Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault leads the final 22 players into Day 3 of the Quantum No-Limit tournament. He joins 21 other players who are each guaranteed at least $1,750. First prize is $50,000 and will be the second largest first place prize awarded during the World Cup of Cards.
This is the wrap-up of a ten starting flight tournament that kicked off the World Cup of Cards. The $200,000 Guarantee tournament offered players a chance to cash in all ten starting flights and a few of them have cashed multiple times.
The blinds are starting at 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante and the average chip stack is 848,400.
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Douglas James had two eliminations to his name, but couldn't dodge a flush draw with another big hand. James had aces and got all in on the flop against Reid Fortin. Fortin has and turned a flush which sent James quickly out of his chair. He took one step toward the rail, then looked back for a moment. It seemed he could barely believe what happened but he quietly accepted his fate and took 17th place.
Fortin is now the chip leader by more than 1-million.
Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault was the benefactor of short stacks shoving into his big hands. First, Franco A shoved and Carpentier-Perrault called with ace-queen. He was head of Franco A and eliminated him.
Shortly after, Chris Arvanitis shoved from the button with ace-four and Carpentier-Perrault had kings in the big blind. He called, he won, he eliminated another player and stacked 4,000,000.
At the other table Walter Asatoorian shoved king-jack and ran into the pocket aces of Jiachen Gong. He couldn't catch up and was eliminated in 13th place.
Dave Graham was eliminated by Jiachen Gong shortly after doubling up through Gong. Right after he doubled up he got all in again with against the of Gong. Gong came from behind to win the hand and send Graham home in tenth place.
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Mathieu Leclerc - 9th Place CAD $4,000
Mathieu Leclerc (9th Place CAD $4,000) and Albert N (8th Place CAD $5,400) have both been eliminated.
Leclerc was the second player in a row to go busto with aces. He is the third player today to have aces cracked. Eddie Daldalian got all in with against the short-stacked Leclerc and flopped a pair, then went runner-runner boat to eliminate Leclerc.
Then Albert N, shoved all in for just over 1-million chips and Armand King looked down at ace-queen. He put both hands on his head and looked to the sky. He snatched up one chip, took a moment to rethink his decision, and tossed a single chip into the pot.
He was ahead of Albert N's ace-jack. Albert N was eliminated and shook hands with the remaining players as he headed to the rail.
Eddie Daldalian was eliminated in seventh place when he three-bet shoved against Jiachen Gong preflop.
Gong opened to 240,000 and Daldalian shoved for just over 1,000,000. Gong seemed to have a tough choice and eventually called. He showed and was behind he of Daldalian.
The flop was a shot to Daldalian when Gong flopped a set. The board ran out and when it finished, Gong had a full house and Daldalian had his walking papers. He recieved CAD $7,000 for his seventh place finish.
Noeung Troeung was eliminated in sixth place when he got all in on the turn against Armand King.
Troeung, who entered the day second in chips, opened to 250,000 and King defended in the big blind. The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the and King led for 700,000. Troeung went all in for about 1,000,000 more and King called.
King had a six-high straight and Troeung was drawing to a five for a chop. It didn't come, instead the was the river card and Troeung was eliminated in sixth place.
Reid Fortin was eliminated just before the break when he raised on the button to 420,000. Jiachen Gong reraised from the small blind to 1,200,000 and Fortin responded with a four-bet shove. Gong called and showed . He was ahead of the of Fortin.
The board ran out and Fortin was eliminated in a huge pot, which gave Gong half the chips in play with four left.
David Cadoche is very short, so there may be three remaining very soon.
David Cadoche was dangerously short when the players came back from break and he put most of his stack in the big blind. Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault opened on the button to 300,000 and Cadoche well all in for a little more, 375,000.
He had against the of Carpentier-Perrault. Neither played connected with the board and Carpentier-Perrault won the hand, eliminating Cadoche.
Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault was eliminated in third place. He had just doubled up through the chip leader, Armand King. He had queens in the small blind and King called his short-stacked shove with nine-high. His queens held, but shortly after he went all in against Jiachen Gong.
Gong had against the of Carpentier-Perrault. The board ran out , giving Gong the pot and eliminating Carpentier-Perrault who had entered the day with the chip lead.
and turned a flush which sent James quickly out of his chair. He took one step toward the rail, then looked back for a moment. It seemed he could barely believe what happened but he quietly accepted his fate and took 17th place.
against the short-stacked Leclerc and flopped a pair, then went runner-runner boat to eliminate Leclerc.
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of Daldalian.
and when it finished, Gong had a full house and Daldalian had his walking papers. He recieved CAD $7,000 for his seventh place finish.
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was the river card and Troeung was eliminated in sixth place.
of Fortin.
and Fortin was eliminated in a huge pot, which gave Gong half the chips in play with four left.
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of Carpentier-Perrault. Neither played connected with the board and Carpentier-Perrault won the hand, eliminating Cadoche.
, giving Gong the pot and eliminating Carpentier-Perrault who had entered the day with the chip lead.