“I didn’t want to think about it,” Hudon said. The professional poker player from Montreal wanted to avoid being distracted by the millions in cash sitting inches to his right. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal)Īs the stacks of hundred dollar bills were poured onto the table with two players remaining in the WPT World Championship, Eliot Hudon took one glance at the money and had to look away. Frank Funaro reacts after a play in the final table of the World Poker Tour World Championship at the Wynn hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Dec.