The players in Event 5 have just taken a break and we took the opportunity to refresh the counts for each of the 11 players remaining. By the way, as soon as the next player is eliminated play will pause as there is a re-draw for the final table.

Fabio Luongo is making his mark in the tournament as he has just eliminated Gregory Holley and in doing so moved to among the chip leaders with 16 players remaining. Gregory Holley finishes in 17th pace

17th place, Gregory Holley, $2,510

18th place, Curtis Lionel George Bernsten, $2,510

The eliminations have come at a regular pace since the bubble and the tournament is now down to two tables. The next redraw will be at 10 players remaining.

Table 39

1. Bill Loukanikas
2. Benoit Jean
3. Jonathan Schaler
4. Brian R Iseman
5. Alain Joseph Clement Chauvette
6. Gregory Holley
7. Mau Le Ho Tran
8. Robert Taylor
9. Fabio Luongo

Table 40

1. Deron Noksana
2. Curtis Lionel George Bernsten
3. Pierre Routhier
4. George Kazarian
5. Alexander James Allison
6. Marie-Pier Simard
7. Azim “Sammy” Popatia
8. Vi Thanh Tony To
9. Hung-Phi Nguyen

As soon as the redraw was complete there were 2 more eliminations – Marko X and Charle-Alexandre Bergeron. This brings the tournament to the money bubble and play will be hand-for-hand until the next player is eliminated.

After about 6 hands of hand-for-hand action, Mark Stairs was eliminated in 25th place and the remaining 24 players are all in the money! Congratulations!

There are just 27 players remaining in Event 5 which triggered a full seating redraw in the tournament. Players have resumed the tournament in their new spots, as follows:

Table 36

1. Marco Lang
2. Vi Thanh Tony To
3. Bill Loukanikas
4. Marko X
5. Nimer Ltaif
6. Mark Stairs
7. George Kazarian
8. Heldar Junior
9. Brian R Iseman

Table 39

1. Michael Wang
2. Benoit Jean
3. Jonathan Schaler
4. Charle-Alexandre Bergeron
5. Alain Joseph Clement Chauvette
6. Gregory Holley
7. Mau Le Ho Tran
8. Robert Taylor
9. Fabio Luongo

Table 40

1. Jason Mottershead
2. Curtis Lionel George Bernsten
3. Pierre Routhier
4. Patrick Braga
5. Deron Noksana
6. Marie-Pier Simard
7. Azim “Sammy” Popatia
8. Alexander James Allison
9. Hung-Phi Nguyen

Marie-Pier Simard has doubled through Patrick Braga, crippling Patrick in the process.

Jonathan Schaler opened the action from the hijack with a raise to 9K, and Marie-Pier flat called from the button. Patrick Braga, sitting in the small blind, raised to 29K. Siamak S in the big blind got out of the way, and Jonathan likewise folded to the big raise.

Marie-Pier didn’t really tank but she did put her thinking cap on but in a few seconds shoved all-in for about 75K. Patrick snap called and the players tabled their hands:

Marie-Pier:
Patrick:

Marie-Pier looked to be in dire shape until the flop was dealt: . The turn and river were inconsequential: .

A couple of hands later Patrick doubled back up past 40K, but he’s still in tough with 32 players remaining.