Michael Zenetzis played a great game. He was the overwhelming chip leader at the first break, and stayed among the leaders all afternoon. In the end, playing 3-way, he was facing 2 monster stacks, and elected to open-shove 180K from the button. Mike Lafable, sitting on his left, isolated and they went to showdown:

Zenetzis:
Lafable:

Board:

Zenetzis walks with $1,084, his previously secured pay. Well done!

Our last 4 agreed to an ICM chop. The secured amounts are listed below, with an extra $250 awaiting the champion:

A few hands after the deal was struck, Miguel Goncalo was taken out severely. He correctly called Anderson’s preflop all-in bet, but the flop was brutal:

Anderson:
Goncalo:

Board:

Goncalo, however, had secured a fair share, and leaves with a nice 4-figure pay. Good job!

Simon Belzile was eliminated shortly after the last break in a hand that we missed. Since then, status quo was observed for the better part of 3 levels. Of course, there was some movement, but Mike Lafable was – and still is –  still in the lead with over 300K.

Omar Ghaba was the next player to bust. Lafable raised small, and both Ghaba and Anderson called. The flop was checked around, and Anderson open shoved the turn. He did get a call, which he must have thought was bad news, until he saw the cards:

Anderson:
Ghaba:

Board:

Shortly after, Marcel Cyr, who had brought his stack back to health but was blinded out again, invested his short stack against Michael Zenetzis:

Cyr:
Zenetzis:

Board:

Belzile took $310 for his 7th, while Ghaba’s 6th place gave him $370. Marcel Cyr did a good job at hanging around, and pocketed $470 for his efforts. Well done!

Peter Maltais was first eliminated from the final table. He took $240 for his 9th place finish. Chris Arvanitis followed when his fell to Mike Lafable’s small pair, played preflop. He took $280 for his final table appearance. Congratulations to both!

After these 2 quick busts, 7 players were sent on break. Here is the chip distribution:

Anderson F failed a few times at knocking out a short stack during hand-for-hand play. There was an that flopped 2 pairs against Simon Belzile’s , which hit the gutter on the river, and then his managed to chop a pot against Chris Arvanitis’ ! Flush for everybody!

After about 10 hands, Mike Lafable, on the other table, took matters into his own hands. Dominic Janvier was getting very low, with 4 or 5 big blinds to his name. He went all-in from the cutoff, but Lafable contested from the button with a couple of ladies:

Janvier:
Lafable:

Board: