregory sighed turning over 
.
