The blind levels had reduced to 30 minutes heads up as per the published event rules, and during the 3rd level of heads up play, […]
One double, one elimination
As predicted, things have moved very quickly to start the day. In the first hand played we caught one elimination and one double up.
Levon Dedeyan was eliminated from the bb after calling Logan Dunn’s all in bet from utg. Ivan Mamuzic tanked for a while before folding – but he found the fold and Levon called off the rest of his chips with a weak Ace compared with Logan’s KQoff. Logan outdrew Levon on the flop and his pair held up to eliminate the local player.
One table over, Vlad Faubert went all in from middle position for just under 50K and Guillaume “GRiver” Rivet called from the big blind. Both players had strong hands. Vlad held 
and Guillaume was a the underdog with 
. Vlad’s Aces held up for the double through GRiver on the 
board.
UPDATE:
Vlad’s double still left him short and he was eliminated shortly following to exit in 43rd place.
Day 3 starts in 5 minutes
The remaining 45 players in the partypoker.net WPT Canadian Spring Championship are making their way into the Tournament Hall, ready to resume action in this $3,200 + $300 WPT Tour event. Last night’s last elimination was also the player on the bubble, so everyone starting today is officially “in the money”!
Ari Engel is the big chip leader at this stage in the event, with a 200,000 chip cushion between he and Trevor Delaney in 2nd place.
There are also 6 players starting today with under 70,000 in chips – which is to say, less than 10 BB – so action should be hot right off the bat.
Play will continue today for 4 90-minute levels today. Good luck to all who remain in the event!
Event 12 Champion: Alexandre Nadeau-Levesque
Somewhere near the middle of this final table, Alexandre Nadeau-Levesque went on a heater, and never looked back. Combine this with his good decision making and excellent reads, and it is no doubt that he was the last man standing in this ‘Shootout” event!
In the last hand of play versus heads-up adversary Robert Notkin, who won last year’s Canada Cup Main Event for $366,660, Alexandre opened from the small blind to 65,000, and was followed by a call from Robert. On a flop of 
, Robert check-shoved his ~300,000 stack, which Alexandre called off.
Holding 
, Robert needed some help to survive versus the 
of Alexandre, however the running 
was not enough to double him up, and he was eliminated in the process. With that win, Alexandre pocketed $3,340, as well as a Playground Poker Spring Classic bracelet!
Congratulations!
Event 12 Champion: Alexandre Nadeau-Levesque – $3,340
Event 12 Runner-Up: Robert Notkin – $2,000
Robert Notkin
Last hand of play of Event 12
3rd place: Bill Kontaratos
After having busted David Dusome in 4th palce just moments ago with KK, Alexandre was dealt the same premium once again! This time it was even more of a cooler, as chips went in on a flop where both he and Bill Kontaratos flopped a set!
Alexandre: 
Bill: 
Community cards: 
With this elimination, we are now heads-up between Alexandre (~1,150,000) and Robert Notkin (~200,000).
3rd place: Bill Kontaratos – $1,350
Bill Kontaratos
4th place: David Dusome
Alexandre has been on a tear here on this final table of Event 12, having knocked out most players who dare cross his path. In this last hand, he opened from the button, and snapped when David went all-in from the big blind.
Alexandre: 
David:
David had some outs on the flop, but whiffed as the dealer rung out a board of 
, and for the second night in a row, David was eliminated off the final table holding a pair of eights versus a pair of kings.
4th place: David Dusome – $1,000
David Dusome
5th place: Melanie Ares
Sitting on a very short stack in the big blind, Melanie didn’t have much of a choice but to call all-in once Alexandre moved in on her from the small blind.
Alexandre: 
Melanie: 
Alexandre’s ace-high was good on the 
board to bring us down to 4 players.
5th place: Melanie Ares – $700
Melanie Ares
6th place: Hiyaw Gebreyohannes
Hiyaw Gebreyohannes tried a squeeze play from the small blind, after Robert Notkin opened to 25,000 from under the gun, and Alexandre Nadeau-Levesque flat called from middle position. He managed to make Robert let go of his hand, but Alexandre looked him up.
Hiyaw:
Alexandre:
With no help on the 
board, Hiyaw was sent home in 6th place, while Alexandre chipped up by over 240,000.
6th place: Hiyaw Gebreyohannes – $500
Hiyaw Gebreyohannes
Chip counts entering level 20
These are the counts of the 6 players left, entering level 20:
Final Table
Seat 1. David Dusome – 185,000
Seat 2. Robert Notkin – 199,000
Seat 6. Alexandre Nadeau-Levesque – 360,000
Seat 7. Melanie Ares – 67,000
Seat 8. Bill Kontaratos – 313,000
Seat 9. Hiyaw Gebreyohannes – 225,000
7th place: Gary Thompson
Facing an open to 16,000 from Bill Kontaratos, who was under the gun, Gary Thompson pulled the trigger with his final 78,000 from the button. When action got back to Bill, he went into the tank for a minute, and finally made the call.
Gary: 
Bill: 
Bill connected on the 
board to eliminate Gary in 7th place.
7th place: Gary Thompson, $350
Garry Thompson
8th place: Justin Dean
Sitting on the button and facing an unopened pot preflop, Justin Dean raised to 15,000. Alexandre Nadeau-Levesque 3bet from the big blind to 40,000, and was put to a decision when Justin moved all-in for 99,000. After a moment in the tank, he committed the calling chips, and they were in a race.
Justin: 
Alexandre: 
Community cards: 
8th place: Justin Dean – $250
Justin Dean
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