The 2017 WPT Montreal has come to a close with Montreal’s own Maxime Heroux emerging as the Champion. Along with a massive $384,150 payout, the title comes with the Playground Poker Fall Classic Champion’s Belt, a spot on the WPT Champion’s Trophy, a US$15,000 seat to the WPT Tournament of Champions, a stunning Hublot watch, and of course poker immortality as a WPT Champion. Past champions in this event have been Mike Sexton (2016), Jared Mahoney (2015), Jonathan Jaffe (2014), Derrick Rosenbarger (2013), and Jonathan Roy (2012), and the event has also seen historic runs by players like Ema Zajmovic (final table 2016), Rainer Kempe (first big tournament score in North America), and Mukul Pahuja (back to back final tables), among others. This WPT Main Tour stop was a $3,500 + $350 NL Hold’em event featuring three Day 1s next-day re-entry and a huge $2,000,000 prize pool guarantee. It featured […]