Senthuran Vijayaratnam got all in against another shorter stack to bring the field down to 19 players. Zachary Longeuay got all in with against Vijayaratnam's .
The board ran out and Longeuay was eliminated. Vijayaratnam continues to build and is approaching 2-million chips. He started the day as the chip leader, and for a brief moment relinquished the top spot to Tanveer Dhanjal, but is now sitting on top of the leaderboard.
Senthuran Vijayaratnam is back on top of the leaderboard after he opened under the gun and Grant Ellis shoved all in. Vijayaratnam called and showed and was ahead of the of Ellis.
The board ran out and Ellis couldn't catch up. He was eliminated in 21st place and earned a cash of CAD $3,900.
At one of the final three tables, Tomislav Pavkovic just doubled up through David Bonneau.
Bonneau opened under the gun to 23,000 and Pavkovic called from the cutoff. The flop came and Bonneau checked. Pavkovic shoved all in for his remaining 90,000 and Bonneau quickly called.
Pavkovic stood up when he saw the of Bonneau. Pavkovic need help with only .
The turn was the and the river was the , which was the exact help Pavkovic needed.
"I got lucky man," Pavkovic said to Bonneau, "It was a donkey play."
Bonneau tossed a stack of chips into the middle and paid Pavkovic his double up.
At the same table, Tanveer Dhanjal is the chipleader with 25 left, sitting at over 1.3-million chips.
"Imagine if he had chips there," Fabio Luongo said after David Bonneau doubled up, "fireworks."
Meanwhile, Jeffrey Cormier was just shaking his head as the 300,000 pot was pushed to David Bonneau. Bonneau was left short after doubling up Senthuran Vijayaratnam when he called with on an eight-high board with a gutshot and Vijayaratnam had .
On this hand, Cormier opened to 22,000 and Bonneau shoved all in for 137,000. Cormier seemed a little reluctant, but called with . Bonneau showed and the race was on.
The flop came and Bonneau did a fist pump, only seeing that he had flopped two pair. He then deflated after he noticed Cormier flopped a set.
"Hearts," Bonneau called out.
The turn was the .
"Yes, come on."
The river was the , which wasn't what Bonneau was calling for, but gave him the win nonetheless.
"Imagine if he had chips there," Luongo said, "fireworks."
Stephane Houle just flopped the nuts and lost. On the next hand, he got all in for his tournament life and was behind, but managed to win the pot and double up.
Hand #1:
Houle was one of four players that saw the flop. He checked and then Gary Lucci bet 25,000. Houle shoved all in for 170,000 and Lucci called. Lucci was at risk and behind with for a set of tens. Houle had flopped a straight with .
The turn was the and the river was the , giving Lucci a full house and earning him the double up.
Hand #2:
Houle was on the button for the next hand and shoved all in for 34,000. Jeffrey Cormier was the big blind and he asked for a count. He called and showed , which was ahead of Houle's .
The board ran out , giving Houle the double up and keeping him in the tournament.
Welcome to Day 2 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.
There were 817 total entries received over the course of the event. Almost half of those gathered from the last two qualifying sessions on Tuesday. Just 44 players secured their seat for Day 2.
Senthuran Vijayaratnam will take a big lead heading into play after crushing the field on Day 1f with 797,000. Benoit Beaulac (648,000), David Bonneau (636,500), Tanveer Dhanjal (553,000), and former WPT Champion Amir Babakhani (548,000) round out the top five.
Play is scheduled to reach an official final table of six today combining the final 10 players to their last seat. Here's a look at the payouts the field will be fighting for today
Place
Prize
1st
$80,000
2nd
$55,792
3rd
$36,000
4th
$23,500
5th
$18,000
6th
$15,000
7th
$12,500
8th
$10,000
9th
$8,000
10th-12th
$6,700
13th-15th
$5,700
16th-18th
$4,700
19th-21st
$3,900
22nd-24th
$3,200
25th-27th
$2,800
28th-30th
$2,400
31st-33rd
$2,100
34th-36th
$1,800
37th-44th
$1,500
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against Vijayaratnam's 
and Longeuay was eliminated. Vijayaratnam continues to build and is approaching 2-million chips. He started the day as the chip leader, and for a brief moment relinquished the top spot to Tanveer Dhanjal, but is now sitting on top of the leaderboard.
and Ellis couldn't catch up. He was eliminated in 21st place and earned a cash of CAD $3,900.
and Bonneau checked. Pavkovic shoved all in for his remaining 90,000 and Bonneau quickly called.
of Bonneau. Pavkovic need help with only 
.
and the river was the 
, which was the exact help Pavkovic needed.
.
, which wasn't what Bonneau was calling for, but gave him the win nonetheless.
flop. He checked and then Gary Lucci bet 25,000. Houle shoved all in for 170,000 and Lucci called. Lucci was at risk and behind with 
and the river was the 
, giving Lucci a full house and earning him the double up.
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