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The remaining players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Yiqiang Xie opened to 250,000 from under the gun leaving roughly 50,000 behind. Gabriel Croteau made the call from the hiack.
The flop came 10♦7♥5♠ and the rest of the chips quickly got in the middle.
Yiqiang Xie: A♠K♦
Gabriel Croteau: Q♠Q♣
Croteaus queens remained ahead on the 5♦ turn and J♣ river and he dragged in a nice pot while Xie was sent to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gabriel Croteau | 1,125,000 | |
Yiqiang Xie | Busted |
Level: 20
Blinds: 15,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Trevor Demers had opened from the button only for Seth Nuhn Jordan to three-bet to 200,000 from the big blind. Demers put in a four-bet to 550,000 and Jordan made the call.
The flop came Q♥5♥4♠. Jordan checked and Demers moved all in for roughly 400,000. Jordan, who had a very similar stack, opted to fold and Demers dragged in a massive pot without showdown.
Demers allowed Jordan to pick one of his hole cards to reveal and showed the A♣
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Trevor Demers
|
1,495,000
886,000
|
886,000 |
Seth Nuhn Jordan |
405,000
-320,000
|
-320,000 |
|
Marc-Andre St-Pierre moved all in for roughly 350,000 from the cutoff and was called by Colin Grant in the blinds who had a covering stack.
Marc-Andre St-Pierre: K♦Q♥
Colin Grant: A♦Q♣
The board ran out 4♥2♦5♦7♦A♠ giving Grant top pair
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Colin Grant |
1,025,000
808,000
|
808,000 |
Marc-Andre St-Pierre | Busted |
Level: 21
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Eric Leblond had opened from middle position only for Patrick Cartier to three-bet to 185,000 from the button. Leblond four-bet shoved for 490,000 and Cartier called with a covering stack to put Leblond at risk.
Eric Leblond: A♥A♦
Patrick Cartier: J♥J♣
Leblond had the best possible starting hand and remained ahead on the Q♦8♥K♠7♠9♥ runout to secure a full double up while Cartier was left with just over ten big blinds.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eric Leblond | 1,055,000 | |
Patrick Cartier | 345,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000