In the same time as Griffin Benger was playing his final pot of the tournament, there was a big hand going on on the other table. Derrick Rosenbarger raised from under the gun to 85K, and called a three-bet of 220K from Ludovic Lacay, who was in the small blind. The flop came , and Ludovic checked-called 215K from Derrick. The turn was a , and Ludovic check-called again, this time for 375K. When the river brought the , Ludovic checked for a third time, and Derrick put out a third barrel of 800K. Ludovic went into a deep tank, and thought about the hand for several minutes. He apologized for the delay, but no one at the table seemed to have any issue given the size of the pot. He finally folded the hand, saying ‘Nice bluff’, and Derrick did indeed turn over his bluff, tabling for complete air.

In the mean time, Griffin was eliminated, and the final table was set to start after this hand.

The Final Table of WPT events is 6-handed, but in terms of the operations of the tournament, the players come together on a single table at 10 players remaining, and there is a full seating redraw.

The remaining 10 players will be playing on table 28 in the following seats:

1. Serge Cantin – 1.4M
2. Mukul Pahuja – 3.2M
3. Derrick Rosenbarger – 4.3M
4. Amir Babakhani – 1.8M
5. Marco Cannizzaro – 3.4M
6. Antoine Berube – 2M
7. Alexandre Lavigne – 2M
8. Lily Kiletto – 1M
9. Sylvain Siebert – 4.1M
10. Ludovic Lacay 2.4M

Players are now on a scheduled break and when they return play will start on the single table that’s left.

Griffin Benger was just eliminated in a brutal fashion here to bubble the unofficial final table of 10.

They were three players to the flop of , and Sylvain, the preflop raiser, lead out 100K after Alexandre checked first to act. Both Griffin and Alexandre made the call, and the turn showed the . Alexandre checked again, and Sylvain bet 175K. Griffin called, and Alexandre got out of the way. The river was the , and Sylvain fired a third barrel, this time of 505K. Griffin went all-in over the top, and was snap called by Sylvain.

Sylvain:

Griffin:

Griffing had flopped a set of 7s, but got rivered by Sylvain’s set of As, who picked up a massive pot, eliminating the online sensation known as Flush_Entity.

11th place: Griffin Benger, $38,135

In a hand where Antoine min raised from UTG + 1, we saw flat calls from Ludovic in middle-position, Amir from the button and David from the big blind. The flop came out , and Ludovic bet 140K after David and Antoine checked. Amir made the call, and David check-raised all-in for 930K total. Antoine folded, and Ludovic made the call. Amir struggled a little, but eventually let go of his hand.

David:

Ludovic:

The run and river didn’t improve David’s top pair, and he was sent to the rail with a $30,857 payday. Ludovic is now approaching the 3 million chip mark, nearly 6 times what he started the day with.

12th place: David Paredes, $30,857

Thomas Giorgi moved all-in from early position with his last 320K, and was called by Antoine Berube. The rest of the players folded, and Antoine turned over versus the of Thomas.

The board of was of no help for Thomas, who finished in 13th place for $30,857.

13th place: Thomas Giorgi, $30,857

In a battle of the blinds, Patrick Eskandar called the all-in of Griffin Benger, and found himself far behind.

Patrick:

Griffin:

The board of was clean for Griffin’s pair of cowboys, and Patrick was eliminated in 14th place, good for $30,857.

14th place: Patrick Eskandar

Shortly after the recent break, we saw Zennawi Petros open from middle position to 80K. Serge Cantin raised from the big blind to 280K, and Zennawi went all-in with his 515K stack. Serge made the call, and they opened their hands.

Zennawi:

Serge:

The board ran out , and although Zennawi picked up a pair on the flop, Serge made the flush on the river.

15th place: Zennawi Petros, $30,857

Level 26 has just begun with 15 players left in the WPT Montreal. We counted stacks during the break – here are the updated counts for the remaining players.

By the way, there’s a pay jump for the 15th place finisher who will earn $30,857 (up from $26,579).

Table 26

1. Griffin Benger – 1.25M
2. Marco Cannizzaro – 3.7M
3. Mukul Pahuja – 2.55M
4. Alexandre Lavigne – 2.3M
6. Sylvain Siebert – 2.7M
7. Lily Kiletto – 1.1M
8. Antoine Berube – 2.2M
9. Patrick Eskandar – 730K

Table 27

1. Derrick Rosenbarger – 23.8M
2. David Paredes – 660KM
3. Serge Cantin – 875K
4. Thomas Giorgi – 650K
6. Ludovic Lacay – 1.65M
8. Zennawi Petros – 515K
9. Amir Babakhani – 1.4M

On a board, we saw Sylvain lead out with a 40K bet, and go all-in over Antoine’s raise to 140K. Antoine asked for a count, and made the call of 1.15M total holding . Sylvain turned over , and knew he needed some help. The turn of was helpful, but it was the river that gave Sylvain the double up. He now holds over 2.7M chips going into level 26.

We just lost Patrick St-Onge in 16th place, who will collect $26,490 for his nice run in this PartyPoker WPT Montreal Main Event.

16th place: Patrick St-Onge, $26,490