partypoker Team Pros Kristen Bicknell and Natalia Breviglieri have just returned from the tournament desk with a fresh stack in hand. Both losing their Day 2 starting stacks.
Bicknell started the day as one of the leaders and Breveiglieri started under average.
We missed Bicknell's bust-out but were able to catch Breviglieri's. Breviglieri had slumped to under ten big blinds when she moved all-in preflop with . Unfortunately, for her, she ran into Pierre Paul Paulin's . The board bricked out and Breviglieri was forced to return to the cashier.
Jason Duval was facing an all-in bet from his heads-up opponent on the turn of a board. The pot already had around 1,200,000 in the middle and Duval took no time making the call.
Duval:
Opponent:
The completed the board on the river and Duval scooped the pot.
Pascal Monarque and Ara Asatorian were both standing up when we arrived at the table. In the middle of the table was a board reading .
In front of Asatorian lay .
Monarque had .
According to the table, Monarque bet 110,000 on the flop and Asatorian raised to 500,000. Monarque then three-bet jammed all-in for 2.3 million and Asatorian snap-called, having Monarque slightly covered.
After both stacks were verified, Monarque was eliminated and Asatorian rocketed up the leaderboard.
With registration now officially closed the payout structure has been released. The Canadian Poker Championships fell short of the guarantee so the prize pool sits at $2,000,000.
The top 162 spots will earn a prize. Anyone who makes the money will be guaranteed $2,000. Making the final table will secure you a prize of at least $20,000 but at that point, the only prize that matter will be the $400,000 cash for the eventual champion.