Jean-Philippe Lehoux from Quebec City is one of the handful of players who qualified for the $10,000+$300 MILLIONS North America for only $95 by playing the Step 1-2-3 satellites earlier this year here at Playground. He played Day 1A of the MILLIONS yesterday and made it up to 2,300,000 chips, but had a few coolers late in the day however he still managed to bag 650,000 chips to move on to Day 2.

Being one of the many players who is in love with the game and who is here to play, he decided to jump into today’s $500+$50 8-Max tournament to see if he can add some cash to his bankroll before continuing on with Day 2 in the MILLIONS tomorrow. After starting to blind down, he finally picked up a decent hand and decided to put his chips in. Thomas Cemm, from Maple Ridge, BC, a colourful individual who has a great spirit, made the call.

Lehoux:

Cemm: 

Flop: and Thomas Cemm hit a set. On the turn he made a boat, and with the river , Cemm sent Lehoux to the rail.

As there are now only nine players left in play, the final table has been formed as TDA rules dictate it will play nine handed in an 8-Max event.

10th place: Jean-Phiilippe Lehoux, $1,680

Thomas Cemm, Maple Ridge, BC