Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
"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 ![]()
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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."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
530,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
305,000
339,000
|
339,000 |
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 ![]()
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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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,364,000
378,000
|
378,000 |
|
|
615,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
500,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
296,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
|
274,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
260,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
231,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
230,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
117,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
We missed the action but caught Fabio Luongo stacking up a monster pile of chips while Kathy Sawers had a large dent in her stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,260,000
630,000
|
630,000 |
|
|
580,000
268,000
|
268,000 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Benoit Beaulac | $2,800 |
| 26 | Amir Babakhani | $2,800 |
| 27 | Frank Gregory | $2,800 |
Michael Mellor opened to 40,000 under-the-gun and Srinivas Gottiparthi shoved from middle position for 98,000. Action folded back to Mellor and he made the call.
Mellor: ![]()
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Gottiparthi: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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pairing Mellor's ten to bust Gottiparthi.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
620,000
324,000
|
324,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | Alain Rondeau | $3,200 |
| 23 | Kevin Rivest | $3,200 |
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 ![]()
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and Ellis couldn't catch up. He was eliminated in 21st place and earned a cash of CAD $3,900.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000
783,000
|
783,000 |
|
|
Busted |
The remaining 20 players are now on a 15-minute break. Full updated chip counts coming soon.