| Level: | 33 (250000/500000/500000 |
| Entries: | 1/400 |
| Prizes: | $132,000 |
It was a tough heads-up battle for Michael Malm tonight. He was going for his second ring in this series but ran into the unconventional play of Steven Labelle. Labelle said multiple times during heads up that he was very tired, and his strategy was to shove most hands.
Malm had the patience of a saint, waiting for the right spot against the aggression of Labelle. He doubled into the lead a couple of times over the night, but folding to the shoves in between chipped his opponent back up again.
In the final hand he was set to double into a huge lead with most of the chips in the middle. Labelle shoved with ace-ten and Malm went to domination nation with ace-queen. Unfortunately for Malm, Labelle spiked a ten and held for the win as he had Malm slightly outstacked at the time.
Malm won the $1k earlier in the series, and he’s also been heads up in this event before as well. Last time it was Lap Chi Duong he had to hand the ring over to, but it seems pretty likely he’ll be in the hunt for more rings here in Calgary when the WSOP-C returns in October.
