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

The big-name players continue to fall in the Main Event of the PokerStars Canada Cup as Steven Silverman has been eliminated in 24th place. When we arrived at the table Steven was all in and there had already been a call by François Binette. Action folded around the rest of the table and the players showed down.

Steven:
François:

The flop was cruel to Steven. gave him the pair in the window only to have François hit his set when the door card was unveiled. The board ran out and Steven was off to get his payout coupon.

24th place: Steven Silverman, $14,740

Jonathan Duhamel has been eliminated in 25th place from the feature table. Duhamel started the day relatively short-stacked and had just 143K in his stack to start the hand. When it folded around to him in the small blind, he shoved into Antonio Esfandiari in the big blind. Antonio is playing over 1M in chips and he quickly called.

Jonathan:
Antonio:

The flop kept Antonio’s Ace-high in front: . The turn gave Jonathan an open-ended straight draw but gave Antonio the flush draw – but the was a blank for both players and Antonio’s Ace held.

25th place: Jonathan Duhamel, $12,990

Out of @PokerStars #CanadaCup in 25th place but had a blast! Nice to score both the HR and ME! Will be back on french/english webcast tomo!

— Jonathan Duhamel (@JonathanDuhamel) May 27, 2014

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

Amer Sulaiman has been eliminated in 27th place by Thiago Nishijima.

Amer opened the action with a min-raise from the UTG +1 position. Action folded around to Thiago who 3-bet to 68K. It continued to fold back to Amer who flat called.

The flop was dealt: and Amer instantly open-shoved his last 128K. Thiago wasn’t happy about it, but in just a few seconds he called and flipped over a pocket pair , while Amer turned over for a pair of eights.

The turn was perfect for Thiago who made his set, and Amer got up from his seat and could only watch in futility as the couldn’t change his fate.

27th place: Amer Sulaiman, $12,990

The PokerStars Canada Cup Main Event has reached Day 4 – the penultimate day in the event that will wind up with the final table tomorrow. There are 27 players left in contention in the event but of course the pay jumps are huge – the next player to be eliminated will get $12,990 while first place is over $360K!

Players are taking their seats on two tables on the floor of the Tournament Hall and the feature table on stage. The tournament will again be live streamed via Pokerstars.tv with commentary by James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton.

It all gets underway in minutes, so stay tuned for some amazing poker action!

Day 3 is now complete in the Main Event of the PokerStars Canada Cup and just 27 players remain in contention in the tournament.

Play was extremely quick all day and it ended up taking just over 5 hours to move from the 72nd place elimination to the 28th place elimination which signalled the end of the day.

Players will return for Day 4 tomorrow (Tuesday May 27) at 11am and play will continue until a 9-handed final table is set.