Alexandre Bedard opened to 50K from the button in a unopened pot, and was followed by an all-in from Gregory Katayami in the big blind. Having already wagered 20% of his stack, Alexandre committed his remaining 200K into the middle.
Alexandre: 
Gregory: 
Alexandre found some help on the turn pairing his 6, but Gregory made the winning hand on the river by hitting a queen.
6th place: Alexandre Bedard, $4,800
Action folded around to Steve Daraiche in the big blind, who placed a small raise, then snap called when Richard Leger moved in for just under 400K.
Steve: 
Richard: 
Steve’s pair of nines held on the 
board to score the knock-out.
7th place: Richard Leger, $3,600
Mike Fraser was playing very passively today, and was blinded down until just one big blind. Sitting in the big blind, he was automatically all-in. Play folded around until Gregory Katayama on the button, who moved his 250K stack in to go heads-up with Mike.
Mike: 
Gregory: 
Gregory made two pair to eliminate Mike in 8th place.
8th place: Mike Fraser, $2,600
On a board showing 
, Thanh-Phong 3-bet his 356K stack after having his bet min-raised by Steve Daraiche. Steve made the call, and they turned over their hands.
Thanh-Phong: 
Steve:
Thanh-Phong found no help with the running to finish in 9th place.
9th place: Thanh-Phong Bui, $2,000
Gary Lucci 4-bet jammed his 400K stack from early position, and was called by Kyle Chang.
Gary: 
Kyle:
Kyle’s pair held up on the 
board to eliminate our first player of the night.
10th place: Gary Lucci, $1,500
We just witnessed the first all-in and call of the night, as Thanh-Phong Bui 4-bet jammed his 325K stack and got called by Richer Leger. They both turned over the same hand, a pair of sixes, with Thanh-Phong holding black cards, and Richard with red sixes. There was a sweat, as the turn brought a third diamond on board, but the hand finished in a chop.
Event 12 resumes tonight with Day 3, and we will be playing down to a winner tonight. 10 players are back today to battle it out for the $21,500 first prize, which is accompanied by a Playground Poker Montreal Festival bracelet!
Good luck to all!
Alexandre Bedard 
Mike Fraser 
Xin Qi 
Gregory Katayama 
Kyle Chang 
Steve Daraiche 
Gary Lucci 
Jame McDermott 
Richard Leger 
Thanh-Phong Bui
Here are the player-reported chip counts to start the Final table of this $500 + $50 tournament, being held on Wednesday September 3 at 7pm.
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First Name,Last Name,Chip Count [attr sort=”des”]
Steve,Daraiche,”1,279,000″
Kyle,Chang,”539,000″
Gary,Lucci,”510,000″
Gregory,Katayama,”453,000″
Thanh-Phong,Bui,”373,000″
Xin,Qi,”358,000″
Richard,Leger,”354,000″
Alexandre,Bedard,”283,000″
Mike,Fraser,”228,000″
James,McDermott,”202,000″
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