Action folded to Brandon Aaron Kitchen on the button and he raised it up to 1,125,000. Anatoly Zharnitsky was in the big blind and moved all-in for 6,825,000. Kitchen asked for a count and calmly counted out his stack to determine how much he had in front of him. Eventually, he called.
Zharnitsky was at risk with , up against Kitchen's .
The flop came and Kitchen remained ahead with ace-jack high. The turn was the but the river was the and Zharnitsky paired his ten to stay alive.
"What? It's not pocket tens? I just got slow-rolled with ace-jack. He has ace-jack on the button and he takes like three minutes to call. I have like ten big blinds. That's a slow-roll in my books" argued Zharnitsky.
"Apparently I slow-rolled" said Kitchen to his rail.
In a family pot, on a board reading , Brandon Aaron Kitchen checked from the small blind, as did Jeff Cuccurullo from the big blind, Anatoly Zharnitsky from under the gun, Eric Portelance from the cutoff and Said Michailidis on the button.
The turn was the and Kitchen led out for 2,225,000. Everyone folded to Michailidis on the button and he thought for about a minute before calling.
The river was the . Kitchen paused for a short while before slowly sliding out a bet worth 3,975,000. Michailidies pulled out all of the stops while he was in the tank. He cut out chips, while staring Kitchen down, and even spoke to him with the hopes he would get some information. Kitchen was a vault as he stared straight ahead while getting a mssage.
Eventually, Michailidis folded. "Nice hand. I think you had a hot ten."
Paul Scott returned from the break with just five big blinds and moved all-in preflop from the cutoff. Debra Ann Holman made the call, putting Scott at risk.
Scott:
Holman:
The board ran out giving Scott a flush and more importantly, continued life as the event lingers on the final table bubble.
Spencer Jean-Baptiste put his tournament life on the line against tournament chip leader Raphael Duval, moving all-in preflop.
Jean-Baptiste:
Duval:
Jean-Baptiste faded the flop but the on the turn gave Duval the lead and no help from the river sent Jean-Baptiste to the rail in 10th place, sending the final nine players to the final table.
Spencer Jean-Baptiste was just eliminated in 10th place ($10,000) and the remaining nine players have come together to form the partypoker Grand Prix Canada final table!
Raphael Duval began the day as the chip leader and has never let up. He sits on 63 million chips, good for a third of the total chips in play. He also has almost triple the amount of the next-biggest stack.
The shortest stack still belongs to Paul Scott (6.7 million), and Jeff Cuccurullo is just one elimination away from securing a $10,000 package for holding the partypoker Golden Chip for being an online qualifier.
Here is a look at the seating assignments and chip counts:
Sean Burstein opened the pot to 2,200,000 from early position and Eric Portelance shoved for 9,000,000 from late position. Burstein quickly called.
Portelance was at risk with and needed a lot of help to get past Burstein's .
The flop came and Burtein extended his lead much, much further with a set of aces. The turn was the and Portelance was drawing dead to the on the river.
, up against Kitchen's 
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and Kitchen remained ahead with ace-jack high. The turn was the 
but the river was the 
and Zharnitsky paired his ten to stay alive.
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, Brandon Aaron Kitchen checked from the small blind, as did Jeff Cuccurullo from the big blind, Anatoly Zharnitsky from under the gun, Eric Portelance from the cutoff and Said Michailidis on the button.
and Kitchen led out for 2,225,000. Everyone folded to Michailidis on the button and he thought for about a minute before calling.
. Kitchen paused for a short while before slowly sliding out a bet worth 3,975,000. Michailidies pulled out all of the stops while he was in the tank. He cut out chips, while staring Kitchen down, and even spoke to him with the hopes he would get some information. Kitchen was a vault as he stared straight ahead while getting a mssage. 
giving Scott a flush and more importantly, continued life as the event lingers on the final table bubble.
flop but the 
on the turn gave Duval the lead and no help from the river 
and needed a lot of help to get past Burstein's 
and Portelance was drawing dead to the