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WPT National Montreal

Day 1f Completed

08-24-2016 00:24 UTC-3

12 More Players Make Day 2 WPT National Montreal, Senthuran Vijayaratnam Bags Overall Chip Lead

Brentharrington

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Day 1f of WPT National Montreal is over and Senthuran Vijayaratnam bagged almost 800,000, which is the overall chip lead going into Day 2.

The previous mark was set by Benoit Beaulac with 648,000 on Day 1a. As the players bagged for Day 2, the final starting flight was going strong, with 135 runners in the turbo flight.

Rodney Ramalho, who is the only player to cash two times so far, failed to make Day 2 again. He is in the final turbo flight and is trying to add a third cash and finally break through to Day 2. Day 2 begins tomorrow at 1 p.m. and the day will end when only six players remain.

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Tags: Benoit Beaulac Rodney Ramalho Senthuran Vijayaratnam

08-24-2016 00:02 UTC-3

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

[user270022]

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Senthuran Vijayaratnam	797,000	317,000
Amir Babakhani	548,000	172,000
Aaron Shepard	385,000	144,000
Peter Johnson Jr.	303,500	-6,500
Elaine Rawn	301,500	46,500
Denis Cyr	237,500	99,500
Alexander Villa	177,000	16,000
Martin Nguyen	163,000	39,000
Derek Lerner	128,000	41,000
Danny Boyaci	119,500	-70,500
Gary Lucci	118,000	37,000
Mark Sloane	101,000	-55,000

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08-23-2016 23:50 UTC-3

Eliminated Between 13th and 17th Place ($1,250)

[user270022]

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Here are some of the recent eliminations. Each player earned CAD $1,250.

Isabelle Tremblay, who finished 14th, flopped top pair against the two pair of Derek Lerner and couldn't catch up.

The board read and Tremblay was in the cutoff. She went all in and Lerner called.

Tremblay showed and was behind Lerner's .

The turn was the , and the river was the , sending Tremblay home just short of bagging for Day 2. Tremblay ran in many of the starting flights and finally broke through today with a deep run and a cash, but fell short of her goal to make Day 2.

Then, Elvira Popescu followed Tremblay to the rail as the Day 2 bubble. The action folded to Amir Babakhani and he shoved all in . Elvira Popescu was in the big blind with only 80,000 behind. She called with . Babakhani turned over .

The board came , giving Babakhani trip sevens and the pot. Popescu left, eliminated in 13th place.

13 - Elvira Popescu
14 - Isabelle Tremblay
15 - Rene Berube
16 - Mitchell Dredge
17 - Dalton Dawkins

08-23-2016 23:09 UTC-3

Updated Chip Counts (full)

[user270022]

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Senthuran Vijayaratnam	480,000	143,000
Amir Babakhani	376,000	-7,000
Peter Johnson Jr.	310,000	-23,000
Elaine Rawn	255,000	-10,000
Aaron Shepard	241,000	70,000
Elvira Popescu	191,000	27,500
Danny Boyaci	190,000	-67,000
Alexander Villa	161,000	-64,000
Mark Sloane	156,000	52,500
Isabelle Tremblay	151,000	-103,000
Denis Cyr	138,000	29,000
Rene Berube	132,000	14,000
Martin Nguyen	124,000	28,000
Derek Lerner	87,000	-125,000
Gary Lucci	81,000	-6,000

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Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

08-23-2016 22:52 UTC-3

Elaine Rawn Gets Aces In the Big Blind, Spells the End For Yu Gao

Brentharrington

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Yu Gao was under the gun and he shoved all in for his remaining 78,000. The action folded all the way around to Elaine Rawn in the big blind. She calls quickly and showed . Gao had .

The board ran out and Gao was eliminated. Rawn is now over 250,000 with 17 players remaining. Gao headed over to the Day 1g turbo flight and is taking another shot at Day 2 in the WPT National Montreal.