When we got to the table, Antoine Sankari was all-in and the flop was out, 3 players in the action. No side pot was formed, meaning Sankari must have 3-bet shoved pre-flop.

Joël Giguère checked the flop, and so did Jerry Joseph Jaber. On the turn, Giguère checked again, but Jaber bet out 25K, initiating a side pot next to the 80K frozen main pot. Giguère called. The river was checked by both.

Sankari:
Giguère:
Jaber:

Board:

Giguère’s check on the turn was very crafty, disguising his hand well. That allowed him to salvage some of the chips that the brutal river was about to take away from him.

The last 3 hands of the night have been announced, after which our Day 1A qualifiers will bag their chips.

Anderson Frank-Graham raised to 7K pre-flop, which was called by Rohit K and Daniel Péloquin. On the flop, Péloquin checked to the raiser, who also checked. Rohit K, sitting on a monster 350K stack, went all-in from behind. Péloquin called, and so did Anderson.

Rohit K:
Péloquin:
Anderson:

Board:

Anderson, by electing to check his monster draw on the flop, induced oh-so-active Rohit to commit, and he did in flamboyant way. Rohit, who was crushing Day 1A, is still among the leaders after losing 100K!

Jerry Joseph Jaber seems to have taken quite a bit of chips from former chip leader Alberto Scuderi, either directly or by ricochet. Jaber has almost doubled his chips in just 3 levels, and now leads Day 1A. Karl Sahyouni is right on his heels, only a few chips behind.

Here is the top 5:

Joël Giguère was still deciding how to enter the pot when he saw chips flying in from his left hand side. Charles Desharnais thought the action was on him, and threw in 3,500 chips out of turn. The floor came to the table, and explained the rule, which is that the bet stands unless the action changes.

Giguère, with a bit of an apologetic smile, limped in. Desharnais’ raise stood, and everybody else folded very quickly, knowing what was going to happen. Desharnais watched as the inevitable shove came in, and threw his cards in. He proved himself accountable, telling his opponent that he deserved to get punished for that mistake.

Level 10 photographs:

After 8 levels, Alberto Scuderi has the most chips. He sits on a table that counts three 6-digit stacks. Stéphane Bédard and Jerry Joseph Jaber are just over that mark, while our chip leader trumps it by 50%.

Registration for Day 1A has closed mid-way through the 2nd segment, with 170 entries on the slate! If this Thursday night’s flight turns out to be the smallest live flight, as is usually the case, our players will be looking at an unbelievable prize pool.

Here is the current top 5: