Dylan Thibault was patiently waiting his turn to try and get some action going. Dylan decided to try his luck with . His all-in was quite sizeable and everyone folded, except Sam Pouliot. There was no denying that Sam was on a roll. Sam nevertheless requested a precise count from the dealer. Dylan’s all-in added up to 612,000 chips; no laughing matter.

Sam was still rearranging his chips from his previous winning hand, but he started counting it all. Obviously doing the math over in his head, he suddenly looked up and said, “Ok, I’ll gamble.” and tabled his hand: , completely dominated by Dylan’s higher ten.

The flop was not great for Dylan, but not exactly too bad either: . The flop had given Sam middle pair and Dylan a gut-shot straight draw, but the flush draw was Sam’s. The on the turn eliminated any possible flush for either gentlemen. Now only an ace or a king could save Dylan, but the river card was anything but: . Sam’s gamble paid off, one pair of Queens was enough, and Thibault was sent home in 3rd place.

3rd place: Dylan Thibault, $2,510

Now Sam Pouliot and Arthur W get ready for heads up action, and Pouliot has a massive lead.

With the blinds ever increasing, the options for the lower stacks were pretty limited. Taking into consideration that chip leader Sam Pouliot had almost 50% of the chips, it was hard for anyone to do anything else but go all-in if they woke up with a half decent hand.

That is exactly what happened to Michael Khan who was dealt pocket . No sooner had he looked at his cards that he pushed all-in. Arthur W. got out of the way, which left Sam to act. Sam immediately called the 546,000 bet with .

Michael wasn’t in too bad a shape on the flop: but the on the turn almost crushed his hopes. The river brought no miracle to Michael and two pairs for Sam was enough to terminate Michael Khan’s trek tonight, in 4th place.

4th place: Michael Khan, $1,880

Sam Pouliot, who seemed to be involved in a lot of hands in the last leg of this tournament, made short work of eliminating Chris Arvanitis.

Four of the five players limped into the pot. The flop came out: and Chris shoved all-in, having hit top pair with . The only call came from Sam Pouliot, who called the 500K + bet with lightning speed and tabled ; he had hit big on the flop. Chris let out a deep sigh, and started getting up, as the last two community cards were revealed: , . No help there. Pouliot’s trip sixes was enough to put an end to Chris’s tournament in 5th place.

All in all Chris said he was glad to have come back from an earlier hand, in which a mistake made by a fellow player had lead to the massive reduction of his stack.

This hand clearly established Pouliot as mega chip leader, with over 1.5 million in chips.

5th place: Chris Arvanitis, $1,410

Enjoying what seemed to be like a very relaxing table-side massage, Joshua took a quick peek at his hand and pushed all his loot forward; approximately 250K. Arthur W., the only other player in the hand, opened his hand and threw in a bounty chip simultaneously, indicating a clear call with .

The board was revealed swiftly: and it spelled the end for the young man. Arthur’s Big Slick hit a pair and sent Joshua Caballero home in 6th place.

6th place: Joshua Caballero, $1,060

The hand that hurt Vsevolod Malamud was not his last hand, it was the previous one. Vsevolod lost the majority of his stack after calling an all-in from Arthur W. That fateful hand left him with 8,000 chips.

With blinds 8K/16K, Vsevolod was automatically all-in in the next hand, since he was small blind. Michael Khan wasted no time raising to 41,000. The bet was called by Arthur W. and big blind Dylan Thibault. The flop came and everyone checked. When the came on the turn, Dylan checked and Michael Khan bet 70,000. Arthur W. snap-called and Dylan folded. This left only Arthur and Michael in the side pot. Michael shoved all-in on the river . Arthur insta-called and tabled his hand: . Arthur had snagged runner-runner two pairs. Michael showed his loosing hand: and paid Arthur’s all-in. So Vsevolod Malamud hits the rail in 7th position.

7th place: Vsevolod Malamud, $790