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, […]
Heads-up: Lauzon vs Shamshoum
We are now heads-up between Philippe Lauzon (8,225,000) and Rick Shamshoum (15,400,000), who are battling it out for a top prize of $28,780, which comes with a Playground Poker Spring Classic bracelet, and of course bragging rights! The second place finisher will still earn an impressive $19,479 prize.
Good luck gentlemen!
Heads-up between Philippe Lauzon and Rick Shamshoum
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- Philippe Lauzon
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- Rick Shamshoum
Yamani falls in 3rd place
We’ve just reached heads-up play in The Wild $150, as Isham Yamani was eliminated in 3rd place. With only 3,600,000 to his name, Isham open-shoved from the small blind, and was quickly called by Philippe Lauzon.
Isham: 
Philippe: 
They both paired the 
board, however Philippe held the stronger pair to eliminate Isham.
3rd place: Isham Yamani – $13,530
Isham Yamani
Top stacks
Here is an update of the leaderboard in Event 2, which is down to it’s three final tables:
- V. L. – 260,000
- Alexandre Fortin – 255,000
- Michael Aflalo – 250,000
- Devon Morgan – 225,000
- Karyn Gemmill – 200,000
- Daniel Kwon – 185,000
Michailidis places 4th
We just witnessed a cooler amongst the final four players of The Wild $150, as Rick Shamshoum opened from utg for 575,000, and snap called the all-in of Said Michailidis, which was worth almost 3,000,000.
Rick:
Said: 
The window card was just what Rick ordered, as he paired his ace on the 
board to bring us down to three-handed action.
4th place: Said Michailidis – $10,960
Said Michailidis
Lauzon scores a double-up
Isham Yamani opened from the button to 550,000, and went into the tank for a few minutes when Philippe Lauzon moved in from the small blind for a total of 1,950,000. He eventually made the call, but was in rough shape.
Isham: 
Philippe: 
The board ( 
) changed nothing, and Philippe doubled to just over 4 million, while Isham dropped to around 3.5 million.
Chartrand exits in 5th place
Play seems to be accelerating somewhat as the small stacks have no room to maneuver without the dominant counts of Rick Shamshoum or Isham Yamani having something to say about it.
The latest victim was Stephane Chartrand. He got it in with 
and was quickly called by Rick holding 
. The board ran out 
and Rick’s kicker held the hand.
5th place: Stephane Chartrand, $8,010
Stephane Chartrand
Level 14 photos
Photographs from levels 13-14:
Sauve eliminated in 6th
The players were unable to reach a deal after the recent attempt, and when play continued it took just a few hands for Said Michailidis to raise all-in from the cutoff. He was quickly called by Pierre-Olivier Sauve from the button.
Said:
Pierre-Olivier: 
The flop instantly put the hand almost out of reach for Pierre-Olivier: 
– Said had flopped the nuts. The 
was among the only cards that gave Pierre-Olivier some hope, but the 
on the river was not quite enough, and Said stacked up Pierre-Olivier’s 1.7M in chips.
6th place: Pierre-Olivier Sauve, $6,140
Pierre-Olivier Sauve
The players are in a huddle
The 6 remaining players have asked the TD to pause the clock to discuss a potential deal. We will let you know what the verdict is as soon as we find out.
Campeau’s queens run into kings
Said Michailidis opened the action to 375,000 from early position, to which Rick Shamshoum replied with a raise to 950,000. Benoit Campeau announced all-in from the big blind for around 3,600,000, and found a call only from Rick.
Benoit:
Rick:
The board stayed clean for Rick, who moved up to just shy of 10,000,000 with that hand, as Benoit was sent to the cashiers to collect his cash prize.
7th place: Benoit Campeau – $4,270
Benoit Campeau
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