Samuel Chaput Will Bring Big Lead Into Day 3 of All-Stars for Starlight Final Table
Samuel Chaput bagged the top stack with only ten players remaining in the World Cup of Cards Event #6: All-Stars for Starlight No-Limit Hold em tournament.
The final table will resume at 7 p.m. tomorrow evening at Playground Poker Club. Chaput had an amazing run all day today, eliminating people in huge pots, being the first person to break 2-million and the only person to break 3-million so far. He eliminated Day 1b chip leader Sammy Chao during the final level of play today. When he got all in against Chao preflop and hit a club flush while holding the .
Jacob Lafleur is behind Chaput, with 2,410,000 chips and is the only other player coming into the final table with more than 2-million chips.
Nick-Real Seide ended the day at 1,540,000 and is coming in looking to improve on his fourth-place finish in this same event in January.
Here is the final table seating draw:
Seat | Player | Count |
---|---|---|
1 | Nick-Real Seide | 1,540,000 |
2 | David Bonneau | 1,080,000 |
3 | Samuel Chaput | 3,225,000 |
4 | Jacob Lafleur | 2,410,000 |
5 | Tommy Coulombe | 1,615,000 |
6 | Denis Simard | 1,505,000 |
7 | Charles La Boissonniere | 1,205,000 |
8 | Felix Leclerc | 1,705,000 |
9 | Charles-Eric Benoit | 1,100,000 |
10 | Sagar Shetye | 1,565,000 |
The All-Stars for Starlight concludes tomorrow when the final ten players take their shot at the CAD $21,000 first place prize. PokerNews will be here throughout the festival, bringing you all the news, updates, and photos. Follow @pokernews on Twitter for live updates, Periscope broadcasts, and more. Also, follow PokerNews on Facebook and Instagram.