David Bonneau Bags Chip Lead in Day 1d WPT National Montreal, Markovinovic Bubbles
The final hand of Day 1d almost saw David Bonneau bag over 1-million of the 1.7-million chips in play. Instead of winning a three-way all in he was part of a hand that sent Andrej Markovinovic home with CAD $1,250 and tripled up Zheng Wei.
Wei opened the action to 12,800 and Markovinovic shoved all in for 98,000. Bonneau reshoved for more than 700,000 and Wei called.
Wei was in the lead with against the of Bonneau and the of Markovinovic. The board ran out and Wei tripled up.
The six players from today will join the other 15 players from the previous three flights when Day 2 starts on Wednesday.
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Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Bonneau |
636,500
26,000
|
26,000 |
Zheng Wei |
352,000
131,500
|
131,500 |
Nathan Hall |
264,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
Christopher Murrin |
211,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
Gary Li |
134,500
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
Noeung Troeung |
67,000
-18,500
|
-18,500 |