Amir Babakhani, the winner of the 2013 WPT Canadian Spring Championship here at Playground, has been eliminated in 12th place in the Main Event.
We missed the preflop action – when we arrived at the table, Amir (button) was all in against Sorel Mizzi (co) for just over 500,000.
Sorel: 
Amir: 
Amir was drawing thin and the 
board provided little help. The turn 
added a few outs, but the 
river card wasn’t one of them.
12th place: Amir Babakhani, $67,000
We have just had our first elimination of Day 4. Simon Deadman, who started the day with the shortest stack in play, was sent packing by Upeshka De Silva, following a pre-flop all in.
De Silva had opened the action from his button, attacking Deadman’s big blind. When Deadman came over the top with a raise, the two quickly got their chips in the middle and cards were tabled. It was 
for Deadman, up against De Silva’s 
, in a familiar tournament race. De Silva took a commanding lead on the 
flop, one that he would not relinquish on the turn or 
river.
Deadman will collect $53,000 for his deep Main Event run.
The Main Event is set to play down to the final table today, as only 13 players remain from a starting field of 792 entries.
The final two tables are full of familiar names, including two former WPT champions, Ema Zajmovic and Amir Babakhani, but they all trail Patrick Serda, our current chip leader, who is playing a stack just shy of 5 million.
The players will grind through as many 90-minute levels as it takes to reduce the field to six finalists, who will return tomorrow for the final table.
Good luck to all!
As the dust settled in Day 3 of the Main Event, only 13 players remained in contention of becoming the next WPT champion, including two former champions: Ema Zajmovic and Amir Babakhani. They will return to action tomorrow at 12pm and play down to the official 6-handed final table.
Patrick Serda surged at the end of the day and ended up bagging the chip lead with nearly 5 million chips, while Santiago Plante (3,890,000) and Upeshka De Silva (3,720,000) are in a tight race for the second biggest stack. Full counts are found below.
See you tomorrow!
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Seat | Siège | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kauvsegan | Eham | Table 20 - Seat 1 | 2,110,000 |
| David | Guay | Table 20 - Seat 2 | 3,455,000 |
| Patrick | Serda | Table 20 - Seat 3 | 4,995,000 |
| Ema | Zajmovic | Table 20 - Seat 5 | 2,860,000 |
| Michael | O'Sullivan | Table 20 - Seat 6 | 1,580,000 |
| Jonathan | Little | Table 20 - Seat 8 | 1,790,000 |
| Simon | Deadman | Table 28 - Seat 2 | 875,000 |
| Sorel | Mizzi | Table 28 - Seat 3 | 1,310,000 |
| Amir | Babakhani | Table 28 - Seat 4 | 865,000 |
| Jack | Gong | Table 28 - Seat 5 | 2,985,000 |
| Pierre-Paul | Paulin | Table 28 - Seat 6 | 1,695,000 |
| Upeshka | De Silva | Table 28 - Seat 7 | 3,720,000 |
| Santiago | Plante | Table 28 - Seat 8 | 3,890,000 |
Day 4 players:
3-way on a 
flop, Santiago Plante (big blind) and Brent Roberts (under the gun) checked the action over to Pierre-Paul Paulin (button), who fired 110,000. Santiago made the call, and Brent raised all-in over the top for 765,000. As soon as Pierre-Paul mucked his hand, Santiago threw in a calling chip and tabled for the nut straight. Brent flipped over 
and had some chances of surviving, especially after turning a flush draw on the 
turn. The river was not helpful though, and he was eliminated in 15th place for $44,000.
Moments later Kliment Tarmako was eliminated from play in 14th place, cashing $54,000. We missed his final hand, however when we arrived at the tables we saw it was David Guay who had collecting his last chips.
Nektarios Papadedes saw his stack take a few hits over the last few orbits leading to his final hand. In an unopened pot, he threw in his last 300,000 from the button and found a call from Kauvsegan Eham in the big blind.
Nektarios: 
Kauvsegan:
Board: 
Nektarios couldn’t improve his hand and was eliminated in 16th place, collecting $44,000 for his final 2 tables finish.
