With the board reading and nearly ten million in the pot, Jonathan Bussieres led out for 7,700,000 from the small blind. Julian Milliard-Feral moved all in for over 20,000,000. Bussieres called and Milliard-Feral knocked the table and said "Nice call". Bussieres showed for a flush and that was good enough to eliminate Milliard-Feral and vault himself into the chip lead.
Just 60 players remain on the last break of the day! Two more 75-minute levels remain, after which time the field will bag and tag to come back for Day 4 tomorrow at noon.
Jocelyn Poirier had about 12,000,000 chips behind on the button, and was faced with an all in for 10,000,000 from Jean-Philippe Piquette in the small blind. After thinking about it for a moment, Poirier called.
Poirier:
Piquette:
Piquette got it in with the best of it, but the flop came , giving Poirier four extra outs to make a straight. The turn was the , but Piquette couldn't fade the on the river, giving Poirier a straight to eliminate him.
Piquette earned himself CA$22,500 for his 64th place finish today.
A pot with about 7,000,000 in chips in the middle was going down, and Cate Hall was faced with a decision from the big blind.
The board read , and Hall had checked to Sasan Mehrabian who was under gun. Mehrabian moved all in for his last seven million chips, and Hall went into the tank. After several minutes, Mehrabian called the clock. The dealer counted down, and Hall ended up deciding to call with one second to go.
Mehrabian tabled for a set of sixes. Hall mucked, but the dealer quickly flashed her cards, which appeared to be for two pair, queens and nines.
Hall was left with about 3,000,000 and was seen at the payout desk just a few moments after that to pick up her 63rd place payout worth CA$22,500.
Kevin Rivest is enjoying the likes of his new table thus far. As he barely sat down at his new seat, Rivest tossed out a raise of 900,000 from late position. Viet Van Vo was the only caller from the big blind.
The dealer spread the flop of and Van Vo checked his option. Rivest bet 750,000 and Van Vo called.
On the turn, Van Vo led out for 1,100,000. Rivest decided to raise to 2,400,000 and Van Vo called.
When the hit the river bringing four cards to a flush on the board, Van Vo checked and Rivest put out a bet of 4,600,000. Van Vo tossed his cards away in disgust and Rivest scooped the pot.
The action was folded around to Stephan Chartrand on the button who raised to 900,000. Jimmy Lee was in the small blind and re-raised to 2,200,000; the big blind folded. Chartrand four-bet to 3,500,000 and Lee called.
The flop came . Lee checked to Chartrand who bet 3,375,000 and Lee called.
The turn was an and both players checked.
The came on the river and Lee moved all in for just over 12,000,000, only to have Chartrand snap call. Lee tabled and Chartrand had an over pair .
Action folded around to Cate Hall on the button, and she raised to 800,000. Sam Trickett was in the big blind and decided to three-bet to 2,400,000. Hall reached into her stack and decided to put in a four bet to 4,400,000, which was an exact min-raise.
Trickett took a look at Hall's remaining chips, which appeared to be about 6,300,000. After a few moments, he began to re-adjust himself in his seat several times, clearly agonizing over his decision. He looked back at his cards, and after about four minutes he opted to fold.
Hall flashed a smile, and took one last look at her cards before tossing them into the muck. Hall has been spinning her stack up, and now sits on a healthy stack of 14 million.
Terrence Chan moved all in for his last 4,000,000 chips and was called by Anthony Zinno.
Zinno tabled while Chan held .
The flop came and Zinno extended his lead, making a pair of aces. Chen paired his jack, but was unable to hit his king since it would give Zinno a straight. The turn was the and the river was the . Neither player held a diamond and Zinno earned the pot and the elimination.
Hailing from Boston, Zinno is no stranger to Canada. He holds a Word Poker Tour title from Niagara Falls, Canada and his other two cashes have been right here in Montreal. He made a deep run in February and looks to snag himself another title on Canadian soil.
Funny enough, Chan hails from British Columbia, Canada but the majority of his cashes come from the United States.
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos was a short stack in early position and moved all in for 8,600,000. The action was folded around to Michel-Claude Baroud in the big blind and he had a decision to make. Baroud announced a call and the cards were turned over.
Kiriopoulos:
Baroud:
The board came and Kiriopoulos survived his all-in moment.
and nearly ten million in the pot, Jonathan Bussieres led out for 7,700,000 from the small blind. Julian Milliard-Feral moved all in for over 20,000,000. Bussieres called and Milliard-Feral knocked the table and said "Nice call". Bussieres showed 
for a flush and that was good enough to eliminate Milliard-Feral and vault himself into the chip lead.
, giving Poirier four extra outs to make a straight. The turn was the 
, but Piquette couldn't fade the 
on the river, giving Poirier a straight to eliminate him. 
, and Hall had checked to Sasan Mehrabian who was under gun. Mehrabian moved all in for his last seven million chips, and Hall went into the tank. After several minutes, Mehrabian called the clock. The dealer counted down, and Hall ended up deciding to call with one second to go. 
for two pair, queens and nines. 
and Van Vo checked his option. Rivest bet 750,000 and Van Vo called. 
turn, Van Vo led out for 1,100,000. Rivest decided to raise to 2,400,000 and Van Vo called.
. Lee checked to Chartrand who bet 3,375,000 and Lee called. 
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and Zinno extended his lead, making a pair of aces. Chen paired his jack, but was unable to hit his king since it would give Zinno a straight. The turn was the 
. Neither player held a diamond and Zinno earned the pot and the elimination. 
