Defending Champion Eliminated as His Aces Fail to Hold

A player raises under the gun to 1,300, another player calls from middle position, and defending partypoker WPT Canadian Spring Champion Sheraz Nasir reraises from the big blind to 3,600. The under-the-gun player reraises to 7,600, and the middle-position player folds.

Nasir five-bets all in for about 18,000, and his opponent calls with . Nasir turns over , and needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Nasir’s opponent turns an ace-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Nasir from the tournament.

Sheraz Nasir  –  Eliminated