Patrick Fortin was all-in and at risk easily 5 or more times tonight on this final table, and has had an excellent track record thus far, winning them all. In this last hand however, he ended up on the losing end as his failed to improve versus the of Yan Fantinato on a board.

5th place: Patrick Fortin – $1,225

Eddie Daldalian found all of his chips in the middle in a race, as his was up against Maxime Cyr’s . The board brought no help to Eddie, showing , and Eddie was sent home in 6th place.

6th place: Eddie Daldalian – $925

Johny Mazzaferro has managed to regain the lead here on the final table of The Escalator, but is closely followed by Maxime Cyr and Yan Fantinato. Here is how the chips are currently distributed:

Final Table

Seat 1. Patrick Fortin – 154,000
Seat 2. Yan Fantinato – 297,000
Seat 3. Maxime Cyr – 385,000
Seat 4.
Seat 5. Johnny Mazzaferro – 487,000
Seat 6.
Seat 7.
Seat 8. Eddie Daldalian – 146,000
Seat 9.
Seat 10. Bill Kontaratos – 199,000

Yan Fantinato limped from the hijack, which enticed a flat from Andre Pelletier in the small blind, and a check from Eddie Daldalian in the big blind. On a flop of , Andre check-raised Yan’s 30,000 bet, and found all his chips in the middle drawing very slim.

Andre:

Yan:

The turn and river assured Yan the hand, and Andre finished in 7th.

7th place: Andre Pelletier – $700

Steven Saab found a good hand to move in with, as he pushed his last 93,000 with , however Johnny Mazzaferro woke up with a premium in the big blind, and made the call with .

Things were looking bleak for Steven, and the board of was of no help to him, ending his run in 8th place.

8th place: Steven Saab – $525

Here is an update on the chip counts of Event 2 – The Escalator:

Final Table:

Seat 1. Patrick Fortin – 43,000
Seat 2. Yan Fantinato – 230,000
Seat 3. Maxime Cyr – 324,000
Seat 4.
Seat 5. Johnny Mazzaferro – 290,000
Seat 6.
Seat 7. Andre Pelletier – 188,000
Seat 8. Eddie Daldalian – 311,000
Seat 9. Steven Saab – 90,000
Seat 10. Bill Kontaratos – 188,000

André Pelletier was very short (71.5K) and open shoved from UTG +1. Action folded around to Jennifer Brooks in the Big Blind who was also short – and she very reluctantly called.

Jennifer:
André:

There was no more action and the board ran out giving André the better hand. And when they counted down Jennifer’s stack to award the pot, she had no more chips left and was eliminated.

9th place: Jennifer Brooks, $400

Johnny Mazzaferro opened to 18,000 from the button, and was faced with an all-in from Josef Ares from the small blind, who had 93,000 to his name. Johnny hesitated for a while, but finally made the call, and they were off to the races.

Johnny:

Josef:

Johnny paired on the board, and extended his chip lead on this final table by adding over 100,000 chips to his stack.

10th place: Josef Ares – $325