Event 1 Champion: Brian Bond

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!

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2nd place: Jessie Wheatley, $22,597.

Jessie Wheatley

 

Let the Heads-Up begin!

  • Level: 34
  • Small Blind: 125K
  • Big Blind: 250K
  • Ante: 25K
  • Chip Average: 14.2M
  • Remaining: 2
  • Entries: 1439


  • 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!

    Event 1: Heads-Up

    3rd place: Andrej Bachynsky

  • Level: 33
  • Small Blind: 100K
  • Big Blind: 200K
  • Ante: 25K
  • Chip Average: 14.6M
  • Remaining: 2
  • Entries: 1439


  • We missed the beginning, but a huge hand was just played that spelled the end of Event 1 for Andrej Bachynsky and gave Jessie Wheatley a commanding lead going to heads up play.

    The board read 4 of Clubs 10 of Hearts 9 of Clubs with a minimum (-ish) pot in the middle between Jessie in the BB and Andrej on the button. The turn came 10 of Diamonds and Jessie checked, which was met with a quick shove from Andrej – and Jessie snap-called, flipping over Jack of Diamonds 10 of Clubs for the turned trips, while Andrej could only respond with 6 of Hearts 6 of Spades. The river was the 8 of Diamonds and that was the end of Andrej’s tournament.

    It was somewhat unlucky for Andrej because he played very well throughout the final day of action, driving the action most of the way and being one of the only players to make significant gains.

    3rd place: Andrej Bachynsky, $16,260

    Andrej Bachynsky

    4th place: Marcel Basset

  • Level: 33
  • Small Blind: 100K
  • Big Blind: 200K
  • Ante: 25K
  • Chip Average: 9.7M
  • Remaining: 3
  • Entries: 1439


  • 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: Ace of Hearts 7 of Hearts

    Jessie: 8 of Spades 8 of Clubs

    Board: 8 of Diamonds 5 of Spades 10 of Spades 3 of Clubs 9 of Diamonds

    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.

    Marcel Basset

    5th place: Patrick Pilotte-Renaud

  • Level: 33
  • Small Blind: 100K
  • Big Blind: 200K
  • Ante: 25K
  • Chip Average: 7.5M
  • Remaining: 4
  • Entries: 1439


  • 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 Ace of Hearts Queen of Diamonds 8 of Diamonds, 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 2 of Spades. 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: King of Hearts Queen of Spades

    Brian: Ace of Diamonds 4 of Spades

    The river ( 2 of Clubs ) 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.

    Patrick Pilotte-Renaud

    6th place: Joakim Beaupre

  • Level: 32
  • Small Blind: 75K
  • Big Blind: 150K
  • Ante: 25K
  • Chip Average: 5.8M
  • Remaining: 5
  • Entries: 1439


  • 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 Jack of Diamonds 10 of Clubs, and got the call from Andrej Bachynsky from the button, who was holding Ace of Spades King of Hearts.

    The board ran 5 of Spades 4 of Hearts 6 of Diamonds Jack of Spades Ace of Hearts, 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.

    Joakim Beaupre

    Update on chip counts

  • Level: 32
  • Small Blind: 75K
  • Big Blind: 150K
  • Ante: 25K
  • Chip Average: 4.9M
  • Remaining: 6
  • Entries: 1439


  • With 6 players remaining, here is how the chips are spread out:

    • Seat 2. Andrej Bachynsky – 7.80M
    • Seat 4. Marcel Basset – 3.32M
    • Seat 5. Brian Bond – 1.50M
    • Seat 7. Joakim Beaupre – 2.92M
    • Seat 8. Jessie Wheatley – 9.05M
    • Seat 10. Patrick Pilotte-Renaud – 3.72M

    The tournament is on break and will resume in a few short minutes.

    7th place: Derek Watanabe

  • Level: 31
  • Small Blind: 60K
  • Big Blind: 120K
  • Ante: 20K
  • Chip Average: 4.9M
  • Remaining: 6
  • Entries: 1439


  • 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: Ace of Hearts King of Spades

    Andrej:  9 of Hearts 9 of Diamonds

    Board: 4 of Hearts 7 of Diamonds Queen of Spades Jack of Spades 2 of Diamonds

    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.

    Derek Watanabe

    8th place: Angelo Simard

  • Level: 31
  • Small Blind: 60K
  • Big Blind: 120K
  • Ante: 20K
  • Chip Average: 4.2M
  • Remaining: 7
  • Entries: 1439


  • Angelo Simard has been eliminated in 8th place by Andrej Bachynsky. Angelo opened the action with a UTG shove for his 2.4M (approx) stack. It folded around to Andrej who snap called, and folded around the rest of the way.
    Angelo: Ace of Spades 8 of Spades
    Andrej: Ace of Diamonds King of Diamonds

    The result was pretty clear from the flop of King of Spades 3 of Hearts 10 of Hearts and although the Queen of Diamonds provided a little sweat, the 10 of Clubs sealed the deal and Andrej picked up all of Angelo’s chips.

    8th place: Angelo Simard, $3,520

    Angelo Simard

    9th place: Arjade Gregorio

  • Level: 31
  • Small Blind: 60K
  • Big Blind: 120K
  • Ante: 20K
  • Chip Average: 3.6M
  • Remaining: 8
  • Entries: 1439


  • Arjade Gregorio has been eliminated in 9th place.

    Andrej Bachynsky opened the action with a raise to 320K, and Arjade, to his immediate left, raised All In. Jessie Wheatley, the massive chip leader, asked for a count and we learned that Arjade was all in for 935K total. She folded (somewhat reluctantly) and Andrej didn’t think at all before calling the additional 615K.

    Andrej: 5 of Diamonds 5 of Hearts
    Arjade: Ace of Hearts Jack of Hearts

    The flop was pretty neutral: 9 of Spades 7 of Diamonds 7 of Hearts but the turn Ace of Clubs was just what Arjade was looking for. Unfortunately for him, the 5 of Clubs on the river gave Andrej the win on the hand and Arjade made the walk to the Tournament Desk to pick up his prize coupon.

    9th place: Arjade Gregorio, $2,600

    Arjade Gregorio