The attendance for Event 4 – $10,000 + $400 No Limit Hold’em High Roller – has climbed up to 33 players, with another two and a half hours left before the registration period closes. Only one player has hit the rail so far, as local Quebec pro Yann Dion was eliminated before the first break.
Here is an album of the players currently playing in this event:
The final table is set here in Event 3, and since this is a 6-max tournament, it will consist of 7 players. Here they are:
Good luck to you gentlemen!
Ron Grover 
Timothy Vukson 
Pierre-Marc Lefebvre 
Sabit Khandaker 
Garry Antonio 
Danny Nguyen 
Paul Mohorea
Event 3 has now fallen down to it’s final 3 tables of 6 players, with a total of 18 players remaining. This means we are but 1 away from the money with the tournament played hand-for-hand, and the next person eliminated will go home empty handed, while the rest will be sure to collect at least $660.
Here are a few photos taken in the last level:
After 4 days of poker, one player managed to outlast a field of 1439 to claim himself champion of Event 1 in the PokerStars Canada Cup! Brian Bond navigated his way through to the final table, and then managed to survive all the way to heads-up, where he came from behind and defeated Jessie Wheatley to emerge as the winner!
In the final hand of play, Brian found himself all-in and the flop holding 3 of a kind versus the two pair of Jessie. When the turn and river came blanks, Brian turned to his friends watching from the rail and gave them a smile that meant a million words. Jessie, who dominated the field for most of Day 3, picked up a consolation prize of $22,597!
Congratulations Brian Bond on your win, which also comes with a PokerStars Canada Cup trophy!
Event 1 Champion: Brian Bond, $36,230!
2nd place: Jessie Wheatley, $22,597.
With the elimination of Andrej Bachynsky in 3rd place, Event 1 is now down to heads-up play between Jessie Wheatley and Brian Bond!
The players decided to take a short break, and will be resuming momentarily. Jessie has an edge in chips, as her 18.2M stack dwarfs Brian’s 10.2M stack, but in heads-up poker, anything can happen!
Good luck to our two finalists!
Marcel Basset was the short stack of the final 4, and found himself all-in a few times without getting a call before he finally went heads up against Jessie Wheatley. He moved all-in from the button, and got a quick call from Jessie in the big blind.
Marcel: 
Jessie: 
Board: 
Only 3 players remain, with Jessie as the chip leader (11M), followed closely by Dave (10.7M) and finally Andrej (7.5M).
4th place: Marcel Basset, $11,960.
Patrick Pilotte-Renaud limped into the pot from under the gun, and was joined by Brian Bond from the small blind, and Jessie Wheatley from the big blind. On the flop of 
, Brian checked to Jessie, who made a bet of 400K. Patrick and Brian both called, and all three went to the turn, which brought the 
. Brian checked once again, as did Jessie, which left the door open for Patrick to make his move. He placed a bet of 1M, and after a few moments, Brian announced his was all-in for just over 4M. This made Jessie fold, and put Patrick into the tank, as the call would be for his tournament life. He eventually threw in the chips, and they both turned over their hands.
Patrick: 
Brian: 
The river ( 
) didn’t change anything, and Brian’s pair of aces was enough to eliminate Patrick in 5th place.
5th place: Patrick Pilotte-Renaud, $8,810.
Joakim Beaupre was nurturing a short stack for most of Day 3, and although he won a few key pots to survive, he recently got involved in a hand that ended his tournament. With only 2.2M left in chips, Joakim went all in from under the gun with 
, and got the call from Andrej Bachynsky from the button, who was holding 
.
The board ran 
, which was not enough to double Joakim up, as he saw his last chips get added to Andrej’s growing stack. He collected a cool $6,500 for his run.
6th place: Joakim Beaupre, $6,500.
With 6 players remaining, here is how the chips are spread out:
The tournament is on break and will resume in a few short minutes.
We’ve just lost another player here on the final table, as Derek Watanabe was eliminated in 7th place.
The hand started with Patrick Pilotte-Renaud opening from the button to 325K. Derek then announced he was all-in from the small blind, for a total of 1.125M, which put Andrej Bachynsky into the tank, who was in the big blind position. After a few moments of silence, Andrej announced the call, committing roughly 20% of his stack, which forced Patrick out of the hand.
Derek: 
Andrej: 
Board: 
Derek got up with a smile and shook his opponents hand, then wished the remaining players good luck before making his way to the cashiers for this $4,780 prize.
The tournament is now on a short chip-up break, and play will resume in level 32 momentarily.
7th place: Derek Watanabe, $4,780.
