{"id":90590,"date":"2020-08-10T09:14:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T09:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=90590"},"modified":"2020-08-10T09:14:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T09:14:13","slug":"wptwoc-event-winner-pascal-lefrancois-takes-down-super-high-roller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wptwoc-event-winner-pascal-lefrancois-takes-down-super-high-roller.html","title":{"rendered":"WPTWOC Event Winner Pascal Lefrancois Takes Down Super High Roller"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pascal Lefrancois<\/strong><\/a> enjoyed a super Sunday courtesy of taking down the $25,500 buy-in WPT Super High Roller<\/strong>. $750,000 was the sum guaranteed to be won in this event, but 31 entries meant $775,000 was dished out among the top five finishers.<\/p>\n

WPT Super High Roller: $750K Gtd<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nPlayer<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\nPrize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nPascal Lefrancois<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n$315,812<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nJake Schindler<\/td>\nMexico<\/td>\n$203,437<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nVyachelsav Buldygin<\/td>\nRussia<\/td>\n$127,875<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nMikita Badziakouski<\/td>\nSlovenia<\/td>\n$73,625<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nIsaac Haxton<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n$54,250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Dusk Till Dawn supremo Rob Yong<\/strong> came close to a place on the seven-handed final table but he ultimately had to make do with a ninth-place finish. Ali Imsirovic crashed out in eighth to set the official final table.<\/p>\n

UK-based Australian superstar Michael Addamo<\/strong><\/a> was the first casualty of the final table. His seventh-place finish netted him nothing but memories of grinding out this he tournament. Nick Petrangelo<\/strong> busted in sixth-place and earned himself the unwanted title of bubble boy.<\/p>\n

A brace of Team partypoker members were now guaranteed at least $54,250. Both Isaac Haxton<\/strong><\/a> and Mikita Badziakouski<\/strong><\/a> reached the money places but couldn\u2019t progress much further.<\/p>\n

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Badziakouski had to make do with a fourth-place finish<\/p><\/div>\n

Haxton fell in fifth for $54,250 with Badziakouski following his teammate to the rail with the $73,625 fourth-place prize money in tow.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Vyacheslav Buldygin<\/strong> ran out of steam in third-place. I t was a finish good for $127,875, the tournament\u2019s first six-figure prize. Buldygin\u2019s exit left Lefrancois to stand toe-to-toe with Jake Schindler<\/strong> in a clash of two poker titans.<\/p>\n

Either player would have been a worthy champion but only one of them could net top honours. That player was Lefranoics who collected $315,812 for his victory, leaving Schindler to pad his bankroll with a cool $203,437.<\/p>\n

Timothy Adams Wins Yet Another High Roller<\/h2>\n
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Timothy Adams won yet another high roller event<\/p><\/div>\n

Another high buy-in event took place on August 9, the WPT High Roller: $300K Gtd [1-Day Event]<\/strong>. Thirty-eight players bought in for $10,300 to ensure the guarantee was surpassed by $80,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nPlayer<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\nPrize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nTimothy Adams<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n$135,855*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nNick Petrangelo<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n$118,744*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nBenjamin Rolle<\/td>\nAustria<\/td>\n$62,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nLaszlo Bujtas<\/td>\nHungary<\/td>\n$36,100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nPascal Lefrancois<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n$26,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*reflects a heads-up deal<\/em><\/p>\n

Our own Badziakouski reached the final two tables but had to make do with a 13th place finish. Jason Koon<\/strong><\/a> also put together a deep run that ultimately ended in an 11th place exit. Haxton busted in eight and went home empty-handed.<\/p>\n

David Peters<\/strong> was the player who popped the money bubble and locked up $26,600 for the surviving players. Lefrancois, hot from his $25,500 victory, secured that sum, before Hungarian star Laszlo Bujtas<\/strong> got his hands on $36,100 for his demise in fourth.<\/p>\n

Third-place and $62,700 went to Benjamin Rolle<\/strong>, which left Timothy Adams<\/strong><\/a> and Petrangelo to fight it out one-on-one for the lion\u2019s share of the prize pool.<\/p>\n

Adams rarely comes out second best when he\u2019s heads-up, but neither does Petrangelo. Something had to give and it did because the heads-up duo struck a deal that netted Petrangelo $118,744 and second-place, and Adams $135,855 and yet another high roller win.<\/p>\n

Other Big WPT Winners<\/h2>\n

Lars Kamphues<\/strong> won the WPT 6-Max Warm Up: $500K Gtd<\/strong> and saw $95,606 head to his partypoker account. Kamphues finished fifth in the 8-Max Warm Up<\/strong> last week and finished third in the $3,200 8-Max Championship<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kamphues defeated Ukraine\u2019s Pavel Veksler<\/strong> heads-up to secure the title, leaving the Ukrainian to bank $69,464. Team partypoker\u2019s Jeff Gross<\/strong> put together an epic run but he ran out of luck and fell in fifth for a $26,550 score.<\/p>\n

Other winners included:<\/p>\n