Adrian Piasecki opened for 150,000 under the gun with and was met with a three-bet to 340,000 by Jason Lavallee, who held in middle position. Action folded back around to Piasecki, he moved all in for 1,725,000, and Lavallee made the call.
Piasecki was knocking on elimination's door, and the flop didn't provide him much help. He needed either an eight or running straight cards to extend his tournament life, and while he wouldn't find an eight, the turn and river did complete the improbable straight. Chop it up.
Marc-Andre Ladoucuer. Picture courtesy of PokerStars.
This €5,300 Main Event may be the cornerstone of the stop, but plenty of side events have kept players busy. What’s more, some of those events have been won by some familiar players.
Event #2, the €5,300 IPT High Roller, attracted 75 entrants to create a prize pool of €378,300. That event saw Canada’s Marc-Andre Ladouceur emerge victorious after facing a 4-1 chip deficit in heads-up play against Alex Roumeliotis to win €132,400. That made it three six-figure scores in a row for Ladouceur, who also finished 13th in the World Series of Poker Main Event for $465,159 and second in the EPT Barcelona Heads-Up Championship for €101,000.
"I remember sitting at the €10,000 Heads-Up in Barcelona with that big trophy next to me," Ladoucuer told Rick Dacey of the PokerStars Blog after the win. "I played for nine hours with it on the table so to actually win one is nice. To get a first title on the EPT is nice."
With 830,000 in the pot and a board reading , Artem Litvinov checked from the big blind and then called a bet of 325,000 from Ludovic Lacay. Both players then checked the river and Lacay rolled over ; however, it was no good as Litvinov had rivered two pair with .
Adrian Piasecki is the short stack after he lost a big pot to Ludovic Lacay, who in turn has caught up with Jason Lavallee.
Lacay opened the pot from under the gun with a raise to 160,000 and was only called by the Pole from the cut-off.
The flop fell and Piasecki bet 195,000 when the action was checked to him. Lacay called before both went on to check the turn.
The river came and Lacay checked for a third time. This invited Piasecki to bet again, for 265,000. Lacay sat stoically for more than a minute and then slid out a check-raise to 265,000.
Piasecki called with but lost out to Lacay who made two pair on the river with .
Benny Spindler and Keven Stammen are heads up for the High Roller event, with the winner not only getting close to €250,000 but also an exclusive cutlery set. Oh yes.
Philippe Boucher has booked another win for the French Canadian contingent, following in the footsteps of Marc-Andre Ladoucuer who won €132,000 earlier in the week.
and was met with a three-bet to 340,000 by Jason Lavallee, who held 
in middle position. Action folded back around to Piasecki, he moved all in for 1,725,000, and Lavallee made the call.
flop didn't provide him much help. He needed either an eight or running straight cards to extend his tournament life, and while he wouldn't find an eight, the 
turn and 
river did complete the improbable straight. Chop it up.
river and Lacay rolled over 
.
and Piasecki bet 195,000 when the action was checked to him. Lacay called before both went on to check the 
turn.
and Lacay checked for a third time. This invited Piasecki to bet again, for 265,000. Lacay sat stoically for more than a minute and then slid out a check-raise to 265,000.
but lost out to Lacay who made two pair on the river with 
.