The 2014 PokerStars Canada Cup has wrapped up in historic fashion at Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, QC. The series, held from May 16th to 28th, offered poker players 12 events, including the $3,300 Main Event, the $10,400 High Roller, and the always huge $150 Re-entry kickoff event that got the ball rolling over two weeks ago.

Overall, the PokerStars Canada Cup was a big success as over 3,200 players competed for over $2.8M in prizes over the course of the 13-day series.

The biggest surprise in the whole series came at the end of the Main Event. Play on the final table started quickly, with the first elimination of the day coming just 4 hands into the day, and it proceeded quickly enough through eliminations in 9th through 5th place. When play got down to 4 players, though, things slowed to a crawl as two players Robert Notkin and Vincent Jacques had accumulated huge stacks while two others – Justin Miller and Ryan Rivers – hovered around the 10bb mark.

And so it continued for a couple of hours. Justin was actively searching for spots to increase his stack and compete with Vincent and Robert, while Ryan seemed content to simply tread water and try to ladder up from one payout level to the next, a strategy that, so far, was working extremely well for him.

After a couple of hours in seeming stasis, however, everything changed and a slow finish was transformed into what we believe is the quickest finish in big-event history! You can read about the hand on the Event blog or you can watch the video here:

Thanks to everyone who came out and played an event (or more) in the 2014 PokerStars Canada Cup!