A few more notable players have recently hit the rail, collecting between $11,400 and $12,100 for their in-the-money placement in this WPT Montreal Main Event. These include Melanie Weisner, William Molson, Maxime Flibotte-Blanchard, Duff Charette and Patrick Blye, among others.
The first break of Day 3 has just passed, and the field has lost 41 players since the start of the day, of which 14 were awarded a min-cash of $11,400.
Leading the way is Andrew Macdonald, who came into the day slightly above average and went on a hot streak, winning several large pots along the way. He now sits on 1,483,000 in chips, and is one of 3 players currently in the 7 figures. Below are the top 6 counts in play as we enter level 20:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew | Macdonald | 1,483,000 |
| Ian | Modder | 1,174,000 |
| Mike | Leah | 1,063,000 |
| Jason | Mangold | 955,000 |
| Quentin | Siffledeen | 846,000 |
| Garrett | Dansereau | 780,000 |
With the WPT Montreal Main Event now in the money, a few quick eliminations have taken place.
Matthew Salsberg was among the early eliminations, after calling off his sub 10BB stack from the big blind faced with a late position shove. His 
were outmatched by Bradley Smith’s 
, and with no help on the 
board he was eliminated in 99th place for $11,400.
Other in the money eliminations include Ari Engel, Darryll Fish and Carlo Nini, who all collected $11,400 for their Day 3 finish.
Alexander Keating was crippled shortly before hand-for-hand began, after his 
was bested by 
. He was left with only 30,000 chips, which went in to the middle during the first hand on the bubble. Richard Alsup isolated him next to act by moving all-in himself, and the rest of the table got out of the way.
Alexander: 
Richard: 
Both players flopped two-pairs, but Richard ended up scooping the pot on the 
board to bring the field into the money.
The remainder of the field is now guaranteed at a payout of at least $11,400, much to the content of Darryll Fish, who was sitting with under 3 big blinds when hand-for-hand started.
The WPT Montreal Main Event is now on the money-bubble, and hand-for-hand play is now underway until we reach the payout.
Photographs from levels 18-19:
Gianluca Cedolia has just doubled through Jonathan Little on table 28 to give himself a few more chips to try and make his way through the bubble.
Jonathan opened the action with a raise to 20K from utg+2. Gianluca, sitting directly to his left, threw in a time chip with 15 seconds left, and used most of the time before shoving his last 44K. The remaining players folded and Jonathan made the call.
Jonathan:
Gianluca: 
The board ran out perfectly for the pocket Kings: 
and Gianluca moves forward to the bubble with just over 10bb.
