David Nadler just lost back to back hands to George Kazarian to finish his deep run in 8th place.
In the first hand, David opened to 350,000 from middle position, and called George’s late-position all-in for 1,140,000. His 
couldn’t overcome George’s 
on a board showing 
, leaving him with 840,000 behind.
He moved his stack in the very next hand, and again found himself heads-up and behind George.
David: 
George: 
Board: 
8th place: David Nadler – $3,130
David Nadler
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
Brian Mclean was playing 800K on the button when action folded around to him and he open shoved his sub-10bb stack. Ian Armorer in the small blind folded, but Mark Thomas Wells thought about it for a minute and then called.
Brian: 
Mark: 
Mark’s Ace-high was ahead and it stayed ahead the whole way as the community cards were dealt: 
. Mark wrapped the table to congratulate Brian – and then merged the stacks into his own.
10th place: Brian Mclean, $1,780.00
Brian Mclean
Hezkiel Menache, who was among the smallest-stacked players at the table, opened to 250K from UTG and action folded around to George who thought for about 30 seconds before shoving all-in. Everyone including both blinds folded and Hezkiel insta-called and flipped over while George groaned and turned over his .
The Aces held on a board of 
and Hezkiel took the pot.
Ian Armorer
During the break prior to level 30 we managed to get full counts for all of the players left in the tournament. Here is the new leaderboard.
| First Name | Last Name | Seat | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Thomas | Wells | Seat 1 | 3,975,000 |
| Fazeel | Munawar | Seat 2 | 3,645,000 |
| Danny | Rouleau | Seat 3 | 1,225,000 |
| David | Nadler | Seat 4 | 2,035,000 |
| Hezkiel | Menache | Seat 5 | 975,000 |
| Stephane | Gauthier | Seat 6 | 1,945,000 |
| Cherif | Si Hadj Mohand | Seat 7 | 4,685,000 |
| George | Kazarian | Seat 8 | 2,350,000 |
| Brian | Mclean | Seat 9 | 1,065,000 |
| Ian | Armorer | Seat 10 | 1,630,000 |
With 10 players left the surviving players have been brought together on the final table of Event 1, the Strike Out Cancer Charity Event in the Montréal Poker Expo. There was a full seating redraw when the final table was put together and the players have taken their seats in the following order.
Play resumed on the final table for about 6 minutes and now players have gone on a 10-minute break.
| First Name | Last Name | Seat |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Thomas | Wells | Seat 1 |
| Fazeel | Munawar | Seat 2 |
| Danny | Rouleau | Seat 3 |
| David | Nadler | Seat 4 |
| Hezkiel | Menache | Seat 5 |
| Stephane | Gauthier | Seat 6 |
| Cherif | Si Hadj Mohand | Seat 7 |
| George | Kazarian | Seat 8 |
| Brian | Mclean | Seat 9 |
| Ian | Armorer | Seat 10 |
Marc Doyer-St-Jean has been eliminated in 11th place by Mark Thomas Wells. Marc open shoved is small stack and action folded around to Mark, who quickly made the call and turned over . Marc held 
.
The flop of 
put Mark in the lead and the 
were not what Marc was looking for. The tournament is now down to 10 players, so the players are racking all of their chips in preparation for the redraw as the players take the final table.
11th place: Marc Doyer-St-Jean, $1,780.00
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
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
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
