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.
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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