Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
The remaining 47 players are now on a 15-minute break. Registration will remain open during the break but will close at the beginning of Level 9.
The green 25-chips will be raced off at this time.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jason Bigelow |
60,000
51,200
|
51,200 |
Carlo Nini |
59,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
Jonathan Bussieres |
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Norman Messier |
32,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Patrick Braga |
20,500
17,100
|
17,100 |
Marcos Abrantes
|
20,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
Danny Rouleau
|
19,500
1,100
|
1,100 |
Robert Wong |
19,000
5,400
|
5,400 |
Andrew Dick |
15,900
15,900
|
15,900 |
Armry Senat |
15,500
15,500
|
15,500 |
Karine Broeckaert |
13,100
13,100
|
13,100 |
Pierre-Luc Gaudreau
|
7,700
-25,900
|
-25,900 |
Tam Ho | Busted |
Jeffrey Cormier has lost about 30,000 since jumping out to the chip lead earlier in Day 1b. On this hand he gets all in against Armen Afarian with the board reading .
Afarian went all in for roughly 12,000 and Cormier called. Afarian showed a set of sevens with and Cormier mucked his hand. However, the dealer hadn't turned over the river yet, so Cormier's hand was turned over revealing . Cormier was drawing dead.
The river was another nine, the , which gave Afarian the pot with a full house. Afarain would double up and Cormier is back under 50,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeffrey Cormier |
47,500
-28,500
|
-28,500 |
Armen Afarian
|
26,200
11,200
|
11,200 |
A short-stacked Edward Hislop moved all-in preflop and Kevin MacDonald snap-called putting Hislop's tournament life on the line.
Hislop:
MacDonald:
The dealer rolled a flop giving MacDonald a set of queens. Hislop was in rough shape and found no help from the turn and river — .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kevin MacDonald |
30,800
14,000
|
14,000 |
Edward Hislop | Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Giuseppe Peruzza moved all-in for 3,525 on a board with around 5,000 chips in the middle. Michael Mellor made the call putting Peruzza at risk.
Peruzza:
Mellor:
Peruzza was able to fade the turn and river and doubled up to over 11,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Mellor |
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Giuseppe Peruzza
|
11,600
11,600
|
11,600 |
A gasp was heard across the room as multiple players stood up from the table and Patrick Braga began to walk away. The dealer called him back having cut down his stack to push across the table to Joshua Frazer James.
The board was and on their backs were the of James and Braga's . James' set of aces were best and scored the double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joshua Frazer James | 42,500 | |
Patrick Braga | 3,400 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
Jeffrey Cormier has the biggest stack currently in level 6 of Day 1b.
He was in the small blind when Edward Hislop limped under the gun. Jean Francois Bouchard raised to 900. Cormier and Kevin MacDonald called from the blinds.
The flop was and the action checked to Bouchard, who bet 1,000. Cormier and MacDonald both called and Hislop folded.
The turn was the and all three players checked. The river was the and Cormier checked. MacDonald bet 4,300 and Bouchard folded. Cormier weighed his option's and eventually called with for second pair. He was good against only the king high of MacDonald.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeffrey Cormier |
76,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
Kevin MacDonald |
16,800
16,800
|
16,800 |