Guillaume Bibeau was nursing a short stack for most of this final table, yet somehow every time he got his chips in the middle, they would come back in double. He wasn’t able to score another double up on his last hand though, as he open shoved 1.3M from the cutoff and was called by Eddie Bangash on the button.
Guillaume: 
Eddie: 
Board: 
6th place: Guillaume Bibeau, $6,690
Pierre Hubert Maltais opened preflop from middle position to 325K, and was followed by Eddie Bangash on the button, and Robert Amireault from the big blind. The dealer rang out a 
flop, and Pierre Hubert fired 550K after Robert knocked the table. Eddie made the call, and Robert threw his cards away. When the turn brought the 
, Pierre Hubert opted for a check. Eddie then slid in a bet of 930K, to which Pierre Hubert responded with an all-in for roughly 2.5M. Eddie couldn’t get his chips in fast enough, tabling for the nut straight. Pierre Hubert turned over 
, a hand that was drawing dead at that point. The river was a meaningless 
, and Eddie added over 3.5M new chips to his stack, increasing it to over 10 million!
7th place: Pierre Hubert Maltais, $4,400
Terry Nother found himself all-in preflop for his last 1.2M chips versus fellow short stack of the table, Guillaume Bibeau. He was poised for the double up, as his 
were far ahead of Guillaume’s 
, that is until Guillaume spiked a pair of aces on the river of the 
board.
8th place: Terry Nother, $3,390
Francois Gauthier was on a bit of a roller-coaster ride these last few hands, as he managed to double up to over 3 million versus Normand St Jean Thibodeau, only to lose half of it to Pierre Hubert a few hands later. Less than an orbit later, he found himself shipping 525K over to Guillaume Bibeau, who managed to double his short stack with versus Francois’s 
when a king hit the flop.
In his last hand, Francois 3-bet shoved just over 1 million over Justin Lieu’s utg min-raise, who made the call.
Francois:
Justin:
Francois wasn’t able to come from behind, and failed to improve on the 
board to finish in 9th place.
9th place: Francois Gauthier, $2,710
Action has been rather quiet here in the last level, as most hands are either taken down preflop or on the flop. Then a series of hands occurred that sent chips flying from one end of the table to the other.
In the first of the action hands, Francois Gauthier moved all-in from middle position for 1.69M, and Normand St Jean Thibodeau called from the button.
Francois: 
Normand: 
Francois was quite content with the board, as the 
scored him a much needed double up.
On the very next hand, action folded around to Normand in the cutoff, who made a raise to 360K. Eddie Bangash moved all-in from the big blind, and Normand committed his 1.46M stack.
Normand:
Eddie:
Normand managed to climb back to almost where he was two hands earlier, as he made a straight on the 
board.
Just two hands later, we saw Francois min-raise to 260K, and snap call Pierre Hubert Maltais all-in of 1.75M.
Francois:
Pierre Hubert: 
The board was looking good for Francois, until Pierre Hubert ran a straight on the 
board for the double up.
On the very next hand we witnessed yet another all-in and call, however this time Terry Nother and Robert Amireault both turned over the same hand, AQo, to chop the pot.
Players are on a short break, and during this time we did some chip counting. Here is how the wealth is spread on this final table:
Final Table
It only took one hand on this final table to see our first casualty. Normand St Jean Thibodeau opened from utg to 300K holding a stack of roughly 2.2M, and was faced with an all-in from Tony Capone from the cut-off. Normand tanked for a moment before committing another 625K into the pot, and found himself in a good spot.
Tony:
Normand:
Tony didn’t see any help on the 
board, and took a walk to the cashiers to collect his winnings of $1,940.
10th place: Tony Capone, $1,940
We have now reached the final table of Event 1, as this field of 1,401 entries has been reduced to just 10 finalists. Here is the new seating arrangement:
Final Table
We will be providing some updates on chip counts at the next break, which is only a few minutes away.
Good luck to our final tableists!
After losing a large chunk of his stack a few hands earlier, Edouard Dupuis moved his last 490K into the middle from the button in an unopened pot. He was called by both Eddie Bangash in the small blind, and Pierre Hubert Maltais in the big blind. Both players checked to the river, and with the board showing 
, Eddie fired a bet of 330K, which was uncalled by Pierre Hubert. Eddie opened , and Edouard mucked his hand.
There is now a seating redraw for the final table of 10 players, which we will publish momentarily.
11th place: Edouard Dupuis, $1,940
We just witnessed a big hand develop between Eddie Bangash and former chip leader Terry Nother. Eddie opened the action from under the gun to 215K, and saw a 3-bet from Terry to 715K. After a few moments of silence, Eddie prepared a 4-bet to 1.875M, which was flatted by Terry. The dealer opened the flop of 
, and Eddie announced he was all-in. Terry folded his cards, and Eddie upped his stack to just over 6.6M, good for the current chip lead.
A few hands later, we saw Pierre Hubert Maltais go all-in preflop versus Edouard Dupuis.
Pierre Hubert:
Edouard:
Board: 
.
Pierre Hubert doubled his 1.325M stack, leaving Edouard with just over 500K.
We are just one elimination away from our final table of 10 players!
