Marcello placed a raise to 80,000 from utg+1, and was flat called by Azim on the button, and David in the small blind. First to act, David open-shoved for 644,000 on the 
flop, and found a call only from Marcello.
David: 
Marcello: 
David was down to two outs if he wanted to survive, but the turn and river were the 
and 
, and his Main Event ended in a 13th place finish, good for $7,090. Marcello just barely surpassed the 2 million chip mark with that pot.
David Sorgente
Leandre St-Laurent has been eliminated in 14th place in the Main Event of the Montréal Poker Expo.
Chan An Luong got things going in the fateful hand, opening to 85K, which was followed by Leandre’s raise all-in for 279K. Chan An wasn’t really happy with the decision but after talking to himself a little about how he has to gamble sometimes, he made the call.
Leandre: 
Chan An: 
The flop was better for Chan An than Leandre: 
and the 
removed a couple of his outs… but the 
gave him a rivered straight and Leandre was sent to the tournament desk to pick up his payout ticket.
Leandre St-Laurent
Cong Son Dao just added heaps of new chips to his stack, as he knocked out two opponents in one hand.
He opened from utg+1 to 78,000, and was 3bet to 190,000 by Kenny Bogart, who was next to act. Giovanni Massa moved all-in for a little less, as his total stack was of 170,000. Cong committed the extra 112,000 to go see a pot 3-way.
Cong tank-checked first to act on the flop of 
, but couldn’t call quickly enough when Kenny announced his all-in (for almost 700,000).
Cong: 
Kenny: 
Giovanni: 
Cong was in great shape to win a huge pot, and with the running cards bringing the 
, he did just that, eliminating two players in the process. Kenny placed in 15th, collecting $7,090, while Giovanni picked up a cash of $6,080 for his 16th place finish. Cong increased his stack to just over 2.5 million with that pot, putting him amongst the chip leaders.
Chanracy Khun has been in the middle-to-back of the pack in terms of his stack size for most of the day, but he just completed a full double up through David Sorgente to move him much closer to the chip average with 16 players left in the tournament.
Preflop, Chanracy opened from the button to around 55K and David made the call from the big blind. The flop was dealt: 
.
David was first to act, and he checked it to Chanracy, who opened to 60K. David then raised to 150K, and after 15-20 seconds of thinking about it, Chanracy re-raised all-in to 466K. Now it was David’s turn to think, and he thought about it a lot more than Chanracy had. Finally he made the call and the two hands were tabled.
Chanracy: 
David:
Chanracy was a 9-1 favourite, and the remaining community cards 
did nothing for David and Chan made the pure double. He now sits at around 1.1M in chips.
Jason Mandanici-Turcot was in the small blind when he 3bet shoved from 305,000, facing a late-position open to 75,000 form Kenny Bogart. Kenny made the call and the players tabled their hands.
Jason: 
Kenny: 
Jason was one heart short of making the nut flush on the 
, and was eliminated in 17th from this Main Event in the Montréal Poker Expo. He was awarded with $6,080 for his deep run, while Kenny climbed to around 1,130,000 in chips.
Chan An Luong opened to 90,000 from under the gun, and when action folded around to Jason Mandanici-Turcot in the big blind, he announced all-in. Chan An, holding a stack of 460,000, made the call to go heads-up.
Chan An: 
Jason:
The window cards would make it hard for Jason to win the hand, as it was a jack, and the board of 
ran in favour of Chan An, who doubled to nearly 1 million. Jason was left with a little over 300,000 after the hand.
Robert Johnson opened from middle position to 55K and Miltiadis Mavrigiannakis went all-in for his last 280K (approximately). Robert asked for a count, and when the stack was broken down but before he got the total he just asked, “is it less than 300?” It was – the stack was clearly countable from across the table – and Robert made the call.
Miltiadis: 
Robert: 
Robert was dominated, but it proved to be irrelevant – Miltiadis didn’t connect at all and Robert got by far the best of it as these community cards were dealt: .
Robert has grown his stack to over 2.5M in chips.
18th place: Miltiadis Mavrigiannakis, $6,080
Miltiadis Mavrigiannakis
Here is an update on the full chip counts of the remaining 18 players, as they return from a short break and enter level 24. Eric Aucoin had amassed a stack of nearly 3.5 million not long ago, but a few recent hands brought him back closer to the field, although he still holds the lead.
| First Name | Last Name | Seat | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leandre | St-Laurent | Table 66 - Seat 1 | 467,000 |
| Jonathan | Brassard | Table 66 - Seat 2 | 1,325,000 |
| Cong Son | Dao | Table 66 - Seat 3 | 1,275,000 |
| Kenny | Bogart | Table 66 - Seat 4 | 780,000 |
| Giovanni | Massa | Table 66 - Seat 5 | 250,000 |
| Jason | Mandanici-Turcot | Table 66 - Seat 6 | 864,000 |
| Jared | Newcombe | Table 66 - Seat 7 | 1,790,000 |
| Chan An | Luong | Table 66 - Seat 8 | 438,000 |
| Kevin | MacDonald | Table 66 - Seat 9 | 1,615,000 |
| Chanracy | Khun | Table 70 - Seat 1 | 541,000 |
| Miltiadis | Mavrigiannakis | Table 70 - Seat 2 | 242,000 |
| Angelo | Cusinato | Table 70 - Seat 3 | 863,000 |
| Azim | Popatia | Table 70 - Seat 4 | 1,075,000 |
| David | Sorgente | Table 70 - Seat 5 | 869,000 |
| Xin | Qi | Table 70 - Seat 6 | 666,000 |
| Marcello | Miceli | Table 70 - Seat 7 | 1,561,000 |
| Robert | Johnson | Table 70 - Seat 8 | 2,327,000 |
| Eric | Aucoin | Table 70 - Seat 9 | 2,471,000 |
Just before the break Azim Popatia got it all in and found a call from Eric Aucoin. Before any cards were dealt Eric said, “You’re probably good” to which Azim replied, “I know I’m good…”
Eric:
Azim:
The flop hit Azim but was nevertheless pretty scary: :9g but the turn and river 
were clean and he doubled to over 1M.
The pace of play has continued to be very fast and a full table’s worth of players have left the tournament in less than a single level of play. With 18 players left there was a full redraw of tournament seats – play continues in level 23 in the following configuration.
| First Name | Last Name | Seat |
|---|---|---|
| Leandre | St-Laurent | Table 66 - Seat 1 |
| Jonathan | Brassard | Table 66 - Seat 2 |
| Cong Son | Dao | Table 66 - Seat 3 |
| Kenny | Bogart | Table 66 - Seat 4 |
| Giovanni | Massa | Table 66 - Seat 5 |
| Jason | Mandanici-Turcot | Table 66 - Seat 6 |
| Jared | Newcombe | Table 66 - Seat 7 |
| Chan An | Luong | Table 66 - Seat 8 |
| Kevin | MacDonald | Table 66 - Seat 9 |
| Chanracy | Khun | Table 70 - Seat 1 |
| Miltiadis | Mavrigiannakis | Table 70 - Seat 2 |
| Angelo | Cusinato | Table 70 - Seat 3 |
| Azim | Popatia | Table 70 - Seat 4 |
| David | Sorgente | Table 70 - Seat 5 |
| Xin | Qi | Table 70 - Seat 6 |
| Marcello | Miceli | Table 70 - Seat 7 |
| Robert | Johnson | Table 70 - Seat 8 |
| Eric | Aucoin | Table 70 - Seat 9 |
Recent Eliminations
