Étienne Lanteigne is our first final table casualty. Here is the chip travel story that led to his elimination:

Danick Landriault took more than half of Mathieu Daigneault’s stack after a great check on the turn and a nice value bet on the river, disguising his flopped ace. Daigneault then shoved his 72K from an early position, and managed to double those up on Étienne Lanteigne, who looked him up from the big blind with . Daigneault’s pulled through, completing a flush on the river and crippling Lanteigne.

This is how Laiteigne was left with just 28K which went in after Landriault raised to 22K and Michael Mannucci called. Of course, both players completed the all-in bet, and they went to the flop 3-way. Daigneault contested Mannucci’s flop bet, but released on the turn, letting him go to showdown:

Michael Manucci:
Étienne Lanteigne:

Board:

Our 10 finalists are now on break, which allowed us to add chip counts to the seating chart. Danick Landriault and Azizul Haque are tied for 1st, with 244K. Haque is on his 2nd consecutive final table – he finished 3rd in yesterday’s Bounty tournament. We wish him good luck!

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège	Stack | Tapis
Cole	Cross-Lusignan	Table 58 - Seat 1	218,000
Karen	Beecraft	Table 58 - Seat 2	111,000
Azizul	Haque	Table 58 - Seat 3	244,000
Michael	Mannucci	Table 58 - Seat 4	152,000
Michael	Wesley Wilkinson	Table 58 - Seat 5	117,000
Alexandre	Perreault	Table 58 - Seat 6	171,000
Étienne	Lanteigne	Table 58 - Seat 7	228,000
Danick	Landriault	Table 58 - Seat 8	244,000
Marc	Lacroix	Table 58 - Seat 9	81,000
Mathieu	Daigneault	Table 58 - Seat 10	189,000

The final table has been reached. Players have decided to take 10$ each of the 9 prizes to allow all finalists to be paid. We’re in the money! An update on the chip distribution will come soon. Here is the seating chart:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège
Cole	Cross-Lusignan	Table 58 - Seat 1
Karen	Beecraft	Table 58 - Seat 2
Azizul	Haque	Table 58 - Seat 3
Michael	Mannucci	Table 58 - Seat 4
Michael	Wesley Wilkinson	Table 58 - Seat 5
Alexandre	Perreault	Table 58 - Seat 6
Étienne	Lanteigne	Table 58 - Seat 7
Danick	Landriault	Table 58 - Seat 8
Marc	Lacroix	Table 58 - Seat 9
Mathieu	Daigneault	Table 58 - Seat 10

The Event is now confined to 2 tables, and they are shrinking fast, producing many confrontations as the blinds increase and the short stacks sustain growing pressure.

Marc Lacroix cracked the 100K mark when he called Trevor Clark’s pre-flop open-shove, busting him out.

Trevor Clarke:
Marc Lacroix:

Board:

Maurice Simard, on the other table, survived when his own small pair dodged the over cards. Pocket sixes even boated up on the river, letting their owner survive the battle.

On the very last hand before the break, Cole Cross-Lusignan took down Ghislain Pigeon’s castle, claiming the driver’s seat in the process.

Pigeon limped in for 2.4K, Azizul Haque tagged along, and Cole made it 10K to go. Both players called. Cole, being in the blinds, was first to act post-flop, and fired 15K. Only Pigeon called. On the turn, another 20k was bet and called. Cole, without any fear, went all-in on the river into the only player who covered him. That bet alone was 63K; Pigeon announced the call, took a look at Cole’s top pair, and mucked.

Cole Cross-Lusignan:

Board:

A huge pot of 226,500 chips was pushed to Cole Cross-Lusignan. He spent a few minutes to stack his army, and went on break.

Although he is now the chip leader, Mathieu Daigneault is not too far behind, having done extremely well himself. Here is the updated leaderboard, made up of all 6-figure stacks:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Cole	Cross-Lusignan	226,500
Mathieu	Daigneault	207,000
Michael	St-Martin	121,500
Maxime	Laberge	105,500

 

As Event 3 unwinds, players are getting closer to the payouts. 9 of them will get paid today. With 84 single players and 33 rebuys, the total prize pool is $5,674. Hey is the payout table:

Rank | Pos	Prize | Bourse
1st	$1,460
2nd	$1,154
3rd	$850
4th	$650
5th	$500
6th	$380
7th	$290
8th	$220
9th	$170