Sean Burstein raised to 1,000,000 from the hijack and Mark Young called for his last 900,000 from the small blind. He just lost a big hand to Burstein the hand before and they decided to tangle again.
This time it was a flip, with Young holding , up against Burstein's .
The flop came and Burstein extended his lead to a set, but Young still had outs with a straight draw. The turn was the and the river was the , sending Young to the rail.
Dustin Melanson raised to 500,000 from the cutoff and Debra Ann Holman moved all-in on the button. Melanson snap-called.
Dustin Melanson:
Debra Ann Holman:
Melanson was well ahead with two kings, and needed to fade an ace to stay alive. Unfortunately for him, there was on ace in the window before the dealer fanned a flop reading and Melanson was the one who needed to hit now. The turn was the and the river was the , sending Melanson to the rail.
Norman Gauthier raised to 600,000 from middle position and Franco Sicondolfi moved all-in for 5,840,000 from the small blind. Gauthier called.
It turned out that both players had the same stack, right down to the last chip, so both players were at risk.
Norman Gauthier:
Franco Sicondolfi:
It was a classic race, but the dealer put out a flop reading and while Gauthier flopped a set, Sicondolfi was still live after flopping top two pair. Any ace or king would do, but the turn was the and the river was the to send Sicondolfi to the rail.
Immediately after the river was dealt, Jean-Francois Marin slammed his fist into the table and yelled out, "Do you know what I folded? Jack-ten of hearts. I was gonna call your six hundred thousand!"
Hello/Bonjour from beautiful Kahnawake, Quebec in Canada at the Playground Poker Club! Day 3 of the partypoker Grand Prix Canada is set to kick off in just two hours at 1:00 p.m. to crown a winner.
After a myriad of online and live qualifiers, just 27 players remain in the field and only one is going to take home the trophy, earn the title and pocket the big money up for grabs in an event that cost just $220 CAD. The prize pool is a guaranteed $1 million CAD, and someone is going to claim all of the glory by the end of today.
Quebec's Raphael Duval leads the pack with a massive chip stack worth 22,165,000. He held the lead yesterday for the majority of the day and never really looked back. With blinds beginning at 120,000/240,000 with a button ante of 240,000, Duval sits on close to 100 big blinds with plenty of room to maneuver.
Close behind him is Jeff Cuccurullo with 21,470,000 chips. He qualified online and sits in second in chips. Rounding out the top three is Anatoly Zharnitsky with 18,365,000, with the next-biggest stacks belonging to Matthew Wilkins (10,650,000) and Ryan Morrell (9,085,000).
Play will pick up at Level 30 and blinds will increase from 40-minute intervals to 60 minutes. Breaks will take place every three levels, or three hours, and play will conclude once a winner is crowned.
Stay with PokerNews as the Live Reporting team documents all of the action on the way to finding a winner today!
Here is a look at the seating assignments with chip counts: