On a board reading , with 30,000 in the pot, a player in early position checked, as did Kurt Vaters in middle position. Armah Attoh was in the hijack and moved all-in for 53,900. The early-position player folded and Vaters asked for a count before eventually calling.
Attoh tabled and was down to just a single out against Vaters' for top pair and the nut flush draw. Attoh needed to hit the but the dealer put out the on the river to send Attoh home.
With about 20,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Presten Cloutier checked from the small blind and Jean Ernest Ward bet 25,000 from the hijack. Cloutier called.
The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river
Cloutier paused for a moment and then reached into his stack to bet 21,000. Ward wasted no time and called. Cloutier was hesitant to table his hand, so Ward showed for aces and jacks with a king kicker to scoop the pot.
A player in middle position raised to 3,500 and David Guay called from the cutoff. Tina S was on the button and moved all-in for 47,000. The middle-position player thought for a moment but eventually folded. Guay looked at the tournament clock and then back at his hand a couple of times before eventually calling.
Tina was at risk with but was very much behind Guay's . "I had ace-ten of spades" said the middle-position player.
The flop came and Guay flopped a pair of aces. The turn was the and Tina was drawing dead to the on the river, sending her to the rail.
Guay now has over triple the starting stack with just a couple of levels to go in the day.
With 17,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Linda Huard led out for 6,000 from the big blind. A player in early position called but Luciano Iacovella had other plans and raised it up to 20,500. Huard called and the early-position player tank-folded.
The turn was the and Huard checked. Iacovella stacked up his chips and thought for about thirty seconds before deciding to move all-in for 45,400. Huard thought about it but eventually folded.
"Good fold" said Iacovella, tabling for a full house. Huard let out a huge sigh and Iacovella raked in the pot.
With 35,000 in the middle, on a board reading , Kieu Hoa Lam checked from the small blind, as did Pierre-Luc Gaudreau from the big blind and Quyen Dao in the hijack. Fakher Alizai was in the cutoff and bet 16,000. Lam check-raised all-in for 41,800 and Gaudreau went into the tank. He looked like he was torn by the decision but after about a minute he folded. Dao called, and after a moment of thought Alizai called also.
The turn was the and Dao led out for 55,000. Alizai went into the tank but eventually folded.
Lam tabled for top two pair, but Dao revealed for a set of jacks. Lam needed to hit a king to survive but the river was the and he was sent to the rail.
We got to the table as Bob T was all-in for his last 28,800 with , up against Etienne Leduc's .
The board ran out and Bob was eliminated.
Bob explained that he lost a big pot early after flopping the nut straight, but his opponent rivered a boat for a massive 170,000-chip pot. Luckily Bob had the sense to check back on the river and not fall for the trap.
Bob is debating hopping back in to take another shot, so don't count this local legend out!
, with 30,000 in the pot, a player in early position checked, as did Kurt Vaters in middle position. Armah Attoh was in the hijack and moved all-in for 53,900. The early-position player folded and Vaters asked for a count before eventually calling.
and was down to just a single out against Vaters' 
for top pair and the nut flush draw. Attoh needed to hit the 
but the dealer put out the 
on the river to send Attoh home.
, Presten Cloutier checked from the small blind and Jean Ernest Ward bet 25,000 from the hijack. Cloutier called.
and both players checked to the 
on the river
on the river, sending her to the rail.
, Linda Huard led out for 6,000 from the big blind. A player in early position called but Luciano Iacovella had other plans and raised it up to 20,500. Huard called and the early-position player tank-folded.
for a full house. Huard let out a huge sigh and Iacovella raked in the pot.
, Kieu Hoa Lam checked from the small blind, as did Pierre-Luc Gaudreau from the big blind and Quyen Dao in the hijack. Fakher Alizai was in the cutoff and bet 16,000. Lam check-raised all-in for 41,800 and Gaudreau went into the tank. He looked like he was torn by the decision but after about a minute he folded. Dao called, and after a moment of thought Alizai called also.
for top two pair, but Dao revealed 
and he was sent to the rail.
, up against Etienne Leduc's 
