Layne Trenholm just kocked out two players on this final table, although some of the work was done in the previous hand.

In a battle of the blinds, Francois-Etienne Corbin was crippled to just 35K by Rodney Hollett, as his could not overcome the of Rodney.

On the next hand, Layne moved all-in from early position with roughly 300K, and was followed by an all-in from Mathieu Paquette (260K) and Francois-Etienne (30K).

Layne:

Mathieu:

Francois-Etienne:

Layne got lucky on the flop, pairing his king on the to score the double knockout.

8th place: Francois-Etienne Corbin, $470

7th place: Mathieu Paquette, $630

Here are the chip counts of the remaining 8 players entering level 25:

Final Table

• Seat 1. Rodney Hollett – 185,000
• Seat 2. Daniel Kwon – 1,255,000
• Seat 3. Michael James McCormack – 420,000
• Seat 4. John Consiglio – 510,000
• Seat 5. Layne Trenholme – 315,000
• Seat 6. Mathieu Paquette – 275,000
• Seat 7. Raffaele Capone – eliminated in 10th – $270
• Seat 8. Yu Zhou – 345,000
• Seat 9. Francois-Etienne Corbin – 389,000
• Seat 10. Eric Pelletier – eliminated in 9th – $350

Eric Pelletier was falling quite short stacked when he decided to take advantage of an unopened pot to move in, but he was called by John Consiglio from the big blind, who had the slightly favoured hand.

Eric:

John:

Although Eric flopped a pair, John finished by running a straight on the board to scoop the pot.

9th place: Eric Pelletier, $350

Raphaele Capone moved in with his last 65K after Layne Trenholm opened from middle position to 125K. Everyone else folded, and they were heads-up to the flop.

Layne:

Raphaele:

Raphaele was in a good spot to double up, but the board ran in favour of Layne, showing .

10th place: Raphaele Capone, $270

The tournament has been reduced to just one last table in Event 11, and one player is dominating the field at this point. Daniel Kwon, who recently turned quad aces to knock two players out just before the final table, has just over 1.2M in front of him, nearly 1/3 of the chips in play! Here are our final tableist:

Final Table

• Seat 1. Rodney Hollett
• Seat 2. Daniel Kwon
• Seat 3. Michael James McCormack
• Seat 4. John Consiglio
• Seat 5. Layne Trenholme
• Seat 6. Mathieu Paquette
• Seat 7. Raffaele Capone
• Seat 8. Yu Zhou
• Seat 9. Francois-Etienne Corbin
• Seat 10. Eric Pelletier

Congratulations!

Michael James McCormack

Daniel Kwon

Francois-Etienne Corbin

Raffaele Capone

Eric Pelletier

Yu Zhou

John Consiglio

Layne Trenholm

Rodney Hollett

Mathieu Paquette

We’ve reached our final two tables here in Event 11, and we are but 4 eliminations away from bursting the money bubble. Here are our last 20 standing:

Table 34

• Seat 1. John Consiglio
• Seat 2. Conrado Corpus
• Seat 3. Greg Arevian
• Seat 4. Jean-Francois Lussier
• Seat 5. Eric Girard
• Seat 6. Michael James McCormack
• Seat 7. Francois-Etienne Corbin
• Seat 8. Rodney Hollett
• Seat 9. Raffaele Capone
• Seat 10. Layne Trenholm

Table 37

• Seat 1. Eric Pelletier
• Seat 2. Joseph Reis
• Seat 3. Pierre Olivier Adam
• Seat 4. Michael Snider
• Seat 5. Daniel Kwon
• Seat 6. Remi Theoret Gosselin
• Seat 7. Yu Zhou
• Seat 8. Mathieu Paquette
• Seat 9. George Grady
• Seat 10. Anish Kumar Sood

Here is an update on the current chip leaders, going in to level 19:

1. Rodney Hollett – 308K
2. Daniel Kwon – 239K
3. Francois-Etienne Corbin – 226K
4. Anish Kumar Sood – 224K
5. Michael Snider – 206K

Daniel Kwon

Rodney Hollett

Anish Kumar Sood

Michael Snider

Francois-Etienne Corbin

The field has dropped down to the last five 10-handed tables, and the following players lead the group:

1. Anish Kumar Sood – 259K
2. Joseph Reis – 202K
3. Conrado Corpus – 186K
4. Jessy Martin-Berthelet – 179K
5. Beverly Blake – 152K

Players in Event 11 are feeling the pressure of the turbo format, as almost 2/3 of the field has already hit the rail. The nice aspect of this game is that for every stack that crumbles, another one grows. A few players have starting building some impressive towers with all of their chips. Players will go on break in 15 minutes, and we will bring you an update on the leaderboard at that point.

After 10 levels of play, the following players have managed to breach the 100K mark, and sit on top of the leaderboard:

1. Ti – 159K
2. Yu Zhou – 132K
3. John Consiglio – 129K
4. Mark Larsen – 104K
5. Daniel Kwon – 103K
6. Conrado Corpus – 102K