Players have just come off their second break, and are beginning level 9, where the blinds are 800/1,600/a200. There are 35 players remaining out of the 69 that entered (17 of which re-bought).
The prize pool is as follows:
| Finish | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,366 plus the Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival Trophy |
| 2 | $950 |
| 3 | $665 |
| 4 | $470 |
| 5 | $330 |
| 6 | $230 |
| 7 | $160 |
A few photos:
Two players were eliminated at the very end of Day 3, in a hand that was likely the biggest pot of the tournament. Michael Linster opened from mid position to 60K, and was 3-bet by Stacy Levac from the cut-off to 140K. Asadul Islam Shah then 4-bet the hand to 410K from the small blind, and finally Vineet Pahuja came over the top of all of these bets with a 5-bet shove (holding a stack of roughly 2.2M) from the big blind. Michael casually folded his hand, and Stacy and Asadul both called.
Stacy Turned over 
, and was up against Asadul’s 
and Vineet’s 
. The board ran out 
, and Vineet knocked out the two other players with his runner-runner quads.
This pot put Vineet in the chip lead of the tournament going into Day 4, holding an impressive 4.45M in chips, almost 800K more than Eric Despres runner up stack of 3.625K.
The dream is over. QQ all in pre vs AA vs AK. AK rivered quads. Finished 28/1626. #FTPMTL #Thisdoesntfeelgood
— Asadul Shah (@Koonz1530) October 1, 2013
Jeff Cote has decided to use his “One Time”, and it couldn’t of have been at a better time. He went all-in with his 255K stack from middle-position, and was called by Kevin Dawe from the small blind. Victor Ramdin then shoved his 660K stack over the top from the big blind, and Kevin called off the extra 400K or so.
Jeff Cote turned over 
, and was up against Kevin’s 
and Victor’s . The flop of 
gave Jeff an open-ended straight draw, but both of his opponents burned two of his outs each. He still managed to hit his straight though, as the turn came 
, and the river 
secured his triple up. Kevin took down the side pot, and Victor was sent home packing after getting his chips in in what seemed to be an ideal spot at this stage in the tournament.
You can follow live action from out feature table tomorrow by following this link. Coverage resumes shortly after 12:00pm, tuesday October 2nd.
Gavin Smith got his 276,000 chip stack all in preflop with vs Vineet Pahuja’s 
, and although the flop of 
gave Vineet a gutshot, the running 
and sealed the deal, and doubled Gavin Smith up to 615,000.
The field has dropped from 85 to 47 players in the first two 75 minute levels of Day 3. The players are now enjoying a 20 minute break before getting back into action at level 24, where the blinds will be 12,000/24,000/a4,000. The average stack is around 1 million chips, and don’t forget you can always check our Live Updates Page for up to date coverage of chip counts, as well as to view the live streaming of our Feature Table.
Just before the break we saw Robert Amireault get eliminated in fashion, as he 4-bet shoved his 505,000 chip stack after Dawn Mootrey min-raised to 40,000 UTG, and Guillaume Rivet 3-bet to 114,000 from middle-position. Dawn folded after a few minutes of thought, and Guillaume made the call with . He was dominated by Robert’s , but the board ran out 
, giving Guillaume the ace-high straight to knock Robert out and take control of the chip lead. He is now sitting on top of the leaderboard, with a chip stack of around 2.8 million chips. Robert will collect $4,571 for his deep run.
We are now entering level 13, where the blinds are 1,500/3,000/a300, and we have fallen down to 6 shorthanded tables, where the maximum number of players per table is 6.
The prizepool is as follows:
| Finish | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $4,560 |
| 2 | $3,425 |
| 3 | $2,595 |
| 4 | $1,970 |
| 5 | $1,490 |
| 6 | $1,130 |
| 7 | $855 |
| 8 | $650 |
| 9 | $490 |
| 10-11 | $370 |
| 12-13 | $345 |
| 14 | $320 |
Day 2 of Event 8, our Main Event from the Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival, featuring a massive prize pool of over $1.6 million, have come to an end. 85 players have made it on to Day 3, which will be played tomorrow, Tuesday October 1st, at 12:00pm.
Final chip counts as well as seating assignments will be posted later tonight. For now, here are some of the players that have made it to Day 3:
