LIVE EVENTS

When Christian Rho eliminated Steven Taylor in 3rd place, he was enjoying a good lead over Jonathon Mclean, but only to see him catch up in leaps. Mclean finally passed him and the roles were reversed, but Rho doubled up again to about 1.8M. Mclean has about 2.4M.

Michel Champagne was left with about 150K, facing 3 huge stacks. His all-in was called by Steven Taylor, holding rags but working with a monster stack.

Champagne:
Taylor:

Now look at this flop: —

Champagne left with $950, leaving Christian Rho, Steven Taylor and Jonathon Mclean. Each of them have now secured a 4-figure prize.

After 11 minutes of play on the final table, our 6 finalists were able to take a well-deserved break. The table tilts massively on one side, as most of the chips are hogged by seats 1, 2 and 3:

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Players in Event #4 are not holding back; all-in cards are flying! As soon as we hit the money at 17 players, short stacks were more than happy to throw the dice. Eliminations were quick, but we caught the hand that formed the final table.

Ian Armorer went all-in without about 200K, and Jonathon Mclean called, covering him easily. Lisette Martel was the shortest of the 3, and also called.

Armorer:
Mclean:
Martel:

Mclean was looking extremely at showdown, as his opponents were stealing each other’s outs. The board came super clean, and the director announced the formation of the final table. Here’s a look at our finalists:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège
Christian	Rho	Table 32 - Seat 1
Steven	Taylor	Table 32 - Seat 2
Jonathan	Mcneil	Table 32 - Seat 3
Christian	Lizotte	Table 32 - Seat 4
Giovanni	Paciullo	Table 32 - Seat 5
Constantinos	Psallidas	Table 32 - Seat 7
Darren	Chow	Table 32 - Seat 8
Yan	Gohier	Table 32 - Seat 9
Michel	Champagne	Table 32 - Seat 10

Thanks to the biggest pot of the day, Lizotte managed to steal the driver’s seat from Arbuckle. The latetr opened to 18,500 chips, and after Christian Rho called, Christian Lizotte went all-in for 170,500. Arbuckle asked for a count, and thought for a while, as both of the other tables were going on break. A few players got closer, attracted by the potential size of the pot. Call!

Lizotte:
Arbuckle:

Board:

Lizotte is now well in the lead, as the following table can testify:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Christian	Lizotte	383,500
Constantinos	Psallidas	275,000
Christian	Rho	266,000
Michel	Champagne	254,000

We came across a hand that had 3 players on the river. Genia Frenkel was first to act and opened rather small considering the substantial size of the pot. Her 19.5K bet was met by Jonathon Mclean’s raise to 45K, which was screaming “Call me!” even louder. Frenkel heard it, but after player 3 threw his cards, she couldn’t bring herself to fold such a beauty:

Board:

Frenkel:
Mcneil:

The river lifts all boats! Here a photo of Frenkel and Mcneil, taken shortly after the chips were attributed:

Cody Arbuckle has grabbed the driver’s seat. Of course, the turbo nature of the event doesn’t allow anyone to rest on their laurels, but it is always nice to have a lot of bullets for the final act! Here’s a look at the top of the leaderboard:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Cody	Arbuckle	251,500
Jonathon	Mclean	175,500
Sébastien	Éthier-Roy	167,000
Ron	S	141,500
Christian	Rho	129,500
Joseph	Crivello	123,000

Event #4 is down to just 66 players. Tables are shrinking at an exponential rate and some players are accumulating fortunes. The upcoming break will reveal who got the best out of the 2nd stint. For now, here are the prizes that await our deep runners:

Rank | Position	Prize | Bourse
1st	$2,987
2nd	$2,250
3rd	$1,690
4th	$950
5th	$710
6th	$530
7th	$400
8th	$30
9th	$230
10th-11th	$230
12th-13th	$210
14th-15th	$190
16th-17th	$180

After 6 levels of play and a break, 22 eliminations have taken place, leaving 109 players in the field. 131 entries have been accounted for, and the tournament staff is currently crunching the numbers and will publish the payouts soon.

Jonathon Mclean is leading the event from the farthest table, working with a very comfortable 123K stack. The current top 5 is listed below:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Jonathon	Mclean	123,000
Christian	Lizotte	104,500
Cody	Arbuckle	99,500
Pierre	Forget	89,500
Yan	Gohier	85,500

Donald O’Connor was the second limper in a hand that he chose not to raise from a middle position. When Frédéric Brisebois, sitting 3 seats to his left, opted to go all-in, O’Connor was eagerly waiting for the action to come back to him. He called!

O’Connor:
Brisebois:

Board:

Level 3 is winding down as players keep coming in for some Saturday afternoon freezeout action. We are passing the 100-entry mark, meaning the $8,000 guarantee has already been crushed. There is about an hour left to the late registration period, which means the prize pool will keep growing with every buy-in. Here is an early round of photographs: