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

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!