Amir Babakhani fell rather short stacked in the last few levels, and on the first hand back from break, he moved his last 175K in with from early position. Rayan Chamas called from middle position, holding , and everyone else folded.

Rayan spiked a king on the board, and former WPT Canadian Spring Championship winner Amir Babakhani was sent to the cashiers to collect his $21,920 paycheck.

15th place: Amir Babakhani, $21,920

Here are a few photographs from Day 2 of Event 10 – $1,000 + $100 No Limit Hold’em:

Frederic Tisseur

Alexender Wong

Thanh Phu

Edin Cekic

Dejan Kovinic

Shayam Srinivasan

Jeff Cote

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Here are the chips counts of the remaining players going into level 23:

Table 38 (Feature Table)

1. Rayan Chamas – 2.25M
2. Thiago Nishijima – 1.30M
3. Robert Notkin – 2.11M
4. empty seat
5. Francois Binette – 726K
6. Theodore Doukas – 561K
7. Amir Babakhani – 178K
8. James Armstrong – 956K
9. Antonio Esfandiari – 2.06M

Table 39

1. Vincent Jacques – 1.70M
2. Justin Miller – 1.62M
3. Francois Goulet – 1.06M
4. empty seat
5. McKenzie James Liebzeit – 754K
6. Ankush Mandavia – 497K
7. Ryan Rivers – 587K
8. Kevin MacDonald – 718K
9. empty seat

Micah Johnson was just one card away from doubling up, but Rayan Chamas hit a 2-outer to eliminate him in 18th place. Rayan opened the action to 35K with his pair of , and was faced with a 3bet from Micah to 83K. Rayan moved all-in, and Micah made the quick call with .

The board seemed good for Micah, until the river hit, and Rayan’s full house on the board propelled him even more into the chip lead by adding Micah’s 410K stack to his own. Rayan now hold over 3.1M.

18th place: Micah Johnson, $18,810

Laurence Grondin has had a rough Day 4, and saw her stack get grinded down from the 800K she started the day with. On her last hand, she took advantage of an unopened-pot to move her 281K stack into the middle from late position, but got a call from Robert Notkin who was in the big blind.

Laurence:

Robert:

Board:

There will be a seating redraw after the next elimination.

20th place: Laurence Grondin, $16,490

Out 20e. Rien n'a fonctionné. Oh well, bon finish avant les Wsop! @PokerStars #CanadaCup

— Laurence Grondin (@LadyLuckPoker) May 27, 2014

Here is how the chips are spread out on this first break of Day 4:

Feature Table

1. Antonio Esfandiari – 1.288M
2. empty seat
3. Jeremie Bilodeau – 748K
4. James Armstrong – 980K
5. Amir Babakhani – 315K
6. Marc-André Ladouceur – 164K
7. empty seat
8. Ankush Mandavia – 685K
9. empty seat

Table 34

1. Marcello Delgrasso – 610K
2. empty seat
3. empty seat
4. Francois Goulet – 1.40M
5. Rayan Chamas – 2.83M
6. Justin Miller – 333K
7. Laurence Grondin – 396K
8. Thiago Nishijima – 1.95M
9. Robert Notkin – 1.52M

Table 38

1. empty seat
2. Vincent Jacques – 821K
3. Ryan Rivers – 857K
4. Theodore Doukas – 463K
5. Kevin MacDonald – 433K
6. McKenzie James Liebzeit – 403K
7. Micah Johnson – 495K
8. empty seat 
9. Francois Binette – 753K

We missed the action, but Jonas Mackoff was just eliminated in 21st place of this Main Event of the PokerStars Canada Cup. According to his Twitter, Jonas ran his pair of jacks into Thiago Nishijima’s pair of queens.

21st place: Jonas Mackoff, $16,490

Out in 21st. Sqz JJ and get it in vs the Decano QQ. Thanks for the support.

— Jonas Mackoff (@donut604) May 27, 2014

We’ve just lost two more players, both from the feature table.

In the first hand, Tamer Alkamli found himself in a great spot to double his short stack up, as his were all-in and far ahead of the of Ankush. However, the board of ran in favour of Ankush’s pair, and Tamer finished in 23rd place.

23rd place: Tamer Alkamli, $14,740

In the very next hand, Spencer Stacey found his last 123K in the middle with , and was facing the of Antonio Esfandiari. The board was of no help to Spencer, showing , eliminating him in 22nd.

22nd place: Spencer Stacey, $14,740

Johnny Mazzaferro started the day as one of the shorter stacks in this Day 4, and certainly had the plan of trying to get his chips in sooner rather that later to try and climb the leaderboard. He picked up a good spot when he 3bet Francois Binette’s 25K open to 75K, and then called the 4bet shove, holding roughly 260K.

Johnny:

Francois:

Unfortunately for Johnny, he couldn’t pick up a pair on a the board, and finished in 26th place for $12,990.

26th place: Johnny Mazzaferro, $12,990