The action was pretty calm all the way down to the river on a board, but river betting was extremely quick and cost Ricky most of his stack. Ricky (first to act) bet 350K and Benoit insta-shoved his shorter (but still healthy) stack. Ricky didn’t think twice before calling and tabling for flopped trip 7s… unfortunately for him, Benoit tabled his for a runner-runner straight to the 7.

Ricky went from chip leader down to just about 1.6M chips, and Benoit is the massive chip leader.

With the eliminations of Jean-Pierre Hetu and Michael Neuber after a long period of 4-handed play, the tournament has reached the final showdown between two players playing heads up poker.

The two players remaining are Ricky Tang (4M chips) and Benoit Pesant (3.9M chips) and they are playing for $67,335 for 1st place and $47,205 for 2nd place.

Good luck to both of the players remaining!

Michael Neuber, who came in as one of the shorter stacks on the final table of this Event 7, seemed to be impossible to eliminate. At numerous occasion he found himself all-in, but always came out a winner in the hand. That is until he ran into a big hand with Benoit Pesant, and failed to scoop the chips.

Michael raised from the button to 105K, and was called by Benoit from the big blind. On a flop of , Benoit check-called Michael’s 135K bet. The turn showed a , and Benoit once again checked to Michael, who this time around decided to pull the ultimate trigger and went all-in for just over 800K. Benoit didn’t take too long to make the call, and it turned out to be a good call, as his were miles ahead of Michael’s with only one card to come. The river was a brick, and Michael was eliminated in the hand, taking home $30,365.

The blinds increased the following hand.

3rd place: Michael Neuber, $30,365

Our chip leader at the start of the day has just been eliminated in 4th place. Holding a stack of roughly 750K, Jean Pierre limped from the small blind, and Ricky Tang shoved all-in from the big blind. Without any hesitation, Jean Pierre made the quick call, and turned over . He was up against Ricky’s , and it seemed like an ideal spot for him to double his stack up and bring him right back into the game. Unfortunately for him, the board of gave Ricky the straight, eliminating Jean Pierre in 4th place for $22,475.

4th place: Jean Pierre Hetu, $22,475

The final table of Event 7 is now on break, and the chips counts of our final 4 are the following:

• Seat 1. Michael Neuber – 1.9M
• Seat 4. Jean Pierre Hetu – 1.4M
• Seat 7. Ricky Tang – 2.7M
• Seat 8. Benoit Pesant – 1.8M

Asm Nazmul Huda was the most recent casualty at this final table of Event 7 – $1000 + $100 No Limit Hold’em, as he went all-in from the button with his final 400K after Jean Pierre Hetu flat called from the cut-off. Benoit re-raised all-in from the big blind, forcing Jean Pierre out of the hand.

Asm showed down , and was far behind the of Benoit. The board ran , sending Asm to the rail with a $16,870 payday.

5th place: Asm Nazmul Huda, $16,870

Daniel Cote raised to 65K from the cut-off in an unopened pot, and was 3-bet to 155K by Ricky Tang in the big blind. After a short pause, Daniel announced he was all-in for just over 800K, and was snapped called by Ricky, who had him covered by around 100K.

Daniel:
Ricky:

The board stayed clean for the pair of queens, showing , and Daniel was eliminated in 6th place for $13,490.

6th place: Daniel Cote, $13,490

The final table of Event 7 is down to 6 players, who are enjoying a 15-minute break for now. Their chip counts stand as follows:

• Seat 1. Michael Neuber – 435K
• Seat 2. Daniel Cote – 915K
• Seat 4. Jean Pierre Hetu – 2.63M
• Seat 6. Asm Nazmul Huda – 1.725M
• Seat 7. Ricky Tang – 665K
• Seat 8. Benoit Pesant – 1.46M

Joe Pawlik was just eliminated in 7th place, collecting $11,205 for his final table finish. We missed the exact action, but from what was described to us, Joe Pawlik got all his chips in the middle on a K 10 8 flop after having raised preflop. Unfortunately his AK, for top pair top kicker, ran into Benoit Pesant’s pocket 10s, and the set of tens was good to the river.

7th place: Joe Pawlik, $11,205