23 year-old college student Pascal LeFrancois of Montreal, Canada, outlasted 2,341 players in the $1,500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tourney in the 2010 World Series of Poker to win his first ever WSOP bracelet and a first place cash prize of $568K.
Canadian Pascal LeFrancois dominated the final table, which was represented by six countries. Second place went to Max Steinberg of the United States who earned $352K for his efforts.
Third place went to Kevin Howe from the United Kingdom and earned $249K.
Fourth place went to Daniel Wjuniski of Sao Paulo, Brazil, who won $179K.
David Aue of Houston, Texas, USA, finished in fifth place and made #130K, and also made his second ITM finish in this 2010 WSOP after moneying in Event #3 the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em.
Sixth place went to Jim Anderson from Canberra, Australia, who cashed $96K.
Seventh place was Kurt Di Sessa of Oakland, California, USA, who won $72K.
Eighth place went to Josh Brikis of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, who earned $54K. Last year, Josh Brikis finished second in a WSOP No Limit Hold'em event and won $619K.
Ninth place finisher and first to bust from the final table was Saar Wilf from Tel Aviv, Israel, who received $41K. Saar Wilf cashed in the WSOP Main Event championship last year and at the WSOP Europe Main Event championship.
In this same event, Phil Hellmuth finished in fifteenth pace, and extended his lead as the all-time WSOP leader in cashes with his 76th.
Also historical is the winner's photo of Pascal LeFrancois. It is the first time in the history of the WSOP that a bracelet winner had his winning photo taken without a shirt on.
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