We’re now down to four players at the WCC Event #13. The players are dropping like flies as the blinds and antes continue to rise, and players continue to go all in at mind-boggling pace.

Chris Arvanitis pushed all of his chips into the pot with . But Ernest Kelly called with .

When the community cards came down , Chris’ tournament was over.

Two hands later, Eric Perrier knocked out Stuart Taylor, who went all in with . Eric was hold .

The community cards came down , and Stuart walked away from the table.

After Stuart’s departure, the four remaining players reached an agreement. They agreed on a chop as follows:

Eric Perrier – $2342
Jonathan Marasco – $1620
Ernest Kelly – $2390
David Dusome – $1900.

The foursome will continue to duel it out for the remaining $260 dollars in the prize pool, the tournament trophy, and bragging rights.

 

David Dusome is having a good run at the World Cup of Cards, 2019. This is his fourth final table, having placed in the top five in the following events: Event #2 165 Turbo, Event #7  PLO Bounty, Event #12  Roll the Dice, and now Event #13 Deepstack Turbo.

When I mentioned that making the final table in four events is quite the accomplishment, he insisted that it felt good, “But winning one would feel even better.”

The players have just returned from their third 15 minute break, and level 17 has just kicked into gear. During the pause in the action, the stacks were measured, and it was determined that Jean Bernard Audet has taken a substantial lead.  His chip count was 550,000. At the same table, Marc Lavergne weighs in with a stack count of 368,000 chips.

Marc, who hails from Ottawa, is a proud father of two, an entrepreneur by day, and a poker player by night, has been staying in town for the past five days to enjoy the WCC events. “I’ve been bricking out, but I’ve been having a wonderful time!” Despite a lack of success this week, Marc notes that he’s feeling lucky today, “I have good feeling about this tournament.”

The WCC Event #13 Deepstack Turbo has now been reduced to 20 players, and the bubble is approaching fast.

Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Jean Bernard Audet	550,000
Marc Lavergne	368,000
Peter Zelmer	250,000
Haipeng Pang	220,000

We’re down to 28 players. That just 10 more busts till we hit the bubble.

The action is really starting to heat up at table 59.  Peter Zelmer raised 12,000, preflop, and Daniel Gennings called before Haipeng Pang pushed 20,500 of his chips towards the pot.

Peter pondered long and hard about his next move. In the end, he called. Daniel mucked.

When Haipeng revealed his cards he was holding pocket aces, . Peter’s hole cards were .

When the community cards were dealt, , Peter received no help, and Haipeng scooped up his winnings.

During the writing of this post, two more players have been eliminated. That leaves just 26 competitors left in the hunt.

After the players’ first 15 minute break, Stephane Faucher had opened up an 80,000 chip lead over the next closest stack. But following the competitors’ second 15 minute break, at the end of level 12, Stephane has been dragged back towards the pack. Although his stack is one of the top five, he no longer holds the lead.

At present Jason Kastner is our front runner, but only by the slimmest of margins. His chip count of 146,000 puts him just a 1,000 chips  in front of Travis Robertson, who is nipping at Jason’s heels with a stack of 145,000 chips.

And just 2,000 chips further back, in the show position, is Ernest Kelly, whose stack measures 143,000 chips.

The average stack size is currently 76,000 chips. So the race towards the prize money, and the final table is really tightening up.

Stay tuned to see who makes it into the top 17, and a share of the WCC Event #13 Deepstack Turbo moolah.

Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Jason Kastner	146,000
Travis Robertson	145,000
Ernest Kelly	143,000
Marc Lavergne	139,000

While I was walking around the tables, looking for some action, I heard one of the players, who had apparently fired a second bullet, jokingly cry the blues, “Do re-entries come with kleenex?”

Another player quickly retorted, “Yeah, they’re complimentary after the third re-entry!”

Some laughter and chortling occurred.

A few moments later, I watched as Raphael Tran Dinh knocked Sasan Mehrabian out of the event when both players went all in.

Preflop, Marc Gravel raised, splashing 4,000 chips into the pot. But when it was Sasan’s turn to bet, he went all in.  Two seats to Sasan’s left, Raphael also pushed all of  chips towards the dealer. Marc folded.

When the players turned over their cards, Sasan was holding pocket queens, . But Raphael held .

When the community cards were dealt, , Sasan stood up and left the table, and Raphael raked in his pot.

The players have just returned from their first 15 minute break following six levels of play. The start of level 7 marked the end of late registration.

We currently have 92 entries, with 32 bullets re-fired.

During the pause in the action we counted the chips and discovered that Stephane Faucher has opened up a huge lead over the rest of the field.  His 187,000 chips  were 80,000 better than his next closest competitor, Jean Bernard Audet, who clocked in with 107,000 chips.

The average chip count currently stands at 43,404. That means Stephane is close 140,000 chips ahead of the players running in the middle of the pack.

The question is: can he keep up the pace, or will the rest of the field hunt him down?

Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Stephane Faucher	187,000
Jean Bernard Audet	107,000
Yirui Zhang	87,000
Halpeng Pang	86,000