Global Poker League Week 9: Close Wins for Ladouceur, Kaverman and Jaffe in Americas Conference

Week 9 of this inaugural season of the Global Poker League is in the books. This last day of action brought some interesting heads-up battles in the Americas conference. We saw three very tight matches, which all were decided in the final of three heats.

Montreal Nationals vs. LA Sunset Marc-Andre Ladouceur vs. Olivier Busquet

The first match of the night saw Marc-Andre Ladouceur and Olivier Busquet battling for the lead in the Americas conference. It was a rematch of the game played in Week 5 of the GPL. In that match, Busquet scored a 2-1 victory. Ladouceur’s Montreal Nationals started the day with a three-point advantage on the LA Sunset, represented by Busquet.

It took a while before the first big pot was played, but when it happened Busquet quickly decided the heat. He first crippled Ladouceur by flopping trips against his opponents top pair. He sealed the deal not much later with pocket eights against Ladouceur’s ace-six. The Nationals manager couldn’t hit an ace or find another escape route and lost the first heat.

Ladouceur came back swinging in the second heat. He rivered a straight against Busquet’s trips to take a big advantage. He finished it off a few hands later. With jack-seven of spades, he made another straight. This time, Busquet had ten-nine for two pair and couldn’t let it go.

The final heat looked a lot like the second one. Ladouceur took a commanding chip lead and again he decided the match with jack-seven of spades. This time, it was a preflop all-in against the ace-eight of Busquet. Ladouceur made a full house on the turn and took down the …

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