It wasn't a significantly large pot but it was enough to give Samuel Roussy-Majeau the tournament chip lead as the field approaches the final three tables.
Roussy-Majeau had Tony Stratopoulos all-in and at risk preflop holding against Stratopoulos' .
The board ran out and Roussy-Majeau spiked an ace on the river to eliminate Stratopoulos.
On the turn of a board with about 50,000 already in the pot, Joseph Abou Khalil checked the action to his heads-up opponent Edward Guergis.
Guergis took a moment before sliding in a bet of 27,000. Khalil came over the top with a check-raise to 62,000 and Guergis took a few moments before tossing his cards towards the muck.
Facing all-in bets from Tanveer Dhanjal and Lucad Drolet in front of him, chipleader Bradley Copestake made an agonizing call to put both of his opponents at risk.
Copestake:
Drolet:
Dhanjal:
Dhanjal was in fantastic shape to triple up as the dealer patted the table and swept out a flop.
Dhanjal's all-in was for 47,300 which both of his opponents were forced to pay. Drolet picked up the side pot worth 70,200 and Copestake was hammered down to just over 100,000.
With about 13,000 in the middle, on a board reading , William Johnston led out for 4,100 from the big blind. Ruben Perceval was on the button and moved all in, and Johnston let out a sigh before calling for 20,000 total.
Johnston was at risk with for a gut-shot straight draw, up against Perceval's .
The turn was the but the river was the and Johnston made his straight. "Sorry Ruben" said Johnston as he sat back down in his seat.
We got to the table as the dealer was cutting out chips to count Lily Kornik's stack. She was all-in for 17,000 from the small blind, and her neighbor Mitcheal Ferguson doubled her up from the big blind.
Ferguson's hand was in the muck already, but Kornik had in front of her on a board reading . Kornik now sits on a playable stack.
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against Stratopoulos' 
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and Roussy-Majeau spiked an ace on the river to eliminate Stratopoulos.
flop.
, William Johnston led out for 4,100 from the big blind. Ruben Perceval was on the button and moved all in, and Johnston let out a sigh before calling for 20,000 total. 
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and Johnston made his straight. "Sorry Ruben" said Johnston as he sat back down in his seat.
. Kornik now sits on a playable stack.