The most decorated player from this Grand Prix Canada final table has just been eliminated, as did his hopes of taking down the $20,000 last longer sponsored by partypoker. Mike Leah was one of two remaining players with a Golden Chip on this final table, and the last man standing was set to take home the bonus prize. With Mike’s recent elimination, it is Kevin Zeidler who won the $20,000 bonus.
Mike lost a good portion of his stack when he open shoved
from the small blind in an unopened pot, putting pressure on shorter stack Cassidy Battikha in the big blind. With around 14bb in front of him, Cassidy made the call with
and held on for the double up, leaving Mike with under 10bb.
An orbit later, action folded around to Mike in the small blind, and once again he moved all-in – this time as the shorter stack. He found a quick call from Cassidy and the two tabled their hands.
Mike:
Cassidy:
Board:
Mike was eliminated on the hand, taking home a $25,000 consolation prize for his efforts.
Counts of the final 3 players:
First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
---|---|---|
Cassidy | Battikha | 30,485,000 |
Karim | Abdelhamid | 29,720,000 |
Kevin | Zeidler | 17,295,000 |
4th place: Mike Leah – $25,000.00
