Since Event 13 has burst the money bubble, we’ve lost Thomas Lefort, Marton Szlavy and Matthew Wantman to bring the field down to 11 players – 1 shy of the final table.

The tournament has just returned from a short break, and we took this time to bring an update on the chip counts. Alexandre Lavigne has a huge lead on the field, holding a touch over 25% of the chips in play. Chad Coombs continues to steadily chip-up and sits comfortable in second place, while Nicolas Le Floch rounds the top 3.

Here are the full counts as play enters level 19:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Alexandre	Lavigne	681,000
Chad	Coombs	455,000
Nicolas	Le Floch	301,000
Shawn	Daigle	237,000
Michael Gary	Aron	208,000
Stephane	Fournier	191,000
Daniel	Le	182,000
Jeremy	Lyons	138,000
Daniel	Dvoress	92,000
Yann	Prevost-Dumont	89,000
Lonnie	Hallett	85,000

 

There have been 3 very quick eliminations in Day 2 of the Second Chance tournament this afternoon which has brought the tournament to its next seating redraw with 18 players remaining.

The 3 players that were eliminated were June Jenkins, Yuzhou Chu, and Serge Cantin.

The next milestone to be reached will be the money bubble. 14 players will be paid, so the tournament is just 3 eliminations away from that point.

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège
Yann	Prevost-Dumont	Table 66 - Seat 1
Kimberly	McClymont	Table 66 - Seat 2
Shawn	Daigle	Table 66 - Seat 3
Ron	Farber	Table 66 - Seat 4
Daniel	Le	Table 66 - Seat 5
Jeremy	Lyons	Table 66 - Seat 6
Stephane	Fournier	Table 66 - Seat 7
Chad	Coombs	Table 66 - Seat 8
Marton	Szlavy	Table 66 - Seat 9
Thomas	Lefort	Table 70 - Seat 1
Nicolas	Le Floch	Table 70 - Seat 2
Daniel	Dvoress	Table 70 - Seat 3
Lonnie	Hallett	Table 70 - Seat 4
Michael Garry	Aron	Table 70 - Seat 5
Matthew	Wantman	Table 70 - Seat 6
Sammy	Chao	Table 70 - Seat 7
Scott	Diver	Table 70 - Seat 8
Alexandre	Lavigne	Table 70 - Seat 9

The 21 players who are still in the Second Chance event have made their way to the tables and play has resumed for the final day in the tournament. Play resumes just 3 eliminations away from the next seating redraw which is scheduled to take place with 18 players remaining – when the tourney reduces to just 2 remaining tables.

Ted Doukas, a well-known poker player on the Canadian scene, just busted from the Second Chance Event. We do not know the circumstances in which he had lost his lead, but we know that he dropped from 180K to just under 100K. Since the 27-player redraw, he was very active on table, especially in the last few hands prior to his elimination. He was raising the 2.4K big blind to 5,4K more often than not, and was met with noticeable resistance. He had to fold a lot of those to 3-bets, until he finally found his spot, and placed a 4-bet.

On that hand, after his 5.4K raise, chip leader Chad Coombs, who had a few good results at Playground Poker Club’s 2016 World Cup of Cards, made it 14.8K to go. Doukas thought for a short while, and brought that up to 35.9K. Coombs went to the tank himself, knowing that the next raise would mean all-in. He did just that, got the all-in card, and Doukas instantly called, only to realize how bad a shape he was in.

Ted Doukas:    
Chad Coombs:

Board:

The river came down as the overkill, and Doukas made his way out of the room. Coombs, who already had the lead, now crushes the Second Chance field brutally without about 360K, almost twice as much ammo as his closest rival, with 23 left.

There is now 20 minutes left in Day 1. A full Day 2 qualifier list will be published shortly after the completion of today’s Day 1, including player-reported chip counts.