After a deal is made, only leaving extra prizes, things usually speed up. This was the case here, as we lost Matthew Bracanovic and Tony Farcy. Matthew raised all-in from the small blind with , and Tony called him from the big blind with . the board was no help to Matthew’s deuces, and he went out in 4th place, taking home a cool $1,625.

A couple hands was enough to take a lot of chips away from Tony though, as the big blind is now 60K. He was forced to call Mario Page’s all-in with the . Mario had , and the board came. . Ace high was enough, and Tony Farcy took 3rd place, and $1,800.

Their respective money prizes were already decided though, as previously detailed, and Jean-François Daunais and Mario Pagé are now playing for the extra money, the very cool Champion’s trophy, and the bragging rights.

Good luck to both!

Below are the 4th and 3rd place finishers:

When the tournament went down to a 4-way affair, players quickly started talking about a deal. They decided to look at the ICM numbers, and finally decided they were going to play for $400 and the Champion’s trophy up top, while securing 4 nice amounts for themselves.

• Tony Farcy – $1,800
• Jean-François Daunais – $1,690
• Matthew Bracanovic – $1,625
• Mario Pagé – 1,420

Good luck to all 4 remaining players, who are playing for $400 and the Champion’s trophy!

We missed the action on the hand that crippled Éric Lacombe, one hand before his elimination, but we know that he was all-in for less on the small blind on the following hand, holding . This hand was not enough to survive Matthew Bracanovic’s . He goes home with a cool $850.

Congratulations!

Marco De Pasquale found himself in a blind versus blind battle, and Matthew Bracanovic had him at risk. Marco had and Matthew had the . The board came , and that sent Marco home with a nice $500 pay.

Then it was time for Karyn Gemmill to leave us. Jean-François Daunais went all-in with , pushing his stack for the 2nd time in 3 hands. Karyn was in the big blind, and was very short stacked by then so she looked slowly at her cards, to find . She called right away, with a big smile on her face, as she found a really nice hand to put it in with. but the board did not favor her. .

Congratulations to both!

After a lot of all-in hands that have seen the smallest stack win the race, we lost Peter Zelmer, as he lost his own race against Karyn Gemmill. Marco De Pasquale raised the 16K big blind to 35K from the button. Karyn quickly raised all-in for a little over 100K, which was called for less by Peter from the big blind. Marco folded, and the other two tabled their hands. Karyn had , and Peter had the slick, . The board came , and Peter Zelmer went home with $380.

Congratulations Peter!

Players are now on break, and there was some chip movement in the last 2 levels, so we’re bringing you an update on the counts. Among other changes, Peter Zelmer doubled up on Karyn Gemmill when she missed her straight flush draw, and Mario Pagé doubled up on Éric Lacombe when his Queen-Jack hit the board, passing Éric’s Ace high.

Here are the exact final 8 counts, making Tony Farcy our new chip leaders: