Just before the last break, we witnessed some pretty intense action on two different tables.

Table #34 was the scene of the first action hand. There was approximately 80,000 chips in the pot. Three players were all-in, Carl Doyon, Israel Pantaleon and Olivier Nittolo. The flop was out: and after some bursts of testosterone, the three gentlemen ended-up all-in. The dealer instructed them to table their hands.
Carl: , pair of aces and drawing to a straight with any five.
Olivier: , was on an open-ended straight draw.
Israel: , had hit a set and his inactive cards were nice blockers to prevent a higher set for Carl and a low straight for Olivier.

The rest of the board was revealed:
Olivier picked up a straight on the turn and more than tripled-up. The side pot was given to Israel for his set of jacks. Carl, who covered all the players, was left with a shadow of his old stack in the wake of his useless aces. Carl made everybody chuckle when he exploded with an evil laugh, reminding both his adversaries that they had not gotten his precious bounty chip, which he placed above his tiny stack.

Table #23 is where the second avalanche of chips came from. The hand was almost over, but we caught a glimpse of the setup. Once again, three players were involved. This time it was John Pihlar, Marc-André St-Pierre and Adam Mateus. All the cards were out.
John:
Marc-André:
Adam:

The dealer was running the board when we arrived: , and Pilhar picked up a king-high flush. It was impossible to tell how many chips were transferred to Pihlar, but it was impressive. This hand eliminated Mateus, and took a sizable chunk out of St-Pierre’s stack. Once again, aces came up short.

The players are approaching the money bubble.
Olivier Nittolo triples-up