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9th place: Stephane Gauthier
After doubling Danny Rouleau up not too long ago, Stephane Gauthier fell on the short end of the leaderboard. Facing an open from Mark Thomas Wells, Stephane moved his last 5 big blinds in from the big blind position, and found a call.
Mark: 
Stephane: 
Mark spiked the river to eliminate Stephane, as the board read 
.
9th place: Stephane Gauthier – $2,370
Stephane Gauthier
12th place: Ruben Perceval
With 595,000 to his name, Ruben Perceval moved all-in from early position. It folded around to Cherif Mohand in the small blind, who isolated my moving all-in himself. The two went heads-up to the flop:
Ruben: 
Cherif: 
Board: 
12th place: Ruben Perceval – $1,780
Ruben Perceval
13th place: Tedde Ballanger
Tedde Ballanger was in the big blind with just over 1,300,000 when he was facing a late-position open to 200,000 from Mark Wells. He announced all-in, and found a quick call.
Tedde: 
Mark: 
He found no help on the 
board, and make his exit in 13th place.
13th place: Tedde Ballanger – $1,450
14th place: Brian Bond
George Kazarian opened to 200,000 from under the gun, and found himself heads-up versus Brian Bond, who made the call from the big blind. On a flop of 
, Brian tanked for a moment and lead out with an all-in of roughly 730,000. George made the quick call, and they tabled their hands.
Brian: 
George: 
The running cards were and 
, and George’s pair of queens were good enough to eliminate Brian in 14th place. George now sits on a stack upwards of 3,200,000.
14th place: Brian Bon – $1,450
Brian Bond
There’s a new Cherif in town
A huge hand just developed between former chip-leader Mark Thomas Wells and Cherif Si Hadj Mohand.
Mark opened to 200,000 from under the gun, and action folded around to Cherif in the big blind, who quickly announced all-in. Mark asked for a count, and was informed the total was of 2,060,000. He went into the tank for a few moments, and finally announced the call.
Cherif: 
Mark: 
They both looked nervously at the board, as they were virtually flipping for the chip-lead of the tournament. The dealer rang out 
, and Cherif’s pair of jacks was good to win the over 4 million chip pot!
Cherif Si Hadj Mohand
17th place: Sammy Chao
A huge hand just occurred on table 39! It all started with an open from Brian Mclean to 175,000 from under the gun. Fazeel Munawar made the call from the cutoff, and was followed by an all-in from Hezkiel Menache on the button, who held 410,000. The small blind got out of the way, and Sammy Chao announced he was all-in for just over 900,000. Brian Mclean came over the top of the two all-in players, which forced Fazeel out of the hand, who open-folded 
.
Brian:
Hezkiel:
Sammy: 
Board: 
The best hand held, and Hezkiel more than tripled up his stack. Brian took the remainder of Sammy’s stack, sending him to the cashiers in 17th place.
18th place: Jason Mottershead
Jason Mottershead was falling quite short, and with the blinds just around the corner, he opted to move his last few blinds in from under the gun. It looked as if the steal would go through, until Danny Rouleau woke up with a monster in the big blind.
Jason: 
Danny: 
Jason was in a world of trouble, and couldn’t overcome Danny’s premium on a board reading 
to finish in 18th place.
A few eliminations bring us down to 2 tables
Adeel Aman Bangash only had a few blinds left when he pushed from middle position in an unopened pot, and he found a snap call from Brian Mclean in the big blind.
Adeel: 
Brian:
Adeel almost found the help he was looking for, as he flopped an open-ended straight draw, but in the end the board was the last of his Event 1 run.
We also lost Pierre-Luc Gaudreau in the mean time, as he fell to the hands of chip leader Marc Doyer-St-Jean.
Vincenzo Delia was the next casualty, as he was all-in preflop with versus the of Fazeel Munawar. The board was of no help to him, and he was eliminated in 20th place.
Sammy Chao lost almost half his stack, as he 3bet Fazeel Munawar’s open up to 350,000, and then folded to the 4bet all-in. He left himself with 450,000 in chips, which he managed to double-up the very next hand, as his overcame Hezkiel’s in a preflop all-in war. Hezkiel was left with only 200,000 after the hand.
Isham Yamani was crippled in a battle of the blinds, and he moved in his ~450,000 stack in from the small blind and found a quick call from Danny Rouleau in the big blind.
Isham: 
Danny:
He was left with 70,000 after Danny filled up on the board, but managed to triple it up the very next hand, until finally losing it moments later to place 19th.
With that elimination, we are now down to our final two tables, and play just entered level 28.
Quick start to Day 3
Only a few hands have been played out so far in Day 3, but we’ve already seen a few players move all-in.
The first was short stack Noah Reboh, who moved in with from middle position, and found a call from Hezkiel Menache on the button, who had . Noah’s head dropped when the dealer pulled out a flop of , however his mood changed quickly when the turn brought the . The river was a blank, and Noah successfully doubled his stack up!
Moments later, it was Dominique Morin who was all-in and facing a flip. His were up against the 
of Stephane Gauthier, and he threw out a fist pump after flopping the flush on a 
board, however the running sent him packing as Stephane made a full house.
Vincenzo Delia was next in line, and his was good for a double up versus George Kazarian’s .
Jonathan Brassard took a big chunk out of Ruben Perceval, as he doubled his 660,000 stack with versus in an all-in preflop situation.
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