Right after play resumed, Éric Laliberté cheekily limped his small blind, hoping for Morgan Aceto to continue with his relentless aggression. Sure enough, our (former) chip leader obliged and shoved. The call was instantaneous.

Laliberté:
Aceto:

On the next hand, Aceto open shoved his small blind and Miguel Cholette correctly made the call.

Aceto:
Cholette:

Board:

And the river strikes again! Aceto caught the desired ten, and took all of Cholette’s 14M stack. Cholette can be proud of his 3rd place, and the associated $65,000 prize. Good job!

Heads-up action starts now with almost equal stacks. Let the sparring begin!