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, […]
Leah takes a hit
Mike Leah
Mike Leah started the day as the chip leader in the tournament with over 300K in chips, but with play just 15 minutes into the second level he has relinquished about 2/3 of his starting stack today and is now playing about 100K. It seems that Nicholas Palma was the main beneficiary – he now has over 320K in this stack.
WPT CSC Day 2 photos
Here are a few photos of the action in level 11.
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- Mike Leah
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- Laurence Grondin
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- Kevin MacDonald
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- Marvin Rettenmaier
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- TJ Ulmer
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- Jeff Gross
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- Marc-Etienne McLaughlin
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- Ratharam Sivagnanam
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- Xuan Liu
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- Eddy Sabat
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- Pascal Lefrancois
Day 2, coming right up!
On order for this beautiful spring Sunday in the Montreal area is Day 2 of the partypoker.net WPT Canadian Spring Championship! In the two starting flights (Friday and Saturday) there were a total of 370 entrants, and 151 players have qualified for Day 2 and will resume play in just minutes.
The leaderboard in the tournament is a star-studded list. At the top is Ontario’s Mike Leah, who, in the past 18 months, has vaulted himself into the stratosphere of poker excellence. Also in the top 10 are 3 local stars, each of whom has an impressive poker resume by any standard. Eric Afriat (3rd in chips) needs little introduction to people who follow the WPT. A year ago he won the $3,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown and has been on a tear ever since. Pascal Lefrancois (4th in chips) came second in last High Roller event in the Playground Poker Fall Classic and was also the champion of the Main Event of the first-ever Playground Poker Classic – so he has a great history of success here. And Jason (@bebe_chien) Duval has taken the poker world by storm since is 3rd place finish in the inaugural WPT Canadian Spring Championship in 2013.
Lurking further down the list are some amazingly talented players, though, so none of the top 10 should get complacent. International superstars like Marvin Rettenmaier, Jeff Gross, and Griffin Benger are still in the event and have some chips to work with, as do some of our local players like Laurence Grondin, Vlad Faubert, and Ami Alibay.
Action is about to get under way… good luck to all!
Event 11 Champion: Johnson Bui!
Event 11 Champion: Johnson Bui
Everything seemed to have fallen into place tonight for Johnson Bui, as he entered this final table a little below the average, but consistently increased his stack as the tournament progressed. When play fell 3-handed, he was in the chip lead over opponents David Dusome and Peter Katsoulis.
In the final hand of the tournament, Johnson found himself the favourite in a three-way all-in, as he tabled a pair of 
, and only had a few cards to fade to overcome the 
of David and the 
of Peter. If this wasn’t enough, he even flopped a set of kings on the 
board to seal the deal, and take home the bracelet! He was also credited with a $6,000 cash prize for his win, while runner-up Peter took home $4,412, and third place finisher David pocketed $3,300.
Congratulations!
Event 11 Champion: Johnson Bui – $6,000
Event 11 Runner-Up: Peter Katsoulis – $4,412
Peter Katsoulis
3rd place: David Dusome – $3,300
David Dusome
Puradchithasan ends his run in 4th place
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
5th place: Richard Pothier
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
Gelinas finishes in 6th place
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
Gelinas on a roller coaster
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.
Spear goes down with aces
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
Roquebrune eliminated in 8th
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
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