Joel Giguère has been eliminated during level 9 of today’s Day 1A. Giguère is a talented local player who has made some deep runs in recent events and is becoming increasingly well-known in the community of regular players.
Frederic Gagné opened the action from middle position to 2,400. Jacques Martineau, in the small blind, and Giguère, in the big blind, both made the call. The three players saw a flop of 
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The flop play was standard: both players in the blinds checked to the original raiser who followed up with a c-bet of 2,500. Martineau found the fold button while Giguère made the call. The turn brought out the 
and set up some explosive action. Giguère checked to Martineau who continued his line with a bet of 5k.
Giguère then raised all-in and was quickly called; Gagné tabled 
for turned trips. Giguère knew he was drawing thin by the speed of the call and reluctantly showed his 
. The river was an irrelevant 
and Giguère hit the rail.
Event #1 allows for re-entries on subsequent day 1s so anyone who didn’t advance through Day 1A can try again this evening, tomorrow or Tuesday evening to compete for a share of the prize pool of no less than $100,000.