Amjad open-shoved his last 140,000 from the cutoff with , and was sent to the rail by Franco Sicondolfi’s in 11th place, bringing on the final table of the 50/50 Bounty. With that pot, Franco took over the chip lead to start the final table, holding a stack of roughly 600K. A short break will take place in 20 minutes, at which point we will publish full counts of the remaining players.

Congratulations on reaching the final table!

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège
Franco	Sicondolfi	Seat 01
Nectarios	Lazaris	Seat 02
Manon	Cloutier	Seat 03
Sasan	Mehrabian	Seat 04
Stephane	Bedard	Seat 04
Williams	Belanger	Seat 06
Daniel	P	Seat 07
Jean Yves	Demers	Seat 08
Gerson Jr	Foisy	Seat 09
Melanie	Gervais	Seat 10

Eliminations (11th-14th):

11th place: Amjad G – $430
12th place: Julien Lauzon – $400
13th place: Christopher Savov – $400
14th place: Jean-Francois Bruens – $370

The average stack was relatively short once play entered the money, and once players were assured of a payout there were many all-in / calls on the two final tables. Within minutes the field saw 5 eliminations take place.

Early eliminations

15th place: Victor Artemenko – $380
16th place: Ryan Garonce – $350
17th place: Eric Levesque – $350
18th place: Antonio Boulay – $320
19th place: Andy D’Alessandro – $150

Short-stacked Clinton Chatoor took advantage of an unopened pot from the small blind to move in, but he was met with a snap call from Gerson Jr Foisy in the big blind. He tabled and was for behind the of his opponent. He managed to pick up a flush draw on the turn, however wound up with the second best hand on a board to exit the tournament in 20th place.

Play was about to enter hand-for-hand when the 19 finalists agreed to pay an extra spot, and forgo the bubble. $150 was removed from the 1st place prize and will now be awarded to the next elimination, unofficially bringing the 50/50 into the money.

Congratulations to those who earned a payday in tonight’s tournament!

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège
Andy	D'Alessandro	Table 54 - Seat 01
Sasan	Mehrabian	Table 54 - Seat 02
Williams	Belanger	Table 54 - Seat 03
Daniel	P	Table 54 - Seat 04
Christopher	Savov	Table 54 - Seat 05
Manon	Cloutier	Table 54 - Seat 06
Melanie	Gervais	Table 54 - Seat 07
Antonio	Boulay	Table 54 - Seat 08
Jean Yves	Demers	Table 54 - Seat 09
Julien	Lauzon	Table 54 - Seat 10
Nectarios	Lazaris	Table 57 - Seat 01
Amjad	G	Table 57 - Seat 02
Gerson Jr	Foisy	Table 57 - Seat 04
Franco	Sicondolfi	Table 57 - Seat 05
Eric	Levesque	Table 57 - Seat 06
Ryan	Garonce	Table 57 - Seat 07
Stephane	Bedard	Table 57 - Seat 08
Victor	Artemenko	Table 57 - Seat 09
Jean-Francois	Bruens	Table 57 - Seat 10

2 eliminations separate the players in the 50/50 Bounty form reaching the payouts as only 20 players remain heading into level 17. Sasan Mehrabian currently leads the field with 365K, and he is closely followed by Stephane Bedard who holds 329K. Top counts in play are listed below.

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Sasan	Mehrabian	365,000
Stephane	Bedard	329,000
Jean Yves	Demers	277,000
Melanie	Gervais	256,000
Williams	Belanger	253,000
Nectarios	Lazaris	235,000
Gerson Jr	Foisy	220,000

Photographs from levels 15-16:

Only 30 players remain in the 50/50 Bounty, bringing the field down to the final 3 tables. With 18 players set to earn a payday, the money-bubble will be making it’s appearance in the levels to come.

Below is the seating arrangement for the final 30 players:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège
Francois	Gauthier	Table 54 - Seat 01
Sasan	Mehrabian	Table 54 - Seat 02
Benjamin	Menache	Table 54 - Seat 03
Daniel	P	Table 54 - Seat 04
Pier-Olivier	Asselin	Table 54 - Seat 05
Manon	Cloutier	Table 54 - Seat 06
Melanie	Gervais	Table 54 - Seat 07
Antonio	Boulay	Table 54 - Seat 08
Jean Yves	Demers	Table 54 - Seat 09
Julien	Lauzon	Table 54 - Seat 10
Nectarios	Lazaris	Table 57 - Seat 01
Stephane	Leroux	Table 57 - Seat 02
Clinton	Chatoor	Table 57 - Seat 03
Nicola	Basile	Table 57 - Seat 04
Franco	Sicondolfi	Table 57 - Seat 05
Eric	Levesque	Table 57 - Seat 06
Alex	Plourde	Table 57 - Seat 07
Stephane	Bedard	Table 57 - Seat 08
Victor	Artemenko	Table 57 - Seat 09
Claude	Begin	Table 57 - Seat 10
Sebastien	Labbe	Table 61 - Seat 01
Jean-Francois	Bruens	Table 61 - Seat 02
Ryan	Garonce	Table 61 - Seat 03
Gerson Jr	Foisy	Table 61 - Seat 04
Martin	Nadeau	Table 61 - Seat 05
Amjad	G	Table 61 - Seat 06
Christopher	Savov	Table 61 - Seat 07
Charles	Smith	Table 61 - Seat 08
Williams	Belanger	Table 61 - Seat 09
Andy	D'Alessandro	Table 61 - Seat 10

Photographs from levels 13-14:

Jean Yves Demers was already the biggest stack in the room when he looked down at in the big blind, faced with two short-stack all-ins. He made the quick call, and found himself in a great spot to add some ammunition to his already impressive armory. He was up against and , and although the flop brought some danger with two diamonds, his pocket Kings ultimately held on for the win on the board, sending two opponents home while collecting two $150 bounty chips in the process.