WPT National Montreal
Day 3 Started
WPT National Montreal
Day 3 Started
Welcome to Day 3 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) National Montreal. The $600 NL Hold'em event aligned with the World Cup of Cards hosted by Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec featured a $400,000 guarantee with seven starting flights.
Alexander Villa takes the lead into the final day of play with Nathan Hall hot on his heels. If there is momentum in poker, Hall certainly will carry it into Day 3 after scooping a monster pot during the final hand of Day 2.
Here is how the final six stack up:
Seat | Player | Chip Count | |
---|---|---|---|
Seat 1 | Nathan Hall | 3,140,000 | (105 bb) |
Seat 2 | Jeffrey Cormier | 1,905,000 | (64 bb) |
Seat 3 | Jason Mandanici-Turcot | 995,000 | (33 bb) |
Seat 4 | Senthuran Vijayaratnam | 275,000 | (9 bb) |
Seat 5 | Alexander Villa | 3,530,000 | (118 bb) |
Seat 6 | Michael Mellor | 2,390,000 | (80 bb) |
Here is what they are playing for:
Place | Prize |
---|---|
1st | CAD $80,000 |
2nd | CAD $55,792 |
3rd | CAD $36,000 |
4th | CAD $23,500 |
5th | CAD $18,000 |
6th | CAD $15,000 |
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Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
The final table of WPT National Montreal is underway. The players will finish the last 15 minutes of level 25 and play two one-hour levels before the first break.
Jason Mandanici-Turcot opened to 60,000 from cutoff and Senthuran Vijayaratnam shoved all in for about 200,000 on the button. Mandanici-Turcot called and the two players showed their hands.
Mandanici-Turcot showed against the of Vijayaratnam. The board ran out and Mandanici-Turcot won the pot with a full house. Vijayaratnam was eliminated in 6th place and will take home CAD $15,000.
He came into today as the short stack, after a huge three-way pot that ended play last night. He four-bet shoved over a min-raise from Nathan Hall, a 355,000 shove from Peter Johnson Jr., and a call by Jeffrey Cormier. He ran into and lost most of his stack. Meanwhile, Johnson Jr. was eliminated in 7th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jason Mandanici-Turcot | 750,000 | 310,000 |
Senthuran Vijayaratnam | Busted |
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Jeffrey Cormier just won three hands in a row, including a big double up against Michael Mellor.
Hand #1:
Nathan Hall limped the small blind and Jeffrey Cormier raised from big blind, making it 140,000 to go. Hall folded.
Hand #2:
Michael Mellor opened to 105,000 and Cormier reraised from the small blind. Cormier shoved all in for 1,190,000 and Mellor took about a minute to decide. He called and showed . Cormier turned over .
The flop came and Cormier sighed as he missed hitting a pair on the flop. The turn was the .
"One more out," Jason Mandanici-Turcot said.
The river was the , giving Cormier the best hand with four of a kind with an ace. Cormier clapped and then grabbed his phone to snap a photo of his good fortune.
"Sick," said Mellor who was now under 1-million chips, "nice hand."
Hand #3:
Cormier opened this time and he made it 105,000. Alexander Villa defended from the big blind.
The flop came and Villa checked to Cormier. Cormier bet 150,000 and Villa folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nathan Hall | 3,250,000 | 110,000 |
Alexander Villa | 3,150,000 | -380,000 |
Jeffrey Cormier | 2,400,000 | 1,910,000 |
Jason Mandanici-Turcot | 1,550,000 | 800,000 |
Michael Mellor | 975,000 | -1,415,000 |
After a big double up, Jeffrey Cormier went from a shorter stack to contending with the chip leaders with five left. He has been pretty aggressive and on this hand, that aggression continued.
Alexander Villa opened to 80,000 and Cormier three-bet from the big blind. Villa called and the two players saw the flop.
Cormier led for 250,000 and Villa seemed to smirk a little then tossed his cards into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nathan Hall | 3,400,000 | 150,000 |
Alexander Villa | 3,050,000 | -100,000 |
Jeffrey Cormier | 3,000,000 | 600,000 |
Jason Mandanici-Turcot | 1,120,000 | -430,000 |
Michael Mellor | 840,000 | -135,000 |
Level: 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000