Ramesh Puradchithasan was sitting on a premium hand for 4-way action, and when Johnson Bui moved in on him from the small blind, Ramesh made the quick call from the big blind, but only to find himself in a world of trouble.

Ramesh:

Johnson:

He was in even bigger trouble once the flop paired Johnson, and on a board of , Ramesh made his salutations to the other players on the final table, and took a walk to the cashiers to collect his prize.

4th place: Ramesh Puradchithasan – $2,500

Ramesh Puradchithasan

Richard Pothier was low in options given his short stack, and pulled the trigger from the small blind. He found a call from David Dusome in the big blind, and they were off to the races!

Richard:

David:

Community cards:

5th place: Richard Pothier – $1,900

Martin Gelinas went through every emotion possible here on this final table of Event 11, as he saw his stack rocket from healthy to crippled and back a few times. On his last hand of the night, he moved in from the button in a unopened pot with around 225,000, and was followed by Johnson Bui in the big blind.

Martin:

Johnson:

Johnson once again made the diamond flush, as the board showed , sending Martin to the cashiers.

6th place: Martin Gelinas – $1,450

Martin Gelinas

Martin Gelinas was down to 8,000 chips on this final table just a few hands ago, but after a few all-ins, he brought his stack up to 135,000. He then found himself the winner of a 3-way all-in, ramping up his stack to over the 400,000 mark! Moments later however, his could not over come the of Peter Katsoulis to bring him back down to around 150,000.

Play just entered level 25.

Shane Spear was involved in a huge 3-way pot, and with over 1 million in chips in the middle, he was the big favourite to win it all preflop versus opponents Johnson Bui and Ramesh Puradchithasan.

Shane:

Johnson:

Ramesh:

Johnson and his diamonds ended up winning the pot, as the dealer brought out a board of .  Ramesh was left with around 450,000 behind, while Shane was knocked out in the process.

7th place: Shane Spear – $1,100

Shane Spear

When action folded around to Martin Gelinas on the button, he threw in his last 40,000. David Dusome made the call from the small blind, and then called off Stephane Roquebrune’s all-in from the big blind, which was only 100,000 total.

Martin:

David:

Stephane:

Community cards:

Martin had the best of it with his pair of sixes, and tripled up his small stack, while Stephane was eliminated in the process.

8th place: Stephane Roquebrune – $800

Stephane Roquebrune

Here is the current chip distribution, as play enters level 24.

Final Table

Seat 1. Martin Gelinas – 45,000
Seat 2. David Dusome – 1,065,000
Seat 5. Stephane Roquebrune – 105,000
Seat 6. Johnson Bui – 330,000
Seat 7. Ramesh Puradchithasan – 605,000
Seat 8. Peter Katsoulis – 220,000
Seat 9. Richard Pothier – 975,000
Seat 10. Shane Spear – 320,000

Fernando Morgado open-shoved for around 300,000 from early position, and Richard Pothier went over the top from the button.

Fernando:

Richard:

Richard’s pair of queens held on the board, eliminating Fernando in the process.

9th place: Fernando Morgado – $600

Fernando Morgado