John Andress has been eliminated in 15th place. He open raised all-in his last (approx) 15K and was promptly called by Timothy Adams, who has in one of the current chip leaders in the tournament.
John: 
Timothy: 
The community cards were no help for John: 
and his tournament was over.
With the elimination of Patrick Crivell in 17th place, the tournament reached its next seating redraw – but while the redraw info was being posted, another hand was finishing on another table, and Martin Rauss was eliminated as well.
Martin was eliminated when it folded around to him on the button and he shoved 7.9K with . He was called from the small blind by David Dong Ming Yan, who held 
. The board came 
and David’s AK-high won the hand, sending Martin to the rail.
Here are the redrawn seats.
Table 61
Table 66
We caught up on the turn in a hand between David Dong Ming Yan and Guillaume Rivet, and the board was showing 
. David, sitting under the gun, fired a bet of 4.5K, and was called by Guillaume Rivet on the button. The river brought the 
, and David check to Guillaume, who placed a bet of 8K, holding roughly 35K behind. David took a moment to think, and then announced he was all-in. Guillaume looked a little disgusted, and went into the tank for a few moments. He eventually made the call, and to his dismay, David turned over for the nuts.
The two current chip leaders of the tournament, David Dong Ming Yan and Timothy Adams, are sitting next to one another on table 70, and are getting involved in quite a few hands together.
In the most recent hand, we saw David check-raise Timothy’s 2.8K bet to 10.3K on a flop of 
. Timothy made the call, and on the turn , David lead out for 14K, which was again called. The river brought the 
, and David placed a small bet of 10.5K, which was raised up to 48K by Timothy. David folded quickly, and Timothy won this round.
The High Roller event in the PokerStars Canada Cup, also known as Event 4, is a $10,000 + $400 No Limit Hold’em event held from May 20 to 22, 2014. There are 34 total entries in the event which adds up to a prize pool of $329,800.00 which will be distributed according to this payout table.
| Finish | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $122,050.00 |
| 2 | $79,150.00 |
| 3 | $49,470.00 |
| 4 | $34,620.00 |
| 5 | $24,730.00 |
| 6 | $19,780.00 |
Lawrence Greenberg started the day as one of the shorter stacks, and after losing a few chips in the first orbit of Day 2, he found himself all-in for his remaining 10K with 
versus the 
of Danny Lauzon. The board ran in favour of Danny, reading 
, ending Lawrence’s High Roller event.
Martin Rauss has been moved to table 70 – seat 8 – to balance the tables out.
Jeffrey Rossiter started the day short-stacked, having bagged just under 7.5K when play wrapped up last night, and today he was the first victim. He got it pretty good, holding 
but was called by 
and the 
on the flop put Jeffrey way behind and he couldn’t regain the lead with the and 
that completed the community cards.
Event 4 – $10,000 + $400 No Limit Hold’em High Roller – resumes with Day 2 today at Playground Poker Club. This is the biggest buy-in of this Pokerstars Canada Cup series, and Day 1 saw 34 players register, including local heroes Jonathan Duhamel, Jason Duval, Chanracy Khun, Samuel Chartier, and Marc-André Ladouceur amongst others.
With 20 players returning for Day 2, the field is led by David Dong Ming Yan and his 130,250 chip stack. Not far behind is WSOP-bracelet winner Timothy Adams, who bagged a stack of 118,800 last night. These two players have a solid lead on the field, as the third biggest stack, occupied by Samuel Chartier, is of 83,000 chips, which is more than 35,000 behind 2nd.
Day 2 will begin shortly, with 10 levels of 1 hour scheduled to be played today. We will be bringing you up to date coverage on the action at the tables throughout the day.
Chip counts and seating arrangements going into Day 2 can be found here
Good luck!
A total of 34 players entered Event 4 of the PokerStars Canada Cup at Playground Poker Club. Event 4 is the $10,000 + $400 No Limit Hold’em High Roller Event. After 8 levels of play on Day 1 today just 20 players remain and will return for Day 2 at 1pm tomorrow (Wednesday May 22). This is the seating chart for Day 2 including the chip counts each player bagged up at the end of Day 1.
| First Name | Last Name | Seat | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ami | Alibay | Table 70 – Seat 3 | 32,000 |
| Ankush | Mandavia | Table 66 – Seat 3 | 78,875 |
| Carlos | Chadha | Table 61 – Seat 5 | 55,050 |
| Chanracy | Khun | Table 61 – Seat 1 | 24,425 |
| Danny | Lauzon | Table 70 – Seat 7 | 66,325 |
| David Dong Ming | Yan | Table 70 – Seat 1 | 130,250 |
| Guillaume | Rivet | Table 70 – Seat 6 | 38,725 |
| Jason | Duval | Table 66 – Seat 5 | 69,300 |
| Jeffery | Rossiter | Table 61 – Seat 3 | 7,475 |
| John | Andress | Table 70 – Seat 8 | 31,800 |
| Jonathan | Duhamel | Table 61 – Seat 8 | 39,350 |
| Kevin | MacDonald | Table 66 – Seat 4 | 30,525 |
| Lawrence | Greenberg | Table 70 – Seat 4 | 20,525 |
| Martin | Rauss | Table 66 – Seat 7 | 18,300 |
| Nicholas | Petrangelo | Table 66 – Seat 8 | 27,000 |
| Patrick | Crivell | Table 61 – Seat 7 | 23,450 |
| Samuel | Chartier | Table 66 – Seat 6 | 83,000 |
| Steven | Silverman | Table 66 – Seat 1 | 61,650 |
| Sylvain | Siebert | Table 61 – Seat 2 | 64,025 |
| Timothy | Adams | Table 70 – Seat 2 | 118,800 |
