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Israel Pantaleon decided to go all in and hope for the best.  Unfortunately he ran into Arthur along the way…

The board:

Israel: – full, fours full of jacks

Arthur: – full, jacks full of fours.

So Arthur claims yet another victim and now the stage is set for the heads up action.

Israel Pantaleon, 3rd place, $2,440

Ryan Nelson was pretty quiet in his seat #9 and seated right after “King” Arthur.  He was watching the action unfold with lightning speed and tried to pick a spot to double-up.

This time, it was Andy D’Alessandro who was there to block his path.  Both men were all-in and revealed their hole cards.

Ryan:

Andy:

The board:

Both players picked up 2 pairs, but Andy’s kings & tens were better and sent Ryan to the rail in 4th place.

Ryan Nelson, 4th place, $1,940

Wassim Trabelsi fell to the mighty Arthur W when his all-in was called.

Trabelsi: 

Arthur:

The board was revealed:

Neither player connected with the board so Arthur’s ace-high was good enough to end Trabelsi’s journey.

Wassim Trabelsi, 5th place, $1,480

Things were looking up for Arthur, who’s been doing very well on the final table.  With a lot of chips to play with, he did not hesitate to call a double all-in from Marc-André St-Pierre and Steven John Desjarlais.

Board:

Desjarlais: – pair of aces.

St-Pierre: – pair of nines

Arthur: – and he picks up a straight for the win.  This hand spells the end for both St-Pierre & Desjarlais.  Desjarlais had more chips so he finishes in 6th place.  St-Pierre settles for 7th place.

Steven John Desjarlais, 6th place, $1,130

Marc-André St-Pierre, 7th place, $870

A few hands after the departure of Brestovac, the action heated up between Shijaudin Daud Sha and Andy D’alessandro.  Both men had their hands open when we got to the table.

Andy:

Shijaudin:

Board:

Andy picks up a boat, fives full of tens and sends Shijaudin home in 8th place.

Shijaudin Daud Sha, 8th place, $610

As soon as the final table was set-up, it took less than five hands to eliminate two players.

Goran Brestovac barely had time to get settled in his seat that he found himself all-in against Arthur W.

Board:

Goran: – pair of aces

Arthur: – Straight

So Arthur sends Goran to the rail in 9th position.

Goran Brestovac, 9th place, $510

Amid the whoops and yiipees being heard around the tournament hall from the Main Event winner and his fanclub, the players in event #12 have been going strong.

A few of the last eliminations:

• Stuart Taylor, 10th place, $390
• Cedrick Quenneveille-Renaud, 11th place, $390
• Olivier Nittolo, 12th place, $360
• Brian Morgan, 13th place, $300

The final table has just been assigned after the bust out of Stuart Taylor in 10th place.

Here is the final table seating redraw.

After 17 levels of play, Goran Brestovac takes the lead with 420,000 chips in front of him. He is followed by Shijaudin Daud Sha, who has 414,000 chips and is the only other player above 400K.
Alone in the 300K categorie is Ryan Nelson, who was the chip leader after the last two breaks.
All the other players are below 300,000 chips, with Marc-André St-Pierre leading the way with a stack of 237,000.

Here is a complete chip count of all 13 remaining players

With 13 players left and 12 places paid, the clock was paused to allow the players to discuss a deal. After a quick discussion it was agreed upon to remove $100 from the first three places and create a 13th prize worth $300.

So, congratulations players; everyone is in the money!

Last day, last event, last trophy…

Just before the last break, we witnessed some pretty intense action on two different tables.

Table #34 was the scene of the first action hand. There was approximately 80,000 chips in the pot. Three players were all-in, Carl Doyon, Israel Pantaleon and Olivier Nittolo. The flop was out: and after some bursts of testosterone, the three gentlemen ended-up all-in. The dealer instructed them to table their hands.
Carl: , pair of aces and drawing to a straight with any five.
Olivier: , was on an open-ended straight draw.
Israel: , had hit a set and his inactive cards were nice blockers to prevent a higher set for Carl and a low straight for Olivier.

The rest of the board was revealed:
Olivier picked up a straight on the turn and more than tripled-up. The side pot was given to Israel for his set of jacks. Carl, who covered all the players, was left with a shadow of his old stack in the wake of his useless aces. Carl made everybody chuckle when he exploded with an evil laugh, reminding both his adversaries that they had not gotten his precious bounty chip, which he placed above his tiny stack.

Table #23 is where the second avalanche of chips came from. The hand was almost over, but we caught a glimpse of the setup. Once again, three players were involved. This time it was John Pihlar, Marc-André St-Pierre and Adam Mateus. All the cards were out.
John:
Marc-André:
Adam:

The dealer was running the board when we arrived: , and Pilhar picked up a king-high flush. It was impossible to tell how many chips were transferred to Pihlar, but it was impressive. This hand eliminated Mateus, and took a sizable chunk out of St-Pierre’s stack. Once again, aces came up short.

The players are approaching the money bubble.
Olivier Nittolo triples-up

Ryan Nelson is still the chip leader, after 12 levels of play, and going strong. The action on the tables is quite intense, and all the players are trying to get their hands on the last trophy up for grabs.