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The first six levels of the day are in the book and the players can now enjoy a 45-minute dinner break. The tournament clock currently shows 179 total entries today with 133 players remaining.
On a four-way 
flop, Martin Giguere checked and an opponent bet 55,000. Another player in the hand called and then Lily Kornik raised all-in for 532,000. Giguere flatted and the other two players folded.
Kornik: 
Giguere: 
Giguere flopped huge but Kornik wasn't drawing dead. Unfortunately, Kornik bricked her straight draw as the board ran out 
and she was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,900,000 | 900,000 |
|
|
Busted |
With 230,000 in the pot, on a board reading 
, Mathieu Boulanger-Vaugeois led out for 125,000 from the hijack and Lawrence O'Brien decided to move all-in for 434,000 from the cutoff. Boulanger-Vaugeois thought for about half a minute and called.
O'Brien tabled 
for a pair of queens but he was up against 
for a pair of kings. The river was the 
and O'Brien was eliminated, asking if he could still buy back in again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
With about 70,000 in the pot, on a board reading 
, Nadir Lalji checked from the big blind and Laurence Grondin bet 35,000 from the hijack. Jimmy Arora called on the button and Lalji came along also.
The turn was the and Lalji and Grondin checked to Arora who bet 65,000. Lalji called and Grondin mucked.
The river was the . Arora put out a bet for 160,000 and Lalji hesitated before deciding to call.
Arora rapped the table in defeat as he taled 
for a busted straight draw. Lalji tabled for a flush and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,450,000 | 450,000 |
|
|
1,300,000 | 1,300,000 |
We got to the table as the dealer was completing a board reading 
with James Cooke being the player at risk for 900,000. Ettehadi Seyedrohollah was on the other end and appeared to have 
for the nut straight.
Cooke had 
in front of him for a pair of kings and a busted flush draw and he hit the rail.
Seyedrohollah now sits on 4,000,000 chips near the top of the leader board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,000,000 | 690,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 6
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
With about 150,000 in the pot, on a board reading 
, Patrick Serda checked from the small blind and Jean-Francois Lescadres bet 57,000. Serda called.
The turn was the and both players checked to the 
on the river. Serda checked again and this time Lescadres bet 89,000. Serda tossed in a chip to call and Lescadres mucked, sending the pot to Serda without needing to show down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000 | 400,000 |
|
335,000 | -545,000 |
With what looked to be about 1,300,000 already in the pot of a 
board, Ruben Perceval splashed a bet of 800,000 in the pot, enough to put his heads-up opponent Alex Difelice all-in.
Difelice quickly called putting his last 462,000 at risk.
Perceval: 
Difelice: 
The completed the board on the river and Difelice scored the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,900,000 | -1,440,000 |
|
2,300,000 | 1,300,000 |
World Poker Tour (WPT) champion Amir Babakhani is in the field, looking for another major score here at Playground. He won the 2013 WPT Spring Championship $3,300 Main Event for $442,248 in this exact building.
Additional latecomers include Thomas Lefort. Tristan Bergeron and Erik Lemarquand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
Patrick Serda raised to 20,000 from under the gun and got a call from Steve Toulch in middle position. Jean-Francois Lescadres was in the big blind and three-bet to 80,000. Serda thought for a moment and called, followed by a fold from Toulch.
The flop came 
. Lescadres led for 81,000 and Serda called. The turn was the 
and both players checked to the on the river. Lescadres paused and checked again, and Serda tossed out a single T500,000 chip, putting Lescadres to the test for his last 275,000. Lescadres couldn't call fast enough, tabling 
for aces full of fives. Serda flashed the 
for trip fives and paid the bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
880,000 | 880,000 |
|
|
700,000 | -300,000 |
