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Saho, Tarrab and Rinaldi went to the board in the ole pre-flop all-in fashion:

Norson Shiniti Saho:
François Tarrab:
Steven Rinaldi:

Board:

Tarrab scored huge, tripling his stack to about 750K and takes Rinaldi’s Bounty. Saho’s stack is dented.

Shortly after, Sebastien Soares (title picture) opened to 60K. Sreyleap Prom raised all-in from across the table, and Soares called his 380K quickly.

Sreyleap Prom:
Sebastien Soares:

Board:

Prom pumped her fist when the flop fell, then froze on the turn, realizing she had to dodge a diamond to claim the whole pot. She did, and eliminated Soares.

Here are the updated counts for the remaining 6 players, with Prom on top (Stoffmaker doubled Zhao Kang Pang on the first hand after these counts were taken):

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège	Stack | Tapis
Norson	Shiniti Saho	Table 58 - Seat 1	250,000
François	Tarrab	Table 58 - Seat 2	660,000
Zhao	Kang Peng	Table 58 - Seat 3	385,000
Sreyleap	Prom	Table 58 - Seat 5	905,000
Mitchael	Ferguson	Table 58 - Seat 6	790,000
Harley	Stoffmaker	Table 58 - Seat 8	910,000

8th place: Steven Rinaldi – $2,470.00                                        7th place: Sebastien Soares – $3,270.00

Players in the $300 + $30 PL 5-Card Omaha Re-entry are now down to 15, spread on 2 tables, and on break. Ivan Driard (title picture), the winner of Event #3, the $100 + $20 + $100 PL Omaha 50/50 Bounty Re-entry, is still among the field. Last Tuesday, he bested a 121-player field, for $3,223.00. Can he do it with 5 cards?

Photographs of levels 10-11:

After much action and chip movement without any knockout, it was Matthew Wilkins who went out in 9th. He pushed his 100K stack in the middle from the button, and watched Sreyleap Prom in the small blind as she pushed he chip-lead stack forward. If her intent was to isolate, it was unsuccessful, as Mitchael Ferguson also went all-in from the big blind for roughly 250K, holding the goods.

Matthew Wilkins:
Sreyleap Prom:
Mitchael Ferguson:

The board came , bringing hope for Prom. She was one open-ended away from performing a double knockout, but the river allowed another triple up for Ferguson. he is now very healthy, holding about 700K.

9th place: Matthew Wilkins – $1,860.00

Since the formation of the final table, play has slowed down a little bit, or rather the quality of the game has improved. Stacks being deeper, small raises and 3-bets are common occurrence, rendering the game more interesting.

This hand, however, is an exception. Mitchael Ferguson (title picture) raised all-in from an early position with about 100K, and Harley Stoffmaker shoved over the top. Zhao Kang Peng was in the small blind, and decided it was time to commit his own short stack (200K).

Mitchael Ferguson:
Harley Stoffmaker:
Zhao Kang Peng:

Board:

Ferguson triples up, Kang Peng’s stack remains the same, and Stoffmaker takes a 200K hit, left with about 350K.

Play on!

Maxime Pageau was the first casualty of the final table in the $500 + $100 + $500 NL Hold’em 50/50 Bounty. The finalists have been rounded up about 15 minutes ago, and are now on break.

On the last hand before the break, Pageau pushed his short stack forward (about 125K) from the under-the-gun position. Action was folded to Harley Stoffmaker in the small blind, who quickly assessed Pageau’s stack, and isolated him by throwing a Bounty chip.

Maxime Pageau:
Harley Stoffmaker:

Board:

Here is the seating arrangement for the Bounty’s Final:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège	Stack | Tapis
Norson	Shiniti Saho	Table 58 - Seat 1	329,000
François	Tarrab	Table 58 - Seat 2	373,000
Zhao	Kang Peng	Table 58 - Seat 3	192,000
Matthew	Wilkins	Table 58 - Seat 4	413,000
Sreyleap	Prom	Table 58 - Seat 5	913,000
Mitchael	Ferguson	Table 58 - Seat 6	156,000
Steven	Rinaldi	Table 58 - Seat 7	178,000
Harley	Stoffmaker	Table 58 - Seat 8	753,000
Sebastien	Soares	Table 58 - Seat 9	667,000
Maxime	Pageau	Table 58 - Seat 10	0

Seat 10 is now vacant. Maxime took $1,400 for his 10th place, and our 9 finalists resume play at 8K/16K/a2K, with an 433K average.

These 2 elimination hands, which led to the formation of the final table, were both pre-flop battles.

Victor Adams:
Sreyleap Prom:

Board:

Forouzan Sotoudeh:
François Tarrab:

Board:

Sreyleap Prom is now sitting on about 800K, leading the tournament as the 10 finalists are being seated on a fresh table, next to the tournament desk.

Good luck to all finalists!

12th: Victor Adams – $1,300.00
11th: Forouzan Sotoudeh – $1,400.00