As expected with the amount of short-stacks in play, the tournament dropped from 24 players to 18 in half a level of play.
Benoit Lord got straight to work as he eliminated Patrick Mailloux on the first hand of play, besting ace-ten with his pocket queens.
Michael Malm claimed the next victim, as he opened with 
and followed suit when short-stack Andrew Boujaoude 3-bet with 
. The 
board showed no signs of danger to Michael as he added some ammunition to his armory.
After finding an early double up, Lucian Mariuta was trying to steal the blinds from the button as he ripped his 400K stack with 
, but Philippe Belley woke up with 
in the small blind and send him to the rail.
Kelvin Tang found a good shoving hand for his short stack, and he was looked up by Jean Allan in the big blind. Although Kelvin’s 
started as the favourite, Jean Allan’s 
prevailed on the 
board to earn the knockout.
Philip Tse open-shoved just over 300K from the button with and found a call from Jordan Saccucci in the small blind, who tabled 
. Jordan spiked a jack on the 
to send Philip to the rail in 20th place.
Naghibollah Noori put maximum pressure on short-stacked Mohamed Ben Yahia by shoving on his big blind from the small blind, but Mohamed found a hand worth calling with as the two showed-down heads-up. Naghibollah’s 
was trailing the 
of his opponent, until the dealer rung out a 
board to bring the field down to 18 players.
A full redraw just took place, and the players are now in the following seats:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Seat | Siège |
|---|---|---|
| Said | Michailidis | Table 39 - Seat 1 |
| Jean Allan | Christine | Table 39 - Seat 2 |
| Sandro | Grande | Table 39 - Seat 3 |
| Endrit | Geci | Table 39 - Seat 4 |
| Naghibollah | Noori | Table 39 - Seat 5 |
| Santiago | Plante | Table 39 - Seat 6 |
| Michael | Malm | Table 39 - Seat 7 |
| Jonathan | G | Table 39 - Seat 8 |
| Pierre | Gauthier | Table 39 - Seat 9 |
| Presten | Cloutier | Table 40 - Seat 1 |
| Gianfranco | Giordano | Table 40 - Seat 2 |
| Gregory | Feuz | Table 40 - Seat 3 |
| Isaac | Buswell | Table 40 - Seat 4 |
| Stephen | Nahm | Table 40 - Seat 5 |
| Jason | Conforti | Table 40 - Seat 6 |
| Benoit | Lord | Table 40 - Seat 7 |
| Jordan | Saccucci | Table 40 - Seat 8 |
| Philippe | Belley | Table 40 - Seat 9 |
