Shortly after the ICM deal was made, Patrick St-Laurent was eliminated, leaving Cole Spencer Neufeld and Jeremy Galin heads-up, with very similar stacks (about 2.2 million each). The hand that put Neufeld ahead started innocently enough, with Neufeld limping in, and Galin checking the option. The flop was checked by both. On the turn, Galin threw in a 200K bet, which was called by Neufeld. The river brought a , and Galin fired another 375K, which Neufeld called, having spiked the last card.

Jeremy Galin: 
Cole Spencer Neufeld:

Neufeld floated the turn with a plan in mind, but the river allowed him to just call, and he now had a 2 to 1 chip lead. Shortly after, Cole Spencer Neufeld open-shoved with , and Jeremy Galin called him with . The board came , and they were back even. A few hands later, Jeremy went on to 3-bet Cole’s bluff raise, and chipped up to a 3 to 1 lead after the fold.

The final hand started with a min-raise by Jeremy and a call by Cole. The flop came , and both players checked. On the turn, Cole took a shot at the pot, and fired 210K, which was casually called by Jeremy. The came on the river, and after quick deliberations, Cole went all-in for a pot-size bet, and Jeremy could not have called faster. He was setting a trap the whole way with ! Cole showed the , for a busted flush draw.

Well done Jeremy!

Event 4 Champion: Jeremy Galin – $3,525.00 and the Champion’s Trophy

Runner-up: Cole Spencer Neufeld – $2,730.00
3rd place: Patrick St-Laurent – $2,590.00

Last hand of play:

 

Immediately after Bianca’s elimination in 4th place, our 3 remaining players started talking chop. They sent the tournament director to the desk with their chip counts to crunch the numbers, and chatted calmly while they waited. The TD came back, and the ICM numbers were agreed upon, leaving $330 for first place, to be won along with the Champion’s Trophy by the eventual winner of the Event.

Patrick St-Laurent: $2,590
Cole Spencer Neufeld: $2730
Jeremy Galin: $3,195

Play has resumed.

The pace of the game had been slowing down a little bit, and our 4 finalists had been mostly buying blinds for the duration of the last level. Then Jeremy Galin, with more than a million in chips, raised to 200K from the button. Bianca Perron decided to go all-in from the small blind position, and when Patrick St-Laurent got out of the way, Jeremy quickly called and they went to the board:

Bianca Perron:
Jeremy Galin:  

Board:

Bianca’s sevens had run into kings. An unfortunate turn of events, but she now cashes $1,670, making things a little easier. Congratulations!

The only information we have on Quentin’s elimination hand, is that he got his aces cracked by a flush. He went out in 6th with $945 for his efforts.

Howard Kotchie, a former chip leader,ran into a monster when he took a shot at the blinds with . He met Cole Spencer Neufeld’s , and the board buried him: . Howard cashes the 5th prize, $1,255.

We missed Oroson’s elimination hand, but came back to the table in time to catch Jonathan’s. He went in pre-flop with a slightly better hand, holding versus Howard Kotchie’s . Kotchie caught up on the flop. The full board was . After that, Jonathan was left with 25K, which were lost on the following hand when he was all-in for less on the big blind and 3 players had ganged up on him.

Oroson went on to cash $535, while Jonathan took $715. Congratulations to both!

Bill Kontaratos had but a brief taste of the final table. He left after the first hand, which we unfortunately missed, but he takes home $305 for his run. Shortly after, June Jenkins pushed her stack forward from the cut-off with , but was called by Jeremy Galin’s . She thought she encountered some luck when she saw the flop, but the river brought the needed 3-outer for Galin, and she went out in 9th, good for $405.

Board:

She can now go take care of her $250 Frenzy Day 2 stack, which had been blinded out for the first few minutes of the night. We know of at least one other player in this situation, Cole Spencer Neufeld. He was trying to convince the others to reduce the break, unsuccessfully.

Here is a list of the 8 remaining players, with their counts:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège	Stack | Tapis
Quentin	Frossard	Seat 1	295,000
Patrick	St-Laurent	Seat 2	370,000
Cole Spencer	Neufeld	Seat 5	655,000
Jeremy	Galin	Seat 6	1,315,000
Howard	Kotchie	Seat 7	375,000
Jonathan	Shaoulan	Seat 8	645,000
Oroson Ernest	Howard	Seat 9	115,000
Bianca	Perron	Seat 10	595,000