Zeng Yi Xie has been eliminated from the tournament in 8th place. He got his chips in on the flop of 
holding 
against Eric Despres’ 
. The turn and river didn’t bring Zeng his flush and top pair was good.
8th place: Zeng Yi Xie, $35,150
8th place: Zeng Yi Xie
2013/10/03 3:39pm by
Back from the break
2013/10/03 3:24pm by
THe 8 players remaining are back from a 15-minute break to play level 31, blinds 60K/120K/a20K. This jump in the antes makes the shorter stacks relatively smaller than just a few minutes ago, so there’s a good chance the action heats up even more in this level.
9th place: Colin Piché
2013/10/03 2:56pm by
Colin Piché was one of the shorter stacks to start the day, but managed to hang around for a while before getting it with pocket 8s against Michael Linster’s pocket jacks.
9th place: Colin Piché, $27,269
Blinds are up
2013/10/03 1:51pm by
The tournament has moved into level 30 with blinds at 50K/100K/a10K for the next 75 minutes. There are still 9 players remaining, although the short stack Zeng Yi Xie has shoved into multiple players more than once he has found no one willing to take him on so far.
Follow the action LIVE
2013/10/03 1:22pm by
Remember you can follow all the action – including hole cards (on a delay) via the Full Tilt Blog. The same feed is also available right here as well.
Lights, Camera, Action!
2013/10/03 1:17pm by
The chips have been unbagged, the players have taken their seats, photographs have been snapped… we’re all ready for the beginning of the Final Table of the Main Event, Event 8 of the Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival!
The action is set to start in just a few minutes with 9 players starting the day. There are 26 minutes left in level 29 with blinds at 40K/80K/a10K.
The first player to be eliminated today will earn $27,269 and the prizes go up from there, all the way to $260,581 for first place!
Good luck to the final 9 players!
Chip Counts – End of Day 4
2013/10/02 7:40pm by
Here are the final Day 4 chip counts for Event 8. The 9 players remaining in the tournament will return for the Final Table at 1:00pm on Thursday, October 3. Note that these seats have not been redrawn – the final seating redraw was done at 10 players remaining.
Click on column headings to sort this table.
| First Name | Last Name | Seat | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | Kontaratos | Seat 6 | 6,715,000 |
| Colin | Piche | Seat 3 | 3,080,000 |
| Eric | Despres | Seat 9 | 7,985,000 |
| Guillaume | Rivet | Seat 7 | 4,865,000 |
| Henri | Balcazar | Seat 5 | 3,480,000 |
| Michael | Linster | Seat 8 | 6,765,000 |
| Roger | Lamia | Seat 1 | 3,380,000 |
| Vineet | Pahuja | Seat 2 | 10,910,000 |
| Zeng | Yi Xie | Seat 4 | 1,565,000 |
Event 8 Schedule Update
2013/10/02 6:21pm by
There’s a slight change to the schedule that players, Live Stream viewers, and people who would like to “Rail” their friends should keep in mind.
The Final Table of the Main Event, which was originally scheduled to start at 4pm tomorrow, has been moved up to start at 1pm.