In a battle of the blinds, Anthony Roux raised the action to 80,000 from the small blind. When Joe Morneau reraised to 220,000 from the big blind, Roux shoved all in and Morneau called.
Roux:
Morneau:
A board of offered no help for Roux, who left in 5th place with $120,311.
Joe Morneau raised to 95,000 from under the gun and action checked around to Jordan Smith, who reraised to 310,000 from the big blind. When Morneau moved all in, Smith called.
Morneau:
Smith:
A flop of put Smith in front, and he held on as the board finished . When the hand was over, Smith had doubled to 4,690,000 while Morneau fell back to 2,900,000.
Laurence Grondin raised to 100,000 from the button and Joe Morneau flat called from the big blind before we saw a flop of .
Morneau check-called Grondin's 175,000 bet and both players checked the on the turn. Morneau took the lead on the river, betting 250,000. Grondin called and mucked when Morneau showed for a set.
Morneau now has 3,620,000 while Grondin has fallen back to 1,080,000.
Joe Morneau raised to 120,000 and Laurence Grondin re-raised to 800,000 from the small blind. Morneau moved all in and Grondin called.
Morneau:
Grondin:
A flop of put Grondin way out front, but Morneau caught a flush draw with the on the turn. It didn't get there with the on the river, and Grondin increased her stack to 4,120,000 while Morneau slipped to 1,220,000.
Jordan Smith limped in from the small blind and Joe Morneau checked his option, taking us to a flop of .
Smith bet 70,000 and Morneau called, bringing the on the turn. Smith bet 150,000 and Morneau called again. When the landed on the river, Smith bet 325,000 and Morneau moved in. Smith called and showed , out-flushing Morneau's .
Morneau left in fourth place with $166,584 while Smith took the chip lead with 4,89,000.
Laurence Grondin made it 125,000 to go from the small blind and Jordan Smith called from the big.
Both players checked the flop of , and Grondin then check-called for 150,000 when the hit the turn. Grondin checked the on the river and folded when Smith bet 350,000.