Thomas Cemm raised to 1,600,000 from under the gun, and Philippe D'Auteuil three-bet to 3,700,000 from early position. Sam Greenwood was in the small blind and four-bet to 10,000. Cemm had about 17,000,000 chips total, and opted to fold. D'Auteuil thought for a moment and called.
The flop came , and Greenwood tanked for a minute before leading out for 5,000,000. D'Auteuil called.
The turn was the . Greenwood tanked again, this time for around two minutes. Eventually, he led out for 10,000,000. D'Auteuil went deep into the tank now, and thought for about five minutes before someone at the table called the clock. When the dealer informed him he had about five seconds left, he moved all in. Greenwood quickly took his headphones off and obviously looked disappointed. He thought for less than a minute and folded.
D'Auteuil was reluctant, but he eventually tabled pocket queens.
Day 3 has come to an end in the partypoker MILLION North America Main Event in Montreal, Canada. When all was said and done, 37 players bagged chips and will return tomorrow for Day 4 at noon local time. The official chip leader at the conclusion of play was 2010 WSOP Bracelet winner, Scott Montgomery. The chip leader is also known for finishing in fifth place in the 2008 WSOP Main Event ($3,096,768), boasting lifetime earnings totaling $4,539,000. Montgomery finished the day with 83,450,000 chips, followed by Niall Farrell (79,000,000) and Philippe DAuteuil (71,300,000), to round out the top three stacks.
The day started with 173 players and 82 of them took home at least CA$10,000. Tim West was responsible for bursting the bubble about halfway through the day, eliminating Steven Walburton, who was down to less than a single ante. Once the players reached the money, eliminations came quickly and often. Familiar faces to finish in the money included Ryan Riess, Jason Koon, Sam Trickett, Mike McDonald, Marc-Andre Ladouceur, Darren Elias, Upeshka De Silva, and Cate Hall.
The remaining players will all be looking to reach the final table and take home the CA$1,000,000 first place prize, as they play down to the final eight players on Day 4. Here is a look at the remaining players, their chip counts, and seating assignments:
Table
Seat
Player
Chip Count
33
1
Michael Addamo
46,600,000
33
2
Michel-Claude Baroud
17,625,000
33
3
Joel Moreau
6,775,000
33
4
Stephan Chartrand
14,600,000
33
5
Sam Greenwood
20,200,000
33
6
Qi Hu
36,775,000
33
7
Kenneth Mcfarlane
22,800,000
33
8
Nicolas Le Floch
36,525,000
37
1
Ari Engel
44,000,000
37
2
Scott Montgomery
83,450,000
37
3
David Eldridge
31,000,000
37
4
Viet Van Vo
1,700,000
37
5
Christopher Annouza
10,675,000
37
6
Thomas Cemm
17,675,000
37
7
Sasan Mehrabian
15,950,000
37
8
Terry Lee
19,325,000
38
1
Louis Boutin
27,100,000
38
2
Yuzhou Chu
16,550,000
38
3
Vlad Mezheritsky
6,350,000
38
4
Patrick Blye
20,450,000
38
5
Jordan Saccucci
31,375,000
38
6
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos
27,600,000
38
7
Andrew Walter
14,400,000
39
1
Rayan Chamas
44,700,000
39
2
Jonathan Bussieres
62,350,000
39
3
Philippe D'Auteuil
71,300,000
39
4
Marc Guerbilsky
50,900,000
39
5
Kevin Rivest
58,525,000
39
6
Carl Diveglia
15,975,000
39
7
Matthew Waxman
23,650,000
40
1
Ha Van Nguyen
19,025,000
40
2
Jean-Pascal Savard
61,000,000
40
3
Alexander James Allison
19,025,000
40
4
Joseph Sicko
14,725,000
40
5
Duff Charette
23,200,000
40
6
Mingzhe Zhang
26,300,000
40
7
Niall Farrell
79,000,000
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