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09-12-2017 04:31 UTC-4

Canada's Mike Leah Headlines Day 3 of the Canadian Poker Championships!

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It's another beautiful day in Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada for the penultimate day of the 2017 World Cup of Cards for the Canadian Poker Championships as the feature event. The ever-popular Playground Poker Club worked hand-in-hand with partypoker to host this five-week event and the end is in sight.

Day 3 fires up today at 1:00 p.m. local time and players will duke it out for eight levels at 60 minutes a round. There will be a break every two hours as usual, with a dinner break after the sixth level of the day. Day 4 will be the last day of play on Wednesday and will also begin at 1:00 p.m. with the intention to play down to a winner.

There will be a live stream on a 30-minute delay, so check it out via the Live Stream tab above when it goes live at 1:30 p.m.

Canada's own Mike 'GoLeafsGoEh' Leah has bagged a monstrous stack worth 14,315,000 and looks to reach $10 million in cashes between his live and online recorded winnings. Leah boasts $6,464,403 in live results and $3,062,566 online for a total of $9,526,969 in lifetime earnings. The Ontarian is known for his multi-tabling wizardry and is likely to be seen with a laptop by his side for the remainder of the week.

The chip leader coming into the day is Sebastien Labbe with a hefty 15,970,000 chips, with Tommy Coulombe sitting in second with 15,500,000. Leah is firmly in third, with recent Playground1000 champion Charles La Boissonniere in fourth with 13,555,000, and end of Day 1 chip leader Daren Keyes filling out the top five stacks with 13,265,000.

Players are now in the money with 145 contenders back to try and make it to the final day on Wednesday where a winner will be crowned. Everyone is guaranteed a min-cash worth $2,000 but the real goal is the $400,000 up top along with the trophy and overall title.

Another fascinating story is that of Richard Verdon who found his way here through a $2.20 satellite ticket. Even better, he won the ticket through a giveaway from partypoker and did not have to spend his own money to buy in. He spun his ticket up into a $22 satellite ticket and turned that into an entry into the $220 Phase One tournament. He then turned that into a stack for Day 1 and brought just over 2 million in chips to Day 2. Verdon is now in the money, guaranteed $2,000, and has 5,765,000 chips to work with. He is freerolling for $400,000 and seems to be enjoying the ride. We'll be following his story to see if he can go all the way!

Here is a look at the top payouts on the final table:

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

There are many tough competitors in the field today including the likes of Jonathan Marrie (10,800,000), Kevin Rivest (10,375,000), Sam Chartier (9,350,000), Duff Charette (9,320,000), newly-crowned $10K WCOOP High Roller champion Patrick Serda (8,880,000), Joe Tehan (8,585,000), Ari Engel (7,615,000), Guillaume Nolet (6,500,000), 2013 WSOP Main Event champion Ryan Riess (6,080,000), WPT champion Ema Zajmovic (4,995,000), Chance Kornuth (4,440,000), 2013 November Niner Marc Etienne Mclaughlin (3,495,000), 2012 WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel (3,315,000), WSOP Millionare Maker champion Pablo Mariz (2,835,000), WPT champion Eric Afriat (2,155,000), and Pascal Lefrancois (850,000).

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Here is a look at the seating assignments and chip counts for the final 145 players:

Tags: Ari Engel Chance Kornuth Charles La Boissonniere Daren Keyes Duff Charette Eric Afriat Guillaume Nolet Joe Tehan Jonathan Duhamel Kevin Rivest Marc Etienne Mclaughlin Mike Leah Pablo Mariz Pascal LeFrancois Patrick Serda Ryan Riess Samuel Chartier Sebastien Labbe

09-12-2017 13:30 UTC-4

The Fox-en Says "All-In"

ElleSriracha

Level 18 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Patrick Serda raised to 425,000 from the cutoff and the player in the small blind called. Alex Foxen was in the big blind and thought for a moment before three-betting to 1,550,000. Serda called after a brief pause, and the action was on the small blind. He thought for about thirty seconds, visibly torn with the decision, and eventually folded.

The flop came and Foxen led out for 1,300,000. Serda called.

The turn was the . Foxen tanked for about a minute and then shoved for just over 4 million. Serda thought for about a minute himself and eventually mucked.

"I hope you didn't have the ace of diamonds" laughed Serda.

The two players have had an extraordinary week on the online felt. Foxen took down a $5K event on partypoker for over $220,000 and Serda won the $10K WCOOP High Roller for $469,000. Both players have healthy stacks here on Day 3 with a shot at another six-figure score.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	10,600,000 10,600,000	10,600,000

Patrick Serda	9,460,000 580,000	580,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Patrick Serda

09-12-2017 13:34 UTC-4

Satty into the partypoker POWERFEST #254 $25k Super High Roller

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Level 18 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Kicking off at 5 p.m. local time inside Playground Poker Club on Wednesday, partypoker and Playground are giving you the chance to satellite into POWERFEST #254 $25,500 Super High Roller.

The live satellite features two seats guaranteed with a buy-in of $3,300. Players will start with a 25,000 starting stack and play 20-minute blind levels. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are open until the end of Level 6, approximately 7 p.m.

The $25,500 Super High Roller is set for September 19th at 2:00 p.m.

09-12-2017 14:25 UTC-4

Constant Chip-Up for Lavallee

ElleSriracha

Level 19 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Jason 'ConstantColorUp' Lavallee raised to 450,000 from early position and Kevin Schulz three-bet to 1,200,000 from middle position. Action folded back around to Lavallee and he gave his stack a quick count before four-bet shoving all-in for 3,475,000. Schulz basically beat him in the pot for a quick call.

Lavallee tabled , up against Schulz's for a coin flip.

The board ran out and Lavallee held to double-up

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Schulz	15,300,000 -3,500,000	-3,500,000

Jason Lavallee	7,500,000 7,500,000	7,500,000

Tags: Jason Lavallee Kevin Schulz

09-12-2017 14:38 UTC-4

Phillips Clinches the Chip Lead

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Level 19 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Sam Phillips started the day with 6,050,000 and now has more than triple that amount after scooping up a big three-way all-in.

According to Ema Zajmovic, Phillips opened the pot and Mark A flat-called. Brent Wajcman was short-stacked and shoved, prompting Phillips to re-shove. Mark snapped him off and tabled two kings, up against Phillips' ace-queen and Wajcman's ace-ten.

The flop brought three spades, and each of the three players held one. Fortunately for Phillips, he had the ace of spades. The river brought a fourth spade and he doubled through Mark while eliminating Wajcman.

Phillips now sits on just shy of 20 million in chips at the top of the leader board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Robert Phillips	19,550,000 13,500,000	13,500,000
Mark A	4,050,000 -8,675,000	-8,675,000
Brent Wajcman	Busted

Tags: Brent Wajcman Mark A Sam Phillips

09-12-2017 16:00 UTC-4

Ill-Timed Four-Bet By Lavallee

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Level 20 : 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante

Jason Lavallee opened to 525,000 on the button and Kevin Schulz three-bet from the big blind, making it 1,700,000. Lavallee thought for a moment before four-bet shoving. Schulz snap-called.

Lavallee:
Schulz:

Lavallee did pick up some outs on the flop. The on the turn quickly squashed most of those outs and the sealed Lavallee's fate on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Schulz	20,700,000 5,400,000	5,400,000

Jason Lavallee	Busted

Tags: Jason Lavallee Kevin Schulz

09-12-2017 16:07 UTC-4

Chartier Hits the Rail

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Level 21 : 150,000/30,000, 300,000 ante

Action folded around to Czeryll Longalong in the cutoff and raised to 705,000. Action folded to Sam Chartier in the big blind and he thought about his options before moving all-in for 4,270,000. Longalong snapped him off.

Chartier was at risk with , up against Longalong's .

The board ran out and Chartier headed for the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Czeryll Longalong	25,830,000 3,230,000	3,230,000
Sam Chartier	Busted

Tags: Samuel Chartier Czeryll Longalong

09-12-2017 19:03 UTC-4

Lo Russo Scoops the Biggest Pot of the Tournament for a Monster Lead

ElleSriracha

Level 22 : 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Paul Dalrymple raised to 1,000,000 from early position and Nicky Evans three-bet to 2,700,000. Maurizio Lo Russo was in the cutoff and called, as did Dalrymple.

The flop came and Dalrymple checked. Evans bet 5,500,000 and Lo Russo decided to shove for 17,275,000. Dalrymple had 15,925,000 and quickly called for less. Action was on Evans now and it was costing him about 12 million in chips to play. He decided it was worth the gamble and called.

Paul Dalrymple:
Maurizio Lo Russo:
Nicky Evans:

Dalrymple flopped a vulnerable straight, with Lo Russo flopped the nut flush draw against Evans' inferior flush draw.

The turn was the to leave Dalrymple drawing dead, but Evans still had a straight-flush draw. Unfortunately for him, the river was the and Dalrymple was eliminated while Lo Russo almost fully tripled up.

Evans was left with 3,000,000 and busted in an inconsequential hand to bust.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maurizio Lo Russo	60,000,000 56,800,000	56,800,000
Nicky Evans	Busted
Paul Dalrymple	Busted

Tags: Maurizo Lo Russo Nicky Evans Paul Dalrymple

09-12-2017 19:40 UTC-4

Engel No More, Serda Shows Him the Door

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Level 23 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

After Jean-Philippe Beaulieu opened to 1,200,000, Ari Engel three-bet jammed for about 15,000,000. Patrick Serda re-jammed over top forcing Beaulieu out.

Engel:
Serda:

Engel picked up a flush draw on the flop but whiffed on the turn; and river; and his stack was sent to a welcoming Serda.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Serda	36,000,000 15,000,000	15,000,000

Ari Engel	Busted

Tags: Ari Engel Patrick Serda

09-12-2017 20:30 UTC-4

Shamshoum Eliminated by Lam

ElleSriracha

Level 24 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

With about 4,500,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Kieu Hoa Lam checked from the small blind. Diana Shamshoum bet 1,500,000 on the button and Lam check-raised all-in, putting Shamshoum to the test for her last 4,500,000. Shamshoum said "I've got a draw" and called.