The final three players – Ben Menache, Stephane Bedard and Alberto Dumitru – agreed to an ICM chop of the remaining prize pool. According to the deal, Menache will receive $4,995.00, Bedard will get $4,630.00 and Dumitru will take $4,200.00. There is an additional $600.00 that will go to the eventual winner along with the champion’s trophy.

Not long after the deal was concluded, Bedard and Dumitru got it all in before the flop.

Bedard:

Dumitru: 

Board:

Although Dumitru lost as a favourite, he should be pleased with the deep run as he was down to only two big blinds when two tables remained.

Christian Lortie had the chip lead for most of the evening, but his luck just ran out at the final table. Lortie had lost most of his stack on the previous hand, and he moved all in for a handful of blinds from the button. Ben Menache, in the big blind, made the call and hands were tabled.

Lortie:

Menache:

It was a dream flop for Menache; . Lortie needed a lot of help, but the turn did not deliver and Lortie was drawing dead, making the river was a formality. Lortie will collect $2,680.00, in addition to the many bounties he collected, for his fourth place finish.

Yan Touchette has been eliminated in fifth place in a dramatic three-way all in. Touchette had his stack crippled on the previous orbit when he doubled up Ben Menache. With the blinds at 30K/60K, Touchette moved all in from under the gun for his last 160K. Alberto Dumitru, to his left, made the call before Christian Lortie moved all in from the small blind. Stephane Bedard then moved all in from the big blind, and Dumitru was forced to fold. The players rose from their seats as hands were tabled.

Touchette:

Lortie:

Bedard:

The board, , posed no threat to the queens and let Bedard more than triple his stack. Touchette will take home $2,030.00 for his fifth place finish.

Tony Stratopoulos has just been eliminated in sixth place. Stratopoulos played tight throughout the final two tables, but the cards simply wouldn’t cooperate, and he fell victim to bad timing. The action had folded to Stratopoulos on his button when he looked down at and moved all in. Unfortunately for him, Christian Lortie woke up with in the small blind and went all in over the top. And it was just about over on the flop of . Resigned to his fate, Stratopoulos rose from his chair to watch the turn and river hit the felt. Stratopoulos will collect $1,540.00 for his sixth place finish.

Shailesh Patel, who finished third in the $250 Frenzy, had been among the chip leaders for most of the night, but he ran out of momentum once he reached the final table. Having lost few pots just prior to the final table, Patel was relatively short stacked once the blinds reached 15K/30K. His last hand was a battle of the blinds; Patel moved all in from the small blind with and got called by Christian Lortie in the big blind with . The board, , gave Lortie a pair and sent Patel packing. Patel earned $1,170.00 for his seventh place finish