Time was winding down on the clock in this 4th level played today and the tournament director has announced that both tables are to play 4 more hands today.

At the end of 4 hands the players will bag up their chips to return to play tomorrow. As usual, there will be a full seating redraw to start the day tomorrow, and then (again, as usual) another redraw when they reach the last table (at 10 players remaining).

Johnathan opened from middle position, and was 3bet to 84,000 by Gary Lucci in the small blind. He opted for the 4bet all-in for 414,000, forcing Gary into the tank. After a moment, the call was made, and the hands were tabled.

Johnathan:

Gary:

Johnathan had a strong flop, and rivered the nuts as the board read , leaving Gary with around 400,000 behind.

Former chipleader and 7-time WSOP-Ring winner Ari Engel was just knocked out of the WPT Canadian Spring Championship in 17th place by Samuel Bisrat Tsehai.

Ari raised from the cutoff to 36,000, and was face with a 3bet to 101,000 from Samuel in the small blind. Ari replied with a 4bet to 310,000, and the made the call for the rest of his chips after Samuel 5bet shoved.

Ari:

Samuel:

Ari couldn’t catch up on the board, ending his run in 17th place.

17th place: Ari Engel – $12,090

Ari Engel

Yves Loiselle moved all-in for 103,000 from early position, and Senthuran Vijayaratnam made the call from middle position. Jeff Gross, next to act, reraised all-in for a total of 175,000, and play folded around back to Senthuran, who called the difference.

Yves:

Senthuran:

Jeff:

Yves was chanting for a queen or an ace after the dealer brought a flop of , but the running cards brought two bricks, a and a , eliminating Yves in 18th place. Jeff climbed to over 475,000 after the hand, bringing him back in contention in this WPT Canadian Spring Championship.

18th place: Yves Loiselle – $12,090

As soon as play resumed after the recent break Edmund John Campion was all in for his last 215K in chips. Will Molson went all in over to isolate, which was successful, and the players were heads up.

Edmund:
Will:

Unfortunately for Will, the board was all Edmund’s: for the flush and the double up.

Here are the chip counts of the final 2 tables, as this WPT Canadian Spring Championship enters level 22. This will be the last level of the day, and the remaining players will bag and tag their chips onto Day 4 after 90 more minutes of play.

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Name,Seat,Count
John Krpan,Table 35 – Seat 1,”60,000″
Lu Zhang,Table 35 – Seat 2,”781,000″
Robert Taylor,Table 35 – Seat 3,”547,000″
Pascal Lefrancois,Table 35 – Seat 4,”665,000″
Sheraz Nasir,Table 35 – Seat 5,”1,415,000″
Ari Engel,Table 35 – Seat 6,”562,000″
Edmund John Campion,Table 35 – Seat 7,”217,000″
Samuel Bisrat Tsehai,Table 35 – Seat 8,”928,000″
Will Molson,Table 35 – Seat 9,”423,000″
Levi Stevens,Table 36 – Seat 1,”384,000″
Yves Loiselle,Table 36 – Seat 2,”224,000″
Johnathan Karamalikis,Table 36 – Seat 3,”665,000″
Senthuran Vijayaratnam,Table 36 – Seat 4,”1,077,000″
Jeff Gross,Table 36 – Seat 5,”173,000″
Eric Afriat,Table 36 – Seat 6,”410,000″
Gary Lucci,Table 36 – Seat 7,”795,000″
Trevor Delaney,Table 36 – Seat 8,”883,000″
Dylan Wilkerson,Table 36 – Seat 9,”753,000″
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Logan Dunn and Noeung Troeung – almost a full 90 minutes later – have been eliminated from the event, which now becomes a two-table event. Tournament staff have done a full redraw – here is the new seating chart.

Table 35

1. John Krpan
2. Lu Zhang
3. Robert Taylor
4. Pascal Lefrancois
5. Sheraz Nasir
6. Ari Engel
7. Edmund John Campion
8. Samuel Bisrat Tsehai

Table 36

1. Levi Stevens
2. Yves Loiselle
3. Jonathan Karamalikis
4. Senthuran Vijayaratnam
5. Jeff Gross
6. Eric Afriat
7. Gary Lucci
8. Trevor Delaney
9. Dylan Wilkerson