Linda Huard
Richard Edwin Mask raised to 18K from utg + 1, and Ari called from the cutoff. Linda 3bet to 80K from the big blind, and Richard 4bet to 160K. Ari let go of his cards, and Linda pushed all-in for a little more.
Linda: 
Richard: 
Linda had a bad feeling on the flop even after spiking a set, and with reason as Richard turned the flush to win the pot on a 
board, bringing the field down to 7 players.
8th place: Linda Huard – $6,590.00
Linda Huard
Paul El-Khouri
Paul El-Khouri
Paul El-Khouri was on the button when he 3bet his 97K stack following an open from Benny Chen, who quickly made the call.
Paul: 
Benny: 
The 
board was safe for Paul, who doubled-up to over 200K.
The remaining 10 players have just taken their break while tournament staff have removed the yellow T1000 chips and we were able to refresh the chip counts for everyone during the time.
The current chip leader is Scott McMorran, with Seth Davies and Ruben Perceval following closely behind.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Seat | Siège | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seth | Davies | Seat 1 | 1,950,000 |
| Tony | Dunst | Seat 2 | 765,000 |
| Joel | Miller | Seat 3 | 1,555,000 |
| Scott James | McMorran | Seat 4 | 2,035,000 |
| Ruben | Perceval | Seat 5 | 1,915,000 |
| Zheng | Wei | Seat 6 | 1,400,000 |
| Rene | Fortin | Seat 7 | 345,000 |
| Guillaume | Nolet | Seat 8 | 830,000 |
| Thomas | Taylor | Seat 9 | 865,000 |
| Khaly | Dang | Seat 10 | 730,000 |
Scott James McMorran
Linda Huard opened the action from under the gun, and found a call from Benny Chen in the small blind. Benny check-called on the 
flop, and then check-shoved on the 
turn after Linda fired a big second bullet. Linda made the call to find her over-pair trailing the turned top-two of Benny.
Linda: 
Benny: 
The 
fell on the river, and Benny won a pot of 700K, diminishing Linda’s stack to around 190K. The blinds went up on the next hand as level 18 ended.
Linda recovered regained a few chips at the start of the new level, when she flatted a 17K open from Jason Helder, which was also called by Patrick St-Onge in the big blind. All three players checked it down to the river, and with the board showing 
, Jason fired 15K. Linda raised to 50K, and after Patrick folded his hand, Jason threw in calling chips. She tabled 
, prompting Jason to muck his hand.
Richard Edwin Mask
Richard Edwin Mask
Shortly after finding a double-up versus Ari Engel, Richard Edwin Mask clashed with big stack Jason Helder, which resulted in a 660K pot where all the chips went in pre-flop.
They both tabled the same hand, Ace-King, however Richard’s were suited in hearts, and surely enough the board ran out as 
, giving the win to Richard, who is now our new chip-leader.
We lost short-stacked H H on the next hand, as he ended his run in 9th place, collecting $4,950.00 along the way.
The official WPT Final Table always starts with 6 players remaining but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a 9-handed tournament, which means that the players must be brought together on the final table with 10 players remaining. There has been a full seating redraw to put this table together, and the players have now taken their seats and play has resumed in the tournament. Level 24 will end in under 5 minutes, at which time there will be a break and we will refresh the counts for all players.
Here is the new seating order:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Seat | Siège |
|---|---|---|
| Seth | Davies | Seat 1 |
| Tony | Dunst | Seat 2 |
| Joel | Miller | Seat 3 |
| Scott James | McMorran | Seat 4 |
| Ruben | Perceval | Seat 5 |
| Zheng | Wei | Seat 6 |
| Rene | Fortin | Seat 7 |
| Guillaume | Nolet | Seat 8 |
| Thomas | Taylor | Seat 9 |
| Khaly | Dang | Seat 10 |
Jason Lavallée has hit the rail in 11th place, having lost his final hand to Joel Miller. Jason was in the bb in the hand, and Joel raised to 50K which was met with a quick shove from Jason for approximately 570K in chips. Joel called and the cards were revealed.
Jason: 
Joel:
The flop had no solutions to Jason’s problem – in fact, it only propelled Joel further into the lead: and the turn 
led to a meaningless on the river.
11th place, Jason Lavallée, $18,750.00
Jason Lavallée
Richard Edwin Mask defending his big blind when Ari Engel raised from middle position. On a 
board, Richard checked and Ari fired 16K. Richard raised the action to 41K, and Ari came along. The fell on the turn, and Richard took a minute before announcing his all-in, worth 115K. Ari made the call, and hands were tabled.
Richard: 
Ari:
The river was a brick in the hand, and Ari lost some of his chip-leading chips, falling to a still very healthy 560K stack.
Ha Van Nguyen and Rene Fortin have both been relatively short for most of the day, but sitting side-by-side, have been able to avoid playing too many pots together. That ended just now as Rene shoved and after some grimacing and gesticulating by Ha, he found a call.
Rene:
Ha:
The flop brought nothing for Rene: 
, but the turn was just what he needed and the blank on the river sent Ha to the tournament desk to pick up his payout coupon.
While we were paying attention to the hand on table 39, Harpreet Singh Gill was being eliminated from table 40.
13th place: Ha Van Nguyen, $15,300.00
Ha Van Nguyen
12th place: Harpreet Singh Gill, $18,750.00
Harpreet Singh Gill
The players have just taken a short break, and the tournament staff removed the T500 chips from play. A new T25,000 chip has now been introduced, and it is a blend of aqua blue and teal.
Ari Engel continues to lead Event 14, however a few players are beginning to rival his stack. Here is a look at the chip counts of the final 9 players, as play enters level 18:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Ari | Engel | 680,000 |
| Kathy | Sawers | 592,000 |
| Linda | Huard | 468,000 |
| Jason R | Helder | 451,000 |
| Benny | Chen | 375,000 |
| Patrick | St-Onge | 178,000 |
| Richard Edwin | Mask | 170,000 |
| Paul | El-Khouri | 162,000 |
| H | H | 74,000 |
