Patrick Serda Leads After Penultimate Day of Canadian Poker Championships
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Day 3 of the partypoker LIVE Canadian Poker Championships at Playground Poker Club has come to an end after eight levels of play. The field has been narrowed from 145 to just the final 21. Taking the chip lead into the final day is Patrick Serda.
The big story on Day 3 was Serda's climb to the top. Serda returned from the final break with 45 million in chips and went on a rampage that swallowed up Ari Engel, Kevin Schulz, and Robert Taylor. By the time he reached the next level, Serda had tripled his stack and had over 15% of the chips in play, with 24 players left.
Serda ended the night on 90,900,000 after a slight dip during the final level of play. The start of Day 3 chipleader Sebastien Labbe stayed strong, bagging 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.
Canadian poker legend Mike Leah is still in the hunt and sitting much safer after a couple of late-day double ups. Leah capped off the night with 54,100,000. 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) are just a few of the hopefuls left vying for the title.
partypoker freeroller Richard Verdon saw his dream run come to an end just before the dinner break. Verdon had run up a free satellite ticket all the way to Day 3 of the Main Event. Verdon fizzled out in 90th place but picked up $4,000 for a sweet return.
Two former WSOP Main Event champions bowed out during the day as Ryan Riess finished 69th for $5,000 and Jonathan Duhamel departed in 115ht earning $3,000. Alex Foxen (30th - $10,000), Pascal Lefrancois (32nd - $10,000), Ari Engel (39th - $9,000), Ruben Perceval (58th - $6,000), Sam Chartier (71st - $5,000), and Jason Lavallee (78th - $5,000) are just a few of the notables no longer in contention.
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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and Foxen was eliminated.
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and Shamshoum was eliminated.
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