Chip leader Stéphane Lacasse was running good until Ramsey Belmaaza was transfered to his table. As Ramsey started to scoop up chips one pot after another, Stéphane said, “at least the chips aren’t coming from me!”, with a smile.
The chuckles were short-lived and the tide turned for Lacasse in the next hand. The hand started out normally with a 2,500 pre-flop raise, from Philippe Bouchard, which was called by Antony Pelletier, Lacasse, and Alexandre Nadeau-Lévesque. Newcomer Alexandre was playing his first hand at the table.
The four players watched the flop come out: 
. First to act, Lacasse made a small 7,500 bet, which was quickly called by Alexandre. Both Bouchard and Pelletier folded immediately. The turn came 
and Lacasse waited a little before betting 12,000 chips. This left Alexandre who quickly shoved all his 38,800 chips forward.
Obviously not expecting this, Lacasse went deep into the tank and divided his reflection time between scratching his head and staring at Nadeau-Lévesque, who was sitting right next to him. It took a few minutes before one word was heard from Lacasse’s mouth: “call”. Stéphane let out a sign as Alexandre showed his hand: 
; he had hit trips on the flop. The dealer laid out Stéphane’s cards in front of the board: 
, showing top pair, top kicker.
The river sealed Lacasse’s fate: .
So, Lacasse pays for his opponent’s quads and sees his stack reduced to about half to average.
