Action continues apace in the partypoker.net WPT Montreal but in the past orbit the norm has been to double players up, not eliminate them from the tournament.

Ema opened to 125K in one hand and Jake Schwartz shoved over the top for around 350K. Ema made the call and found her facing Jake’s .

The board runout left no room for doubt: on the flop, and then Jake made quads on the turn. The river was meaningless.

The very next hand was played between Antonin Duda and Ilan Boujenah and after the action went check-check on the flop, the dealer placed the on the turn. Antonin led out for 160K and found a call from Ilan. The river came , there was an all-in and a snap call and the hole cards were exposed:

Ilan:
Antonin:

Antonin made the nut flush and doubled through Ilan.

Once Benny Chen finished stacking his new chips, we took the opportunity to get full chip counts for the remaining 9 players in the field. Benny is the new chip leader in the tourney with 9 players remaining.

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège	Stack | Tapis
Benny	Chen	Seat 2	4,375,000
Ema	Zajmovic	Seat 7	4,060,000
Mike	Sexton	Seat 6	3,395,000
Samuel Louis	Gagnon	Seat 4	1,950,000
Nadir	Lalji	Seat 1	1,695,000
Ilan Charlot	Boujenah	Seat 3	1,150,000
Antonin	Duda	Seat 9	1,025,000
Jake	Schwartz	Seat 8	740,000
Terry Leon	Schumacher	Seat 10	495,000

As the tournament director made the announcement quoted in the title, the dealer at the table was busy distributing hole cards for the final hand. And, as is so often the case, the final hand before break was a game-changer.

We missed the preflop action, but there were two players to the flop: and Robert McGhee led out for about 160K, which was called by Benny Chen. The turn was the and Robert checked – only to be faced with a bet of around 350K from Benny. Robert made the call and the river was dealt: .

With the break countdown clock ticking away, Robert checked and Benny quickly went all in (he covered Robert by a lot), sending Robert into the tank. He thought through his options for at least 7 minutes – and just when it started to look like the break itself would be history, at least for these two players, Robert made the call.

Benny:
Robert:

Benny had indeed made his flush and got full value for it – while Robert hit the rail.

10th place: Robert Earl McGhee, $33,560.00

The remaining 10 players came together on the final table about an hour ago and although there has been plenty of action, there have been very few hands that have made it all the way to the river. Chips are moving around, but not in huge numbers.

This situation certainly can’t be maintained for long – but it seems like it will be a while before they “break the seal” on this WPT final table.

WPT Main Events feature 6-handed Official Final table which will be played tomorrow, but as the tournament is now down to 10 players, they have been brought together on a single 10-handed table as per the rules of the event. Here is the new seating chart for the culmination of the event.

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège
Nadir	Lalji	Seat 1
Benny	Chen	Seat 2
Ilan Charlot	Boujenah	Seat 3
Samuel Louis	Gagnon	Seat 4
Robert Earl	McGhee	Seat 5
Mike	Sexton	Seat 6
Ema	Zajmovic	Seat 7
Jake	Schwartz	Seat 8
Antonin	Duda	Seat 9
Terry Leon	Schumacher	Seat 10

Just a few hands after losing most of his stack to Robert McGhee on a bad beat, Stuart Taylor has been eliminated in 11th place. He got his remaining chips in from the cutoff. Terry Schumacher (button) folded but Robert made the call from these. Ema Zajmovic clearly had a decision from the bb, but ended up folding as well.

Stuart:
Robert:

Stuart was in trouble and the flop offered little help: , The turn offered a tiny sliver of hope, hope that was dashed, however, on the river .

11th place, Stuart Taylor, $33,560.00

There are 11 players left in the WPT Montreal, and with one more elimination will come the final redraw in the tournament. During the recent break we got full counts for the remaining field.

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Ema	Zajmovic	5,420,000
Benny	Chen	2,915,000
Mike	Sexton	2,890,000
Samuel Louis	Gagnon	2,690,000
Ilan Charlot	Boujenah	1,220,000
Jake	Schwartz	1,110,000
Nadir	Lalji	865,000
Stuart	Taylor	680,000
Terry Leon	Schumacher	630,000
Antonin	Duda	585,000
Robert Earl	McGhee	435,000

Alex Keating lost much of his stack earlier in the level when he doubled up Robert McGhee, but faced with the aggressive play of Ema Zajmovic to his right, he had difficulty finding a good spot to get in his under-100K stack until it dwindled quite a bit below that.

Finally he was faced with a bet that was larger than his remaining stack made from utg by Mike Sexton – and he chose to call from the bb.

Alex:
Mike:

Alex was able to flop a gutshot draw:

But was unable to improve when the completed the board.

Just a few minutes later Tam Ho was also eliminated, but unfortunately we missed the hand.

13th place: Alex Keating, $26,810.00

12th place: Tam Ho, $33,560.00

Jason Mann made a deep run in last year’s WPT Montreal and was eliminated in 14th place – and this year he has duplicated the result exactly.

He was finally eliminated by Ema Zajmovic, who has been playing her large stack quite aggressively, raising at least 75% of her hands in late position and not decreasing the rate very much out of position, benefitting from a very short-stacked Alex Keating to her direct left, with Mike Sexton 2 to her left and Jason and his short stack beside him. She’s been picking up all of the “dead chips” in the past half hour – but has also picked up some more substantial pots as well.

Jason finally got it in with on a flop – and found a quick call from Ema holding . She was behind but had tons of outs, and the on the turn only added to her chances. The on the river gave her the runner-runner straight which sent Jason to the rail.

14th place: Jason Mann, $26,810.00

Martin Raus returned from the break with a stack of only 125K. With the blinds up at 20K/40K/a5K, he knew he had to make a move sooner than later if he wanted any chance at pulling through. On the first hand of level 26, he picked up a monster – . Mike Sexton opened the hand to 100K from middle position, and Robert Earl McGhee came along for the ride from the button. Martin then 3bet all-in, and the two players called.

The board ran , and Mike fired 125K on the river to bring the hand down to heads-up. He tabled for the nut-flush, ending Martin’s run in 15th place.

Martin collected $26,810 for his deep run in this WPT Montreal.