Robert Laberge limped from the small blind and Maxime Flibotte-Blanchard raised to 19,000 out of the big blind. Laberge three-bet jammed all-in and Flibotte-Blanchard snap-called, putting himself at risk.
Laberge: 
Flibotte-Blanchard: 
Labarge had set the trap and his opponent fell right in, as sick of a cooler as it may be. Laberge faded the 
board improving to a full house and Flibotte-Blanchard exited in 23rd place.
Matthew Paplyk was in middle position and put in a dramatic raise to 45,000. Jonathan Marrie was in the cutoff and three-bet to 100,000. Action came back around to Paplyk and he moved all-in for 110,000 total. Marrie called.
Matthew Paplyk: 
Jonathan Marrie: 
Paplyk was miles ahead and was the player at risk. Unfortunately for him, the dealer fanned the flop of 
to give Marrie a set of queens right in the window. The turn was the 
and Paplyk yelled "King!" but the hit the river and he was sent to the rail.
Paplyk took it like a champ and said "Nice hand. We were getting it in no matter what" as he left the tournament area.
Paul Scott three-bet shoved all-in for about 120,000 and the original raiser, Jake Labonte, called to put Scott at risk.
Scott: 
Labonte:
The board ran out 
and the ace in the window sent Scott to the rail in 26ht place.
Play has now entered hand-for-hand as the event sits on the direct money bubble.
Just a short while ago, Viken Artinian lost most of his stack with ace-jack against William Blais' ace-king. He was down to 18,000 but found a double-up with king-queen in a flip.
Artinian just got his 43,500 chips in the middle with 
, up against Gregory Hartwick's . The board ran out 
and Artinian doubled yet again.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
There looked to be about 100,000 already in the pot when Blake Tarbell and Thomas Lefort went to a 
flop.
Tarbell check-raised a bet of 30,000 from Lefort to 83,000 but Lefort turned around and three-bet jammed all-in, having Tarbell covered.
Tarbell went into the tank and eventually folded, throwing pocket queens face up into the muck.
William Blais and Viken Artinian got it all-in before the flop with Blais being the player at risk. It appeared as though Artinian opened from the cutoff and Blais jammed on the button.
Blais tabled and was well ahead of Artinian's .
The board ran out 
and Blais survived while Artinian was left with just 18,000.
Two hands later, Artinian jammed with king-queen and flipped against pocket eights. He turned a flush and hung on.
On a board reading 
, with 100,000 in the pot already, Patrick Braga was in middle position and got his last 100,000 chips in, quickly called by Jonathan Cohen on the button.
Braga was the player at risk but locked up the pot with the nut flush, tabling . Cohen revealed 
for an inferior flush and was drawing dead to the 
on the river.
Braga doubled while Cohen dropped down to 130,000.
Action folded around to Tristan Bergeron on the button and he moved all-in for 72,500. Paul Scott was in the small blind and had a decision to make for a good chunk of his stack. He was visibly torn, but eventually called.
Bergeron was at risk with 
, but was flipping against Scott's 
.
The flop came 
, with the eight right in the window. The turn was the to give Bergeron trips, and the river was the 
for a full house for good measure
Bergeron doubled to stay alive, while Scott dropped down to 105,000.
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