The 5 finalists in the Grand Prix Canada took a short break following level 35, and leading the way is Karim Abdelhamid who has managed to build his stack up to 23,005,000 chips. Cassidy and Kevin sit in the middle of the pack with around 17 million each, while Mike and Leandre have some work to do with stacks below the 20 big blind mark.

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Golden Chip	Stack | Tapis
Karim	Abdelhamid		23,005,000
Cassidy	Battikha		17,520,000
Kevin	Zeidler		16,495,000
Mike	Leah		10,210,000
Leandre	St-Laurent		8,770,000

Shahar Ohaion was been on the shorter end of the leaderboard for the entirety of Day 3, and has managed to navigate through the field and secure himself a spot on the elusive final table.

In his final hand of play, he moved all-in for 3,195,000 from the cutoff after Karim had limped in from utg. Action folded to Cassidy Battikha in the big blind, who 3-bet all-in over the top, bringing the hand down to heads-up.

Shahar:
Cassidy:

Although he picked up a premium hand with his short stack, Shahar was in big trouble and needed to find some help on the board. Unfortunately for him the board ran in the favour of the pocket pair, reading . Shahar gracefully congratulated his table-mates and left the stage with a smile to collect his 6th place prize money.

6th place: Shahar Ohaion – $10,000.00

Mike Leah opened to 1-million from utg +1, and Cassidy Battikha flat called from the hijack position. With 5,840,000 in front of him, Emmanuel Kyrkinis squeezed all-in from the button, but found isolation from Kevin Zeidler in the small blind, forcing the others out of the hand.

Emmanuel:
Kevin:

Board:

Kevin covered his opponent by roughly 2 million, and climbed up to nearly 16 million after the hand.

7th place: Emmanuel Kyrkinis – $7,500.00

The Grand Prix Canada final table lost Dilovan Hussein only moments after moving up onto the stage for the live stream.

Mike opened the action to 1 million from utg +1, and Dilovan made the call from the cutoff, investing more than half of his stack. Kevin Zeidler joined in from the small blind and the 3 players went to see a flop.

Kevin checked his option first to act on a board, and Mike then took a peek at Dilovan’s stack and bet just under half of it – 415,000. Dilovan moved all-in for 850,000, Kevin folded and Mike called.

Mike:
Dilovan:

Dilovan needed help if he wanted to keep his seat at this final table, but the running cards brought a and a , ending his deep run in 8th place.

8th place: Dilovan Hussein – $6,000.00

Kyle Chang has been riding the short stack for a few orbits now, patiently waiting for a worthy opportunity to slide forward his stack. With 4 folds leading up to him, he peeled down at a marginal hand and pulled the trigger for his last 840,000 in the last hand of level 33.

Kyle found a fold from Shahar and from Leandre, however both Mike Leah and Cassidy Battikha called the all-in from with a discount from the blinds.

The two live players checked down to the river, and with showing, all three players were told to table their hands. Mike flipped over , Cassidy showed and Kyle opened . Neither of the players connected with the board, and Cassidy took the pot with his King-high – sending Kyle to the rail in 9th place.

With only 8 players remaining in the Grand Prix Canada, the final table has been moved back up on the stage so that the live stream can resume. Viewers can follow all the action by either visiting the Playground Poker Facebook page or the partypoker LIVE twitch page – the stream is on a short delay and will therefore begin in a few minutes.

9th place: Kyle Chang – $5,000

The Grand Prix Canada is back from a short break, and although the official chip lead is currently held by Kevin Zeidler, Cassidy Battikha is less than 2 antes behind. Action is currently 9-handed, and once another elimination occurs the final table will be moved up to the stage for the cards-up live stream.

Below are the chip counts as play enters level 33.

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Golden Chip	Seat | Siège	Stack | Tapis
Kevin	Zeidler		Seat 6	18,015,000
Cassidy	Battikha		Seat 2	17,975,000
Mike	Leah		Seat 1	11,750,000
Karim	Abdelhamid		Seat 3	8,875,000
Dilovan	Hussein		Seat 4	5,290,000
Emmanuel	Kyrkinis		Seat 5	4,955,000
Leandre	St-Laurent		Seat 9	4,355,000
Kyle	Chang		Seat 7	2,230,000
Shahar	Ohaion		Seat 8	1,955,000