In the final level of Day 1C, every pot could be the turning point in someone’s tournament. That turning point might have just arrived for Jean Morency.
Morency was lucky enough to find himself with a healthy lead in a dramatic three-way all-in before the flop. Morency had opened the action from early position and picked up a caller, Patrick Williams, in the small blind before the big blind, Alain Mathieu, moved all-in for around 38,000. Morency quickly moved all-in under for slightly less and the small blindWilliams made the call.
Morency:
Mathieu:
Williams:
The flop, , offered nothing but gut-shot straight draws for his opponents, and they were blocking each. A pretty good spot for aces! The turn and river, and , fell harmlessly and Morency tripled up.