Hand #112: Maxime Heroux Wins WPT Montreal! (CAD $403,570)

Photo:  Maxime Heroux is literally lifted up by his friends after winning WPT Montreal.

Pat Quinn limps for 200,000, and Maxime Heroux checks his option in the big blind.

The flop comes , Heroux checks, Quinn moves all in for 2,200,000, and Heroux calls with for a pair of fours with a gutshot straight flush draw.

Quinn turns over for an open-ended straight draw with two overcards, and he needs to improve to stay alive.

The turn card is the , increasing Heroux’s lead with two pair. Quinn needs an eight or a three on the river to make his straight and stay alive.

The river card is the , and Maxime Heroux wins the pot — and the WPT title — with a full house, deuces full of fours.

Pat Quinn finishes as the runner-up, earning CAD $271,030.

Maxime Heroux wins WPT Montreal, earning CAD $403,570, which includes his US $15,000 entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions. Heroux also receives a WPT Champions Trophy, a Playground Poker Club Championship Belt, and a Hublot Big Bang Steel watch. Heroux’s name will be inscribed on the one-and-only WPT Champions Cup, alongside every other WPT champion from all 16 seasons.

Congratulations to Maxime Heroux!

1st:  Maxime Heroux  –  CAD $403,570*
2nd:  Pat Quinn  –  CAD $271,030
3rd:  Derek Wolters  –  CAD $173,220
4th:  Brendan Baksh  –  CAD $124,310
5th:  Eric Afriat  –  CAD $95,370
6th:  David Peters  –  CAD $78,050

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s US $15,000 entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.

Note:  Players are paid in Canadian dollars, but the amounts listed on our Payouts Page have been converted into U.S. dollars (using the casino’s exchange rate) for consistency across World Poker Tour events around the world.

Photo:  After they were all in, but before the hand was over, Maxime Heroux (left) and Pat Quinn stood together to await their fate.