Event 4 is now down to the final 3 players, and here is how the chips are spread out:

1. Samuel Chartier – 521K
2. Ami Alibay – 370K
3. David Yan – 136K

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

1. Ami Alibay – 140.5K
2. David Yan – 257.5K
3. empty seat
4. Jonathan Duhamel – 111K
5. Kevin MacDonald – 165.5K
6. empty seat
7. Samuel Chartier – 346K
8. empty seat
9. empty seat

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

1. Ami Alibay – 381K
2. David Yan – 177K
3. empty seat
4. Jonathan Duhamel – 76.5K
5. Kevin MacDonald – 96K
6. empty seat
7. Samuel Chartier – 210K
8. Timothy Adams – 91K
9. empty seat

We did a quick estimate of the chip stacks of the remaining players, and this is what it looks like:

Final Table

1. Ami Alibay – 215K
2. David Dong Ming Yan – 192K
3. empty seat
4. Jonathan Duhamel – 124K
5. Kevin MacDonald – 202K
6. empty seat
7. Samuel Chartier – 190K
8. Timothy Adams – 93K
9. empty seat

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

Danny Lauzon raised preflop to 6K from middle position, and was flat called by Samuel Chartier from the button. The two players went heads-up to the flop, which read . Danny fired 13K, and Samuel called. The turn brought the , and Danny fired another 25K, which was followed by an all-in from Samuel. Danny reluctantly threw in the chips, and called out for a heart.

Danny:

Samuel:

The river was a , and Samuel picked up a big pot to put him amongst the chip leaders. We are now but one elimination away from the money.

8th place: Danny Lauzon