Alain Roy With the Early Lead

The last time the WPT saw Alain Roy in Barcelona he was cashing in a National Series side-event where he took fifth place. Today, his stakes have been raised slightly, and he has settled in like a duck takes to water.

He is currently sat behind the largest stack in the room with 80,000 in front of him.

"Easy game," he told us.

And it is, especially when you flop quad nines and find an opponent willing to lead right into you for three streets, including calling off a huge river raise. Then if you call with king-seven, from the big blind, in a multi-way pot and nail trips then what can do you do?