With about 80,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Jeff Cormier bet 30,000 from late position and Rong Xu moved all-in for 98,000 from the hijack. The player on the button called, and Cormier thought for a brief moment before re-raising to 245,000. The button tanked and claimed to fold after mucking his cards.
Xu was at risk with for the nut flush draw, but Cormier tabled for the nuts. The turn was the and the river was the , missing Xu's flush draw and sending him to the rail.
Partypoker Team Pro Natalia Breviglieri is back to take another shot at the massive prize pool here in the Canadian Poker Championships with $2 million guaranteed. She hopes to better her 5th place finish in the Playground1000 where she pocketed $40,000 for her deep run.
Danny "Miami Boss" Suied is also in the field and seems to be no stranger to Playground as he as a few cashes here, most recently from the partypoker MILLIONS in May this year.
Yan Nadeau raised to 18,000 from under the gun and got calls from Peter Kaemmerlen in the hijack, Ettehadi Seyedrohollah in the cutoff and Didier Morissonneau in the big blind.
The flop came and Morissonneau led out for 25,000. Nadeau raised to 100,000, Kaemmerlen folded, Seyedrohollah cold-called and Morissonneau folded.
The turn was he and Nadeau checked. Seyedrohollah bet 200,000 and Nadeau quickly check-shoved all-in for 768,000. Seyedrohollah didn't look happy and asked for a count while agonizing over the decision. Eventually he called.
Nadeau tabled for two pair aces and nines, but Seyedrohollah held for trip nines. The river was the for the extra needle and Nadeau was eliminated.
With about 90,000 in the pot already, on a board reading , Jonathan Duhamel checked from under the gun, as did Mathieu Leclerc from the hijack.
The river was the and Duhamel checked again. Leclerc paused for a moment and then put out a bet worth 55,000. Duhamel went into the tank for a brief moment and eventually tossed a couple of chips out to call.
Leclerc confidently tabled for two pair aces and deuces and the 2010 WSOP Main Event champion mucked his hand, sending the pot to Leclerc.
Players keep filing in, and the latest contenders are the two World Cup of Cards High Roller champions Shaan Siddiqui and Jeff Cormier.
Siddiqui took down the $5K high roller for $81,000 and Cormier won the $10K high roller for $160,000. Both players are now in the field hunting for another big payday.