Hands #111-112: Alexis Tremblay Eliminated in 3rd Place (CHF 98,000)

Photo:  Alexis Tremblay

HAND #111  –  Marc Sen raises from the small blind to 1,100,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #112  –  Marc Sen raises from the button to 1,100,000, Leandro Dirlewanger calls from the small blind, and Alexis Tremblay moves all in from the big blind for 2,100,000. Sen and Dirlewanger both call, and any further betting will create a side pot.

Dirlewanger and Sen check all the way down on a board of , and all three players turn over their cards.

Marc Sen:    (pair of fives)
Leandro Dirlewanger:    (ace high)
Alexis Tremblay:    (jack high)

Sen wins the pot with a pair of fives to eliminate Tremblay in third place.

Alexis Tremblay  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  (CHF 98,000)

There will be a 15-minute break before heads-up play begins. Here are the official chip counts, followed by the final table payouts:

Marc Sen  –  48,350,000  (97 bb)
Leandro Dirlewanger  –  8,100,000  (16 bb)

1st:  CHF 209,120*  (~US $248,056*)
2nd:  CHF 132,000  (~US $156,577)

3rd:  Alexis Tremblay  –  CHF 98,000  (~US $116,247)
4th:  Nico Frenn  –  CHF 73,000  (~US $86,592)
5th:  Manfred Eberhard Frick  –  CHF 55,000  (~US $65,240)
6th:  Matej Michalek  –  CHF 42,500  (~US $50,413)
7th:  Milad Sheva  –  CHF 32,500  (~US $38,551)
8th:  Phuong Nguyen  –  CHF 25,500  (~US $30,248)

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s US $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship in Las Vegas.

NOTE:  For worldwide consistency across all WPT events, the amounts on the Payouts page are in U.S. dollars. For this event, payouts have been converted using a rate of CHF 1.00 = US $1.18619.