LIVE EVENTS

Dave had a roller coaster ride on the final table, with many ups and downs. When he received , he did the only he could do: he went all-in. Ruben Percival was only too happy to call, holding: because if he was to play heads up against Agatiello, he would need Dave’s chips.

The over-card riddled flop did not please Dave one bit The on the turn changed nothing, but the on the river changed everything. With trip three’s, Ruben made short work of Dave’s chips, sending the young man to the rail in 3rd position.

Now the stage is set for heads up action between Ruben Perceval with approximately 1,800,000 chips and Domenico Agatiello, sitting on 2,400,000 chips.

Dave Jeanneau-Cyr, 3rd position – $2,000

Heads up

After a bumpy ride at best on the final table, Daniel Soussan needed no more than to go all in preflop. He got one call from small blind Domenico Agatiello, who showed .

Board: In the end, the flop was all Agatiello needed to send Daniel home in 4th position.

The three remaining players settle in for the last stretch. Agatiello is still the chip leader with 2,125,000 chips, just about 50% of the total chips in play. Ruben Perceval is hovering at approximately 1,375,000 and Dave Jeanneau-Cyr brings up the rear with 750,000

Daniel Soussan, 4th position – $1,500

When he arrived at the final table, Tyrone Baskin was short stack with $156,000, a little more than 10% of chip leader Agatiello.

Early on he managed to triple-up and make some headway. His efforts were for a good cause and he was able to outlast Hammoud and Hanna to nab the 5th position.

In his last hand, Tyrone looked down at his hole cards and when he saw pocket nines he only took a few seconds before going all-in. Agatiello, who had been extremely quiet since the onset of the final table, was right there with him. Both men tabled their hands and Agatiello was not happy.

Tyrone Baskin:
Domenico Agatiello:

Completely dominated, on the flop, Agatiello was already pushing out some chips to pay Baskin. But then the made an appearance, then a on the river. The pot was awarded to Agatiello and his trip eights, apparently still running good even after his lethargic fold’em session.

Obviously disappointed, Baskin nevertheless went around the table to shake hands with his opponents, wishing them good luck.

Tyrone Baskin, 5th position, $1,130

Dave Jeanneau-Cyr wasted no time going all-in from utg for 450,000. Ruben Perceval folded, but Hicham Hammoud shoved all-in under with 380,000. The other 3 players folded and both gentlemen tabled their hands:
Hicham:
Dave:

Unfortunately for Hicham, he dodged all his outs on the board: and Dave’s fish hooks held their ground to send Hicham home in 6th position

Hicham Hammound, 6th position – $850

Joseph was waiting patiently for the right hand. With approximately 4 big blinds left, Joseph was all-in as soon as he saw his hole cards: . Tyrone Baskin was ready to try to take him out and called with .
The flop did nothing much for either player: but the on the turn was a sweet/sour combo for Joseph who was happy to see the jack, but not overjoyed by it’s suit. His instincts proved correct when the appeared on the turn, producing a flush for Baskin, and effectively ending Joseph’s tournament.

Joseph Hanna, 7th position – $640

Michael Frenkel was eliminated in 8th position, at the hands of Domenico Agatiello, who is on fire tonight. With the bust out of Frenkel, and as is customary in a 6-max tournament, there was a full seating redraw for the 7-handed final table.

The Tournament Director gave the familiar final table instructions to all the players and the action has just resumed.

One of the particularities of the 6-Max format is that when the tournament gets to the two last tables, they get short very quickly. With 12 players left, there were four back-to-back eliminations in a relatively short period.

First to go was Jonatan Goyette-Gagnon, at the hands of Tyrone Baskin. The next player to hit the rail was Nicola Martella in 11th position. Serge Roy was not far behind and quickly busted out in 10th place. Finally, Pierre Marquette was sent home in 9th place.

With 8 players left, four on each table, the blinds are lashing out at the smaller stacks and there is no mercy in sight, except to reach the final table and 7-handed action.

Jonathan Goyette-Gagnon, 12th position – $250

Nicola Martella, 11th position – $270

Serge Roy, 10th position – $270

Pierre Marquette, 9th position – $360

The players took their 3rd break between levels 17 and 18, which gave us a chance to survey the field. Here are the full chip counts of all 15 players left.

Domenico Agatiello is a few thousand short of a million chips, and has more than twice as many chips as Tyrone Baskin, his closest rival. He is on fire and not taking any hostages.

With a succession of rapid-fire eliminations, the 22 remaining players are now in the money. The total prize pool is set at $31,960, including the 170 bounty chips.

Now that the players are all guaranteed some prize money, expect the action to pick-up and the pressure to increase on the smaller stacks.

There is always a decisive point in every player’s path when it’s crucial to seize the moment and scoop chips. For Gaetan Laperriere, we were lucky enough to be on the spot for one of these game-changing moments.

With blinds at 2K/4K+2K, utg Marcella Iacovella raised it to 8,500. Every player after him called, but big blind Richard Berenbaum went all-in for 48,500. This made initial raiser Iacovella fold, as well as Pei Wu, who had been the first to call Iacovella, inadvertently creating interesting odds for the rest of the players. On the button, Patrick Leduc, who covered every player in the hand, shoved all in and Gaetan Laperriere snap called, pushing all of his 53,500 stack forward.
With no more action possible, the dealer instructed all the players to table their hands.

Patrick Leduc:
Gaetan Laperriere
Richard Berenbaum

As Patrick & Richard were questioning Gaetan’s quick call with his unsuited connectors, the flop came out: and put an end to all discussions. Straight for Gaetan, right on the flop! Both his opponents were now drawing dead, with the exception of Richard, who could still end up with a higher straight if he got runner-runner ten and jack. That unlikely scenario was crushed when the turn and river came out: , awarding the considerable pot to Gaetan. He also picked up a $100 bounty chip from Richard, who was sent to the rail in 43rd position. The loss put a dent in Patrick Leduc’s stack, but he promised to make it back.

The 46 remaining players are coming back from the break.

Frederic Morin and Glen Duncan are neck to neck in the lead positions, with 252,000 for Morin, and 246,000 for Duncan. Both players are way ahead of the next two leaderboard contenders Nicolas Majdalani (182,000) and Nicola Martella (179,500) by a wide margin.

The heat is still on and the eliminations are still being seen at steady, if somewhat slower pace.