Just moments after the bubble burst, Andrew Lam shipped all in for 1,565,000 in the hijack and David Cowling also pushed all in from the small blind. Lam was the short stack and found himself in need of some help.
Cowling:
Lam:
The flop came to give Lam a straight draw but the on the turn and the on the river would not help his cause.
Cedrick Angove-Bernier found himself all in from the small blind for 2,750,000 against Olivier Rebello-Frechette in middle position.
Angove-Bernier:
Rebello-Frechette:
With Angove-Bernier at-risk, and the crowd gathered around the table, the dealer spread the board to send Angove-Bernier out in 64th place as the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America Main Event bubble boy.
The remaining 63 players are all guaranteed a CA$20,000 payday.
With the recent elimination of Sandy Lam, the remaining 64 players will now be hand-for-hand on the money bubble. There will be two minutes taken off the clock at the end of every hand until the bubble bursts.
Alexandros Kolonias opened to 350,000 in middle position and Dietrich Fast called on the button. Kevin Rabichow three-bet to 1,400,000 in the small blind and both Kolonias and Fast called.
The flop came and Rabichow led out for 1,600,000. Kolonias called and Fast instantly threw his cards away. The landed on the turn and Rabichow counted out another bet of 3,600,000. Kolonias finally had enough and folded as well, allowing Rabichow to collect the pot.
Will Givens raised it up to 400,000 on the button and Ruben Perceval called from the big blind. The flop came and Perceval checked to Givens who continued for 315,000. Perceval check-raised to 1,050,000 and Givens called.
The turn was the and Perceval put out a small bet of 675,000. Givens still called and the river was the . Perceval used a time extension before tapping the table. Givens quickly checked back and Perceval rolled over for a straight.
"Damn!" Givens said in disappointment. "You wanna tangle eh? We're gonna tangle all day."
"It's gonna be a long day," Perceval said with a smile.
Erik Lemarquand raised to 350,000 in the hijack before John Paul Tabago three-bet to 800,000 from the cutoff. Lemarquand responded by moving all in, and Tabago called all in for 2,300,000.
Lemarquand:
Tabago:
The board ran out and Tabago collected the double.
The action folded around to Danick Landriault on the button who raised to 325,000. Francois Billard defended from the big blind and the flop fell . Billard check-called a bet of 275,000 from Landriault and the landed on the turn.
Billard checked again and Landriault tossed in a bet of 750,000 which Billard called. The river brought the and Billard checked for the third time. Landriault fired out another 2,000,000 and Billard quickly called. Landriault turned over and Billard mucked his cards.