It’s been a long and distinguished road leading up to this point. Tonight’s STEP 3 Satellite was the end of the line after a series of STEPS satellites that began during the World Cup of Cards in January. Tonight, for a $1,500 + $150 buy-in, 10 players were guaranteed a seat in the Main Event at the MILLIONS North America event coming this May.
Registration was open until 11:15 pm and a total of 41 entries were logged.
The last hand involved Line Desjardins, who was holding 
against Jean-Philippe Piquette, who turned over 
. Line had been under the radar all night, nursing a below average stack and trying to stay in the game long enough to get the big prize. Line stayed ahead on the flop: 
– but JPP picked up an open-ended straight draw – which hit when the 
came on the turn. The meaningless 
on the river sent Line Desjardins home empty handed.
The ten remaining players of the STEP 3 are now proud owners of a MILLIONS North America Main Event ticket. This was a “must play” satellite, so these players will all take their seats when the MILLIONS North America arrives in May.
The next batch of STEPS leading to the STEP 3 on March 24th begins with the first STEP 1, being held on February 28th at 8:00pm.
CONGRATULATIONS to:
- Jean-Philippe Piquette
- François Tarrab
- Paul El-khouri
- Christine Park
- David Bolduc Hamel
- Babak Forozandeh
- David Beer
- Garry T.
- Ivan Driard
- Joseph Abou Khalil
