After Samuel Pouliot was eliminated, the players declined to re-run numbers for a deal, even though he had been the only one to say no during the previous negotiation, and play continued for about half a level. After a while, though, the players mutually agreed to re-count the stacks and consider another deal based on current stack sizes.

On request, tournament staff brought back proposed payouts for each player, but two players had issues with these – including one of the most (if not THE most) experienced player in the field, Patrick St-Onge. There was some discussion from all sides – all of it very civil, of course – and while this was going on, Cynthia Paquette was furiously writing down a different proposal on a tattered printout of the prize pool.

And from the jaws of defeat – it seemed plain there were be no deal – Cynthia proposed the following: $7,000 for the three shorter stacks, $12,000 for the two big stacks, and $9,600 for the in-between player…

…and they had a deal that everyone was happy with.

The 5-Year Extravaganza Champions are: Patrick St-Onge ($7,000), Kathy Sawers ($7,000), Jeremy Chandler ($12,000), Steve Winters ($9,600), Richard Lord ($12,013), and Cynthia Paquette ($7,000).

The Champions

In the first hand following his refusal of the chip-chop deal proposed by the players, short-stacked Samuel Pouliot open-shoved from the cutoff for just over 1,300,000, and found a quick call from Jeremy Chandler in the small blind.

Samuel:
Jeremy:

Board:

Jeremy’s pair of tens held on for the win, and with that pot he took over the chip lead of this final table, increasing his stack to around 6,500,000.

7th place: Samuel Pouliot – $2,600.00

Samuel Pouliot

Benjamin Menard’s exit was a two-part process.

In the first hand, he opened to 300,000 from utg, and then called the all-in of Steve Winters worth 2,360,000 total. Benjamin turned over , but couldn’t overcome the of Steve, who turned a set to lock in the hand.

On the very next hand, he 3-bet all-in for his last 550,000 facing an early-position open from Richard Lord. He tabled , but once again his overcards could not over come the underpair, as Richard’s held on the board.

Players are now on a short break.

8th place: Benjamin Menard – $2,000.00

Benjamin Menard

The next player to be eliminated in the 5-Year Extravaganza is George Kazarian. He opened all-in from the button and after a short consideration of the situation, Patrick St-Onge called. Kathy Sawers (bb) folded and the cards were turned on their backs.

George:
Patrick:

Things looked up for George for a split second when the window card became visible: . But when the other two cards were fanned out, the situation was not nearly as sunny: (to ooohs and aaahs from the table and spectators). The on the turn got a reaction as well, though it was more aesthetically pleasing than hopeful for George – he gained a single out. It was for nought as the came on the river and George hit the rail.

9th place: George Kazarian, $1,600

George Kazarian

Rejean Labbe started the final table with just 550K in chips and this was the 2nd time in 6 hands that he opened all-in – this time holding . Samuel Pouliot decided to call, but his was a definite underdog.

Samuel connected on the flop of and although the added some outs for Rejean, his hopes were dashed on the river and he was off to the Tournament Desk to pick up his payout coupon.

10th place: Rejean Labbe, $1,200

Rejean Labbe

Jay Srinivasan started the day with just 850K and was never really able to chip up significantly, though he won a few pots when required to keep his head above water and ladder up one payout level. In the end, he open shoved with and Steve Winters made the call with .

There was no help for the smaller pair as the board ran out and Jay was eliminated. With Jay’s elimination, the final table was established as well – we’ll have a full rundown of the new seating arrangement with approximate stack sizes in a few minutes.

11th place: Jay Srinivasan, $1,200

Jay Srinivasan

In another relatively straightforward hand, Jason Dupont has been eliminated, losing his all-in hand to Kathy Sawers. Jason was playing a 450K stack on the button and action folded to him and he shoved for his tournament life. Kathy didn’t have to think for long: call.

Jason:
Kathy:

The flop was pretty amazing for Jason: – giving him the flush draw as well as the two-way straight draw. The flop put him way ahead in terms of probabilities – but Kathy was still winning with Ace-high. Kathy got much stronger through the on the turn, which took all of Jason’s pair draws off the table, and the was a brick for Jason, who was eliminated in 13th place.

13th place: Jason Dupont, $1000

Jason Dupont