Jôle Simard

Dennis Pedersen was on life support for a while. Even before the Event merged on the final table, he had 2 to 3 big blinds to his name. He kept folding, showing great patience, even doing so on the big blind, after putting up 50% of his stack on it, then managed to triple up.

It made for some interesting dynamics when the rest of the players were disputing a pot. Obviously, no one wanted to bust before he did. Pirooz Bayat, for exemple, took advantage of Sébastien Leboeuf by flat calling his flop bet, then firing big on the river when a third heart appeared.

In the end, Dennis Pedersen went down from the big blind position. He was all-in pre-flop, and Manfred’s set of tens was too strong.

Congratulations to all money finishers!

With the eliminations of Benjamin Chabot in 11th place and Claudemir De Oliveira in 10th, PLO players have reached the final table. With 8 prizes in the Event, the formation of the 9-handed final table also spells the start of money bubble play.

Here is the seating chart:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège
Mathyeu	Provost	Table 58 - Seat 1
Sébastien	Leboeuf	Table 58 - Seat 2
Dennis	Pedersen	Table 58 - Seat 3
Frédéric	Breton	Table 58 - Seat 4
Pirooz	Bayat	Table 58 - Seat 5
Manfred	Gunther	Table 58 - Seat 6
Joey	Boczek	Table 58 - Seat 7
Andrew	Johnson	Table 58 - Seat 8
Raymond	Latinsky	Table 58 - Seat 9

Six levels have passed in the $1,500 + $150 Second Chance Event, and players have taken their 2nd break of the day. Daniel Le, who took the lead earlier on, is still doing very well, with 82,900. But Diana Shamshoum is now in the driver’s seat, with 95,000 chips.

Here is the top of the leaderboard:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Diana	Shamshoum	95,000
Daniel	Le	82,900
Dave	Jeannot-Cyr	79,800
Jamie	Sequeira	78,100
Matthew	Shafman	77,900
Yann	Prévost-Dumont	73,700

Raymond Latinsky, who started the day 2nd in chips, seems to have the upper hand on Sébastien Leboeuf, perhaps due to his greater experience. With a few micro stacks in the field, The Event will move to the 9-handed final table momentarily.

Here are the counts at the break:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège	Stack | Tapis
Raymond	Latinsky	Table 32 - Seat 3	573,500
Sebastien	Leboeuf	Table 32 - Seat 4	480,000
Manfred	Gunther	Table 28 - Seat 2	447,500
Andrew	Johnson	Table 32 - Seat 8	396,500
Pirooz	Bayat	Table 28 - Seat 8	353,500
Joey	Boczek	Table 28 - Seat 1	339,000
Mathyeu	Provost	Table 28 - Seat 3	261,000
Frederic	Breton	Table 32 - Seat 6	230,000
Claudemir	De Oliveira	Table 28 - Seat 6	54,000
Dennis	Pedersen	Table 32 - Seat 2	12,500

With a break coming up, 3 players were taken out in a flash. Joey Boczek orchestrated 2 of them. He opened the first hand and was called by 2 spots. His continuation bet was also called twice, and when he bet the turn after hitting the nuts, only Mark W. Andress came along, throwing his last few chips in the pot. He failed to boat up, and finished in 13th position.

Joey Boczek: 
Mark W. Andress:

Board:

Just a couple of hands later, Richard Book opened, and Joey contested the pot. Book’s stack was very shallow, valued at less than 60K. The rest of his chips went in on the flop.

Joey Boczek:
Richard Book:

Board:

Richard finished in 12th place. Marko also lost the remaining of his chips on the other table in a hand that we missed. Marko was the first to go, just before Joey’s back-to-back knockouts.

11 players are now on break.

Mark W. Andress opened the pot to 10K, which was called by Joey Boczek. Manfred Gunther, whose 113K stack needed to get to work, decided to pot it to 43K. Mark got out of the way, and Joey announced all-in, almost reluctantly. Manfred called in a flash, and the hole cards were revealed:

Manfred:
Joey:

Although Joey’s hand had something to it, Manfred’s looked amazing. Joey said: “You’re gonna win.” Manfred replied: “Of course I’m gonna win!” And he did, with flying colors.

Board:

Manfred was good on the flop, but went on to hit runner-runner quads! Joey is left with just over 100K.