Event #3 is now over, and it ended in a race. Ryan Comely had the big stack through all of heads-up, after Teliani led the final table for most of the day. He was card dead through much of the early final table today, but he started to pick up cards as players fell around him.
The final hand was a race between pocket threes for Comely and K♠J♦ for Teliani. Comely limp-called Teliani’s shove, and the 10♥7♦10♦A♣6♥ ran clean for the treys and Comely had another trophy. He said after the game that he promised he’d bring his kids home a trophy, so it’s nice to see dad make good on his promise.
Ali Razzaq, who started the day with the chip lead, is now the short stack, but he just scored a double against Nu Teliani. She shoved the covering stack from the small blind, and Razzaq said “I call blind,” before tabling pocket kings. Teliani was on A♠9♠ and she flopped her nine on 9♣5♦10♠6♦J♠ but it wasn’t enough to crack Razzaq’s blind kings.
Ali Razzaq raised to 75k from the small blind, and Ryan Comely called the big. Razzaq bet 45k on the 3♠2♥7♣ flop, and got the call, then bet 140k on the J♥ turn.
Comely called again, and both players checked the J♣ river. Razzaq mucked after Comely showed A♦8♣ for ace-high. “Got ’em,” he said with a smile as he collected the pot.
The money went in on the J♥2♥7♦ flop, with Benny Sarnelli on king-jack against the pocket jacks of Ali Razzaq. Sarnelli was drawing thin, and couldn’t find help on the A♥6♥ runout.
Nu Teliani raised the button to 50k, and Michael St. Pierre-Porter called from the big blind. He check-raised the 10♣7♣6♥ flop from 25k to 150k, and Teliani called to the 5♣ turn.
St. Pierre-Porter bet 160k and Teliani called to the J♦ river, where St. Pierre-Porter shoved his remaining chips. Teliani snapped it off with 9♣8♣ for the flush to send St. Pierre-Porter’s two pair with seven-six to the rail for 5th place.
Nick (David) Johnson had just 10k remaining, which he put in under the gun. Michael St. Pierre-Porter raised it to 50k, and all players at the table called, with Ryan Comely away from the table.
On the 2♠10♠A♥ flop, it checked to Razzaq who fired 100k to push out the rest and take the side pot. He showed pocket eights against Johnson for the main pot, but Johnson had jack-ten for a better pair and held.
That gave Jahnson a quadruple, but he was still on fumes, and he busted the next hand in his big blind.
The pot started with a limp from Michael St. Pierre-Porter in the small blind, and a check from Ali Razzaq in the big. They both checked the Q♥2♠7♦ flop, but when St. Pierre-Porter bet 25k on the 6♠ turn, Razzaq came over the top to 60k.
St. Pierre-Porter called, then checked the 7♠ river. Razzaq bet 120k, and St. Pierre-Porter mucked pretty quickly.
Benny Sarnelli opened under the gun to 45k, and Nu Teliani called from the big blind. Teliani check-raised from 30k to 80k on the 5♥2♥5♠ flop.
Sarnelli called to the 8♦ turn, where Teliani bet 600k, enough to put Sarnelli all in. He snapped it off with ace-five, way ahead of the king-eight of hearts for Teliani. The 4♣ river was a brick for both players, and Sarnelli’s trips held for the double from 270k.
Jason Zhuang raised to 40k early before Nu Teliani three-bet her big blind to 85k. Zhuang shoved, and Teliani snapped it off with pocket aces against K♣10♣. The 2♦7♦A♣8♦J♣ runout was no good for Zhuang and he was out in 7th place.
As he folded his big blind the previous hand, Ryan Comely said “I haven’t had a playable hand all final table.” After Benny Sarnelli raised to 45k in the next hand, Comely shoved the small blind for 200k.
Sarnelli called it off with more, showing pocket fours, but was behind the pocket jacks for Comely. The 8♦A♦A♣8♣9♦ didn’t change anything, leaving Comely’s jacks ahead, although Nu Teliani, who was in the big blind for this hand, said she folded ace-nine, which would have boated up.
Michael St. Pierre-Porter opened the cutoff to 30k, and Ali Razzaq called from the button, as did Nu Teliani from the big blind. It checked to Razzaq on the 8♣K♠3♦ flop, and he bet 30k.
Only Teliani called to the 2♠ turn, where she check-called for 75k. On the 10♣ river, both players checked it. Teliani showed ace-eight for the flopped pair, but Razzaq’s aces were well in front.
“You have a lot of two pairs there,” Razzaq said to explain his river check as he collected the pot.
Michael St. Pierre-Porter raised to 30k for the 3rd hand in a row, and Chrish Lahey three-bet to 80k from the button. St. Pierre-Porter was under the gun, and four-bet to 150k, then snapped it off when Lahey shoved.
Lahey had A♦5♣ but St. Pierre-Porter had the goods with the rockets. The J♣J♠Q♥7♠2♦ runout didn’t change anything, and Lahey was out in 8th place.
Pav Braich shoved the cutoff, and Nick Johnson called off with more from the big blind, without asking for a count. Barich’s jacks were in good shape against ace-nine for Johnson, but the flop was all Johnson as he flopped the boat to take it down on a board of A♣9♠A♥8♣Q♣.
Michael St. Pierre-Porter limped in from the middle before Ali Razzaq raised the cutoff to 25k. St. Pierre=Porter called to the 2♥Q♥4♣ flop, where they both checked to the 6♣ turn.
St. Pierre-Porter bet 20k, and Razzaq called. They both checked the 4♦ river, and when St. Pierre-Porter showed A♥6♠ Razzaq mucked and sent the pot across the table.
They are on the final table bubble now after Graham Douglas ended his day in 11th place. His elimination completed the $1,500 pay level, and all remaining spots have a unique payout.
Michael St. Pierre-Porter raised the hijack to 22k, and both Benny Sarnelli & Nu Teliani called from the blinds. They all checked the A♣2♦9♣ flop, and after a check from Sarnelli on the 2♠ turn, Teliani bet 25k.
Both players called to the 9♦ river, wheer Sarnelli checked and Teliani bet 25k again. St. Pierre-Porter called, while Sarnelli mucked, and when St. Pierre-Porter showed his queens, Teliani mucked her hand to send the pot across the table.
Meanwhile, on the other table, Steven Azizi ended his day in 12th place for the first payout of $1,500.
Chris Lahey opened to 20k from the cutoff, and Jason Zhuang called from the small blind. Zhuang led for 12k on the 5♣9♠9♣ flop, and Lahey called to the J♣ turn.
Both players checked to the 2♠ river, where Zhuang bet 20k. After a bit of tank time, Lahey mucked his hand to send the pot to Zhuang.
The field is down to 12 now after Pav Braich sent Johnny Dalphond out for 13th place. It was ace-eight of clubs for Braich versus king-jack for Dalphond. They both hit the flop, with Braich hitting his ace and a club draw, while Dalphond found his jack. It wasn’t enough, however, as Braich’s aces held for the win.
Pav Braich shoved early for 117k, and it folded to Ryan Comely in the big blind, who checked his hand and quickly called. Comely was on ace-king against pocket eights for Braich.
Comely flopped his king to take the lead, but Braich turned a set on the K♣7♥4♦8♦J♣ board. Meanwhile, on the other table, Colten Yamagishi ended his day in 14th place.
Tony Ma opened under the gun with a big bet of 33k. It folded around to Jason Zhuang in the big blind, and he slid out all his chips, except for two red 5k chips. After some time in the tank, Ma folded.
On Table 3, Tony Ma limped the small blind, and Colten Yamagishi checked the big. Ma check-called for 8k on the 3♦8♥Q♣ flop, then they both checked it down through the A♥8♦ runout. Ma showed queen-eight for the flopped top pair, and took it down.
Over on Table 1, Ali Razzaq opened the button to 16k, and got calls from both Benny Sarnelli & Nu Teliani in the blinds. It checked to Razzaq on the 9♦K♣Q♦ flop, and he fired 15k. Sarnelli slid in the call, while Teliani mucked.
Both remaining players checked the 10♥ turn, and Sarnelli led for 50k on the 6♠ river. Razzaq tanked for a few seconds before folding his hand to send the pot to Sarnelli.
Michael St. Pierre-Porter opened the hijack to 17k, and Nu Teliani defended her big blind with a call. They both checked the K♠2♠4♥ flop, but Teliani led for 21k on the 5♦ turn.
St. Pierre-Porter called to the 4♣ river, where Teliani fired 48k. St. Pierre-Porter called, but mucked when Teliani rolled over ace-three for the turned wheel.
The flop of 10♥8♥4♥ was already out, and Jason Zhuang and Steve Azizi checked to the 2♠ turn. Azizi check-called for 18k to the A♦ river, where they both checked it again. Azizi had queen-eight for the flopped pair, but Zhuang’s jack-ten had that beat.
Meanwhile, on the other table, Anderson Frank-Graham lost his chips for 15th place, taking the first $1,305 payout. There is a break coming in a couple of minutes, and I’ll grab full counts for the remaining players while they are away from the tables.
Ali Razzaq made it 12k to go early before Nu Teliani reraised the cutoff to 35k. Razzaq called to the 4♦6♦10♣ flop, where he check-called for 32k.
Razzaq agains check-called, this time for 80k, on the 3♠ turn, and they both checked the 4♣ river when it paired. Razzaq showed 10♠8♠ for tens & fours, but Teliani had that pipped with pocket jacks for the bigger two.
The Day 2 field is down to 17 remaining now after Jan Rofuli was the first player off the final two tables. He was the first player to hit the $1,135 pay level.
They are down to two tables with about 30 minutes to play in Level 14 after Dan Luczyk, who came into today as the nut-short stack, was the first player to exit in the money. He earned $1,090 for his short Day 2.
The Day 2 action is now underway with 19 players returning for the money play today. Ali Razzaq has a huge lead, but there’s a lot of poker to play before anyone gets a trophy.
Day 2 of Event #3 is now set, with 19 players from the 149-entry field returning for money play on Sunday. Ali Razzaq (1a) has a huge lead on the field, with almost 250k more than second-place Ryan Comely (1b). Michael St. Pierre-Porter (1b), Alan Zhu (1a), and Steve Azizi (1b) round out the top five counts for Day 2.
Day 2 Chip Leaders
Player
Chips
Ali Razzaq
617,500
Ryan Comely
373,000
Michael St. Pierre-Porter
366,500
Alan Zhu
351,000
Steve Azizi
284,500
Day 2 will kick off at noon on Sunday, with the blinds at 2k/4k/4k. Day 1b played at lightening pace, finishing with 11 minutes remaining in Level 13, almost three levels earlier than the smaller 1a flight.
Blinds remain at 40 minutes throughout Day 2, until heads up when they drop to 20 minutes. Day 2 will play until a winner is crowned, and it should be a relatively quick day, given the returning field size.
Day 2 Chips, Sorted by Table-Seat (T-S)
T-S
Player
Chips
1 – 1
Pav Braich
267,000
1 – 2
Ali Razzaq
617,500
1 – 3
Benny Sarnelli
240,000
1 – 5
Nu Teliani
260,500
1 – 6
Anderson Frank-Graham
232,000
1 – 9
Jan Rofuli
196,500
2 – 1
Ryan Comely
373,000
2 – 4
Michael St. Pierre-Porter
366,500
2 – 5
Alan Zhu
351,000
2 – 6
David Johnson
82,500
2 – 7
Colten Yamagishi
211,500
2 – 8
Johnny Dalphond
196,000
3 – 2
Daniel Deal
180,500
3 – 3
Dan Luczyk
54,000
3 – 4
Chris Lahey
98,000
3 – 5
Graham Douglas
113,000
3 – 6
Jason Zhuang
123,000
3 – 7
Tony Ma
261,000
3 – 9
Steve Azizi
284,500
Day 2 Chips, Sorted by Name
T-S
Player
Chips
2 – 5
Alan Zhu
351,000
1 – 2
Ali Razzaq
617,500
1 – 6
Anderson Frank-Graham
232,000
1 – 3
Benny Sarnelli
240,000
3 – 4
Chris Lahey
98,000
2 – 7
Colten Yamagishi
211,500
3 – 3
Dan Luczyk
54,000
3 – 2
Daniel Deal
180,500
2 – 6
David Johnson
82,500
3 – 5
Graham Douglas
113,000
1 – 9
Jan Rofuli
196,500
3 – 6
Jason Zhuang
123,000
2 – 8
Johnny Dalphond
196,000
2 – 4
Michael St. Pierre-Porter
366,500
1 – 5
Nu Teliani
260,500
1 – 1
Pav Braich
267,000
2 – 1
Ryan Comely
373,000
3 – 9
Steve Azizi
284,500
3 – 7
Tony Ma
261,000
Final Table Prizes
See the Payouts tab for a full look at the Day 2 prizes.
The bags are now out, and Matthew Ouellette was the bubble tonight. He was short stacked through much of the endgame, and got his money in with king-seven against ace-ten for Johnny Dalphond. Dalphond flopped an ace, then turned another one to send Ouellette home just before Day 2.
Stay tuned for the Day 1b chip counts, followed by the Day 2 starting post including seat assignments for Sunday.
Jay Foong ended his run tonight in 16th, and Mike Malm just hit the rail for 15th, leaving them two off the bags. Foong sent his chips across to Anderson Frank-Graham when his pair were beat by the ace-ten overs, and Malm followed shortly after when he three-bet Johnny Dalphond, leaving just 500 behind.
Dalphond opened the cutoff to 12k, and Malm shoved all but one chip from the big blind. Dalphond bet the final 500 in the dark, and Malm called with ace-king over king-queen. Dalphond flopped a queen and held to send Malm to the rail.
Shortly after, Razvan Radu busted from the other table to put them on the bubble.
Nu Teliani opened to 9k early before Ryan Comely came over the top with a three bet to 22k from the small blind.
“Why so small?” Teliani asked, before four-betting to 48k. Comely chuckled “Why so small, then a raise?” before eventually mucking his hand to send the pot to Teliani.
Day 1b is just breaking down to the final two tables with 18 players remaining, and this will be the final table break of Day 1b. There are 12 bags expected at the end of the night, so they need to get through 6 more players before the end.
A bit less than 20 minutes remain in Level 12, and I’ll grab a full round of counts at the break.
The prizes are in, and the 1b field is confirmed at 92 entries, for 149 in total. The winner on Sunday is set to pocket more than $21k, with the 19th-place min0cash set at $1,090. See the Payouts tab for all the Day 2 prizes, with the final table payouts below.
Under the gun opened to 4k in Level 10, with three callers, including Eric Wasylenko on the cutoff and Anderson Frank-Graham on the button. A rainbow eight-six-four flop kicked off the action. UTG checked, and Wasy made it 7k. The big blind got out of the way, but UTG repopped it to 25k.
Wasy jammed about 65k, and Frank-Graham over-jammed his stack. UTG folded, leaving Wasy with a set of eights and ahead of the set of fours for Frank-Graham, but Frank-Graham found the case four on the river for quads and the big win.
The Day 1b players are now back from dinner, and the final unofficial number for entries is 92. If that holds, it will mean Day 2 players will be playing for $84,930 in prizes, with a total of 19 players returning for the money play (12 players will advance from 1b, with 7 already waiting from 1a). I’ll confirm all the numbers once I see the prize pool.
After a quick look around the room on the dinner break, Morris Kadylo looks to be playing the big stack right now. He has 235k in play, but Jan Rofuli is also over 200k. Michael St. Pierre-Porter has just shy of 200k, with Johnny Dalphond playing 160k.
Dinner is about to begin, with the 1b field at 89 entries. That puts the combined field at 146 for $83,220 in prizes. Entries remain open through the dinner break, so there are about 30 minutes remaining to enter Event #3.
About 25 minutes remain in Level 9, with the dinner break scheduled after this level. That puts the end of entries about 50 minutes away.
The 1b field is now nearing 90 entries, for a combined field of 143 and more than $81k in prizes. I expect to see a few more entries before it closes, with the final number still looking to be about 100 entries for 1b.
About 15 minutes remain in Level 8, which means entries will close for Event #3 in a bit less than 90 minutes. The 1b field is now at 80 entries, for a combined field of 137 and prizes of more than $78k.
At the current pace, it looks like today’s flight may top out around 100 entries.
About 30 minutes remain in Level 6, and the 1b field is now at 62 entries. That puts the two day field at 119, for $67,830 in total prizes. Nadav Bitton, Ryan Comely, Damiel Senekal, Morris Kadylo, Cam Stewart, and Razvan Radu are among the players in action now, with Bitton sporting a new look that makes him nearly unrecognizable.
The 1b field is nearly equal to the 1a final total, with Level 5 just underway. There are now 55 entries for 1b, putting the combined total at 112, for almost $70k in combined prizes.
The 1b field is up to 43 entries, for a combined total of 100. About 25 minutes remain in Level 4, and the combined prizes are now bearing $60k. Varan Sidhu, Benny Sarnelli, Matthew Ouellette, and Ali Khani are among the more recent faces I’ve spotted in today’s flight.
About 10 minutes remain in Level 3 before the first break of Day 1b, with the field now at 31 for 1b, and 88 combined. That puts the prizes at more than $50k. Among the players in early action are Karin Schulenburg, Seniors winner Rob Lothian, Leo Zhang, Clayton Littke, Michael St. Pierre-Porter, Steve Azizi, Eric Wasylenko, Rob Limpert, NU Teliani, NIcholas Peterson, Shawn Taghavi, Jan Rofuli, and Jody Fayant.
Level 3 has just begun for Day 1b, with the field now at 27 entries and 25 players still alive. That puts the prizes at more than $15k for today, with a combined total of $47,880. There are 5.5 hours left to enter the final flight to Sunday’s Day 2.
Day 1b is underway, with the first level just ticking down to the end. There are 19 entries on the board to start Level 2, putting the combined prizes so far at more than $42k with more than 6 hours left to enter the final flight.
The first flight is in the books, with Ali Razzaq leading the way. He bagged a massive 617.5k to lead the way out of Day 1a, almost 300k more than second-place Alan Zhu.
Day 1b will be a copy of 1a, though I expect the field to be significantly bigger. The action gets going at noon, and they get 30k to start.
Blinds are 40 minutes throughout the event, and players have 9 levels on Day 1 to buy in or rebuy. That means the desk will close about 7 PM. After that, they play down to 12.5% of the field, with Day 1a finishing pretty early with 19:23 remaining in Level 16 (4000/8000/8000). I expect 1b to play a bit later, but the field size will ultimately determine that.
Day 1a is complete, with Ali Razzaq leading the 1a stacks. He bagged more than 600k, with the next biggest bag belonging to Alan Zhu at 351k. David Johnson was the bubble in 8th place tonight.
Colten Yamagishi raised the middle to 16k, and Dan Luczyk called from the cutoff, as did Pav Braich from the big blind. All three checked the A♥Q♦5♠ flop, and Braich led for 26k on the [invalid notations] bluff.
The final 8 players are on the break, with the action set to resume in about 5 minutes. They are still on the bag bubble when they return, with only 7 players making it through to Day 2.
The Day 1a field is now on the bubble to Day 2, after Ambrose Ng, who was one of the shorter stacks at last count, ended his day on 9th as the first player off the final table. Jason Zhuang just survived on the bubble all-in against Colten Yamagishi.
Yamagishi shoved his button, and Zhuang tanked for a bit before calling with pocket fives. Yamagishi was trying to steal with ten-five, and the fives held to double Zhuang’s short stack on the bubble.
Dan Luczyk & Pav Braich got all the money in, with both players on ace-king. The pot eventually chopped, as is expected with AK v AK, but Luczyk nearly spiked a royal after flopping 4 of the 5 hearts he needed for the royal.
In the final hand of Level 14, Graham Douglas raised to 15k from the hijack, and Alan Zhu called from the big blind. Zhu check-called for 20k on the J♣J♥K♠ flop, and they both checked the 10♣ turn.
After a bit of a tank on the 5♠ river, Zhu fired 15k, enough to push Douglas off his hand.
Day 1a is nowon the final table, with 9 remaining. That leaves them 2 players off the bags for tonight with about 15 minutes remaining in Level 14. Ben Packianyagam and Cam Stewart were the recent busts to get them to the final nine.
In the final hand of Level 13, Alan Zhu raised the button to 8.5k, and Ali Razzaq three-bet the small blind to 26k. Big blind Pav Braich got out of the way before Zhu came back with a four-bet to 70k.
Razzaq tanked for a bit before sliding in the call, then checked the 8♠2♣J♠ flop. Zhu shoved for 144.5k and after a short tank, Razzaq gave up the pot.
The 1a players are just a couple minutes from the next break, and the field is nearing the bags, They are still on two tables with 11 players remaining, but that puts them just four eliminations off the bags.
I expect them to go to the break with two tables still in play, but I expect the final table fairly quickly after the break. After that, it’s a crap shoot as to how fast the final two eliminations go. Stay tuned for chip counts for the final 11 players.
Level 12 is just underway, with just over 30 minutes to play until the next break. I’ll grab another round of chip counts at the break for the remaining players, and I’m still expecting the bubble play to happen sometime in Level 14 or 15, but the game could easily go a lot later than that.
Day 1a is down to the final two tables, with the field confirmed at 57 entries. That means 7 players will get bags later tonight, and is down to 17 remaining, putting them 10 off the bags for the night. There were some new entries over dinner, but I’ll get a full list of players and chips on the next break. I’m expecting the bubble play to go fairly slowly in this one, with action playing until Level 14 or 15 at least.
Entries for Day 1a are now closed, with 57 entries as the final, unofficial number. If that holds it will mean either 7 or 8 bags at the end of the night, with $32,490 in prizes moving onto Day 2.
About 10 minutes remain on the dinner break, with 20 players in action when they went for dinner. Below is a look at the chips on the dinner break, though new entries on dinner aren’t reflected in the list.
The prizes are just shy of $30k now, with 52 entries on the board. The next entry should push the prizes over $30k. Level 8 has about 10 minutes remaining, with the dinner break scheduled following Level 9. That puts the end of entries just shy of 90 minutes away.
Level 7 is nearly complete, and the field is now 2 entries shy of 50. That puts the prizes at more than $27k, with two levels to play until the dinner break following Level 9. That puts the end of 1a entries just under 2 hours away.
The Event #3 players are now on their second break of Day 1a. The field is at 45 entries as they head to the break, with 29 players still in action.
I’ve had a quick look around the tables on the break and it looks like Graham Douglas is the chip leader with just shy of 150k in front of him. I didn’t see any other stacks over 100k.
About 30 minutes remain in Level 6, with the second break of the day scheduled after this level. The field is bow up to 42 entries, with 27 players still alive, for prizes of more than $28k. Among the newer entries I’ve spotted are Alan Zhu, who chopped the satellite last night three ways with Brad Young and yours truly, Todd Oakley, Weston Pring, Jo Teliani, John Donnelly, and Johnny Dalphond.
Level 4 is about to begin, with the field now at 30 entries and 25 players left in action. Among the players at the felt early today are the Seniors winner Rob Lothian, as well as Fred Werezak, Ryan Comely, Dan Lucycz, Lynne Stephenson, Ross Wilson, Jarret Gray, Karin Schulenburg, and Cam Stewart.
On Oct. 7, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear oral arguments in a case that could determine whether Ontario and Alberta’s regulated poker markets are allowed to share player pools with international operators like PokerStars and GGPoker. No ruling will come that day, but the arguments made by both sides will shape the direction of Canadian online poker for years, and almost no one in the poker media is talking about it.
The stakes only grow when paired with what happens two days earlier: Quebec’s Oct. 5 provincial election, where the two front-running parties have each pledged to end Loto-Québec’s online gaming monopoly and license private operators. Between a Supreme Court decision on cross-border liquidity and a possible third province joining the fold, Canada could be on the verge of a domestic poker pool approaching 30 million players, or locked into its current fractured setup indefinitely.
Level 2 of the open day of the first multi-flight event has about 10 minutes to play, with the field at 19 entries, with all of them still in play. The early prize pool is already over $10k.
12.5% of the Field; Players must bag chips to get paid
The first multi-day game kicks off at noon on Friday with Day 1a of Event #3. Day 1b will run on Saturday, with the top 12.5% from each starting flight moving on to the money play on Sunday’s Day 2.
The Day 1 action starts at noon, and players sit down with 30k in chips. Blinds are 40 minutes long throughout this game, though they drop to 20 minutes heads-up. After that, Day 1 play continues until they hit 12.5% of the starting field, no matter how long it takes.
The bags are now out, and Matthew Ouellette was the bubble tonight. He was short stacked through much of the endgame, and got his money in with king-seven against ace-ten for Johnny Dalphond. Dalphond flopped an ace, then turned another one to send Ouellette home just before Day 2.
Stay tuned for the Day 1b chip counts, followed by the Day 2 starting post including seat assignments for Sunday.
Jay Foong ended his run tonight in 16th, and Mike Malm just hit the rail for 15th, leaving them two off the bags. Foong sent his chips across to Anderson Frank-Graham when his pair were beat by the ace-ten overs, and Malm followed shortly after when he three-bet Johnny Dalphond, leaving just 500 behind.
Dalphond opened the cutoff to 12k, and Malm shoved all but one chip from the big blind. Dalphond bet the final 500 in the dark, and Malm called with ace-king over king-queen. Dalphond flopped a queen and held to send Malm to the rail.
Shortly after, Razvan Radu busted from the other table to put them on the bubble.
Nu Teliani opened to 9k early before Ryan Comely came over the top with a three bet to 22k from the small blind.
“Why so small?” Teliani asked, before four-betting to 48k. Comely chuckled “Why so small, then a raise?” before eventually mucking his hand to send the pot to Teliani.
Day 1b is just breaking down to the final two tables with 18 players remaining, and this will be the final table break of Day 1b. There are 12 bags expected at the end of the night, so they need to get through 6 more players before the end.
A bit less than 20 minutes remain in Level 12, and I’ll grab a full round of counts at the break.
The prizes are in, and the 1b field is confirmed at 92 entries, for 149 in total. The winner on Sunday is set to pocket more than $21k, with the 19th-place min0cash set at $1,090. See the Payouts tab for all the Day 2 prizes, with the final table payouts below.
Under the gun opened to 4k in Level 10, with three callers, including Eric Wasylenko on the cutoff and Anderson Frank-Graham on the button. A rainbow eight-six-four flop kicked off the action. UTG checked, and Wasy made it 7k. The big blind got out of the way, but UTG repopped it to 25k.
Wasy jammed about 65k, and Frank-Graham over-jammed his stack. UTG folded, leaving Wasy with a set of eights and ahead of the set of fours for Frank-Graham, but Frank-Graham found the case four on the river for quads and the big win.
The Day 1b players are now back from dinner, and the final unofficial number for entries is 92. If that holds, it will mean Day 2 players will be playing for $84,930 in prizes, with a total of 19 players returning for the money play (12 players will advance from 1b, with 7 already waiting from 1a). I’ll confirm all the numbers once I see the prize pool.
After a quick look around the room on the dinner break, Morris Kadylo looks to be playing the big stack right now. He has 235k in play, but Jan Rofuli is also over 200k. Michael St. Pierre-Porter has just shy of 200k, with Johnny Dalphond playing 160k.
Dinner is about to begin, with the 1b field at 89 entries. That puts the combined field at 146 for $83,220 in prizes. Entries remain open through the dinner break, so there are about 30 minutes remaining to enter Event #3.
About 25 minutes remain in Level 9, with the dinner break scheduled after this level. That puts the end of entries about 50 minutes away.
The 1b field is now nearing 90 entries, for a combined field of 143 and more than $81k in prizes. I expect to see a few more entries before it closes, with the final number still looking to be about 100 entries for 1b.
About 15 minutes remain in Level 8, which means entries will close for Event #3 in a bit less than 90 minutes. The 1b field is now at 80 entries, for a combined field of 137 and prizes of more than $78k.
At the current pace, it looks like today’s flight may top out around 100 entries.
About 30 minutes remain in Level 6, and the 1b field is now at 62 entries. That puts the two day field at 119, for $67,830 in total prizes. Nadav Bitton, Ryan Comely, Damiel Senekal, Morris Kadylo, Cam Stewart, and Razvan Radu are among the players in action now, with Bitton sporting a new look that makes him nearly unrecognizable.
The 1b field is nearly equal to the 1a final total, with Level 5 just underway. There are now 55 entries for 1b, putting the combined total at 112, for almost $70k in combined prizes.
The 1b field is up to 43 entries, for a combined total of 100. About 25 minutes remain in Level 4, and the combined prizes are now bearing $60k. Varan Sidhu, Benny Sarnelli, Matthew Ouellette, and Ali Khani are among the more recent faces I’ve spotted in today’s flight.
About 10 minutes remain in Level 3 before the first break of Day 1b, with the field now at 31 for 1b, and 88 combined. That puts the prizes at more than $50k. Among the players in early action are Karin Schulenburg, Seniors winner Rob Lothian, Leo Zhang, Clayton Littke, Michael St. Pierre-Porter, Steve Azizi, Eric Wasylenko, Rob Limpert, NU Teliani, NIcholas Peterson, Shawn Taghavi, Jan Rofuli, and Jody Fayant.
Level 3 has just begun for Day 1b, with the field now at 27 entries and 25 players still alive. That puts the prizes at more than $15k for today, with a combined total of $47,880. There are 5.5 hours left to enter the final flight to Sunday’s Day 2.
Day 1b is underway, with the first level just ticking down to the end. There are 19 entries on the board to start Level 2, putting the combined prizes so far at more than $42k with more than 6 hours left to enter the final flight.
The first flight is in the books, with Ali Razzaq leading the way. He bagged a massive 617.5k to lead the way out of Day 1a, almost 300k more than second-place Alan Zhu.
Day 1b will be a copy of 1a, though I expect the field to be significantly bigger. The action gets going at noon, and they get 30k to start.
Blinds are 40 minutes throughout the event, and players have 9 levels on Day 1 to buy in or rebuy. That means the desk will close about 7 PM. After that, they play down to 12.5% of the field, with Day 1a finishing pretty early with 19:23 remaining in Level 16 (4000/8000/8000). I expect 1b to play a bit later, but the field size will ultimately determine that.
Day 1a is complete, with Ali Razzaq leading the 1a stacks. He bagged more than 600k, with the next biggest bag belonging to Alan Zhu at 351k. David Johnson was the bubble in 8th place tonight.
Colten Yamagishi raised the middle to 16k, and Dan Luczyk called from the cutoff, as did Pav Braich from the big blind. All three checked the A♥Q♦5♠ flop, and Braich led for 26k on the [invalid notations] bluff.
The final 8 players are on the break, with the action set to resume in about 5 minutes. They are still on the bag bubble when they return, with only 7 players making it through to Day 2.
The Day 1a field is now on the bubble to Day 2, after Ambrose Ng, who was one of the shorter stacks at last count, ended his day on 9th as the first player off the final table. Jason Zhuang just survived on the bubble all-in against Colten Yamagishi.
Yamagishi shoved his button, and Zhuang tanked for a bit before calling with pocket fives. Yamagishi was trying to steal with ten-five, and the fives held to double Zhuang’s short stack on the bubble.
Dan Luczyk & Pav Braich got all the money in, with both players on ace-king. The pot eventually chopped, as is expected with AK v AK, but Luczyk nearly spiked a royal after flopping 4 of the 5 hearts he needed for the royal.
In the final hand of Level 14, Graham Douglas raised to 15k from the hijack, and Alan Zhu called from the big blind. Zhu check-called for 20k on the J♣J♥K♠ flop, and they both checked the 10♣ turn.
After a bit of a tank on the 5♠ river, Zhu fired 15k, enough to push Douglas off his hand.
Day 1a is nowon the final table, with 9 remaining. That leaves them 2 players off the bags for tonight with about 15 minutes remaining in Level 14. Ben Packianyagam and Cam Stewart were the recent busts to get them to the final nine.
In the final hand of Level 13, Alan Zhu raised the button to 8.5k, and Ali Razzaq three-bet the small blind to 26k. Big blind Pav Braich got out of the way before Zhu came back with a four-bet to 70k.
Razzaq tanked for a bit before sliding in the call, then checked the 8♠2♣J♠ flop. Zhu shoved for 144.5k and after a short tank, Razzaq gave up the pot.
The 1a players are just a couple minutes from the next break, and the field is nearing the bags, They are still on two tables with 11 players remaining, but that puts them just four eliminations off the bags.
I expect them to go to the break with two tables still in play, but I expect the final table fairly quickly after the break. After that, it’s a crap shoot as to how fast the final two eliminations go. Stay tuned for chip counts for the final 11 players.
Level 12 is just underway, with just over 30 minutes to play until the next break. I’ll grab another round of chip counts at the break for the remaining players, and I’m still expecting the bubble play to happen sometime in Level 14 or 15, but the game could easily go a lot later than that.
Day 1a is down to the final two tables, with the field confirmed at 57 entries. That means 7 players will get bags later tonight, and is down to 17 remaining, putting them 10 off the bags for the night. There were some new entries over dinner, but I’ll get a full list of players and chips on the next break. I’m expecting the bubble play to go fairly slowly in this one, with action playing until Level 14 or 15 at least.
Entries for Day 1a are now closed, with 57 entries as the final, unofficial number. If that holds it will mean either 7 or 8 bags at the end of the night, with $32,490 in prizes moving onto Day 2.
About 10 minutes remain on the dinner break, with 20 players in action when they went for dinner. Below is a look at the chips on the dinner break, though new entries on dinner aren’t reflected in the list.
The prizes are just shy of $30k now, with 52 entries on the board. The next entry should push the prizes over $30k. Level 8 has about 10 minutes remaining, with the dinner break scheduled following Level 9. That puts the end of entries just shy of 90 minutes away.
Level 7 is nearly complete, and the field is now 2 entries shy of 50. That puts the prizes at more than $27k, with two levels to play until the dinner break following Level 9. That puts the end of 1a entries just under 2 hours away.
The Event #3 players are now on their second break of Day 1a. The field is at 45 entries as they head to the break, with 29 players still in action.
I’ve had a quick look around the tables on the break and it looks like Graham Douglas is the chip leader with just shy of 150k in front of him. I didn’t see any other stacks over 100k.
About 30 minutes remain in Level 6, with the second break of the day scheduled after this level. The field is bow up to 42 entries, with 27 players still alive, for prizes of more than $28k. Among the newer entries I’ve spotted are Alan Zhu, who chopped the satellite last night three ways with Brad Young and yours truly, Todd Oakley, Weston Pring, Jo Teliani, John Donnelly, and Johnny Dalphond.
Level 4 is about to begin, with the field now at 30 entries and 25 players left in action. Among the players at the felt early today are the Seniors winner Rob Lothian, as well as Fred Werezak, Ryan Comely, Dan Lucycz, Lynne Stephenson, Ross Wilson, Jarret Gray, Karin Schulenburg, and Cam Stewart.
On Oct. 7, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear oral arguments in a case that could determine whether Ontario and Alberta’s regulated poker markets are allowed to share player pools with international operators like PokerStars and GGPoker. No ruling will come that day, but the arguments made by both sides will shape the direction of Canadian online poker for years, and almost no one in the poker media is talking about it.
The stakes only grow when paired with what happens two days earlier: Quebec’s Oct. 5 provincial election, where the two front-running parties have each pledged to end Loto-Québec’s online gaming monopoly and license private operators. Between a Supreme Court decision on cross-border liquidity and a possible third province joining the fold, Canada could be on the verge of a domestic poker pool approaching 30 million players, or locked into its current fractured setup indefinitely.
Level 2 of the open day of the first multi-flight event has about 10 minutes to play, with the field at 19 entries, with all of them still in play. The early prize pool is already over $10k.
12.5% of the Field; Players must bag chips to get paid
The first multi-day game kicks off at noon on Friday with Day 1a of Event #3. Day 1b will run on Saturday, with the top 12.5% from each starting flight moving on to the money play on Sunday’s Day 2.
The Day 1 action starts at noon, and players sit down with 30k in chips. Blinds are 40 minutes long throughout this game, though they drop to 20 minutes heads-up. After that, Day 1 play continues until they hit 12.5% of the starting field, no matter how long it takes.
On Oct. 7, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear oral arguments in a case that could determine whether Ontario and Alberta’s regulated poker markets are allowed to share player pools with international operators like PokerStars and GGPoker. No ruling will come that day, but the arguments made by both sides will shape the direction of Canadian online poker for years, and almost no one in the poker media is talking about it.
The stakes only grow when paired with what happens two days earlier: Quebec’s Oct. 5 provincial election, where the two front-running parties have each pledged to end Loto-Québec’s online gaming monopoly and license private operators. Between a Supreme Court decision on cross-border liquidity and a possible third province joining the fold, Canada could be on the verge of a domestic poker pool approaching 30 million players, or locked into its current fractured setup indefinitely.
Event #3 is now over, and it ended in a race. Ryan Comely had the big stack through all of heads-up, after Teliani led the final table for most of the day. He was card dead through much of the early final table today, but he started to pick up cards as players fell around him.
The final hand was a race between pocket threes for Comely and K♠J♦ for Teliani. Comely limp-called Teliani’s shove, and the 10♥7♦10♦A♣6♥ ran clean for the treys and Comely had another trophy. He said after the game that he promised he’d bring his kids home a trophy, so it’s nice to see dad make good on his promise.
Ali Razzaq, who started the day with the chip lead, is now the short stack, but he just scored a double against Nu Teliani. She shoved the covering stack from the small blind, and Razzaq said “I call blind,” before tabling pocket kings. Teliani was on A♠9♠ and she flopped her nine on 9♣5♦10♠6♦J♠ but it wasn’t enough to crack Razzaq’s blind kings.
Ali Razzaq raised to 75k from the small blind, and Ryan Comely called the big. Razzaq bet 45k on the 3♠2♥7♣ flop, and got the call, then bet 140k on the J♥ turn.
Comely called again, and both players checked the J♣ river. Razzaq mucked after Comely showed A♦8♣ for ace-high. “Got ’em,” he said with a smile as he collected the pot.
The money went in on the J♥2♥7♦ flop, with Benny Sarnelli on king-jack against the pocket jacks of Ali Razzaq. Sarnelli was drawing thin, and couldn’t find help on the A♥6♥ runout.
Nu Teliani raised the button to 50k, and Michael St. Pierre-Porter called from the big blind. He check-raised the 10♣7♣6♥ flop from 25k to 150k, and Teliani called to the 5♣ turn.
St. Pierre-Porter bet 160k and Teliani called to the J♦ river, where St. Pierre-Porter shoved his remaining chips. Teliani snapped it off with 9♣8♣ for the flush to send St. Pierre-Porter’s two pair with seven-six to the rail for 5th place.
Nick (David) Johnson had just 10k remaining, which he put in under the gun. Michael St. Pierre-Porter raised it to 50k, and all players at the table called, with Ryan Comely away from the table.
On the 2♠10♠A♥ flop, it checked to Razzaq who fired 100k to push out the rest and take the side pot. He showed pocket eights against Johnson for the main pot, but Johnson had jack-ten for a better pair and held.
That gave Jahnson a quadruple, but he was still on fumes, and he busted the next hand in his big blind.
The pot started with a limp from Michael St. Pierre-Porter in the small blind, and a check from Ali Razzaq in the big. They both checked the Q♥2♠7♦ flop, but when St. Pierre-Porter bet 25k on the 6♠ turn, Razzaq came over the top to 60k.
St. Pierre-Porter called, then checked the 7♠ river. Razzaq bet 120k, and St. Pierre-Porter mucked pretty quickly.
Benny Sarnelli opened under the gun to 45k, and Nu Teliani called from the big blind. Teliani check-raised from 30k to 80k on the 5♥2♥5♠ flop.
Sarnelli called to the 8♦ turn, where Teliani bet 600k, enough to put Sarnelli all in. He snapped it off with ace-five, way ahead of the king-eight of hearts for Teliani. The 4♣ river was a brick for both players, and Sarnelli’s trips held for the double from 270k.
Jason Zhuang raised to 40k early before Nu Teliani three-bet her big blind to 85k. Zhuang shoved, and Teliani snapped it off with pocket aces against K♣10♣. The 2♦7♦A♣8♦J♣ runout was no good for Zhuang and he was out in 7th place.
As he folded his big blind the previous hand, Ryan Comely said “I haven’t had a playable hand all final table.” After Benny Sarnelli raised to 45k in the next hand, Comely shoved the small blind for 200k.
Sarnelli called it off with more, showing pocket fours, but was behind the pocket jacks for Comely. The 8♦A♦A♣8♣9♦ didn’t change anything, leaving Comely’s jacks ahead, although Nu Teliani, who was in the big blind for this hand, said she folded ace-nine, which would have boated up.
Michael St. Pierre-Porter opened the cutoff to 30k, and Ali Razzaq called from the button, as did Nu Teliani from the big blind. It checked to Razzaq on the 8♣K♠3♦ flop, and he bet 30k.
Only Teliani called to the 2♠ turn, where she check-called for 75k. On the 10♣ river, both players checked it. Teliani showed ace-eight for the flopped pair, but Razzaq’s aces were well in front.
“You have a lot of two pairs there,” Razzaq said to explain his river check as he collected the pot.
Michael St. Pierre-Porter raised to 30k for the 3rd hand in a row, and Chrish Lahey three-bet to 80k from the button. St. Pierre-Porter was under the gun, and four-bet to 150k, then snapped it off when Lahey shoved.
Lahey had A♦5♣ but St. Pierre-Porter had the goods with the rockets. The J♣J♠Q♥7♠2♦ runout didn’t change anything, and Lahey was out in 8th place.
Pav Braich shoved the cutoff, and Nick Johnson called off with more from the big blind, without asking for a count. Barich’s jacks were in good shape against ace-nine for Johnson, but the flop was all Johnson as he flopped the boat to take it down on a board of A♣9♠A♥8♣Q♣.
Michael St. Pierre-Porter limped in from the middle before Ali Razzaq raised the cutoff to 25k. St. Pierre=Porter called to the 2♥Q♥4♣ flop, where they both checked to the 6♣ turn.
St. Pierre-Porter bet 20k, and Razzaq called. They both checked the 4♦ river, and when St. Pierre-Porter showed A♥6♠ Razzaq mucked and sent the pot across the table.
They are on the final table bubble now after Graham Douglas ended his day in 11th place. His elimination completed the $1,500 pay level, and all remaining spots have a unique payout.
Michael St. Pierre-Porter raised the hijack to 22k, and both Benny Sarnelli & Nu Teliani called from the blinds. They all checked the A♣2♦9♣ flop, and after a check from Sarnelli on the 2♠ turn, Teliani bet 25k.
Both players called to the 9♦ river, wheer Sarnelli checked and Teliani bet 25k again. St. Pierre-Porter called, while Sarnelli mucked, and when St. Pierre-Porter showed his queens, Teliani mucked her hand to send the pot across the table.
Meanwhile, on the other table, Steven Azizi ended his day in 12th place for the first payout of $1,500.
Chris Lahey opened to 20k from the cutoff, and Jason Zhuang called from the small blind. Zhuang led for 12k on the 5♣9♠9♣ flop, and Lahey called to the J♣ turn.
Both players checked to the 2♠ river, where Zhuang bet 20k. After a bit of tank time, Lahey mucked his hand to send the pot to Zhuang.
The field is down to 12 now after Pav Braich sent Johnny Dalphond out for 13th place. It was ace-eight of clubs for Braich versus king-jack for Dalphond. They both hit the flop, with Braich hitting his ace and a club draw, while Dalphond found his jack. It wasn’t enough, however, as Braich’s aces held for the win.
Pav Braich shoved early for 117k, and it folded to Ryan Comely in the big blind, who checked his hand and quickly called. Comely was on ace-king against pocket eights for Braich.
Comely flopped his king to take the lead, but Braich turned a set on the K♣7♥4♦8♦J♣ board. Meanwhile, on the other table, Colten Yamagishi ended his day in 14th place.
Tony Ma opened under the gun with a big bet of 33k. It folded around to Jason Zhuang in the big blind, and he slid out all his chips, except for two red 5k chips. After some time in the tank, Ma folded.
On Table 3, Tony Ma limped the small blind, and Colten Yamagishi checked the big. Ma check-called for 8k on the 3♦8♥Q♣ flop, then they both checked it down through the A♥8♦ runout. Ma showed queen-eight for the flopped top pair, and took it down.
Over on Table 1, Ali Razzaq opened the button to 16k, and got calls from both Benny Sarnelli & Nu Teliani in the blinds. It checked to Razzaq on the 9♦K♣Q♦ flop, and he fired 15k. Sarnelli slid in the call, while Teliani mucked.
Both remaining players checked the 10♥ turn, and Sarnelli led for 50k on the 6♠ river. Razzaq tanked for a few seconds before folding his hand to send the pot to Sarnelli.
Michael St. Pierre-Porter opened the hijack to 17k, and Nu Teliani defended her big blind with a call. They both checked the K♠2♠4♥ flop, but Teliani led for 21k on the 5♦ turn.
St. Pierre-Porter called to the 4♣ river, where Teliani fired 48k. St. Pierre-Porter called, but mucked when Teliani rolled over ace-three for the turned wheel.
The flop of 10♥8♥4♥ was already out, and Jason Zhuang and Steve Azizi checked to the 2♠ turn. Azizi check-called for 18k to the A♦ river, where they both checked it again. Azizi had queen-eight for the flopped pair, but Zhuang’s jack-ten had that beat.
Meanwhile, on the other table, Anderson Frank-Graham lost his chips for 15th place, taking the first $1,305 payout. There is a break coming in a couple of minutes, and I’ll grab full counts for the remaining players while they are away from the tables.
Ali Razzaq made it 12k to go early before Nu Teliani reraised the cutoff to 35k. Razzaq called to the 4♦6♦10♣ flop, where he check-called for 32k.
Razzaq agains check-called, this time for 80k, on the 3♠ turn, and they both checked the 4♣ river when it paired. Razzaq showed 10♠8♠ for tens & fours, but Teliani had that pipped with pocket jacks for the bigger two.
The Day 2 field is down to 17 remaining now after Jan Rofuli was the first player off the final two tables. He was the first player to hit the $1,135 pay level.
They are down to two tables with about 30 minutes to play in Level 14 after Dan Luczyk, who came into today as the nut-short stack, was the first player to exit in the money. He earned $1,090 for his short Day 2.
The Day 2 action is now underway with 19 players returning for the money play today. Ali Razzaq has a huge lead, but there’s a lot of poker to play before anyone gets a trophy.
Day 2 of Event #3 is now set, with 19 players from the 149-entry field returning for money play on Sunday. Ali Razzaq (1a) has a huge lead on the field, with almost 250k more than second-place Ryan Comely (1b). Michael St. Pierre-Porter (1b), Alan Zhu (1a), and Steve Azizi (1b) round out the top five counts for Day 2.
Day 2 Chip Leaders
Player
Chips
Ali Razzaq
617,500
Ryan Comely
373,000
Michael St. Pierre-Porter
366,500
Alan Zhu
351,000
Steve Azizi
284,500
Day 2 will kick off at noon on Sunday, with the blinds at 2k/4k/4k. Day 1b played at lightening pace, finishing with 11 minutes remaining in Level 13, almost three levels earlier than the smaller 1a flight.
Blinds remain at 40 minutes throughout Day 2, until heads up when they drop to 20 minutes. Day 2 will play until a winner is crowned, and it should be a relatively quick day, given the returning field size.
Day 2 Chips, Sorted by Table-Seat (T-S)
T-S
Player
Chips
1 – 1
Pav Braich
267,000
1 – 2
Ali Razzaq
617,500
1 – 3
Benny Sarnelli
240,000
1 – 5
Nu Teliani
260,500
1 – 6
Anderson Frank-Graham
232,000
1 – 9
Jan Rofuli
196,500
2 – 1
Ryan Comely
373,000
2 – 4
Michael St. Pierre-Porter
366,500
2 – 5
Alan Zhu
351,000
2 – 6
David Johnson
82,500
2 – 7
Colten Yamagishi
211,500
2 – 8
Johnny Dalphond
196,000
3 – 2
Daniel Deal
180,500
3 – 3
Dan Luczyk
54,000
3 – 4
Chris Lahey
98,000
3 – 5
Graham Douglas
113,000
3 – 6
Jason Zhuang
123,000
3 – 7
Tony Ma
261,000
3 – 9
Steve Azizi
284,500
Day 2 Chips, Sorted by Name
T-S
Player
Chips
2 – 5
Alan Zhu
351,000
1 – 2
Ali Razzaq
617,500
1 – 6
Anderson Frank-Graham
232,000
1 – 3
Benny Sarnelli
240,000
3 – 4
Chris Lahey
98,000
2 – 7
Colten Yamagishi
211,500
3 – 3
Dan Luczyk
54,000
3 – 2
Daniel Deal
180,500
2 – 6
David Johnson
82,500
3 – 5
Graham Douglas
113,000
1 – 9
Jan Rofuli
196,500
3 – 6
Jason Zhuang
123,000
2 – 8
Johnny Dalphond
196,000
2 – 4
Michael St. Pierre-Porter
366,500
1 – 5
Nu Teliani
260,500
1 – 1
Pav Braich
267,000
2 – 1
Ryan Comely
373,000
3 – 9
Steve Azizi
284,500
3 – 7
Tony Ma
261,000
Final Table Prizes
See the Payouts tab for a full look at the Day 2 prizes.
On Oct. 7, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear oral arguments in a case that could determine whether Ontario and Alberta’s regulated poker markets are allowed to share player pools with international operators like PokerStars and GGPoker. No ruling will come that day, but the arguments made by both sides will shape the direction of Canadian online poker for years, and almost no one in the poker media is talking about it.
The stakes only grow when paired with what happens two days earlier: Quebec’s Oct. 5 provincial election, where the two front-running parties have each pledged to end Loto-Québec’s online gaming monopoly and license private operators. Between a Supreme Court decision on cross-border liquidity and a possible third province joining the fold, Canada could be on the verge of a domestic poker pool approaching 30 million players, or locked into its current fractured setup indefinitely.
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Graham Douglas
