The following players were eliminated between 28th place and 36th place in the PokerStars Canada Cup Main Event.
Eliminations, 28th to 36th, $11,250
Some more eliminations as the day has progressed.
Eliminations, 37th to 45th, $9,700
In the mean time, Marc-André Ladouceur has been move to the feature table, and is right next to fellow PokerStars pro Jonathan Duhamel.
Event 10 is on a break and we have gone and found some early chip leaders in this star-studded field.
Canadian pro Mike Watson has been eliminated in 35th place. He was on the button facing a preflop raise of 20K from François Goulet when he declared all-in for 185K. François didn’t seem very comfortable but eventually made the call.
Mike: 
François: 
The flop was perfect for François – 
and the turn 
gave François the flush and the win. The river was a meaningless 
.
The eliminations from the Main Event have continued pretty quickly with just a few slowdowns, so considering that the tournament is playing down to 27 players, it should be a relatively short (though never easy) day.
For the record, here are the eliminations in more of the early pay levels.
Eliminations, 46th to 54th, $8,340
Eliminations, 55th to 63rd, $6,980
Event 10 has begun with 62 players though it’s likely going to grow to about 100 total runners by the time late registration closes at the end of the break following level 4. There are some notable players in the field including Marc-Étienne McLaughlin, Carla Sabini, Christopher “d0r1r0s” McClung, as well as talented Playground regulars Yannick Labattaglia, Billy Kontaratos, and Carlo Nini.
Players are back from their first break of the day and we took the opportunity to update the leaderboard at this stage in the tournament.
Updated counts for some of the other notable players are coming in a few minutes.
The next event in the PokerStars Canada Cup is Event 10 a $1,000 + $100 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout that is set to begin at 1pm. The event is a freezeout with a single Day 1. There has been some bridge work on the main link between Kahnawake and central Montreal which has caused some traffic tie-ups, so the TD has delayed the beginning of the tournament for a half hour.
Players are starting to come together in the tournament hall and we’ll start our coverage as soon as the event is underway.
As expected there has been a rush to the cashier as 9 players have already been eliminated.
Eliminations, 72nd to 64th, $6,010
Play has begun in Day 3 in the Main Event of the PokerStars Canada Cup. They’ll play 20 minutes in level 17 and then the tournament will move to 90-minute levels.
Keep in mind that you can follow all of the action via live stream. Visit the Live Stream page here on the blog or go directly to the source at PokerStars.tv to tune in.
