Stephen Langlois was all-in for 1,220,000, having his opponent covered by just a hair.
Langlois held 
, dominating his opponent's 
.
The flop came 
and Langlois held the biggest spade in his hand, taking away one of his opponent's two outs. The turn was the 
and Langlois locked up the pot. The dealer put out the insignificant 
on the river and Langlois raked in the pot, leaving his opponent with just 20,000 in chips.
Brandon Aaron Kitchen opened to 265,000 from the cutoff and Jean-Francois Marinmade the call on the button. Action folded to Dustin Melanson in the big blind and he three-bet to 895,000.
Kitchen took a moment before four-betting to 2,020,000 getting folds from both of his opponents.
We got to the table as the dealer was putting out a flop reading 
, with Norman Gauthier all-in for 995,000 from the small blind holding 
, up against Shawn S's 
on the button.
The turn was the 
and the river was the 
, after which point Gauthier yelled out "Yyyyyeesssssss!". Gauthier doubled up and sat back down in his seat.
Level: 27
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
With about 550,000 already in the pot of a 
board, Matthew Wilkins bet 205,000 and Ken Ransom raised, making it 530,000.
Wilkins thought for a moment before moving all-in and Ransom took a minute before making the call.
Wilkins:
Ransom: 
Wilkins was in great shape and easily faded the 
that completed the board. Wilkins' stack was cut down, totaling 1,705,000 which Ransom was forced to pay.
We got to the table as the dealer put out a flop reading 
. Constantinos Psallidas appeared to be the player at risk, all in from the big blind for his last 1,220,000. His opponent was Joseph Leung in early position.
Psallidas was well ahead with 
, up against Leung's 
.
The turn was the and Psallidas was already reaching forward to pull his chips back, clearly confident he was not going to lose the hand. The river was the and the dealer asked him to wait so he could count his stack and get him paid.
As Psallidas was raking in the pot, he was telling his neighbor that he came back from just one big blind and now sits on over 25 bigs.
Earlier this year, Cassidy Battikha triumphed over 2,570 entries to claim the second-ever Grand Prix Canada, banking $84,050 for the win.
Battikha was back to defend his title and was poised to make a deep run on Day 2.
Unfortunately, his day has come to an end and the Grand Prix Canada is guaranteed to have a new champion.
Battikha picks up $1,100 for a top 60 finish.
Steve Ulloa-Torres moved all in for his last 900,000 from the hijack and Donald Cowie called from the big blind.
Ulloa-Torres was at risk and well behind with , up against Cowie's .
The flop came 
and Ulloa-Torres still needed to catch a three to stay alive. The turn was the but the river was the 
and Ulloa-Torres caught a magical river to survive.
Level: 26
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
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