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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Here is the chip distribution on this first break of the final table of Event 12:

Final Table

Seat 1. David Dusome – 145,500
Seat 2. Robert Notkin – 207,500
Seat 3. Justin Dean – 101,000
Seat 5. Garry Thompson – 88,000
Seat 6. Alexandre Nadeau-Levesque – 180,500
Seat 7. Melanie Ares – 95,500
Seat 8. Bill Kontaratos – 264,500
Seat 9. Hiyaw Gebreyohannes – 267,500

Justin opened to 9,000 from under the gun, and Luca Boemio followed up with an all-in for 29,300. It folded around to Robert Notkin in the big blind, who moved all-in for over 100,000. Justin tanked for a moment, but inevitably folded, leaving the two others to battle it out heads-up.

Luca:

Robert:

With no help on the board, Luca was our first casualty of this final table.

9th place: Luca Boemio – $200

Luca Boemio