became the latest member of the World Poker Tour Champions Club after taking down WPT Montreal at Playground Poker. Heroux, a Montreal local, won CA$403,570 — about $317,000 — for besting the field of 606 entries in the CA$3,850 reentry event.
Heroux had just about $40,000 in cashes coming into the event but topped a final table that included former WPT champion Eric Afriat and super high rolling pro David Peters.
Official Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxime Heroux | CA$403,570* |
| 2 | Pat Quinn | CA$271,030 |
| 3 | Derek Wolters | CA$173,220 |
| 4 | Brendan Baksh | CA$124,310 |
| 5 | Eric Afriat | CA$95,370 |
| 6 | David Peters | CA$78,050 |
*includes $15,000 Tournament of Champions entry
The tournament carried a guarantee of CA$2 million and just barely inched past that number with a prize pool of $2,057,730.