Pascal Lefrancois Defeats Sorel Mizzi, Gives Nationals 4-2 Series Lead
Pascal Lefrancois has defeated Sorel Mizzi in game #6 of the GPL championship.
Pascal Lefrancois remains undefeated in the cube and has been a massive boon to his team since arriving late in round one of the GPL playoffs. He continued his great play when he gradually built a lead over Sorel Mizzi before finishing him off to put the Montreal Nationals two wins away from becoming the first GPL Champions.
On one of the last few hands, Mizzi made a flush, holding the 
on a four-club board. He bet 26,000 of his remaining 170,000 on the river.
"Now would be a great time for one of those hero bluff all-in type situations," Mizzi said.
Lefrancois followed his advice, shoved all in and Mizzi folded. Lefrancois went on to win the match a few hands later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000 | 500,000 |
|
Busted |
and Bill Perkins three-bet to 48,000 with pocket queens. McDonald went all in and Perkins called. McDonald hit a king of the flop to take the lead and Perkins couldn't catch up.
and Perkins called with 
. The flop came 
and both players checked the flop.
and Perkins checked for a third time. McDonald bet 52,000. Perkins called and took a big lead over McDonald.
and Jason Lavallee raised to 34,580. Rast called.
and Lavallee bet 35,580. Rast called. The turn was the 
and Lavallee shoved all in for 317,000. Rast had him slightly covered, but this was basically for the match. Rast then took a huge chunk of his time bank to make his decision. Here is the video clip of one of the most important hands so far in the GPL Championship.