There haven’t been any eliminations since the last break (through half of level 29) but that’s not to say that there hasn’t been any action! The chips are flying around the final two tables. Matthew Brunskole lost two relatively small pots in a row, leaving him short – but then tripled up after getting it in with pocket tens a few hands later. Ami Alibay had also been getting relatively short until he doubled through Alexander Wong just a few minutes ago to go to about 2.6M in chips.

Play continues…

Here is an update on the chip counts at the current break:

Table 34

1. Jason Comtois – 750K
2. Brent Wheeler – 1.95M
4. Pierre Guenette – 895K
5. Sylvain Siebert – 2.72M
6. Matthew Brunskole – 1.55M
8. Rodney Lawrence – 1.52M
9. Marco Caza – 1.62M

Table 35

1. Johnny Mazzaferro – 2.3M
2. Alexander Wong – 3.9M
4. Mario Lim –  3.0M
5. Ami Alibay – 1.45M
8. Daniel Gagne – 6.3M
9. John Paul Tabago – 1.6M

Frederic Bunchan was just caught with his hand in the cookie jar, as he bluff-shoved the river and was called. The hand began with him limping in from the button, and seeing a flop with the blinds, Daniel Gagne and John Paul Tabago. All three checked the flop of , and Daniel lead out for 80K when the hit the turn. John Paul folded, and Frederic bumped it up to 160K, which Daniel called. The river was the , and after Daniel checked, Frederic announced he was all-in for his last 650K. Daniel tanked for a few minutes, and finally made the call.

Frederic:

Daniel:

The hero call was good, and Frederic was eliminated in 14th place. Daniel now has an impressive 6.3M stack.

14th place: Frederic Bunchan, $10,675

Simon Quintal has been flying under the radar for most of the later stages of the tournament, never the chip leader but never short-stacked either.

That changed after Rodney Lawrence raised all-in from middle position and Simon called from the button.

Rodney:
Simon:

The flop came to put Rodney well in the lead. The board ran out and kept him there – he doubled to over 1.2M in chips on the hand.

With just around 200K left in chips, Simon found a way to fold for a few hands before getting it in UTG holding . It folded back to the Big Blind (Brent Wheeler) who called.

Simon:
Brent:

The board came: and Simon was eliminated.

15th place: Simon Quintal, $10,675.00

In a heated battle of the blinds, we saw Maxime Theroux get his 975K stack all into the middle versus Mario Lim, who had him covered by almost twice that amount.

Maxime:

Mario:

Maxime didn’t improve on a board, and was eliminated in 16th place, good for $9,210.

16th place: Maxime Theroux, $9,210

With only around 650K left, Nicholas Petrina shoved all-in from the big blind after Ami Alibay had opened from the button.

Nicholas:

Ami:

The board of held for Ami’s pair of eights, as Nicholas was eliminated in 17th place.

17th place: Nicholas Petrina, $9,210

There is a full seating redraw at 18 players remaining. Since 2 players busted almost simultaneously, there were just 17 players in the tournament when this redraw was done.

Table 34

1. Jason Comtois
2. Brent Wheeler
3. Simon Quintal
4. Pierre Guenette
5. Sylvain Siebert
6. Matthew Brunskole
7. Mario Lim
8. Rodney Lawrence
9. Marco Caza

Table 35

1. Johnny Mazzaferro
2. Alexander Wong
3. Maxime Theroux
4.  
5. Ami Alibay
6. Frederic Bunchan
7. Nicholas Petrina
8. Daniel Gagne
9. John Paul Tabago

We’ve lost a few more players and are now down to our final 2 tables, which means there is another redraw scheduled.

18th place: James Nortcliff, $9,210

Osman Soubra shoved his short 355K stack over Daniel Gagne’s 130K open, and got the call.

Osman:

Daniel:

The dealer drew a board of , thus eliminating Osman in 19th place.

19th place: Osman Soubra, $8,268

4 players went to see a flop after Alexendre Wong opened preflop to 120K, and got called by Brent Wheeler on the button, Pierre Guenette from the small blind and Eric Afriat from the big blind. The flop showed , and it checked to Alexendre, who lead out 185K. It folded to Eric, who then shoved and was quickly called by Alexendre.

Alexendre:

Eric:

The turn and river were of no help to Eric, showing a and , and he was eliminated in 20th place.

20th place: Eric Afriat, $8,268

 

Alexandre Lavigne won’t be making back-to-back final tables as he was just eliminated here midway through Day 3. After Marco Caza opened to 105K from the cut-off, Alexandre went all-in for his remaining 700K, and was called by Daniel Gagne in the big blind. Marco folded, and it was heads-up.

Alexandre:

Daniel:

Alexandre failed to improve on a board, and was sent home in 21st place.

The blind level changed right after this hand.

21st place: Alexandre Lavigne, $8,268

For the past half level or so David Lanthier has been on a roller coaster ride but the ride is over as David has been eliminated by Johnny Mazzaferro in 22nd place.

David kicked off the action with an open shove of his 870K stack. Johnny threw in a chip to make the call and the blinds both folded.

David:
Johnny:

Johnny’s nines held up on a board of and he has built his stack to over 3.2M chips.

22nd place: David Lanthier, $7,326.00