Jonathan Brassard was all-in with an ace. His opponent had a better one, and Brassard failed to hit his kicker. He did pick up a flush draw on the turn, but fell short and left in 8th place.

Shortly after, Nicolas Miron and Simon Luquette were having a showdown:

Miron:
Luquette:

Board:

Ouf! Miron thought he had it, but the river can be cruel. He takes 7th place. Congratulations to both!

8th: Jonathan Brassard – $330
7th: Nicolas Miron – $380

Our final tablists are taking a break while the tournament staff remove the 1K chips from the table. Christopher Provost and Christian Larocque were taken out in the first few moments of the final.

10th: Christopher Provost – $260
9th: Christian Larocque – $290

Here are approximate counts:

Michael Hunter, who lost a few chips in the last round, was all-in against Nicolas Miron for his tournament life.

Hunter:
Miron:

This was a preflop all-in hand, and Miron managed to hit a king for the knockout. Simultaneously, on the other table:

Pierre-Luc Bélanger:
Stephen Langlois:

Langlois did not find a ten, and Bélanger even hit a flush on the river for the overkill. This was a 600K pot! Langlois, however, is still somewhat comfortable going on the final table.

Here is the seating chart:

When 14 players were left, they all decided to take $150 from the first place and hold it for the bubble. Players were then in the money, and already 3 players busted since.

14th: Peter Colicchio – $150
13th: Carrie Webster – $240
12th: Donald O’Connor – $260

We are now 1 elimination away from the final table, and 18 big blinds in the average.

Daniel Deshaies keeps doing his thing. He was seen taking a few chips from hunter after calling him down a few streets with a low pair, a few levels ago when post-flop play was a little more common.

Hunter, however, despite being called off by Deshaies and Gallant a few hands later, is still in our top 5. Their table has 4 top 5 players, but this may change soon when the event moves to a 2-table affair.

Here is the updated leaderboard: