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.

Day 3 has entered it’s 6th levels of the day, after which the players will take a 45 minute break before playing their final 3 levels. During the dinner break we will bring a full update on player chips counts.

Photographs from level 22:

Adam Cader opened to 35,000 from early position, and play folded around to Andrew Macdonald in the big blind. Andrew put his opponent to the test by 3-betting all-in, and Adam made the call after a quick moment in the tank.

Andrew:
Adam:

Adam had to sweat it until the river, as Andrew flopped a flush draw in addition to his two over cards, however pocket-Jacks prevailed on the board to place Adam up above the average stack. He now holds 835,000 chips, while Andrew slips to below 600,000.

With virtually even stacks, Nghi Van Tran and David Guay found themselves all-in against one another on the turn of a board.

David was the big favourite, holding a set with , and only had 4 straight outs to dodge, as Nghi Van tabled . The sealed the deal for David, who slid forward 320,000 to be doubled. He now holds 780,000 in chips, while Nghi Van’s remaining 25,000 chips vanished on the next hand.