Francois Meloche held a dominating chip lead for most of the afternoon, but he ran out of steam at the final table. Once it came down to the final four players, Meloche lost consecutive pre-flop all ins to Benoit Larochelle Legrand, who is the new chip leader. As the blinds made their way up to the 5K/10K level, it became more and more likely that any eliminations would come as a result of the pre-flop action.
After losing most his chips with 
to Larochelle’s 
, Meloche lost the second consecutive pre-flop all in holding 
to Larochelle’s 
.