Here are the chip counts of the final 5 players in Event 12:

Final Table

• Seat 1. Alexandre Bedard – eliminated in 6th – $4,800
• Seat 2. Gregory Katayama – 230,000
• Seat 3. Xin Qi – 1,101,000
• Seat 4. Mike Fraser – eliminated in 8th – $2,600
• Seat 5. Gary Lucci – eliminated in 10th – $1,500
• Seat 6. James McDermott – 295,000
• Seat 7. Thanh-Phong Bui – eliminated in 9th – $2,000
• Seat 8. Steve Daraiche – 1,890,000
• Seat 9. Richard Leger – eliminated in 7th – $3,600
• Seat 10. Kyle Chang – 1,055,000

Alexandre Bedard opened to 50K from the button in a unopened pot, and was followed by an all-in from Gregory Katayami in the big blind. Having already wagered 20% of his stack, Alexandre committed his remaining 200K into the middle.

Alexandre:

Gregory:

Alexandre found some help on the turn pairing his 6, but Gregory made the winning hand on the river by hitting a queen.

6th place: Alexandre Bedard, $4,800

Action folded around to Steve Daraiche in the big blind, who placed a small raise, then snap called when Richard Leger moved in for just under 400K.

Steve:

Richard:

Steve’s pair of nines held on the board to score the knock-out.

7th place: Richard Leger, $3,600

Mike Fraser was playing very passively today, and was blinded down until just one big blind. Sitting in the big blind, he was automatically all-in. Play folded around until Gregory Katayama on the button, who moved his 250K stack in to go heads-up with Mike.

Mike:

Gregory:

Gregory made two pair to eliminate Mike in 8th place.

8th place: Mike Fraser, $2,600

On a board showing , Thanh-Phong 3-bet his 356K stack after having his bet min-raised by Steve Daraiche. Steve made the call, and they turned over their hands.

Thanh-Phong:

Steve:

Thanh-Phong found no help with the running to finish in 9th place.

9th place: Thanh-Phong Bui, $2,000

Gary Lucci 4-bet jammed his 400K stack from early position, and was called by Kyle Chang.

Gary:

Kyle:

Kyle’s pair held up on the board to eliminate our first player of the night.

10th place: Gary Lucci, $1,500

We just witnessed the first all-in and call of the night, as Thanh-Phong Bui 4-bet jammed his 325K stack and got called by Richer Leger. They both turned over the same hand, a pair of sixes, with Thanh-Phong holding black cards, and Richard with red sixes. There was a sweat, as the turn brought a third diamond on board, but the hand finished in a chop.