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Notables Hit Day 1C of Full Tilt Poker Montreal Main Event
Posted by: James Carter. - Mon, 2013-09-30 09:33
Even though Full Tilt Poker’s Sin Melin played on Day 1B of the FTP Montreal Main event, finishing in 7th place with a stack of 249.8k chips to her name, the majority of the female competitors had apparently waited until the beginning of the final day 1 flight to post their buy-ins.
Two of the notable ladies to get going in Day 1C were Trishelle Canatella and Kristen Bicknell, both of them well-known for poker and
online poker fans world-over. Local player Laurence Grondin was also among the starters.
Kristen Bicknell, who managed to survive Day 1C, albeit on a short stack, was probably the best known of the trio, thanks to her
2013 WSOP Ladies event win, which saw her defeat Leanne Haas heads-up and take home the top prize of $173.9k.
An avid multi-tabler, Bicknell has been known to play up to 24 tables at
PokerStars, and she has indeed reached the coveted Supernova Elite level at the site the past three years.
Despite the fact that she doesn’t look at poker as a career but rather as a hobby, Bicknell apparently wouldn’t mind striking up a sponsorship deal with an online poker operation.
Poker isn’t much more than a hobby for Trishelle Canatella either, a representative of the venue hosting the current event: the Playground Poker Club. Canatella wasn’t as lucky as Bicknell on Day 1C: she was bounced, together with Tom Dwan and PokerStars pro Chris Moneymaker.
Despite the fact that his tournament run was by no means impressive, Dwan’s presence at the tables was a big deal for many of the other participants, some of whom had their pictures taken with him, while other quipped that they had already got their money’s worth just for seeing him in action. Moneymaker survived Dwan in the Montreal Main Event, but he never saw the end of the day either.
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