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

Michel Poulin

19th place: Philip Tse – $900

Philip Tse

One of the things to remember about this tournament is that even though the prizes are starting to get very large, it’s still fundamentally a $160 tournament, and play never really tightens up the same as it does in tournaments with larger buy-ins.

Consequently, eliminations can come very quickly when they come – sometimes too quickly to track in this blog!

Recent eliminations:

23rd place: Francis L, $800

Francis L

22nd place: Alexandre Henry, $800

Alexandre Henry

21st place: Alexandre Bergeron-Cyr, $900

Alexandre Bergeron-Cyr

Two more players have been eliminated as Daniel Johnston and Haguy Cohen have both hit the rail. Both players were facing solid pairs – in Daniel’s case, he was up against Aces and in Haguy’s hand he was up against Queens.

Both players had lots of chips though they weren’t among the leaders, so the other side of the coin for these two hands is that two new players have taken a big late jump in their stack size – always a welcome thing at this point in a tournament!

25th place: Daniel Johnston, $750

Daniel Johnston

24th place: Haguy Cohen, $800

Haguy Cohen

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

Michel Harey

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

Bill Kontaratos

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.

Eric Trudeau

Play has resumed in Event 1 and in the first hand of the evening, the event lost its first player. Mohamed Ben Yahia was on the button facing a raise to 100K by Nick-Real Seide, and chose to shove the 160K he was playing.

Nick-Real:
Mohamed:

The board ran out with no help for Mohamed: .

Just a minute later on another table Pierre Olivier Guay shoved from utg and found a call from André Dupuis in the bb. Pierre Olivier showed while André’s was well in the lead and held to send Pierre Olivier to the rail.

Play continues – but there is a redraw at 27 players remaining, which means it will come as soon as one more player is eliminated.

Mohamed Ben Yahia