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, […]
D0r1t0s first out on the final table
Chris McClung, better known by his online surname “D0r1t0s”, is our first casualty on this final table of The $250 Frenzy. His stack was crippled to 35,000 as he called the button-shove of Glen Hammers from the big blind, and lost with 
versus the 
of Glen on a 
. He managed to rebuild it a little, running it up to 235,000 after winning one all-in, and chopping another, before finding himself all-in again, this time versus Ko Maddock. Chris’ was however crushed by the 
of Ko Maddock on a 
board, sending him to the cashiers in 10th place.
10th place: Chris McClung – $2,700
Chris McClung
Event 5 stacks update
There are 7 players left in Event 5 – here are approximate chip counts for all of the remaining players.
Final Table
- Empty Seat
- John Paul Tabago – 404K
- Empty Seat
- Charles-Eric Benoit – 293K
- John Power – 215K
- Isham Yamani – 188K
- Gregory Katayama – 329K
- Francois Goulet – 558K
- Sammy Lafleur – 472K
- Empty Seat
JPP out 9th
Players Club member Jean-Philippe Piquette has been eliminated in 9th place in today’s $550 Freeze.
JPP had only around 3.5 big blinds when he went all in. Francois Goulet raised to isolate, and when the rest of the players folded the players turned over their hands.
Jean-Philippe: 
Francois: 
The flop gave both players a pair: 
but Jean-Philippe couldn’t improve through the 
turn and river and hit the rail.
A couple of hands later, Mike Fraser was also eliminated. Event 5 is now down to 7 players.
9th place: Jean-Philippe Piquette, $1,600
8th place: Mike Fraser, $2,100
We have a new chip leader!
We just witnessed a huge flip happen between Randy Khalil and Senthuran Vijayaratnam which shifted the balance of the chip lead.
Randy opened to 300,000 from middle position, and was 3bet to 900,000 by Senthuran from the button. Randy took his shades off, peaked at Senthuran’s stack, which was of 2,715,000, and then announced the all-in. Senthuran threw in some calling chips, and it was flip for over 5.5 million chips!
Randy: 
Senthuran: 
Randy made 2 pairs on the flop, but Senthuran caught up on the turn, making a straight on the 
board to win the huge pot, and take over the chip lead, leaving Randy with around 3,700,000.
Shortly after, in a battle of the blinds, and with a board showing 
, Richard Fiegiel was all-in and called by Randy.
Randy: 
Richard: 
The turn and river ( 
) changed nothing, and Richard doubled the 955,000 he had behind on the flop, reducing Randy’s stack to around 2,300,000, which is still slightly above average.
Senthuran Vijayaratnam
Figiel doubles up through McClung
Chris McClung opened the action to 215,000 from middle position, and was followed by an all-in of 565,000 by Richard Figiel. The rest of the players got out of the way, and Chris committed the extra chips.
Chris:
Richard:
Community cards: 
Richard Figiel
Final Table of the $550 Freeze!
Gagandeep Singh has been eliminated in 11th place ($1,200) and the remaining 10 players have been randomly seated on the final table.
Final Table
- Jean-Philippe Piquette
- John Paul Tabago
- Dustin Melanson
- Charles-Eric Benoit
- John Power
- Isham Yamani
- Gregory Katayama
- Francois Goulet
- Sammy Lafleur
- Mike Fraser
In the first hand after the final table began, Dustin Melanson was eliminated as well, in 9th place ($1,200).
Update on chip counts
Here are the current chip counts of the final 10 players, as they enter level 30:
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Name,Chip Count [attr sort=desc]
Chris McClung,”2,055,000″
Richard Figiel,”595,000″
Randy Khalil,”6,430,000″
Frederic Mercier,”180,000″
Nick Petsas,”3,310,000″
Jimmy Setna,”1,990,000″
Ko Maddock,”1,460,000″
Senthuran Vijayaratnam,”1,925,000″
Glen Hammers,”1,410,000″
Gerald Macleod,”2,080,000″
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Two quick min-cashes
Immediately after the bubble burst, two of the other short stacks were eliminated, but in their case for a $1000 prize each. The two players eliminated were Tommy Boily in 13th place and Alexandre Fortin in 12th.
After the next player is eliminated, the final table of 10 players will be set, which comes along with a full redraw.
Racine out on the bubble
After 20 hands of hand-for-hand play, Olivier Racine has been eliminated in 14th place, and consequently the rest of the players are in the money.
Olivier’s stack had been severely depleted by the time his final hand came along, but even though he was playing no more than a 3 big blind stack, he managed to fold both his big and small blinds. On the button, however, he held 
– enough to get it in.
Mike Fraser – who no longer has a dominant stack in the tourney – found a call from the big blind, but was holding just 
.
The flop was 
– there was not much for anyone in it, and Ace-high probably seemed pretty safe, considering the circumstances. The turn, however, was a 
and suddenly Mike was open-ended. The on the river sealed the deal, and Olivier was eliminated.
The bubble hand of Event 5
Meet the final table!
We’ve now reach the final table of ten players here in The $250 Frenzy, and here they are! There will be a break in a few minutes, and we will bring an update on their chip counts at this point.
Final Table
Seat 1. Chris McClung
Seat 2. Richard Figiel
Seat 3. Randy Khalil
Seat 4. Frederic Mercier
Seat 5. Nick Petsas
Seat 6. Jimmy Setna
Seat 7. Ko Maddock
Seat 8. Senthuran Vijayaratnam
Seat 9. Glen Hammers
Seat 10. Gerald Macleaod
Congratulations gentlemen!
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- Chris McClung
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- Randy Khalil
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- Nick Petsas
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- Gerald Mcleod
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- Richard Figiel
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- Senthuran Vijayaratnam
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- Jimmy Setna
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- Frederic Mercier
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- Ko Maddock
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- Glen Hammers
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