There’s a pretty wide consensus that Yann is the among the very best of the strong current field of Quebecois poker pros, but although he got his chips in with the lead he couldn’t fade a 3-outer to stay alive in the Canada Cup.

When we arrived at table 33 there was already a ton of action – at least one limp and a called raise, and then Brazilian pro Thiago Nishijima 3-bet to 26K. Action came back to Yann who 4-bet to approximately 55K. This bet folded out the other players and action returned to Thiago, who jammed. Yann was obviously hoping to induce the shove and he instantly called and turned over . Thiago wasn’t strong: , but the flop of was perfect and the run-out couldn’t get Yann back in front.

Here are a few additional photos from Day 2, taken during level 14.

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Amir Babakhani

Fuad Nasser

Riyaz Abdulla

Thiago Nishijima

Frank Katana

Thomas Lefort

Alexandre Lavigne

Louis Boutin

Chang Whan Sohn

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These are rough chip counts of some of the notable players left in the field going into level 15:

• Ami Alibay – 92K
• Antonio Esfandiari – 90K
• Ankush Mandavia – 336K
• Chanracy Khun – 63K
• Carter Swidler – 148K
• Guillaume Rivet – 101K
• Laurence Grondin – 174K
• Lucas Greenwood – 161K
• Jonathan Duhamel – 116K
• Marc-André Ladouceur – 127K
• Pascal Lefrancois – 395K
• Steven Silverman – 309K
• Sylvain Siebert – 303K
• Thiago Nishijima – 131K
• Vincent Jacques – 46K
• Will Molson – 201K
• Yann Dion – 178K

175,000 au 2e break. Let's goooooo! @PokerStars #CanadaCup

— Laurence Grondin (@LadyLuckPoker) May 25, 2014

Lost a 250k pot with my as as vs kk all in pré Still alive with 100k 🙁 @PlaygroundPoker

— AmiAlibay (@AmiAlibay) May 25, 2014

The Main Event has reached level 15 and the black T100 chips have been removed from play. Here are the chip leaders at this stage of the tournament.

1. Jeremie Bilodeau – 500K
2. Riyaz Abdullah – 412K
3. Danny Boyaci – 397K
4. Pascal Lefrançois – 395K
5. Mathieu Boulanger-Vaugeois – 382K

Some notable players have hit the rail in the last level and a half. A break is coming in just 3 minutes and we’ll find the current chip leaders as tournament staff colours up and races off the black T100 chips.

• Eric Afriat
• Jason Duval
• Jean-Philippe Piquette
• Kevin Macphee
• Charles Alexandre Sylvestre
• Jeffrey Dale Gross

Busted the Canada Cup. Got shortish & got it in with KJhh on 653hh vs 9s in a 3 bet pot & bricked… at least I get to play #sundayfunday

— Kevin MacPhee (@KevinMacPhee) May 25, 2014

Players Club member Jean-Philippe Piquette has been eliminated from the tournament in a really ugly hand that also eliminated Maxime Laberge while giving a huge boost to Chang Hwan Sohn.

Dean Murphy opened the action in early position with a raise to 5K. Chang, sitting in seat 2, 3-bet a huge 44K, and Maxime (in seat 3) shoved over the top for what we would eventually learn was 78K. Jean-Philippe then insta-jammed his marginally larger stack (from seat 4) and it folded back around to Chang, who asked for counts of the all-in bets and then went in the tank.

Eventually his math told him that although he was sure he had the worst hand he had to call anyhow, and so he called.

Chang:
Maxime:
Jean-Philippe:

The flop was safe for the aces: , as was the turn . The river was a disaster though: gave Chang a set and sent both Maxime and Jean-Philippe to the showers.

A few players have been doing their own ‘live updates’ and keeping their rail informed via Twitter.

Triple up, j'ai maintenant 40bb! @PokerStars #CanadaCup

— Laurence Grondin (@LadyLuckPoker) May 25, 2014

So much for that. Ran bad, then shoved last 25k with 66 into CO raise and button call and CO had QQ. WSOP Friday.

— Ryan Hall (@RGHall) May 25, 2014

Boooooooommmmm 10k super short 8bb to almost 200k Pokerstars Canada cup main event day 2 @PLAYGROUNDPOKER

— AmiAlibay (@AmiAlibay) May 25, 2014

That was harsh. Just busted the #CanadaCup with AK vs AQ on a AT5J board for a 200k pot. #sadpuppy. Great event once again @PlaygroundPoker

— Patrick Braga (@BragaP) May 25, 2014

5bet got in AKcc vs KdKh for like 50effective vs oldish nit, prob will regret it in few days,thanks to @PlaygroundPoker for great tournament

— derek (@derek8poker) May 25, 2014

Things are going well at the @PokerStars #CanadaCup so far!!! pic.twitter.com/jpZflJedIE

— Jonathan Duhamel (@JonathanDuhamel) May 25, 2014

Boomshikiboom! Double up, 115,000. @PokerStars #CanadaCup

— Laurence Grondin (@LadyLuckPoker) May 25, 2014

Eliminations continue to come fast and furious and we’ve seen a lot of Playground regulars and frequent “big event” visitors as well:

• Derek Lerner
• Jonathan Roy
• Costa Psallidas
• Carlo Nini
• Setrak Suloukji
• Noy
• Ramzi Karam
• Andrew Graham
• David Ormsby
• Michael Malm
• Geoffrey Robert McNeely

Two 1-hour levels have passed us in Day 2 of the Main Event, and chips have been flying here as we’ve lost over 60 players so far. Here is the current leaderboard going into level 13:

1. Danny Boyaci – 322K
2. Riyaz Abdulla – 296K
3. Ankush Mandavia – 293K
4. Amer Sulaiman – 271K
5. Jean Francois Bouchard – 252K
6. Antonio Esfandiari – 235K
7. Mathieu Boulanger-Vaugeois – 223K
8. Jeremy Thompson – 210K

A lot of the players in the event have been active on Twitter in the opening levels of Day 2. Here’s a sample of some of the tweets…

Starting @PokerStars #CanadaCup Day 2 !! On the live stream table, check it out at pokerstars.tv !! #allin

— Jonathan Duhamel (@JonathanDuhamel) May 25, 2014

Playing day2 of @PlaygroundPoker #CanadaCup while meticulously obsessing over my @FantasyPoker WSOP 'All Events' team before todays deadline

— Kevin MacPhee (@KevinMacPhee) May 25, 2014

Day 2 of @PokerStars Canada Cup just started. 174K at 600-1200. Live stream available with @Stapes on #Pokernews

— Marc-Andre Ladouceur (@MarcAndre_FDawg) May 25, 2014

Day 2 of Pokerstars Canada club ,have 11bb need super luck @PlaygroundPoker

— AmiAlibay (@AmiAlibay) May 25, 2014