We are nearing the final table here in Event 5, which will be 7-handed, as some more players have recently hit the rail.

• 10th place – Michael Korovine, $1,145
• 11th place – Alan James Percal, $1,145
• 12th place – Eric Afriat, $1,060

We have just fallen down to the final two 6-handed tables here at the start of level 21. The most recent eliminations were:

• 13th – Philippe Trottier, $1,060
• 14th – Hubert Paquet Moisan, $980
• 15th – Philippe Plouffe, $980
• 16th – Jeff Roseblatt, $905

Here is an album with the final 16 players of Event 5 – $300 + $30 NLHE 6-max.

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We saw a few quick eliminations happen after the bubble had burst, and we are down to our final three 6-handed tables.

Here are the most recent eliminations:

• 17th – Bill Kontaratos, 905$
• 18th – Francis Trudeau, 830$
• 19th – Jimmy Israel, 830$
• 20th – Payam Jafari, 765$
• 21st – Arturo Azurin, 765$
• 22nd – Roland Riemer, 710$
• 23rd – Eli Israel, 710$
• 24th – Jiacheng Zhang, 655$
• 25th – Benoit Leclerc, 655$

The players have just returned from a short break, during which we did some rough chip counts. Here are the top stacks:

1. Gary Lucci – 600K
2. Alan James Percal – 590K
3. Philippe Trottier – 540K
4. Luigi Fantigrossi – 455K
5. Mark Fitzpatrick – 450K

The money bubble has just burst here in Event 5 – $300 + $30 No Limit Hold’em 6-Max! David Ghazarian had his stack grinded down to just 1 big blind as play was hand-for-hand for several hands. He was forced all-in with his remaining 11.5K when the big blind came to him, which was of 12K at the time. Action folded around to the small blind, Sonja Smirnov, who called without looking at her cards, turning over . David was ahead with his , and things were looking good when the window card showed the . But the by the turn, Sonja had picked up a straight, locking in the hand. The final board showed .

Benoit Leclerc was happy to see this, as he was also sitting on just 1 big blind, with the big blind coming around the corner.

We are now reaching the half-way point of level 17, and we are only 6 spots away from bursting the money bubble.

We have three players who have climbed over the 300K mark here at the beginning of level 15:

1. Philippe Plouffe – 340K
2. Mark Fitzpatrick – 330K
3. Philippe Trottier – 320K

These three have a decent lead on the field, as the fourth biggest stack is sitting on roughly 250K, however there are a number of players with stacks ranging between 200K and 250K.

Event 5 had a total of 245 entries adding up to a sweet prize pool totalling $71,295 which will be distributed according to the following table.

Level 13 has just started here in our Event 5 – $300 + $30 NLHE 6-max, and we still have a dozen tables left in play.

Here are some photos from level 12:

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