There were 161 players to start tonight’s $500 + $50 NL Hold’em Freeze, which ended up playing out over 9 hours with tons of action all the way, particularly on the final two tables. There was a wide range of skill and experience in the tournament and the action never ceased in Event 13.
The final table action was extremely quick and aggressive and a few players endured roller-coaster rides with respect to their stacks as the two chip leaders were attacked with no caution throughout: aggression, aggression, aggression.
Mike Saragossi dominated a good portion of the final table play and when he found himself heads-up against Jonathan Bussières he had a 3-1 chip advantage. However the first hand of heads-up play featured an all-in and a call which ended up giving Jonathan a double up as Mike ran his 
into the 
Jonathan held.
With the stacks even, the players ruled out a deal and after some give and take of chips, the fateful final hand arrived.
Mike: 
Jonathan: 
Board: 
When the hand was complete, Mike rose to shake Jonathan’s hand but before he got there the dealer announced that he still had chips left… well – one 5K chip. This chip found its way to the centre of the table on the next hand – and Jonathan finished the job.
Event 13 Champion: Jonathan Bussières – $18,400
2nd place: Mike Saragossi – $13,675
Last hand of play
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kept the suspense alive but an Ace on the turn returned to his total of just one hand earlier. Then a few hands later, the Saragossi/Mask battle continued, again with Richard pushing and finding the call from Mike.
he felt sure he would be able to take it to the very end… Jonathan Bussières made the call of the preflop bet holding 
and Jonathan check-called James’ flop shove having binked the improbable trip 9s and the turn and river couldn’t get James back into the lead.
James was drawing extremely thin, and when the 
river was no help.
