One can not say there has been a lack of action here in Day 3 of the All-Stars for Starlight, as we’ve already lost 17 of the 30 players that started the night just two hours ago.

Andre Vezina was eliminated in 16th place, while Alberto Scuderi fell into the trap of Mathieu Fontaine Raposo to place in 15th. Moments later we lost David Bolduc Hamel, as his chips were claimed by the monster stack of Nick-Real Seide.

Kosta Papa, the chip leader to start the day, was the next to go, as his AK ran into the AA of Mathieu Fontaine Raposo, who now joins the chip leaders.

There will be a break in around 20 minutes, and during this time we will bring a full update on all the stacks still in play.

13th place: Kosta Papa – $1,300

14th place: David Bolduc Hamel – $1,300

15th place: Alberto Scuderi – $1,300

 

16th place: Andre Vezina – $1,050

We were drawn to table 36 as there was a lot of commotion going on, and it turns out there was a four-way all-in underway! We missed the exact action preflop, but here were the hands that were tabled:

Philip Tse (utg):
Kosta Papa (cutoff):
Michel Poulin (button):
Devon Bestard (big blind):

Players were chanting for all kinds of different cards, but in the end it was Devon and his queens who won the lion-share of the pot, as the board ran out , running his stack up a little short of 2-million chips. Philip and Michel were eliminated in the process, and Kosta survived with nearly 1,300,000 behind.

18th place: Michel Poulin – $1,050

19th place: Philip Tse – $900

Moments after losing Bill Kontaratos to Jeremie Benoit’s , Michel Harvey found himself in a very similar situation, as he 3bet all-in with versus the of Andre Dupuis. Michel couldn’t improve with the community cards, and was crippled to a few big blinds. He found himself all-in with pocket 3s two hands later, and was swallowed by the AK of Mathieu Fontaine Raposo.

26th place: Michel Harvey – $750

Bill Kontaratos was in the small blind when he 3bet Jeremie Benoit’s utg open pre-flop, and the two players took a walk to first street. With already nearly 700,000 in the pot, Bill then pulled the trigger for his last 550,000 after the dealer rung out a : Jh flop, but found himself in a world of trouble when Jeremie made the call with his monster.

Bill:
Jeremie:

Bill couldn’t find help on the turn () or river (), and was sent packing in 27th place.

27th place: Bill Kontaratos – $750

Eric Trudeau, who came in as one of the short stacks in this Day 3, found himself all-in with under 5 big blinds from middle position. Play folded around to Kaylen Nichol in the big blind, who made the call to go heads-up.

Eric:
Kaylen:

Kaylen spiked a pair to take the lead on the board to bring the field down to 27 players, meaning there is a redraw in place. Eric collected $700 for his 28th place finish.

Day 3 of the All-Stars for Starlight is here, and 30 players remain in contention from the 1,109 that we began with, all gunning for the huge $26,000 first place prize – which is accompanied by a TonyBet Winter Festival Champion’s Trophy! The tournament will play down until a winner is crowned, and you can follow live updates throughout the night here on the Playground Poker Club Blog.

Leading the field is local Kosta Papa, who bagged just shy of 1.5 million in chips, however many players are right on his tail as stacks a fairly close. Other players to watch are David Bolduc Hamel, Nick-Real Seide and Bill Kontaratos, who have all not only proven their skills time and time again, and who have also all bagged considerable stacks.

The All-Stars for Starlight event was the kickoff event to this year’s TonyBet Winter Festival, and is a charity event in support of the Starlight Children’s Foundation of Canada. A massive $27,725 was raised for the foundation through this event, as $25 was collected per entry.

Good luck to all the players who have made it through to Day 3!