Day 2 in the WPT500 was a relatively quick affair, considering the field had to funnel from 303 Day 2 runners to the select club of final table participants. In just under 11 hours, the final table crowd was decided, and Day 2 survivors were placing their belongings in the bags.

Rodney Ramalho – one of two Day 3 qualifiers enjoying a 8-figure stack – is part of that crew, having ruled over his table during hand-for-hand play at 21 players, and pretty much every time the tables were getting short, prior to a table break. Stéphane Nadeau has the other 7-figure stack. He orchestrated a few of the last busts and passed Ramalho on the leaderboard in the last moments.

Day 3 will also see Shawn Buchanan come back to the tables. Buchanan is a vastly experienced player from Vancouver with almost $7M in lifetime earnings. He will surely be a force in tomorrow’s final day.

Alexandre Lajoie missed Day 3 by a single position. He went all-in with a rather short stack after Bradley Smith raised from the under-the-gun position. His could not overcome Bradley’s , and that hand sealed Day 2.

All remaining players have proved that they belong in tomorrow’s final act, which promises to be quite a show. Action resumes at 12:00pm sharp. We will be here to provide close coverage as the eliminations happen, all the way to the crowning of our 2019 WPT500 Montreal Champion!

Congratulations to all Day 3 qualifiers! Here is tomorrow’s seating assignment with counts, followed by all the qualifiers’ photos: