With only 7 minutes left to register, the heat is definitely turning up at the tables. We caught an important hand at table #33 between two of the previous leaders: Frederik Levesque and Karim-Olivier Kamal. With blinds at 200/400+400, both players called a preflop raise to 1,400 from Jean-Pascal Gauthier. On the 
everyone checked to Frederik, who bet 1,900. Karim wasted no time before raising to 7,600. The only other two players in the hand folded, and Frederik called instantly.
The dealer paired the board with a 
on the turn, and both players checked. The river, a 
, earned a check from Karim, while Frederik calmly bet 7,600, and waited for his opponent to respond. After a few seconds Karim threw in a single chip, clearly indicating a call. A small smile crept to the corner of Frederik’s mouth as he tapped the table and said:”good call”, while tabling his hand: 
. Karim wasted no time flipping open his winning hand: 
for 2 pairs.
Leader at the last break, Frederik Levesque had managed to add enough chips to his stack since play resumed because after the hand was over, he was still left with more than 65,000 chips. Karim gladly added the spoils to his own riches and ended up with a decent 85K+ stack.
No sooner was this hand over that the echoes of 3 short “all in’s” by table #37’s dealer were heard. We arrived at the table to witness the 3-way all in that spelled the end for Christian Soucy and Donald Abdelhay at the hand of Hubert Nadeau.
Donald: 
Christian: 
Hubert:
Board: 
This was a much-needed win for Nadeau who’s all in was 11,325 and barely covered his 2 opponents.
