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Photo: Guillaume Charbonneau

The last starting flight of the MSPT Canadian Poker Championship Main Event was the biggest of the four, drawing 345 entries. After nearly 18 levels of play, 38 players managed to put chips in a bag. They will be joining 53 survivors from the first three starting flights when the fields combine for Day 2 tomorrow at 11:00 a.m.

Gregoire Pascal finished with the biggest stack of the night after bagging 1,183,000. Pascal is one of two players to bag seven-figure stacks in addition to Guillaume Charbonneau, who bagged 1,172,000.

Stay tuned to MSPTpoker.com tomorrow to see who will be the next MSPT Main Event Champion.

Photo: Griffin Benger

Stephen Smith shoved from the small blind for around 50,000, and Griffin Benger called from the big blind with a covering stack.

Stephen Smith:
Griffin Benger:

Smith had Benger’s queen dominated, but the runout gave Benger two pair, jacks and sevens to eliminate Smith on the stone bubble.

Griffin Benger - 690,000
Stephen Smith - eliminated

With 39 players remaining and 38 advancing to Day 2, the MSPT Canadian Poker Championship Main Event is now hand-for-hand!

Photo: Paul Dalrymple

Senthuran Vijayaratnam opened to 16,000 from early position, Paul Dalrymple three-bet to 42,000 from the hijack, and Vijayaratnam called.

The flop came . Vijayaratnam check-called a 20,000 bet from Dalrymple.

Vijayaratnam check-called a second barrel for 75,000 from Dalrymple on the turn. On the river Vijayaratnam checked, Dalrymple shoved for a little over 200,000, and Vijayaratnam quickly mucked.

Paul Dalrymple - 495,000
Senthuran Vijayaratnam - 310,000

Players are on another 15-minute break.

Charanjeev Malhotra opened to 12,000 from early position, a player in the cutoff called, and Umut Ozturk shoved for 88,000 from the big blind. Malhotra re-shoved, slightly covering Ozturk, and the player in the cutoff folded.

Umut Ozturk:
Charanjeev Malhotra:

Ozturk’s ace was dominated, and he found no help on the flop. He hit one of his three outs on the turn and stayed ahead on the river to double up. Malhotra was left with around 30,000 and eliminated soon after.

Umut Ozturk - 190,000
Charanjeev Malhotra - eliminated

A player in early position was all-in preflop for a bit under 200,000, facing David St.Arneault, who covered him from under the gun.

Opponent:
David St-Arneault:

The runout gave St-Arneault tens full of jacks to eliminate his opponent and take down the massive pot.

David St-Arneault - 430,000

With two players seeing a board of , Senthuran Vijayaratnam checked out of position, and Yanis Philippe Mouddakir bet 15,000. Vijayaratnam check-raised to 65,000, and Mouddakir called.

Vijayaratnam showed . Mouddakir tabled for aces up to win the hand.

Philippe Mouddakir - 255,000
Senthuran Vijayaratnam - 290,000