Ruben Perceval was just eliminated from the WPT Montreal Main Event in 26th place, adding another deep run to his growing resume.

In his final hand of play, he 3-bet his remaining 210,000 after Upeshka opened from middle position. Ruben tabled and was the slight favourite over Upeshka’s . Both players connected on the flop, with Upeshka improving to a flush on the turn. Ruben wasn’t able to spike a river boat as a was dealt to complete the board, and he took a walk over to the tournament desk to collect his receipt worth $26,000.

Gil Levy was riding a short stack since the start of the day, but managed to survive through 100 eliminations and make the final 5 tables. With around 200,000 left he got his chips into the middle from late position against David Guay in the big blind.

Gil:
David:

Board:

Gil caught too little too late on the board and was eliminated in 30th place for a $26,000 payout.

The WPT Montreal Main Event is now on dinner break, and 33 players remain on the hunt for the champion’s trophy. Pierre-Paul Paulin is the current chip leader and the only player above 3 million, however Ema Zajmovic is not far behind with 2.7 million.

Here are the full counts of the remaining players as they head into level 24:

Players are now on a 45 minute dinner break, with 33 players remaining in action. In a few minutes we will publish the full counts in play.

Lawrence Ma opened to 45,000 from the hijack position, and Ema flat called from the cutoff before Mike Leah raised the action to 175,000 from the small blind. Lawrence got out of the way, and Ema made the call.

Both players checked on the flop, and Mike checked again when the peeled on the turn. Ema slid forward a bet of 210,000, and Mike obliged. When the river brought the , Mike checked for a third time, and Ema went into the tank. She then looked up at the dealer and announced her all-in for 765,000, a bet that was quickly called by Mike.

Ema tabled for a flush, besting her opponent’s straight with . With that pot she took over the tournament chip lead, now playing a stack of 2,385,000 chips. Mike Leah still has a little over a million after the hand, but has ceded his reign over to Ema for the time being.

Jean-Serge Baril opened to 40,000 from the button, and Azim Popatia 3-bet all-in for 155,000 from the small blind. Amir Babakhani made the call from the big blind for roughly half of his own stack, and Jean-Serge followed along.

Amir and Jean-Serge checked it down to the river, and all players were asked to open up their cards.

Jean-Serge:
Azim:
Amir:

Board:

Amir ended up taking down the pot with Ace-high Ten-kicker, virtually doubling him up, while Azim was eliminated from play.