Here is the final table of Event 3:

Final Table:

Seat 1. Jean-Francois Lescadres
Seat 2. Thomas Wintermans
Seat 3. Michael Malm
Seat 4. Rick Shamshoum
Seat 5. Lesley Amos
Seat 6. Gregory Katayama
Seat 7. Edward Hislop
Seat 8. Nicolas Malo Majeau
Seat 9. Raymond Kay
Seat 10. Andrew Lalonde

Congratulations!

With only 2 big blinds left, and in the big blind position, James Danchuk didn’t have much of a choice but move all-in after Raymond Kay min-raised. Edward Hislop had called from the button, and they were three way to the flop.

The board showed , and the players opened their hands.

James:

Edward:

Raymond:

Raymond had the winning hand, and with James’ elimination, Event 3 has now reached the final table!

11th place: James Danchuk – $3,690

The 11 remaining players are back from break, and this is how the chips are currently distributed:

Table 31

Seat 1. empty
Seat 2. empty
Seat 3. Edward Hislop – 2,405,000
Seat 4. Andrew Lalonde – 870,000
Seat 5. James Danchuk – 230,000
Seat 6. empty
Seat 7. Raymond Kay – 2,455,000
Seat 8. Jean-Francois Lescadres – 5,150,000
Seat 9. empty

Table 32

Seat 1. empty
Seat 2. Gregory Katayama – 800,000
Seat 3. Nicolas Malo Majeau – 2,575,000
Seat 4. Rick Shamshoum – 2,120,000
Seat 5. Lesley Amos – 2,300,000
Seat 6. empty
Seat 7. empty
Seat 8. Michael Malm – 2,625,000
Seat 9. Thomas Wintermans – 5,145,000

Terence Lai, who was sporting a short stack the last few orbits, moved his last 5 big blinds in with , and was called by Jean-Francois Lescadres, holding .

The board seemed good for Terence, as he paired the flop, but Jean-Francois made a straight on the river – .

12th place: Terence Lai – $3,690

Lesley Amos has been very quiet today, but she just managed to doubled her stack up in a battle of the blinds. Rick Shamshoum open-shoved from the small blind, and Lesley called from the big blind.

Rick:

Lesley:

Board:

Sitting on roughly 8 big blinds, John Helou opted to move in to steal the blinds from middle position. He was followed by two quick all-ins, and knew he would need some help to survive.

John:

Andrew Lalonde:

Raymond Kay:

He found no such help on the board, and was eliminated in 13th place.

13th place: John Helou – $2,960

After sending over 2 million chips over to Thomas Wintermans a few hands earlier, Tyler St Clair 3bet shoved his last 1,075,000 chips after an early position raise from Rick Shamshoum. Rick made the call, and they were off to the races:

Tyler:

Rick:

The flop was looking bleak for Tyler, as Rick paired his king. The final board showed , and Tyler’s deep run ended in 14th place.

14th place: Tyler St Clair – $2,960

Sitting on a short stack of 190K, Al Cancari had little choice but to move all his chips in the middle with any two decent cards. He picked up a marginal hand, and was called by both Raymond Kay and Jean-Francois Lescadres.

The two active players checked it down until the river, and on a board showing , Jean-Francois wagered 500K. After a moment in the tank, Raymond made the call, and all three players tabled their hands.

Jean-Francois:

Raymond:

Al:

Jean-Francois’s flush was the winning hand, eliminating Al in 15th place.

15th place: Al Cancari – $2,960

Shortly after eliminating Georges Hallak in 16th place, Thomas Wintermans found himself on the winning side of the biggest pot this tournament has seen so far.

Tyler St Clair raised to 200K from early position, and saw a 3bet from Thomas. He elected to 4bet shove, but couldn’t manage to get Thomas out of the hand.

Tyler:

Thomas:

The board stayed clean for Thomas’ pair of tens, showing , and he doubled his 2,245,000 stack up to just over 4,600,000. He is now our current chipleader.

At 30K/60K/a5K, Thomas Wintermans opened from utg+1 to 125K, and was 3bet by Georges Hallak to 340K. Thomas announced a 4bet all-in, which was quickly called by Georges.

Thomas:

Georges:

Thomas turned a straight on the board to eliminate Georges in 16th place. The blinds went up during this hand, and we are now in level 29.

16th place: Georges Hallak – $2,550