Into Uncharted Territory
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Sam Chartier has done well to stay under the radar for the majority of Day 1b, something of an achievement when you consider he's armed with a colossal stack of 165,000 chips.
A tiny percentage of those chips used to belong to fellow grinder Tamer Kamel who defended his big blind from a Charier hijack raise, but then check-folded to a 1,700 bet on a 
flop.
Chartier has more than $2.2 million in live tournament cashes, a sizeable chunk of those stemming from his EPT exploits. The Canadian won a $5,250 side event at the 2011 PCA, but the closest he's come to an EPT Main Event title is a fifth place finish in Barcelona during Season 5. Could that all be set to change? If Chartier continues as he's begun here, it very well may do.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000 | |
|
41,300 |