Kevin MacDonald opened the pot from the under-the-gun position to 80K (min-raise), and that bet was called by Shaan Siddiqui from the small blind. Then Ruben Perceval, from the big blind, made it 300K. Kevin did not think for too long, and finally went all-in for about 600K. Shaan got out of the way, and Ruben made the obvious call, and tabled the nuts.

Ruben Perceval:
Kevin MacDonald:

The did not help Kevin, who needed a lot of it. He was left with just a few chips, which he lost on the next hand.

The remaining trio just agreed to some ICM numbers, and decided to keep a little bit more than the mandatory 2% aside for the winner. They are now playing for $2,100.00 and the Champion’s Trophy.

Here are the secured amounts for our 3 players:

Shaan Siddiqui: $14,380.00
Ruben Perceval: $15,615.00
Siamak S: $12,015.00

Siamak went out on the following hand, but we unfortunately missed the details.

When the tournament director came back with the chip chop numbers, both Ruben Perceval and Kevin MacDonald turned them down, and play went on. The very next hand, Behrouz Ghaedi open-shoved from the button, and found a call from Ruben.

Behrouz Ghaedi:
Ruben Perceval:

Board:

Behrouz was left with just 2 big blinds, which he lost on the next hand when his all-in bet was called by 3 players. Behrouz played a fine game, and goes home with $4,500.00, the 6th place money.

The hand after, David Bonneau found himself all-in with , facing . He failed to improved, and was eliminated in 5th place. David goes home with $6,000.00 and a nice survival story. He reached the average just once, and briefly, but still managed to outlast 162 players.

Congratulations to both!

Players are now taking a short break, and while the staff were racing off the T1K chips, we took down the counts of our final 6 players. Shaan Siddiqui is still on top, although he lost some chips to Kevin MacDonald. Siamak has been playing a solid game, raising the occasional pot, increasing his stack steadily, and is currently in 2nd place.

See below the actual counts, as our tournament staff are looking into the ICM numbers.

William Blais, from early position, open-shoved all-in for 335K. Shaan Siddiqui, immediately to his left, made the call, and when the action came to Kevin MacDonald, he went to the tank. After a little while, he also made the call, forming the biggest pot of the tournament (over 1M) so far!

Shaan and Kevin both checked the flop, and Shaan led the turn with an all-in bet, which Kevin folded rather quickly.

William Blais: 
Shaan Siddiqui:

Board:

William was all but dead when the cards were turned, having 13 outs to scoop this humongous pot. The river did not smile to him, and he left in 7th place, cashing a cool $3,300.00.

Congratulations William!

Just before this hand, Siamak was asking his neighbors if they wanted to look at the ICM numbers, but found some players preferred to leave the prize pool alone. Lucky for him, because when he looked at his next cards, he raised to 56K. Marton Szlavy 3bet all-in from the cut-off, and when the others folded, Siamak called right away and tabled his hand:

Siamak S:          
Marton Szlavy:

After the board was opened, Marton went on to shake some hands and wish everybody a good evening. His prize is $2,450.00.

Congratulations Marton!