2015 partypoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship

Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2015 partypoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
22
Prize
237,390 CAD
Event Info
Buy-in
3,200 CAD
Prize Pool
1,148,480 CAD
Entries
370
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000

Fireworks On The Flop

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Lu Zhang
Lu Zhang

Lu Zhang bet 72,000 into a {7-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{3-Hearts} flop heads-up with Gary Lucci.

Lucci fired back with a raise to 150,000, but Zhang wasn't finished. She three-bet to 352,000.

Lucci called and the turn brought the {5-Spades}. Zhang fired out a bet of 506,000 and Lucci folded claiming a big pocket pair.

Player Chips Progress
Lu Zhang
Lu Zhang
2,900,000 900,000
Gary Lucci ca
Gary Lucci
1,100,000 -1,191,000

Tags: Lu ZhangGary Lucci

John Krpan Eliminated in 11th Place ($17,290 CAD)

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
John Krpan
John Krpan

John Krpan got his short stack all in preflop against both Pascal LeFrancois and Robert Taylor.

On the {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} flop, LeFrancois pushed Taylor off with a bet. Krpan showed {k-Diamonds}{K-Spades}, but LeFrancois had flopped the joint with {6-Spades}{7-Clubs}.

The {5-Spades} turn and {10-Clubs} river did little for Krpan and as he exited 11th, they are redrawing for seats at the unofficial final table of ten.

Player Chips Progress
John Krpan ca
John Krpan
Busted

Tags: John KrpanPascal LeFrancoisRobert Taylor

Samuel Tsehai Eliminated in 12th Pace ($17,290 CAD)

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Samuel Tsehai
Samuel Tsehai

Samuel Tsehai is out and Lu Zhang is now contending for top spot on the chip count board with 11 left.

The overnight chip leader got it all in with {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} on the turn of a {3-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} board.

However, Zhang had {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} and it held following the {5-Spades} river.

Player Chips Progress
Lu Zhang
Lu Zhang
2,000,000 378,000
Samuel Tsehai ca
Samuel Tsehai
Busted

Tags: Lu ZhangSamuel Tsehai

Karamalikis Doubles; Tsehai Slides

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Samuel Tsehai
Samuel Tsehai

Jonathan Karamalikis got relatively short and got it in with {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs} versus Pascal LeFrancois' {J-Clubs}{K-Hearts}.

He won the flip and doubled on a {6-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{a-Spades}{2-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} run out.

In the meantime, on the other table, Samuel Tsehai had bet 220,000 into a pot of about 300,000 on the river of a board reading {K-Hearts}{5-Spades}{10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{A-Hearts} heads-up with Sheraz Nasir.

Nasir raised to 535,000 and after a good few minutes in the tank someone called the clock on Tsehai. He eventually folded and the start-of-day chip leader is now down to about half of what he began play with.

Player Chips Progress
Sheraz Nasir ca
Sheraz Nasir
WPT 1X Winner
1,700,000 371,000
Pascal LeFrancois ca
Pascal LeFrancois
1,000,000 545,000
Samuel Tsehai ca
Samuel Tsehai
750,000 -715,000
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
600,000 -123,000

Tags: Jonathan KaramalikisPascal LeFrancoisSamuel TsehaiSheraz Nasir

Jeff Gross Eliminated in 13th Place ($14,130 CAD)

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Jeff Gross
Jeff Gross

There won't be another final table appearance at the Playground Poker Club for Jeff Gross this time around.

The 2013 WPT Montreal third-place finisher is out 13th after running {a-}{9-} into Trevor Delaney's pocket jacks and failing to improve.

The always affable Gross spoke with PokerNews' Caitlyn Howe yesterday. Check out the video evidence below:

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
Busted

Tags: Jeff GrossmontrealTrevor Delaneywpt

Lucci Leads!

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Gary Lucci
Gary Lucci

Before the break Gary Lucci pushed past the two million-chip mark and into the lead.

On the button, he limp called a Jonathan Karamalikis raise from the big blind preflop, going heads up to a {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{6-Hearts} flop.

Karamalikis bet 80,000, and Lucci called, sending them to a {K-Hearts} turn that they both checked.

The river came the {a-Spades} and Karamalikis led for 65,000. Lucci called with {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds} for two pair and Karamalikis could only show jack-high.

Updated Counts

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Below are updated counts for the Final 13 heading into Level 24:

Player Chips Progress
Gary Lucci ca
Gary Lucci
2,291,000 1,669,000
Lu Zhang
Lu Zhang
1,622,000 -328,000
Samuel Tsehai ca
Samuel Tsehai
1,465,000 -57,000
Sheraz Nasir ca
Sheraz Nasir
WPT 1X Winner
1,329,000 122,000
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
723,000 223,000
Levi Stevens
Levi Stevens
695,000 4,000
Dylan Wilkerson us
Dylan Wilkerson
WPT 1X Winner
654,000 218,000
Senthuran Vijayaratnam ca
Senthuran Vijayaratnam
463,000 -52,000
Trevor Delaney ca
Trevor Delaney
459,000 -241,000
Pascal LeFrancois ca
Pascal LeFrancois
455,000 -83,000
Robert Taylor ca
Robert Taylor
346,000 -261,000
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
287,000 -313,000
John Krpan ca
John Krpan
187,000 -413,000

Level: 24

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000

Break!

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The players are off on a 15-minute break with the day's first level behind them.

Eric Afriat Eliminated in 14th Place ($14,130 CAD)

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Eric Afriat
Eric Afriat

Eric Afriat called off most of his chips with {A-}{J-} against a Senthuran Vijayaratnam shove.

Vijayaratnam held tens and tens held to leave Afriat with just a few chips and a chair. He more than tripled up from 6,000 the very next hand, then skipped a couple of hands, before getting all in behind from the big blind after a Robert Taylor raise with {Q-Clubs}{2-Clubs} versus {A-Spades}{4-Spades}.

This time he made two pair to double back to some 60,000.

However, in a battle of the blinds with Gary Lucci second later, he got it in again with {9-Spades}{8-Spades} versus Lucci's {8-Hearts}{6-Hearts}.

Lucci hit a six to send him hone 14th just minutes before the end of the level.

Player Chips Progress
Senthuran Vijayaratnam ca
Senthuran Vijayaratnam
515,000 -380,000
Eric Afriat ca
Eric Afriat
WPT 3X Winner
Busted

Tags: Eric AfriatGary LucciSenthuran Vijayaratnam