Today marks the final day of the 2017 World Cup of Cards at Playground Poker Club. Day 4 of the partypoker LIVE Canadian Poker Championships will see just 21 players return when play resumes at 1 p.m. this afternoon.
The player with the best shot at claiming the title and the top prize of $400,000 is start-of-day chipleader, Patrick Serda. Serda blasted his way through the field during the latter parts of Day 3. Though Serda did lose some key pots during the final level, he will still start the day with a sizeable lead opening a bag of 90,900,000.
Sebastien Labbe brought the chip lead into Day 3 and at one point lost half of his stack but battled back and will start Day 4 second-best with 72,300,000. Julian Volpe (67,200,000), Joel Giguere (62,900,000), and Kevin Rivest (61,700,000) round out the top five.
Mike Leah sits just outside the top five with 54,100,000. Other notables still alive include Playground Player's Club member Chanracy Khun (34,200,000), WPT Champion Ema Zajmovic (24,000,000), and American Pro Kyle Bowker (11,500,000).
Day 4 is set to get underway at 1 p.m. local time and play will continue until the winner of the Canadian Poker Championships is crowned. There will be a live-streamed feature table broadcast kick off about 30-minutes into play with the entirety of Day 4 shown on stream.
Here is a look at the prizes still left to fight for:
Place
Prize (CAD)
1
$400,000
2
$240,000
3
$164,000
4
$110,000
5
$75,000
6
$50,000
7
$35,000
8
$26,000
9
$20,000
10-12
$16,000
13-16
$14,000
17-21
$12,000
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Patrick Serda raised to 2,500,000 from the hijack and action folded to Kevin MacDonald in the small blind he decided to move all-in for his last 17,200,000 and Serda asked for a quick count before calling.
MacDonald tabled , up against Serda's .
The flop came and MacDonald still needed to hit a jack or a ten to survive. The turn was the to pair Serda's queen and give MacDonald a straight draw. The river was the and MacDonald was eliminated in 18th place, pocketing $12,000 for his efforts.
Joel Giguere opened to 2.8 million from middle position and called a three-bet from Kevin Rivest out of the big blind for 8.7 million.
The flop was and Rivest continued with a bet of 8.5 million. Giguere called and the hit the turn.
Rivest fired another barrel, this time for 15,500,000 and Giguere called once more. The completed the board on the river and Rivest checked. Giguere announced an all-in bet and Rivest snap-folded.
With about 10,400,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Maurizio Lo Russo checked from the small blind, as did Patrick Serda from the big blind. Sam Phillips was on the button and bet 3,500,000. Lo Russo called and Serda folded.
The turn was the and Lo Russo asked to see Phillips' stack and eventually checked. Phillips paused and bet 10,000,000. Lo Russo check-raised all-in and Phillips piled in his remaining 17,000,000.
Phillips was at risk and ahead with for a set of fives, up against Lo Russo's for top pair and an open-ended straight draw. The river was the and Lo Russo made his straight to bust Phillips in 15th place for $14,000.
Action folded to Shawn Daigle in the hijack and he moved all-in for 19,000. Chip leader Sebastien Labbe was in the small blind and tossed in a single chip to call, prompting the big blind to get out of the way.
Daigle tabled , flipping against Labbe's .
The flop came and Labbe slid into the lead with two pair kings and threes. The turn was the and the river was the to send Daigle to the rail and add more chips to Labbe's monstrous stack.
Chanracy Khun moved all in from under the gun for his last 17,200,000 and action moved to Daren Keyes in the cutoff. He moved all-in over the top for about 50,000,000 and got no side action.
Khun tabled , well behind Keyes' .
The board ran out and Khun was eliminated in 13th place for $14,000.
After doubling up Ema Zajmovic just a couple hands before, Johanssy Joseph tangled with chip leader Sebastien Labbe in a big pot.
With a board in front of them, Labbe bet 5.4 million and then called a raise to 13 million from Joseph.
The fell on the river and Labbe moved all in, sending Joseph into the tank. A call would be for his tournament life. A few moments went by and eventually, Joseph slammed down a stack of chips, making the call.
Labbe turned over for a straight and Joseph was forced to muck his for a set, busting in 12th place.
Ema Zajmovic limped in from the small blind and Kevin Rivest moved all-in from the big blind. Zajmovic snap-called.
Zajmovic was at risk with , flipping against Rivest's .
The flop came and Zajmovic paired her king, but Rivest also flopped a set. The turn was the and Zajmovic was drawing to the on the river to give Rivest quads.
The first female to win a World Poker Tour title has hit the rail in 11th place, taking home $16,000 for her deep run today.
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, up against Serda's 
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and MacDonald still needed to hit a jack or a ten to survive. The turn was the 
to pair Serda's queen and give MacDonald a straight draw. The river was the 
and Rivest continued with a bet of 8.5 million. Giguere called and the 
hit the turn.
completed the board on the river and Rivest checked. Giguere announced an all-in bet and Rivest snap-folded.
, Maurizio Lo Russo checked from the small blind, as did Patrick Serda from the big blind. Sam Phillips was on the button and bet 3,500,000. Lo Russo called and Serda folded.
and Lo Russo asked to see Phillips' stack and eventually checked. Phillips paused and bet 10,000,000. Lo Russo check-raised all-in and Phillips piled in his remaining 17,000,000. 
for a set of fives, up against Lo Russo's 
and Labbe slid into the lead with two pair kings and threes. The turn was the 
and Khun was eliminated in 13th place for $14,000.
on the river to give Rivest quads.
