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After the elimination of Brigitte Metivier, the two finalists for the $100 + $10 6-Max Re-entry were in a hurry to finish up. They discussed it before the cards were dealt, and decided to shove all in blind no matter what, since they had both had an excellent day, and the winner bonus of $200 – a marginal addition to their already impressive scores for the day. As it turned out, not one but both players were disappointed with their cards when they flipped them over. Remi had a , and Giovanni a . The board was dealt out with neither of them hitting. The nine-high takes it! Congratulations to these Monday afternoon warriors on an excellent day of poker. $100 + $10 6-Max Re-entry Champion: Remi Bourque: $1,905 ($1,705 ICM chop + $200 winner bonus) Last Hand of Play: Second Place: Giovanni Petrella, $1,970 …

After just a shade under eight hours of play, Brigitte Metivier was eliminated in 3rd place, taking home the aforementioned $1,810. Congratulations on an excellent tournament. The money is a well-deserved prize for her strong, consistent play. The hand that took her out was a preflop raise-shove-call between herself and Remi Bourque. Brigitte was holding , her opponent a . The board came down , and Remi’s pair of aces made it a two-man game.

As luck would have it, our short stack gladiator Matthew Di Perna did outlast the 8th place finisher, Mr. Tristan Girard. Tristan took home the $350 for 8th place, and Matt squeezed at least $190 more out of this tournament with his efforts. With only seven players left, we moved to the final table. His luck fully run dry, Matthew was eliminated almost right away. While this post was being written, there were two more eliminations, leaving us with four players. First to go was Luigi Petrella, whose 6th place finish earned him $610. He was followed by Andre Dries, who finished 5th for $800. The last four at the table briefly discussed an ICM chop, but the table couldn’t agree on it, so play continued. But less than 5 minutes later, even before we could upload this post, Constantinos Psallidas was eliminated in 4th …

With nine players remaining, there are only two short stacks left in the tournament: Matthew Di Perna at table 32 and Benoit Litalien at table 28. Matt has been continually popping out of his seat at every fold to check on his compatriot at the other table. The difference between 9th and 8th place is a whopping $80 or “almost 4 hours work,” according to one helpful onlooker – certainly nothing to sneeze at. The tension remained high until one of our gladiators took his inevitable fall. The one left standing? Matthew Di Perna! Congratulations! He remains the short stack, but he is guaranteed at least $350 for his efforts. Well done. Now the question is: can he make it to 7th? We’ll see! 9th: $270 – Benoit Litalien

We have now reached the final two tables in today’s $100 + $10 6-Max Re-entry, and the eliminations continue! Brigitte Metivier claimed another victim just now on table 32, this time it was Jean-Francois Santerre. When we arrived at the table the flop had already been dealt and Jean-Francois had shoved for his remaining chips. Brigitte was happy to call, and both player flipped over their cards. Brigitte was holding steady with top pair with her and Jean-Francois was chasing the flush with a . There were no diamonds to be had, and the remaining cards were dealt . Brigitte added Jean-Francois’ chips to her pile and the field was reduced by one. While this post was being written, two more players were eliminated. The payouts are listed below. 14th: $170 – James Belanger 13th: $190 – Jefferson Michel 12th: $190 – Jean-Francois Santerre 11th: …

The $150 + $20 + $50 6-Max Bounty tournament attracted 175 players who started with 25,000 chips and played through 20 minute levels while trying to knock each other out and collect a $50 bounty each time they scored a knockout. There was a guaranteed prize pool of $15,000, however, with the extra large field, the prize pool swelled to $25,200. Play was action packed all night long and throughout the room you could hear the dealers on the different tables continuously announcing “all in.” When play was down to just three tables, there was literally an all in every hand along with an elimination. All of the sudden, before you could blink an eye, the seven handed final table was formed. Upon reaching the final table, the players requested the ICM chop numbers. After watching how fast the last 10 eliminations took place, the …

The players just returned from another break and the new chip leader is Dany Madri. Here is the newest leaderboard:

Play went hand-for-hand once the field dropped to 23 players as the top 22 players would be in the money. A hand played out between Frankel Sylvestre and Marc Lemire that seemed like it might be the one that takes the field into the money. With the blinds previously at 8,000/16,000, the board showed and Sylvestre checked. Lemire put in a bet of 27,000 and Sylvestre went deep into the tank. He then asked Lemire to see how much he had left behind. Lemire had another 45,000 after having put in his bet. It seemed to take minutes before Sylvestre decided to fold. Lemire looked at him and said “good fold” and then he decided to show his hand. He opened the , showing that he hit his ace on the flop and then ended up going runner-runner for a full house. It was obviously …

Here some of the players still battling it out on the felt as the tournament is approaching the money bubble (the top 22 will be paid):  

The field is now down to 44 players and the average chip stack is just under 100,000. The top stack in play is from local grinder Nick “Shooter McGavin” Soller, in the lead with almost triple the average, sitting on 284,500 chips. Eddie Daldalian, the chip leader at the first break, is still on the leaderboard with 184,000, however three others have now surpassed Daldalian. Here is the current leaderboard: