Although heads-up play started quite even in stacks, with both players holding over 50 big blinds to start, it didn’t take long for Pierre Andre Prevost to start chipping away at Alexandre Lavigne’s stack. After a few orbits, Pierre had a healthy 6-to-1 chip lead on his opponent, leading up to the final hand of play.

Pierre opened to 60,000 from the button, and was faced with an all-in worth around 350,000 by Alexandre. He thought about his options for a moment before committing the chips, and found himself way ahead, as he tabled versus the of Alexandre. The flop changed everything though, as Alexandre paired his kicker, however the river gave Pierre the better hand, as the final board showed .

With that win, Pierre collected a cash prize worth $12,495, as well as bragging rights, while Alexandre pocketed $9,45 for his second place finish.

Congratulations!

Anniversary Series $500 + $50 Deepstack Champion: Pierre Andre Prevost – $12,495.00

Runner-Up: Alexandre Lavigne – $9,450.00

Alexandre Lavigne

Last hand of play

Simon Huard-Dufresne opened to 40,000 from the small blind, and found a call from Alexandre Lavigne in the big blind. On a flop of , Simon fired 55,000, and then pushed all-in following a raise by Alexandre to 120,000. Alexandre made the quick call, and the two players tabled their hands.

Simon:
Alexandre:

Simon needed to spike a straight card to survive, but was drawing dead once the turn brought the . The river was a meaningless , and Alexandre scored the double up. He slid forward 459,000 chips, and once all was paid out, Simon was left with only 6,000 to his name.

He chopped the very next pot, and then was eliminated on the hand following this.

3rd place: Simon Huard-Dufresne – $7,220.00

After falling quite short stack, Simon Huard-Dufresne moved all-in a few times in the last few orbits, each of which remained uncalled.

On the most recent hand, he moved all-in from the button, and this time found action from Jeremie Bilodeau in the small blind.

Simon:
Jeremie:

Simon’s pair of tens held up on the ;3d board, and once the counts were done, it turned out that his 288,000 stack had Jeremie just barely covered.

4th place: Jeremie Bilodeau – $5,520.00

Pierre Andre Prevost opened to 25,000 from middle position, and found himself going heads-up to the flop versus Rodney Ramalho in the big blind.

Rodney check-called Pierre’s 40,000 flop bet, on a board showing , holding around 160,000 behind. When the turn brought the , he checked again, and went into the tank after Pierre moved all-in. After a minute or two, he announced the call, and saw he needed some help to survive the hand.

Rodney:
Pierre:

The river was a meaningless , and Rodney’s run ended in 5th place.

5th place: Rodney Ramalho – $4,220.00

We caught up to the action on the river in a hand between Alexandre Lavigne (button) and Patrice Mailloux (big blind). With a considerable amount of chips already in the middle, Patrice fired 40,000 on a board showing . Alexandre replied with an all-in, which represented Patrice’s tournament life. Patrice threw in a calling chip, but was disappointed to see that Alexandre had ran a straight with , beating his set of .

With that pot, Alexandre increased his stack up to just over 900,000, roughly 1/3 of the chips in play.

6th place: Patrice Mailloux – $3,250.00

Pierre Cassivi was very short stacked but still found a way to limp into the pot from middle position. Action folded around to Patrice Mailloux, who checked his option from the big blind. The rest of Pierre’s chips went into the middle on the flop, at which point he found himself in a world of trouble, as his were far behind the of Patrice.

The running cards ( and ) were of no help, and Pierre’s deep run ended in 8th place.

8th place: Pierre Cassivi – $1,900.00

Pierre Cassivi