Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2015 partypoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 partypoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship
Buy-in
3,200 CAD
Prize Pool
1,148,480 CAD
Entries
370
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Tsehai Takes Hold on Day 3 of the 2015 WPT Canadian Spring Championship
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Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Monday's Day 3 of the 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour Canadian Spring Championship at PlayGround Poker Club in Montreal, Quebec, was a short, and certainly sweet one for some.
Play began with 45 players already in the money and played down to just 15 after four 90-minute levels. World Series of Poker Circuit ring winner and Heartland Poker Tour title holder Ari Engel came in with the healthy chip lead as the only player holding over 1 million in chips. But it would have to be considered a sour day for Engel, as he doubled up Lu Zhang twice to fall from the top of the counts early, then busted in 17th place later on.
The chip lead changed hands several times throughout the day, with at least half a dozen players reaching the top at one point. In the end, it was Samuel Tsehai that bagged the biggest number. Tsehai is a player that counts a 25th-place finish at WPT Montreal in 2013 and a 70th at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure this year as his two biggest scores. Tsehai will come into Day 4 with a little over 1.5 million, but 2014 WPT Montreal 10th-place finisher Sheraz Nasir and fellow Canadian Trevor Delaney are close as the only other two over 1 million in chips.
The aformentioned Zhang, who finished ninth at WPT Fallsview earlier this year, Montreal local and 2014 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown champ Eric Afriat, and Aussie online star and two-time APPT title holder Jonathan Karamalikis are also within striking distance.
A $237,390 first-place prize that comes with a seat in the WPT Season XIV World Championship still awaits the winner here in Montreal and play will resume at 12 p.m. local time Tuesday with plans to play down to the final table of six.
As you've come to expect, the PokerNews Live Reporting team will be on hand for all the action from beginning to end, with live updates and videos throughout, so stay tuned.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,522,000 | 594,000 |
|
1,207,000 | -208,000 |
|
1,141,000 | 258,000 |
|
765,000 | 355,000 |
|
733,000 | -48,000 |
|
701,000 | 36,000 |
|
691,000 | 307,000 |
|
622,000 | -173,000 |
|
607,000 | 60,000 |
|
600,000 | 540,000 |
|
538,000 | -127,000 |
|
466,000 | -434,000 |
|
436,000 | -317,000 |
|
429,000 | 429,000 |
|
299,000 | -201,000 |
Will Molson Eliminated in 16th Place ($12,090 CAD)
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
A short stacked Will Molson shoved it all in with 
.
Unfortunately for him, John Krpan woke up with 
and after a call and a board that brought no miracles for Molson, he's out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Ari Engel Eliminated in 17th Place ($12,090 CAD)
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Ari Engel came into the day as the leader and only player over one million in chips, but that's all over now as he's out 17th.
After giving away most of his chips earlier to Lu Zhang, doubling her twice, he got real short last level. He managed to double more than once to get back into contention but has now gone broke.
He ran 
into Samuel Bisrat Tsehai's 
and failed to improve.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Yves Loiselle Eliminated in 18th Place ($12,090 CAD)
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Yves Loiselle open shoved 103,000, Senthuran Vijayaratnam made it 203,000 and Jeff Gross called all in for a little less than that.
Loiselle: 
Vijayaratnam: 
Gross: 
Gross' Kings held on a 
board and after Loiselle said his goodbyes, Gross just about tripled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000 | -177,000 |
|
|
500,000 | 327,000 |
|
Busted |
partypoker Qualifier Campion Doubles
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
The final partypoker qualifier remaining in the field is one Edmund John Campion.
He limped into this level as a truly short stack, but just found a way to double up and stay alive, cracking Will Molson's pocket aces with .
He flopped a flush draw and got there on the turn, leaving the unlucky Molson short in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000 | 176,000 |
|
|
200,000 | -223,000 |
Updated Counts
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Here's how things stand in the final 18 heading into the final 90-minute level of play on the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,415,000 | 475,000 |
|
|
1,077,000 | 117,000 |
|
|
928,000 | 31,000 |
|
|
883,000 | -42,000 |
|
|
795,000 | -742,000 |
|
|
781,000 | |
|
|
753,000 | 203,000 |
|
|
665,000 | 321,000 |
|
|
665,000 | 65,000 |
|
|
562,000 | 387,000 |
|
|
547,000 | -473,000 |
|
|
423,000 | 133,000 |
|
|
410,000 | -210,000 |
|
|
384,000 | -42,000 |
|
|
324,000 | |
|
|
226,000 | 47,000 |
|
|
173,000 | -6,000 |
|
|
60,000 | -33,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Break!
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
The player have headed off on a 15-minute break with another level over and done with.