Marc-Andre Ladouceur opened his button, and Kristen Bicknell moved all-in from the small blind with roughly 15 big blinds, finding an instant call from the original raiser.
Marc-Andre: 
Kristen: 
Kristen’s premium pair was outmatched, and with no help on the 
board she was eliminated in 6th place. Marc-Andre climbed up above 400,000 with that pot after spending the last couple of levels nursing a short stack.
6th place: Kristen Bicknell – $48,000
We’ve seen this scenario play out a few times today: action folds around to Joey Weissman in the small blind, and he moves all-in on short-stacked Marc-Andre Ladouceur.
Marc-Andre folded every time so far, but in the most recent instance he was holding a strong enough hand to commit his stack.
Joey: 
Marc-Andre: 
Marc-Andre faded all of Joey’s draws on the 
board to double his 135,000 stack.
Ajay Chabra limped in for 10,000 from the cutoff, and Tommy Nguyen went in with a raise to 30,000 from the button. Edward Lin 3-bet all-in from the small blind for 186,000, and after asking for a count, Ajay isolated by raising all-in himself. Tommy mucked his cards and hands were opened.
Ajay: 
Edward: 
Board: 
7th place: Edward Lin – $38,000
Here are the updated chip counts of the 7 finalists as they enter level 21:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Tommy | Nguyen | 859,000 |
| Joey | Weissman | 395,000 |
| Ajay | Chabra | 364,000 |
| Pascal | Lefrancois | 490,000 |
| Kristen | Bicknell | 254,000 |
| Edward | Lin | 282,000 |
| Marc-Andre | Ladouceur | 141,000 |
Louis Boutin was in the process of spinning up his short stack when he ran into a brick wall. We missed the exact action however we know he was holding 
heads-up versus Pascal Lefrancois, and connected his Ace on a 
flop. The money went in on the turn, at which point he found out he is drawing very slim versus Pascal’s flush with 
. The 
on the river brought no change to the hand, eliminating Louis from play.
Pascal climbed into second place with that pot, playing nearly 600,000 with 7 players left.
8th place: Louis Boutin – $31,500
Louis Boutin moved in for 98,000 from the button in an unopened pot, and Edward Lin made the call from the big blind.
Louis: 
Edward: 
Edward couldn’t connect with the 
board and saw 40% of his stack get shipped across the table. He was left with a little over 150,000 after the hand, tying him for short stack with Marc-Andre Ladouceur.
