05-05-2015 15:11 UTC-4
Lu Zhang
Lu Zhang bet 72,000 into a flop heads-up with Gary Lucci.
Lucci fired back with a raise to 150,000, but Zhang wasn't finished. She three-bet to 352,000.
Lucci called and the turn brought the . Zhang fired out a bet of 506,000 and Lucci folded claiming a big pocket pair.
Player
Chips
Progress
Lu Zhang
2,900,000
900,000
Gary Lucci
1,100,000
-1,191,000
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Lu Zhang Gary Lucci
05-05-2015 14:52 UTC-4
John Krpan
John Krpan got his short stack all in preflop against both Pascal LeFrancois and Robert Taylor.
On the flop, LeFrancois pushed Taylor off with a bet. Krpan showed , but LeFrancois had flopped the joint with .
The turn and river did little for Krpan and as he exited 11th, they are redrawing for seats at the unofficial final table of ten.
Player
Chips
Progress
John Krpan
Busted
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John Krpan Pascal LeFrancois Robert Taylor
05-05-2015 14:43 UTC-4
Samuel Tsehai
Samuel Tsehai is out and Lu Zhang is now contending for top spot on the chip count board with 11 left.
The overnight chip leader got it all in with on the turn of a board.
However, Zhang had and it held following the river.
Player
Chips
Progress
Lu Zhang
2,000,000
378,000
Samuel Tsehai
Busted
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Lu Zhang Samuel Tsehai
05-05-2015 14:34 UTC-4
Samuel Tsehai
Jonathan Karamalikis got relatively short and got it in with versus Pascal LeFrancois' .
He won the flip and doubled on a run out.
In the meantime, on the other table, Samuel Tsehai had bet 220,000 into a pot of about 300,000 on the river of a board reading heads-up with Sheraz Nasir.
Nasir raised to 535,000 and after a good few minutes in the tank someone called the clock on Tsehai. He eventually folded and the start-of-day chip leader is now down to about half of what he began play with.
Player
Chips
Progress
Sheraz Nasir
1,700,000
371,000
Pascal LeFrancois
1,000,000
545,000
Samuel Tsehai
750,000
-715,000
Jonathan Karamalikis
600,000
-123,000
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Jonathan Karamalikis Pascal LeFrancois Samuel Tsehai Sheraz Nasir
05-05-2015 14:10 UTC-4
Jeff Gross
There won't be another final table appearance at the Playground Poker Club for Jeff Gross this time around.
The 2013 WPT Montreal third-place finisher is out 13th after running into Trevor Delaney's pocket jacks and failing to improve.
The always affable Gross spoke with PokerNews' Caitlyn Howe yesterday. Check out the video evidence below:
Video: https://www.pokernews.com/video/partypoker-wpt-canadian-spring-championship-another-tattoo-f-9644.htm
Player
Chips
Progress
Jeff Gross
Busted
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Jeff Gross montreal Trevor Delaney wpt
05-05-2015 14:03 UTC-4
Gary Lucci
Before the break Gary Lucci pushed past the two million-chip mark and into the lead.
On the button, he limp called a Jonathan Karamalikis raise from the big blind preflop, going heads up to a flop.
Karamalikis bet 80,000, and Lucci called, sending them to a turn that they both checked.
The river came the and Karamalikis led for 65,000. Lucci called with for two pair and Karamalikis could only show jack-high.
05-05-2015 13:58 UTC-4
Below are updated counts for the Final 13 heading into Level 24:
Player
Chips
Progress
Gary Lucci
2,291,000
1,669,000
Lu Zhang
1,622,000
-328,000
Samuel Tsehai
1,465,000
-57,000
Sheraz Nasir
1,329,000
122,000
Jonathan Karamalikis
723,000
223,000
Levi Stevens
695,000
4,000
Dylan Wilkerson
654,000
218,000
Senthuran Vijayaratnam
463,000
-52,000
Trevor Delaney
459,000
-241,000
Pascal LeFrancois
455,000
-83,000
Robert Taylor
346,000
-261,000
Jeff Gross
287,000
-313,000
John Krpan
187,000
-413,000
05-05-2015 13:40 UTC-4
The players are off on a 15-minute break with the day's first level behind them.
05-05-2015 13:37 UTC-4
Eric Afriat
Eric Afriat called off most of his chips with against a Senthuran Vijayaratnam shove.
Vijayaratnam held tens and tens held to leave Afriat with just a few chips and a chair. He more than tripled up from 6,000 the very next hand, then skipped a couple of hands, before getting all in behind from the big blind after a Robert Taylor raise with versus .
This time he made two pair to double back to some 60,000.
However, in a battle of the blinds with Gary Lucci second later, he got it in again with versus Lucci's .
Lucci hit a six to send him hone 14th just minutes before the end of the level.
Player
Chips
Progress
Senthuran Vijayaratnam
515,000
-380,000
Eric Afriat
Busted
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Eric Afriat Gary Lucci Senthuran Vijayaratnam