After nearly eight hours of intense final table action, Matthew Ouellette walked away with the Main Event title and a $65,577 payday. He outlasted a field of 174 entries and survived a rollercoaster ride at the final table to get the job done.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Ouellette | $65.577 |
| 2 | Colten Yamagishi | $55,577 |
| 3 | Jay Tran | $32,130 |
| 4 | Anthony Ma | $24,715 |
| 5 | Daniel Lefebvre | $19,030 |
| 6 | Justin Pennell | $15,075 |
| 7 | Ben Grenier | $11,865 |
| 8 | Talal Shoush | $9,390 |
| 9 | Tyler Bourassa | $7,660 |
Ouellette came into Day 2 with the chip lead, but his stack took several dips throughout the day. At one point, he was down to just a few big blinds. Still, he kept finding ways to stay alive — especially when it mattered most. Opponent Colten Yamagishi started the day as one of the shortest stacks, but by the time the tournament reached heads-up, he held the advantage.
The heads-up battle stretched over three hours, with Yamagishi holding the lead for most of it. But Ouellette battled back, eventually pulling even and then edging ahead. The turning point came in a cooler situation — both players picked up an ace, but Ouellette’s ace-jack had the better kicker against Yamagishi’s ace-seven. The board ran clean, and the title was his.
The two agreed to a deal earlier in heads-up, locking up $55,577 each and leaving $10,000 and the trophy to play for. Ouellette claimed both, earning his second live win and his biggest career score to date.
Tang Takes Down Last Chance in Flush-Over-Flush Finish
Nathan Tang secured the Last Chance title and $12,640 in prize money after a wild finish against runner-up Bash Ramahi.
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Tang | $12,640 |
| 2 | Bash Ramahi | $8,695 |
| 3 | Scott Munro | $5,650 |
| 4 | David Brough | $4,345 |
| 5 | Leo Brouwer | $3,345 |
| 6 | Bernice Mclennan | $2,650 |
| 7 | Brenda Robertson | $2,085 |
| 8 | Joe Herlein | $1,650 |
| 9 | Daniel Martel | $1,345 |
The last event of the series can sometimes suffer in attendance as players are heading home on the final Sunday. That wasn’t the case this time around, though, as the Last Chance ended up as the biggest one-day game of the whole series. With 174 entries, there was almost $50k in prizes for a $340 buy-in.
That also meant it was a bit of a marathon. The first hands were dealt at 2 PM, and it was more than 14 hours later when the final hands were played.
In the key hand that decided the tournament, both players limped preflop — Tang with four-three, Ramahi with four-deuce. The board gave both players trip fours on the turn, and the river completed a flush for each. But it was Tang’s three-high flush that edged out Ramahi’s deuce-high, leaving Ramahi on fumes and bringing the game to a quick close.
The win marks Tang’s ninth live victory and another strong result in an already successful career.
