The first Montréal Poker Expo has just wrapped up at Playground Poker Club and over $1 Million in prizes have been awarded over the course of 14 events. The lion’s share of the prize pools were paid out in the $1,100 buy-in Main Event. With 647 entries, an impressive $613,040 prize pool was amassed. By the end of the tournament, it came down to a three-way battle between Jonathan Brassard, Chanracy Khun, and Chan An Luong, with Chan An emerging victorious!
Congratulations on a great tournament and to all the winners!
Montréal Poker Expo Main Event ($1,000 + $100 NL Hold’em Re-entry)
| RANK | NAME | PRIZE |
| 1 | Chan An Luong | $92,500.00 |
| 2 | Chanracy Khun | $73,140.00 |
| 3 | Jonathan Brassard | $90,000.00 |
| 4 | Azim Popatia | $39,600.00 |
| 5 | Kevin MacDonald | $29,680.00 |
| 6 | Cong Son Dao | $23,780.00 |
| 7 | Jared Newcombe | $19,830.00 |
| 8 | Eric Aucoin | $15,810.00 |
| 9 | Robert Johnson | $11,860.00 |
| 10 | Marcello Miceli | $8,720.00 |
| 11 | Angelo Cusinato | $8,720.00 |
| 12 | Xin Qi | $8,720.00 |
| 13 | David Sorgente | $7,090.00 |
| 14 | Leandre St-Laurent | $7,090.00 |
| 15 | Kenny Bogart | $7,090.00 |
Strike Out Cancer Charity Event #1 – Results & Payouts
| RANK | NAME | PRIZE |
| 1 | Mark Thomas Wells | $24,440.00 |
| 2 | Cherif Si Hadj Mohand | $16,840.00 |
| 3 | Fazeel Munawar | $18,332.00 |
| 4 | Danny Rouleau | $13,655.00 |
| 5 | George Kazarian | $8,070.00 |
| 6 | Ian Armorer | $6,240.00 |
| 7 | Hezkiel Menache | $4,420.00 |
| 8 | David Nadler | $3,130.00 |
| 9 | Stephane Gauthier | $2,370.00 |
| 10 | Brian Mclean | $1,780.00 |
Event #2 $135 + $15 NL Hold’em Shootout – Results & Payouts
| RANK | NAME | PRIZE |
| 1 | Michele Black | $2,850.00 |
| 2 | Jean-Pierre Poirier | $2,645.00 |
| 3 | Reginald Vigneau | $1,900.00 |
| 4 | Michael Albert Marinaro | $1,500.00 |
| 5 | Joey Boczek | $1,200.00 |
| 6 | Brent A Bidan | $950.00 |
| 7 | Bill Kontaratos | $700.00 |
| 8 | Ahmad Baalbaki | $550.00 |
| 9 | Safouh Sawaf | $450.00 |
| 10 | Tommy Coulombe | $350.00 |
Event #3 $60 + $10 NL Hold’em Deepstack Turbo – Results & Payouts
| RANK | NAME | PRIZE |
| 1 | Dylan Baliesh | $1,162.00 |
| 2 | John Tamai | $1,012.00 |
| 3 | Richard Poirier | $1,012.00 |
| 4 | Benjamin Bracken | $1,012.00 |
| 5 | Gabriel Beaudoin | $1,012.00 |
| 6 | Antoine Labrie | $430.00 |
| 7 | Vincenzo Delia | $320.00 |
| 8 | Patrick David Hu-A-Kam | $250.00 |
| 9 | Jared Newcombe | $190.00 |
| 10 | Walter Hrelja | $140.00 |
Event #4 $300 + $30 NL Hold’em Freeze – Results & Payouts
| RANK | LAST NAME | PRIZE |
| 1 | Philipp Daze | $9,978.00 |
| 2 | Ruben Perceval | $8,015.00 |
| 3 | Hiroaki Harada | $8,495.00 |
| 4 | Sean Windover | $4,900.00 |
| 5 | Felix Sides | $3,600.00 |
| 6 | Odette Tremblay | $2,700.00 |
| 7 | Kiril Martinov Gelev | $2,000.00 |
| 8 | Louis-Dominic Asselin | $1,500.00 |
| 9 | Rong Xu | $1,200.00 |
Event #5 $50 + $10 NL Hold’em Freeze – Results & Payouts
| RANK | NAME | PRIZE |
| 1 | Samuel Picard | $980.00 |
| 2 | Thibault Tabary | $809.00 |
| 3 | Serge Huet | $909.00 |
| 4 | Ramon De La Cruz | $789.00 |
| 5 | Vital Cleary | $789.00 |
| 6 | Nabil Elbied | $680.00 |
| 7 | Alois Korak | $680.00 |
| 8 | Eric Caron | $700.00 |
| 9 | Maximilien Haghighat Talab | $170.00 |
| 10 | Samuel Leblanc | $130.00 |
Event #6 $150 + $15 Mixed PL Hold’em & PL Omaha – Results & Payouts
| RANK | NAME | PRIZE |
| 1 | Pascal Beaulieu | $2,622.00 |
| 2 | Bill Kontaratos | $2,350.00 |
| 3 | Joey Boczek | $2,200.00 |
| 4 | Alex Plourde | $1,260.00 |
| 5 | Jean-Philippe Piquette | $930.00 |
| 6 | Jonathan Patrick Marrie | $680.00 |
| 7 | Luc Fournier | $500.00 |
| 8 | Tomas Larivee Magni | $370.00 |
Event #7 $60 + $10 NL Hold’em Single Rebuy – Results & Payouts
| RANK | NAME | PRIZE |
| 1 | Nicolas Aubut | $1,474.00 |
| 2 | Shawn Dubeau | $1,050.00 |
| 3 | Erick-Yanick Bergeron | $830.00 |
| 4 | Joey Boczek | $610.00 |
| 5 | Jared Newcombe | $450.00 |
| 6 | Mickael Trottier | $330.00 |
| 7 | Rong Xu | $250.00 |
| 8 | Philippe Plouffe | $180.00 |
| 9 | Melissa Paudash | $100.00 |
| 10 | George Wall | $80.00 |
Event #8 $100 + $20 + $100 NL Hold’em 50/50 Bounty – Results & Payouts
| RANK | NAME | PRIZE |
| 1 | Daniel Fortier | $1,495.00 |
| 2 | Moshe Cohen | $1,370.00 |
| 3 | Vasilios Sklavounos | $1,300.00 |
| 4 | Brett Blake | $2,385.00 |
| 5 | Yannick Labattaglia | $1,915.00 |
| 6 | Behrouz Ghaedi | $2,140.00 |
| 7 | Viken Artinian | $1,110.00 |
| 8 | Andrew Boujaoude | $2,050.00 |
| 9 | Todor Petkov | $2,650.00 |
Event #10 $135 + $15 NL Hold’em 3 Lives – Results & Payouts
| RANK | NAME | PRIZE |
| 1 | James Cooke | $4,135.00 |
| 2 | Steve Daraiche | $3,100.00 |
| 3 | Jeffrey Herman | $2,370.00 |
| 4 | Martin Gelinas | $1,800.00 |
| 5 | Richard Leger | $1,370.00 |
| 6 | Sandy Lam | $1,040.00 |
| 7 | Marc-Andre Gariepy | $780.00 |
| 8 | Laurena Matechuk | $600.00 |
| 9 | Sivachidambaram Chinnasamy | $450.00 |
