Kathy Sawers
Richard opened to 24K, and Benny followed from the small blind. Kathy then 3bet her 236K stack from the big blind, and Richard 4bet over the top, prompting Benny to let his hand go.
Richard: 
Kathy: 
Richard’s big slick started and ended ahead of Kathy’s hand, as the board read 
.
5th place: Kathy Sawers – $12,380.00
Kathy Sawers
Jason Helder
Richard placed a raise to 24K from the cutoff, and Jason Helder 3bet all-in from the button. Ari folded the small blind, and Benny asked for a count. The dealer cut out the chips and announced 283K, and Benny threw in a calling chip while Richard mucked his hand.
Jason: 
Benny:
Benny paired-up on the 
board to earn him a few extra hundred thousand chips.
6th place: Jason Helder – $9,900.00
Jason Helder
Patrick St-Onge
Patrick St-Onge was being very patient with his last chips, but once his stack dropped to just 51,000, he felt he had to go with the small ace he was dealt. He moved in from early position, and Benny Chen completed the call from the small blind to go heads-up in the hand.
Patrick: 
Benny: 
Board: 
Benny picked up a pair on the river to score knockout, and Event 14 is now down to 6 players. There is a break in a few minutes, and we will update the chip counts at that point.
7th place: Patrick St-Onge – $8,240.00
Patrick St-Onge
“The River-Man” was what Kathy Sawers jokingly called her table-opponent Richard Edwin Mask, after calling a big 230K bet on the river with a board showing 
. She tabled for three-of-a-kind, however Richard tabled 
for a rivered full house.
Kathy was left with around 200K after the hand, while Richard chipped up to over 1.1 million.
Paul El-Khouri
In only a few hands, Paul El-Khouri has gone from short-stacked to one of the leaders here on this final table of The Second Chance. After doubling through Benny Chen with over 
, he chipped up before finding another big double-up.
He opened to 18K from under the gun, and Jason Helder called in position. Heads-up on the flop, Paul fired 27K after the dealer rung out 
. Jason made the call, and they went to the turn. This time Paul checked his option, and called the 45K bet Jason threw out. When the river brought the , putting a 4th diamond on board, Paul checked again. Jason put the pressure on by announcing all-in, but Paul made a quick confident call.
Jason flashed 
for jacks-up, and Paul tabled the winning for a king-high flush, earning him a pot of nearly 600K.
Linda Huard
Richard Edwin Mask raised to 18K from utg + 1, and Ari called from the cutoff. Linda 3bet to 80K from the big blind, and Richard 4bet to 160K. Ari let go of his cards, and Linda pushed all-in for a little more.
Linda:
Richard:
Linda had a bad feeling on the flop even after spiking a set, and with reason as Richard turned the flush to win the pot on a 
board, bringing the field down to 7 players.
8th place: Linda Huard – $6,590.00
Linda Huard
Paul El-Khouri
Paul El-Khouri
Paul El-Khouri was on the button when he 3bet his 97K stack following an open from Benny Chen, who quickly made the call.
Paul:
Benny:
The 
board was safe for Paul, who doubled-up to over 200K.
Linda Huard opened the action from under the gun, and found a call from Benny Chen in the small blind. Benny check-called on the 
flop, and then check-shoved on the turn after Linda fired a big second bullet. Linda made the call to find her over-pair trailing the turned top-two of Benny.
Linda:
Benny: 
The fell on the river, and Benny won a pot of 700K, diminishing Linda’s stack to around 190K. The blinds went up on the next hand as level 18 ended.
Linda recovered regained a few chips at the start of the new level, when she flatted a 17K open from Jason Helder, which was also called by Patrick St-Onge in the big blind. All three players checked it down to the river, and with the board showing 
, Jason fired 15K. Linda raised to 50K, and after Patrick folded his hand, Jason threw in calling chips. She tabled , prompting Jason to muck his hand.
Richard Edwin Mask
Richard Edwin Mask
Shortly after finding a double-up versus Ari Engel, Richard Edwin Mask clashed with big stack Jason Helder, which resulted in a 660K pot where all the chips went in pre-flop.
They both tabled the same hand, Ace-King, however Richard’s were suited in hearts, and surely enough the board ran out as 
, giving the win to Richard, who is now our new chip-leader.
We lost short-stacked H H on the next hand, as he ended his run in 9th place, collecting $4,950.00 along the way.
Richard Edwin Mask defending his big blind when Ari Engel raised from middle position. On a 
board, Richard checked and Ari fired 16K. Richard raised the action to 41K, and Ari came along. The fell on the turn, and Richard took a minute before announcing his all-in, worth 115K. Ari made the call, and hands were tabled.
Richard:
Ari:
The river was a brick in the hand, and Ari lost some of his chip-leading chips, falling to a still very healthy 560K stack.
