The tournament director put the action in “hand for hand” mode when the players were down to 11. After a few hands in this format, Hélène Korak raised preflop to 11,000, and after a few moments, Antoine Sankari turned up the pressure and pushed all-in. The other players folded, leaving Hélène with a hard decision. Antoine had more chips, so it was do or die. After some thought, she grabbed all her chips and said, “all-in”, slamming the stack on the table and showing 
.
This didn’t sit well with Antoine who turned over his hand: 
. Things were looking great for Hélène. Unfortunately for Hélène, the window was hiding a card that would sent her to the rail, on the 
flop. Still hopeful, Hélène asked for a king, but the turn and river 
would not save her.
The conclusion of this hand signaled the end of the satellite and made 10 smilling winners the lucky recipients of the coveted STEP 2 tickets. Players will be returning to the tables tomorrow at 8:00PM when the STEP 2 kicks off. Any player can buy directly into any of the steps. STEP 2 buy-ins are $445, and STEP 3 buy-ins are $1,665.
Congratulations to:
- André Vézina
- John W. Kedziora
- Adam Cader
- Robert Turcotte
- Rishi Makkar
- Jason Guily
- Antoine Sankari
- Tomislav Pavkovic
- Daniel Belisle
- Alain Lavoie
