After losing the majority of his chips a few orbits ago to Ajay Chabra, Pascal Lefrancois was trying his best to spin up his short stack. He managed to increase it three-fold before Marc-Andre Ladouceur sent him to the rail.

Marc-Andre opened to 35,000 from the cutoff, and Pascal defended his big blind. On a flop, Pascal checked, Marc-Andre bet 30,000, Pascal moved all-in for 105,000 and Marc-Andre called.

Marc-Andre:
Pascal:

Pascal needed to connect with the running cards to remain in the game, however the turn and river resulted in his elimination from the High Roller.

5th place: Pascal Lefrancois – $64,000

Ajay Chabra open shoved for 235,000 from the cutoff, and Pascal Lefrancois put him at risk from the big blind, committing the majority of his stack in the process.

Ajay:
Pascal:

Board:

Ajay found a key double-up to keep him in the game, leaving his opponent with only 50,000 behind.

Pascal managed to double-up on the next hand with versus Joey Weissman’s , and then steal the blinds shortly after. He is now playing almost 150,000.

Tommy Nguyen opened to 30,000 from the cutoff, and Pascal Lefrancois 3-bet to 90,000 from the button. Tommy made the call and they went heads-up to the flop.

After Tommy checked, Pascal bet 60,000 and then called a raise to 175,000.

Tommy fired all-in on the turn, and Pascal went into a long tank before finally letting go of his cards, leaving himself with 350,000 behind.

Tommy breached the million chip mark with that pot, putting him back atop the leaderboard.

A short break is upon the High Roller event, and in the last two levels Marc-Andre surged from the short stack into the chip lead. The average stack is still very deep at the current level, leaving lots of room for the finalists to battle it out for the title.

Below are the counts as play begins in level 23:

Marc-Andre Ladouceur (button) opened to 28,000, and called the 3-bet to 91,000 from Ajay Chabra (small blind).

Ajay lead out for 56,000 on the flop, and Marc-Andre Ladouceur made the call.

When the was peeled on the turn, Ajay moved all-in, covering his opponent. Marc-Andre made the quick call, and cards were shown.

Ajay was holding for a flush draw, while Marc-Andre had for top two pairs. The river improved Marc-Andre’s hand to a full-house, and he slid forward 245,000 for the double-up. He now sits with around 800,000 chips, while Ajay dropped to 200,000.

Tommy Nguyen opened from the cutoff, and Marc-Andre Ladouceur defended his big blind.

Flop:

Marc-Andre checks, Tommy bets 33,000, Marc-Andre raises to 90,000 and Tommy calls.

Turn:

Both players check.

River:

Marc-Andre leads for 145,000, and is forced into the tank once bigger stacked Tommy moves all-in. Marc-Andre eventually mucks his hand, and Tommy tables .