Jeffrey Mulder opened to 50,000 from the button, and Samuel Chartier 3bet to 146,000 from the small blind. Heads-up on the flop, Samuel lead out for 95,000, and called Jeffrey’s raise to 225,000. The turn brought the , and Samuel rapped the table for a check, which was followed by a quick check by Jeffrey. On the river , Samuel checked once again, to which Jeffrey replied with a bet of 240,000. Samuel went into the tank for a minute before announcing the call, and Jeffrey threw his hand into the muck. Samuel tabled for ace-high, and took the massive pot. Jeffrey was crippled to just under 275,000.

Samuel Chartier sniffs out a bluff

It seemed like a pretty normal steal attempt, small on big, but when Jeremie Damret called Samuel Chartier’s shove his tournament life was at risk.

Samuel:
Jeremie:

Samuel’s Ace-high was ahead and the board runout of was no help to Jeremie.

17th place: Jeremie Damret, $22,960.00

Edward Arnold has been eliminated in 18th place in the first major hand of the day.

With a lot of chips already in a 4-way pot, Edward went all-in on the flop of . One player folded, and then Ratharam Sivagnanam went all-in over the top – and as soon as he did, Kevin MacPhee jammed as well.

Edward:
Ratharam:
Kevin:

Kevin had flopped middle set while Edward had bottom set. Rotherham’s pair improved to a set on the turn , but Kevin’s pocket 88 was still better, and the didn’t change that.

So Edward is out of the tournament and Kevin has a great triple (or close) to start the day.

The 18 players remaining in the 2014 WPT Montreal have taken their seats and cards are now in the air. There are 6 minutes remaining in level 23 as play begins.

Day 3 of the 2014 WPT Montreal started with 49 players and finished as scheduled with just 18 players remaining. Play will resume at 12pm tomorrow (November 25th) with approximately 6 minutes left in level 23. Play will continue on Day 4 until the official WPT Final Table of 6 players remains.

Tournament staff has performed a full seating redraw for the 18 players remaining. There will be another redraw at 10 players remaining, when the unofficial final table of 10 is brought together.

Counts in the following seating chart are provided by players. Chips have been sealed in bags until they are reopened before play Monday. Click (or tap) on the column headers in the table to sort by Name, Table/Seat, or Chip Count.

Here are the final 18 players of the 2014 WPT Montreal, who will be back tomorrow at 12pm for Day 4 to continue their journey to the final table. Play will continue tomorrow until an official final table of 6 players has been reached.

Jonathan Jaffe

Guillaume Nolet

Lonnie Hallett

Edward Arnold

Ratharam Sivagnanam

Jeremie Damret

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Jie Gao has been eliminated in 19th place as he was all-in holding and called by Jonathan Jaffe who held the . The flop of suddenly made even-strength hands anything but, as Jaffe was freerolling for the flush. The turn brought that possibility closer and the on the river made it 100% – Jaffe hit the flush, and Jie Gao was out of the tournament.

19th place: Jie Gao, $20,240

Preflop, Tim Ulmer was facing a raise to 105K from Guillaume Nolet. He shoved his last 400K (approximately) over the top and when the big blind folded, Guillaume snap called by throwing a single chip onto the table.

Tim:
Guillaume:

Community cards: . Guillaume’s Ace held and TJ Ulmer hit the rail in 20th place.

20th place: Tim Ulmer, $20,240

We missed the hand, but Daniel Suied has been eliminated in 21st place after nursing a short stack all day and laddering up several pay jumps in the process. He was eliminated by Jonathan Jaffe, who is playing almost 2M in chips.

21st place: Daniel Suied, $20,240

Three players have hit the rail since we’ve returned from the break. The first to go was Gianluca Cedolia, as he open-shoved his last 261,000 from the small blind on the first hand back from break, and was called by Jonathan Jaffe in the big blind, who had him well covered.

Gianluca:

Jonathan:

Board:

27th place: Gianluca Cedolia, $15,800

A few hands later, it was Francois Billard who found himself with all his chips in the middle, and flipping with Edward Hislop.

Francois:

Edward:

Edward hit two pairs on the board to eliminate Francois in 26th.

26th place: Francois Billard, $15,800

Edward went on to make another elimination, as he 3bet Esfandiari’s 44,000 raise up to 128,000, and then called his 4bet shove for 416,000.

Edward:

Antonio:

Edward won his second flip versus a pair of black jacks, as he made three of a kind on the board.

25th place: Antonio Esfandiari, $15,800

The players are now back from break, and Mukul Pahuja (2,601,000) is currently leading the field. He is followed closely by Ratharam Sivagnanam (2,037,000) and Maduka Meragal (1,826,000), but with the average stack sitting on more than 40 big blinds, and levels up to one hour and a half, it’s still anyones game. Here are the chip counts entering level 23:

Table 56

1. Maurice Hawkins – 801,000
2. Sheraz Nasir – 1,573,000
3. Maduka Meragal – 1,826,000
4. Phong Truong – 591,000
5. Kevin Macphee – 260,000
6. Jie Gao – 633,000
7. Daniel Suied – 392,000
8. Gianluca Cedolia – 264,000
9. Jonathan Jaffe – 706,000

Table 63

1. Alexandre Blanc – 543,000
2. Ryan Fee – 339,000
3. Jeremie Damret – 364,000
4. Guillaume Nolet – 655,000
5. Samuel Chartier – 591,000
6. Tim Ulmer – 477,000
7. Nenad Sizgoric – 612,000
8. Philippe Plouffe – 205,000
9. Jeffrey Mulder – 400,000

Table 64

1. Marc-André Ladouceur – 1,831,000
2. Ratharam Sivagnanam – 2,037,000
3. Edward Arnold – 565,000
4. Philip Hui – 537,000
5. Lonnie Hallett – 861,000
6. Antonio Esfandiari – 491,000
7. Edward Hislop – 637,000
8. Mukul Pahuja – 2,601,000
9. François Billard – 637,000