Wednesday was all about the 6-Max and High Roller events, and Daniel Lefebvre was all over both of them. He brought the big stack into Day 2 of the 6-Max and ran it through to the trophy, then found a modest bag in his favorite event, the High Roller to close out the day.
Mr. High Roller Takes 6-Max Crown
After 5 hours of play, Daniel Lefebvre has soared through the ranks to take down Event #9: $780 6-Max. Lefebvre defeated Kim Graham in heads-up play and is no stranger to PPT trophies. He is a high roller aficionado having won 4 of the events in the past 2 years. Currently, he joined the fray in the high roller, and coverage will move over to that event.
He started the day chip leader with around 500,000. He retained the chip lead at the first break but the gap was narrowing between him and the field. By the next break he had 730,000 and was far ahead of the next closest with 490,000. Lefebvre continued to play aggressively putting other players’ stacks to the test. Lefebvre eliminated Ron Lauzon in 5th place to regain the chip lead.
He eliminated Duval in third after a turned flush and gained a major lead compared to the remaining stacks with 1,280,000. Continued pressure dwindled Graham’s stack to just over 300,000. Finally, Lefebvre got it all in against Graham with an overpair to Graham’s top pair. It held to give Lefebvre another trophy to add to his title. Stay tuned as the series continues and ramps towards the Main Event.
Final Results from 6-Max
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Daniel Lefebvre | $18,935 |
| 2 | Kim Graham | $12,430 |
| 3 | Murray Duval | $8,285 |
| 4 | Curtis Glyngsdal | $5,920 |
| 5 | Ron Lauzon | $4,440 |
| 6 | Michael Bernstein | $3,195 |
| 7 | Ryan Smith | $2,485 |
| 8 | Sal Haji | $1,955 |
| 9 | Johnny Dalphond | $1,540 |
More Than $50k in Play on High Roller Day 1
Day 1 of the High Roller played out on Wednesday with 31 entries in the game on Day 1. The structure for this game allows for entries until the second level of play on Day 2, so the field isn’t fully set yet. At the end of the opening day, 17 players were left competing for $53,010. That number is sure to grow before entries close at about 2:35 PM on Thursday’s Day 2 with a predicted final field of about 50 entries for ~$85k in prizes.
Garry Sandhu is the opening day leader with 9 levels in the books, and it’s not even close. He bagged 384.5k with 2nd place David Ko on just 208.1k. Brett Worton and Johnny Yu have more than 120k each for 3rd and 4th places respectively.
Blinds for the opening level on Day 2 are 1k/1.5k/1.5k, which means late entries at the start of the day will sit down with 33 big blinds, and players who choose to max-late-reg will start with 20 big blinds, so there is still a reasonable amount of play for new stacks on Day 2. Entries are set to close at the start of Level 12 which should be about 2:35 PM on Thursday.
After that, it will be a race to the trophy. Alek Gillies will be on hand to focus on this event from the opening hands on Day 2 through to the trophy presentation.
Day 1 Stacks & Seats for High Roller
| T/S | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 18/1 | Vince Lam | 35,800 |
| 18/2 | Mal Hagan | 63,200 |
| 18/3 | Colten Yamagishi | 47,200 |
| 18/4 | Michael Bernstein | 34,600 |
| 18/5 | Daniel Lefebvre | 56,000 |
| 18/6 | Ryan Cairns | 59,000 |
| 18/7 | Johnny Yu | 121,000 |
| 18/8 | David Ko | 208,100 |
| 18/9 | Brett Worton | 124,100 |
| 19/1 | Julius Roque | 53,400 |
| 19/2 | Jerry Liu | 81,600 |
| 19/3 | Benjamin Veenstra | 17,300 |
| 19/4 | Joseph Roberts | 99,800 |
| 19/5 | Keith Graham | 45,800 |
| 19/6 | ||
| 19/7 | Nu Teliani | 88,000 |
| 19/8 | Alex Liu | 83,700 |
| 19/9 | Garry Sandhu | 384,500 |
