Play opened up a considerable amount after the deal was made, and the two shorter stacks, Sean Windover and Robin Clouatre, were almost instantly eliminated. After several hands of back and forth, a wild hand occurred, as all 4 remaining players found themselves all-in.
Alexandre:
Daniel:
Julio:
Vo:
Daniel Kwon, who had the biggest stack, limped under the gun and then called once all three other players moved in one after the other. He was the favourite to win the hand, and therefore the whole tournament, as long as his pair could hold. This was not the case however, as Alexandre ran a flush on the
board to win the massive pot, worth 85% of the chips in play. Daniel was left with around 700,000, but doubled it up in the first hand of heads-up versus Alexandre.
This hand strangely resembles one that occurred here less than a year ago, where Robert Notkin went on to eliminate his final three opponents to win the PokerStars Canada Cup Main Event. Robert, chip leader at the time, also limped under the gun with a pair of KK, and called after all three of his opponents moved all-in. The outcome tonight was a little different, as Robert won the hand, and with it the tournament. You can read about the hand here.