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.
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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
Another player in on the hunt for back-to-back final tables at a WPT Montreal (and it would be his third since the WPT has started coming to Montreal), as Sylvain Siebert just doubled up through David Lanthier.
Sylvain opened from middle position to 125K, and David 3bet to 430K. Sylvain pondered for a minute before announcing he was all-in, and David made the call.
Sylvain: 
David: 
The kings held on a 
board, and Sylvain climbed up to over 2.7M. David was left with around 400K behind, but he doubled it up the next hand.
Mario Lim has eliminated another player from the final three tables of the WPT Canadian Spring Championship.
Marc Guerbilsky opened the action preflop to 105K from middle position. Mario raised to 450K, and Marc thought for a few moments before going all-in. Mario confirmed with the dealer that Marc had shoved and then snap-called.
Marc: 
Mario:
The flop: . The turn brought a heart – but no flush draw, as it was the , giving Mario a full house. The river was the and Marc is out of the tournament.
23rd place: Marc Guerbilsky, $7,326.00
Alexandre Lavigne’s quest for a back-to-back final table at the WPT Montreal is still alive, as he just hit quads after moving all-in preflop with , getting the call from James Nortcliff’s .
The board ran out , and Alexandre climbed up to 1.3M, while James fell to 400K.
Ruben Perceval found himself all-in in a 3-way pot that lead to his elimination.
Ruben Perceval: 
Maxime Theroux:
Marco Caza: 
The board ran out 
, and Marco tripled his short stack up to just over 1 million, while Maxime picked up the small side pot of 250K, the remnance of Ruben’s chips.
24th place: Ruben Perceval, $7,326
Here are the approximate chip counts at the break:
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