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Carlo Vignole was getting quite short and decided to put all of his chips in with , only to be called by . The board ran out , sending Vignole to the rail.

Carlo Vignole 17th place, $7,000

Right after Vignole left the room, Robert Greenberg was knocked out in sixteenth place and pocketed $8,500.

The remaining 15 players, in addition to their prize money, have all now won an entry to the $10,000 + $300 MILLIONS North America Main Event and will play tomorrow on Day 1B.

Since the table re-draw, the following players hit the rail and collected their payout slips:

Place:	First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Payout:
24th	Alexis	Urli	$7,000
23rd	Martin	Mathis	$7,000
22nd	Thomas	Lefort	$7,000
21st	Stephane	Intraligi	$7,000
20th	Tomas	Larivee Magni	$7,000
19th	Danny	Kalpakis	$7,000
18th	Shane	Rawlins	$8,500

There will be another table re-draw after the next bustout.

The remaining 23 players in the Montreal Open just took a 30-minute dinner break. Seconds before play halted, there was a full redraw, and the event will now play on three 8-handed tables including a Streaming table. The Stream will be presented with a 30-minute delay.

 

Here is the seating chart including full counts (the Stream table is number 65):

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège	Stack | Tapis
John	Cayley	Table 63 - Seat 1	67,000,000
Shane	Rawlings	Table 63 - Seat 2	35,800,000
Jiachen	Gong	Table 63 - Seat 3	43,600,000
Martin	Robert	Table 63 - Seat 5	59,400,000
Danny	Kalpakis	Table 63 - Seat 6	24,700,000
Thomas	Lefort	Table 63 - Seat 7	29,400,000
Mark	Dube	Table 63 - Seat 8	52,400,000
Stephan	Intraligi	Table 64 - Seat 1	14,700,000
Scott	Montgomery	Table 64 - Seat 2	136,800,000
Alexandre	Lavigne	Table 64 - Seat 3	45,800,000
Danny	Boyaci	Table 64 - Seat 4	57,500,000
Andrew	Kinwai	Table 64 - Seat 5	44,800,000
Tyler	Smillie	Table 64 - Seat 6	139,500,000
Niko	Koop	Table 64 - Seat 7	138,900,000
Faisal	Al Qutub	Table 64 - Seat 8	101,600,000
Romio	Mikhael	Table 65 - Seat 1	52,000,000
Eric	Afriat	Table 65 - Seat 2	82,500,000
Robert	Cicchelli	Table 65 - Seat 3	102,100,000
Azim	Popatia	Table 65 - Seat 4	128,400,000
Robert	Greenberg	Table 65 - Seat 5	39,600,000
Carlo	Vignone	Table 65 - Seat 6	42,800,000
Tomas	Larivée Magni	Table 65 - Seat 7	26,500,000
Jason	Mandanici-Turcot	Table 65 - Seat 8	68,600,000

 

The bustouts have been happening left and right and the tournament is now down to 25 players, with a table re-draw about to happen after the next bustout. The players are guaranteed $7,000 right now, with the next pay jump taking place at 18 players, which will be worth $8,500. That being said, everyone still in are in the running for the top prize of $200,000, along with the Champion’s trophy and the bragging rights attached to the win.

There will be a break in about 30 minutes, and at that time we will be able to provide the updated leaderboard, but at the moment, Scott Montgomery is in the lead sitting on 135M+, followed by Tyler Smillie with 119M+, Niko Koop with 100M+, and Eric Afriat with 90M+.

Some of the recent bustouts include: Griffin Ristevski, Hugo Dumoulin, Samuel Bantocvk, Kelly Minkin, Shawn Daigle, Sean Satar, Samuel Chartier, Felix Sides, Roger Lamia, and Nicolas Majdalani, to just name a few.

 

The action continues in level 32 of the Montreal Open, following the first break of the day.

The players are looking focused and determined; only 32 players remain, and they are each assured of at least $6,000 in prize money, but all eyes are set on the six-figure prizes at the top of the leaderboard.

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Scott	Montgomery	134,400,000
Faisal	Al Qutub	108,900,000
Xavier	Goupli-Lapointe	77,500,000
Martin	Marthis	77,300,000
Azim	Popatia	74,600,000

Current chip leader: Scott Montgomery

 

Second in chips: Faisal Al Qutub

 

As Event #2 is now down to 53 players, the pay jumps are starting to become more important as each time a player ladders up they will earn at least an extra $1,000.

Arriving at table 64, action had folded to to Stephane Blouin-Verroeulst in the small blind, and he was tanking and threw in a time card (the shot clock is in play allowing players only 30 seconds to make their decision; each player has 6 additional time cards which they can use when ever they want to extend the clock another 30 seconds) as he started looking at the other tables to see if there were any bustouts. There were 56 players left at the time and 55th would pay out an additional $1,000.

Finally he decided that it was “now or never” and he announced that he was all in for just over 6,000,000. Thomas Lefort, a solid local player with 36 cashes on The Hendon Mob, sitting in the big blind with over 30,000,000, made the call.

Blouin-Verroeulst:
Lefort:

The board ran out and Blouin-Verroeulst had his badly needed double up, and made the next pay jump as there was a bustout on another table.

As fate would have it, a few hands later, Danny Kalpakis opened to 1,600,000, only to have John Kaley shove for a little bit more than 30,000,000.  Blouin-Verroeuls was feeling the rush of the last double-up and decided to make the call.

Kaley:
Blouin-Verroeuls:

It was not looking good for Blouin-Verroeuls and the board run out didn’t offer him any help at all, so he hit the rail, $1,000 wealthier than he would have been 15 minutes earlier on.

 

 

Stephane Blouin-Verroeuls, 54th, $5,000

 

Thomas Lefort