Pascal Lefrancois Bests Brian Rast, Montreal Nationals are Champions
Pascal Lefrancois managed to to hand Brian Rast his second defeat in the cube during the GPL Playoffs. Lefrancois only lost one match in the cube, and that was at the hands of Sorel Mizzi.
On the final hand, it seemed as though the Nationals were destined to win. Lefrancois limped the small blind with pocket queens and Rast checked his option with 
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The flop came 
and Rast led for 30,000. Lefrancois just called with a set of queens. The turn was the 
and Rast bet again, making it 75,000. Lefrancois called again. The river was the 
and Rast shoved his two pair for his tournament life. Lefrancois called and won the hand, the match, and the GPL Championship.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,000,000
454,000
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454,000 |
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