There are just three players left in the event but the scheduled ending point of 10 levels played today has arrived and the players have decided to call it a night and return tomorrow to play to the end. It has been a gruelling day of poker and everyone is visibly fatigued.
When they return tomorrow they’ll take the same seats and re-start play at 1pm with the following stacks that have been bagged up for storage.
Event 4 is now down to the final 3 players, and here is how the chips are spread out:
Level 18 has just begun.
The former world champion Jonathan Duhamel was on a good run in this High Roller Event of the Pokerstars Canada Cup, but it just came to an end when he 3bet shoved his 114K stack over Samuel Chartier’s 11K open. Samuel made the quick call, and they were off to the flop:
Samuel: 
Jonathan: 
Jonathan couldn’t hit anything on the board of 
, and was send to the cashiers to pick up his earnings.
4th place: Jonathan Duhamel, $34,520
In a hand that was made for TV, Kevin MacDonald was crippled to 2bb by David Yan. David opened to 10K from the button, and called Kevin’s all-in of just over 100K from the big blind.
Kevin: 
David: 
The flop was definitely an interesting one, bringing out 
. The turn didn’t change much, adding a 
to the board, but the river 
gave David a better full house.
Kevin was left with only 11K behind, and found himself all-in the very next hand with a respectable 
, but was crushed by Ami Alibay’s on a board of 
.
5th place: Kevin MacDonald, $24,730
In a hand that nearly played itself at this stage of the tournament, Ali Alibay found himself doubling his 140K stack through David on the first hand back from break. They both got all their chips in on the flop of 
, with David holding top-top ( 
) and Ami holding a set of jacks (
). Ami had the hand locked down by the turn (
), and the river was a meaningless 
.
Ami is up to almost 300K now, while David dropped down to 120K.
We are on what is scheduled to be the last break of the night, with 2 levels left to go before the 10 levels of Day 2 are completed. Should all the players remaining after these 10 levels agree, the tournament might be played out to completion today. Otherwise it will go on break until Day 3 tomorrow, Thursday May 22nd, at 1pm.
Here are the current chip counts:
Final Table
After chipping down in the last few orbits, Timothy Adams was sitting on just over ten big blinds when he got his chips in preflop versus David Yan. Unfortunately for him, he went in as the underdog, and couldn’t manage to double up.
Timothy:
David: 
Board: 
6th place: Timothy Adams, $19,780
The players in Event 4 are taking a 15-minute break, and we took advantage of this time to do some counts. Here is how the chips are spread out:
Final Table
We did a quick estimate of the chip stacks of the remaining players, and this is what it looks like:
Final Table
With the most recent elimination of Jason Duval in 7th place, Event 4 is now in the money!
Samuel Chartier opened under the gun to 4.5K, and was called by Kevin MacDonald from the small blind. Jason Duval the squeezed all-in from the big blind for around 45K, which got Samuel to fold, but not Kevin, who completed the call.
Jason:
Kevin: 
Board: 
7th place: Jason Duval
