Babakhani goes out in 15th

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 1.2M
  • Remaining: 14
  • Entries: 578


  • 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 5 of Hearts 5 of Clubs from early position. Rayan Chamas called from middle position, holding King of Hearts Jack of Diamonds, and everyone else folded.

    Rayan spiked a king on the 8 of Spades King of Diamonds 3 of Diamonds 7 of Diamonds 3 of Clubs 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

    Amir Babakhani

    Updated chip counts

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 1.2M
  • Remaining: 15
  • Entries: 578


  • 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

    Delgrasso out 16th

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 1.2M
  • Remaining: 15
  • Entries: 578


  • Unfortunately we missed the hand that eliminated Marcello Delgrasso, but he has hit the rail in 16th place.

    16th place: Marcello Delgrasso, $18,810

    Marcello Delgrasso

    17th: Jeremie Bilodeau

    Jeremie Bilodeau started today as one of the chip leaders but had dropped down in the past few levels. He still had around 665K when he lost his final pot defending his big blind from aggression by Vincent Jacques. We missed the action but by the time the chips got in the middle, Vincent had trips with a ten in his hand and two on board.

    17th place: Jeremie Bilodeau, $18,810

    Jeremie Bilodeau

    Johnson gets rivered

  • Level: 22
  • Small Blind: 8K
  • Big Blind: 16K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 1M
  • Remaining: 17
  • Entries: 578


  • 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 9 of Clubs 9 of Hearts, and was faced with a 3bet from Micah to 83K. Rayan moved all-in, and Micah made the quick call with Ace of Diamonds King of Clubs.

    The board seemed good for Micah, until the river hit, and Rayan’s full house on the Jack of Spades Ace of Hearts Jack of Clubs Queen of Hearts 9 of Diamonds 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

    Micah Johnson

     

     

    Full seating redraw at 18 players remaining

  • Level: 22
  • Small Blind: 8K
  • Big Blind: 16K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 963.3K
  • Remaining: 18
  • Entries: 578


  • The tournament has been paused while tournament staff complete a full seating redraw with 18 players remaining in the action. When play resumed momentarily, the players will be seated on two tables:

    Table 38 (Feature Table)

    1. Rayan Chamas
    2. Thiago Nishijima
    3. Robert Notkin
    4. Micah Johnson
    5. Francois Binette
    6. Theodore Doukas
    7. Amir Babakhani
    8. James Armstrong
    9. Antonio Esfandiari

    Table 39

    1. Vincent Jacques
    2. Justin Miller
    3. Francois Goulet
    4. Jeremie Bilodeau
    5. McKenzie James Liebzeit
    6. Ankush Mandavia
    7. Ryan Rivers
    8. Kevin MacDonald
    9. Marcello Delgrasso

    Ladouceur out 19th

    Marc-André Ladouceur has been eliminated by James Armstrong in 19th place. Marc-André 3-bet-shoved his remaining stack (around 300K) over James’ opening raise and when it folded around to James, he quickly called.

    Marc-André: Jack of Spades Jack of Clubs
    James: King of Spades King of Hearts

    Marc-André was in trouble and when the community cards came out 8 of Clubs 8 of Spades 10 of Diamonds 2 of Diamonds Queen of Clubs he was eliminated.

    With this elimination there will be break as there is a full seating redraw with 18 players remaining.

    19th place: Marc-André Ladouceur, $16,490

    Marc-André Ladouceur

    Grondin finishes in 20th place

  • Level: 22
  • Small Blind: 8K
  • Big Blind: 16K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 912.6K
  • Remaining: 19
  • Entries: 578


  • 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: Ace of Clubs 7 of Diamonds

    Robert: Ace of Hearts Jack of Diamonds

    Board: King of Clubs 5 of Diamonds 9 of Spades Queen of Diamonds King of Spades

    There will be a seating redraw after the next elimination.

    20th place: Laurence Grondin, $16,490

    Laurence Grondin

    Chip counts at break

  • Level: 22
  • Small Blind: 8K
  • Big Blind: 16K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 867K
  • Remaining: 20
  • Entries: 578


  • 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

    Mackoff sent to the rail

  • Level: 22
  • Small Blind: 8K
  • Big Blind: 16K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 867K
  • Remaining: 20
  • Entries: 578


  • 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

    Jonas Mackoff