Lu Zhang just lost a good portion of her stack, as she check-called on three streets from the big blind, only to find out her opponent made 2-pairs on the
board. Sheraz raised to 350,000 preflop, then bet 400,000, 500,000 and 700,000 respectively, to table
for eights-up. Lu mucked her hand, leaving her with just a little over 2,000,000.
Short chip-up break
We’re on a short break here as the TDs are racing off the T5,000 chips. Sheraz has regained the lead in this heads-up battle, as he has chipped up to 6,600,000, while Lu has dropped to 4,475,000.
Play resumes in level 32 momentarily, where the blinds will be 75,000 / 150,000.
Zhang loses a chunk, then doubles up
Two big hands have recently developed here on this final table, and one nearly cancelled the other in terms of chip displacements.
On the first hand, Lu fired a river-bet of 710,000 into a 1,000,000 pot when she made a flush with
, and Sheraz called with
for a full house on a
board.
On the next hand, she 4bet shoved for 2,400,000 preflop with
, and doubled up versus the
of Sheraz on a
board.
She won a few more pots and is now only 75,000 behind in chips, not even a full big blind!
Zhang is on the grind
Play has been quite slow here in the heads-up confrontation between Lu Zhang and Sheraz Nasir, but after Sheraz took the early lead, Lu put her game face on and grinded it back to nearly even. She now holds 5,315,000 chips, just a little behind the 5,770,000 Sheraz, but with the blinds at 50,000 / 100,000, it’s very much anyone’s game.
Chip counts at break
Heads-up at the partypoker.net WPT Canadian Spring Championship
Heads-up play is on a short break here at the partypoker.net WPT Canadian Spring Championship, and Sheraz Nasir has taken the lead, chipping up to 6,570,000, while Lu has dropped to 4,515,000.
Play will resume in a few minutes at level 29, where the blinds will be 40,000 / 80,000. Both players agreed to forgo the antes during this heads-up.
Levi Stevens falls in 3rd; picks up 6-figure payday
Levi Stevens
Levi Stevens has been grinding a short stack for a few orbits now, and we’ve seen him pull the trigger a number of times so far, most of which were uncalled. On this last hand, he moved in from the button for 505,000, and found a call from Lu Zhang in the big blind.
Levi:
Lu:
The window cards put Levi in heaps of trouble, as it paired Lu’s kicker. With
showing on the table, Levi shook his opponents hands and made his exit in 3rd place, collecting a 6-figure payday.
3rd place: Levi Stevens – $106,820
Chip counts – start of level 28
Below are the updated chip counts shortly after the start of level 28:
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Name,Seat,Chips
Levi Stevens,Seat 2,”1,015,000″
Sheraz Nasir,Seat 5,”6,085,000″
Lu Zhang,Seat 6,”3,985,000″
[/eztable]
Stevens hangs around
In a battle of the blinds, we saw Levi Stevens all-in and at risk versus Sheraz Nasir.
Levi:
Sheraz:
Levi paired an ace on the
board to win a pot of roughly 1,400,000, keeping this final table at 3 players.
Gary Lucci eliminated in 4th
Gary Lucci
Gary Lucci opened to 125,000 from the button, Sheraz got out of the way in the small blind, and Lu Zhang pushed all-in from the big blind. Gary made a quick call with his 1,105,000 stack, and was flipping for his tournament life.
Gary:
Lu:
Lu caught the window card, and went on to win the hand on a board of
to bring us down to 3 players.
4th place: Gary Lucci – $79,130
Chip counts
Here is a quick update on the current chip counts:
[eztable width=70% colwidth=30%|20%|20% colalign=left|center|center]
Name,Seat,Chips
Levi Stevens,Seat 2,”1,015,000″
Gary Lucci,Seat 3,”1,575,000″
Sheraz Nasir,Seat 5,”5,150,000″
Lu Zhang,Seat 6,”3,345,000″
[/eztable]
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