In more than eight days of play in the $10,400 buy-in tournament at Wynn Las Vegas over the past two years, no one has been able to bust Hudon, a player with limited tournament results prior to last year's World Championship.

Hudon Still Standing Eliot Hudon after winning the 2022 WPT World Championship. The Canadian poker player's friend and fellow Canadian Frederic Normand also had some recent World Poker Tour success by winning the WPT bestbet Scramble in Jacksonville last month for $351,650. Hudon reached the money at the conclusion of Day 2 (Saturday), ensuring he'd finish among the 480 final players and receive a minimum payout of $18,700.

This time around, the field is even larger - 3,835 entries - making his run thus far impressive no matter how he finishes. In 2022, Hudon defeated 2,960 entrants en route to his first significant live poker tournament cash. The task to win any tournament twice in a row isn't easy, let alone a $10k with thousands of players, many of whom are considered some of the best in the world. Eliot Hudon, who won the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship last year for $4.1 million, still has a shot at a repeat on Day 3. Going back-to-back in one of the largest poker tournaments ever - no chance, right? Don't be so sure about it.

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