Cynthia Paquette and Sylviane Cassini were almost even stacked when heads-up play commenced. The battle has been epic as both players simply refuse to give up. Paquette lost some chips earlier on but she keeps managing to double back up against Cassini. Just a few hands ago, Paquette moved all in with two pair on the flop and was called by Cassini holding a flush draw. Cassini hit her flush on the turn but Paquette just wouldn’t give up and she asked the dealer for an eight on the river, which he delivered, giving her a full house.
On the last hand, Paquette shoved and Cassini made the call with . Once again, Paquette was behind pre-flop but then saw magic on the flop, giving her top pair. The turn and river were of no help to Cassini and Paquette, who started the hand with 440,000 chips, is now sitting with the dominant stack, just under 1,000,000 chips.