Heads-up play started very well for Mehdi but after Mathieu’s double, things started to tilt in his direction and the players were close to even – and then Mathieu moved ahead… and talk of a deal was resuscitated. They quickly agreed to reserve $3,500 plus the bracelet for the winner and chop the rest of the prize pool evenly between them. That is to say the players each took $26,820 with an additional $3,500 for the winner.

Almost as soon as the deal was done the players got involved in a hand that ended the tournament. On a flop of , Mehdi bet out and then Mathieu quickly raised all-in. Mehdi called for his tournament life.

Mathieu had hit two pair on the flop, holding while Mehdi had for just top pair. The turn came and the river was the .

1st place: Mathieu Tanguay, $30,320 and the championship bracelet

2nd place: Mehdi Alami, $26,820

After a rough start to the heads-up session, Mathieu has doubled through Mehdi to return his stack close to where they started a few minutes ago.

Mathieu raised to 650K from the small blind and Mehdi shoved. Mathieu didn’t take long to call, flipping over . Mehdi had the and was well placed to end the affair then and there.

It wasn’t to be, however, as there was an on the flop (along with and ) and the turn and river ensured that Mathieu would live to play more hands as he has climbed to 7.3M

After taking a 15 minute break, the two finalists are back at their seats to play out this heads-up match. Mehdi is starting with roughly a 2-1 chip advantage over Mathieu, but as we all know, anything can happen in heads-up.

Best of luck Medhi and Mathieu!

Martin had been extremely short stacked for some time but was managing to win some well-timed pots to climb the pay ladder considerably, until finally his stack was too short to fold any two cards. Mehdi has a monster stack and when he raised pre flop, Martin didn’t have much of a choice but to shove. Mehdi insta-called and the cards were flipped.

Martin:
Mehdi:

The board ran out and Mehdi eliminated another player.

3rd place: Martin Giguele, $15,820

Marilyn was just eliminated in 4th place, as she made a call on the river for her tournament life, and was behind. On a     board, Mathieu Tanguay shoved all in and got called. He turned over for broadway, which was better than Marilyn’s for top pair. She will take home $11,640 for her impressive 4th place finish.

4th place: Marilyn Joannette, $11,640

Two big stacks just clashed, and Mehdi Alami came out with the best of it. Mehdi button-raised to 550K, and Simon Pier defended from the big blind. The flop came , and Simon Pier led out with 750K. Mehdi thought about it for a minute, and raised to 2M. Simon Pier then three-bet shoved for just over 5M total, and Mehdi snap called. Mehdi turned over for top two, and Simon’s needed some serious help if he was to survive this hand. The turn came , and the river , giving Mehdi the win. Simon walks out with $8,575 for his efforts.

5th place: Simon Pier Belair-Grondin, $8,575

After losing 90% of his stack with pocket jacks versus the pocket kings of Mathieu Tanguay, Phannasophea was trying to grind his short stack back up. He did manage to double up once, but eventually he shoved , and got called by Mehdi’s . The board ran in the favour of Mehdi’s hand, showing    , and Phannasophea got sent to the rail in 6th place, collecting $6,320.

6th place: Phannasophea Muong, $6,320

After losing a few pots, Mathieu was left with 275K, less than 2 big blinds. Marilyn limped from the high-jack, and Mathieu shoved what he had left from the small blind. Mehdi called from the big blind, as did Marilyn. Both players checked it down to the river, at which point Mehdi placed a small bet of 300K. Marilyn folded, and Mehdi turned over for a straight on the board, and Mathieu flashed and threw it into the muck.

7th place: Mathieu Leclerc, $4,655

Erica’s deep run came to an end, as she three-bet shoved her 1.675M stack after Marilyn opened to 300k from UTG. Marilyn called and turned over , and was up against the of Erica. The board ran    , giving Marilyn the nuts and the pot.

8th place: Erica Freeman, $3,425