Raphael Duval Leads the Final 27 on Day 3 of the partypoker Grand Prix Canada

ElleSriracha

Hello/Bonjour from beautiful Kahnawake, Quebec in Canada at the Playground Poker Club! Day 3 of the partypoker Grand Prix Canada is set to kick off in just two hours at 1:00 p.m. to crown a winner.

After a myriad of online and live qualifiers, just 27 players remain in the field and only one is going to take home the trophy, earn the title and pocket the big money up for grabs in an event that cost just $220 CAD. The prize pool is a guaranteed $1 million CAD, and someone is going to claim all of the glory by the end of today.

Quebec's Raphael Duval leads the pack with a massive chip stack worth 22,165,000. He held the lead yesterday for the majority of the day and never really looked back. With blinds beginning at 120,000/240,000 with a button ante of 240,000, Duval sits on close to 100 big blinds with plenty of room to maneuver.

Close behind him is Jeff Cuccurullo with 21,470,000 chips. He qualified online and sits in second in chips. Rounding out the top three is Anatoly Zharnitsky with 18,365,000, with the next-biggest stacks belonging to Matthew Wilkins (10,650,000) and Ryan Morrell (9,085,000).

Play will pick up at Level 30 and blinds will increase from 40-minute intervals to 60 minutes. Breaks will take place every three levels, or three hours, and play will conclude once a winner is crowned.

Stay with PokerNews as the Live Reporting team documents all of the action on the way to finding a winner today!

Here is a look at the seating assignments with chip counts:

Table	Seat	First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
Table 37	1	Romio	Mikhael	4,470,000
Table 37	2	Constantinos	Psallidas	2,780,000
Table 37	3	Spencer	Jean-Baptiste	2,745,000
Table 37	5	Prosper	[Removed:250]	3,830,000
Table 37	6	Randy	Khalil	3,000,000
Table 37	8	Franco	A	8,595,000

Table 38	1	Sammy	Chao	3,360,000
Table 38	2	Raphael	Duval	22,165,000
Table 38	3	Michael	Korovine	4,705,000
Table 38	4	Dustin	Melanson	6,430,000
Table 38	5	Debra Ann	Holman	3,965,000
Table 38	7	Eric	Portelance	6,175,000
Table 38	8	Sean	Burstein	2,530,000

Table 39	1	Matthew	Wilkins	10,650,000
Table 39	3	Ryan	Morrell	9,085,000
Table 39	4	Paul	Scott	5,950,000
Table 39	5	Helene Marie	Dufour	8,770,000
Table 39	6	Brandon Aaron	Kitchen	3,900,000
Table 39	7	Nicholas	Riseley	5,300,000
Table 39	8	Said	Michailidis	6,015,000

Table 40	1	Jean-Francois	Marin	5,405,000
Table 40	2	Mark	Young	6,105,000
Table 40	3	Brian	Van Bart	1,550,000
Table 40	4	Norman	Gauthier	2,680,000
Table 40	6	Anatoly	Zharnitsky	18,365,000
Table 40	7	Jeff	Cuccurullo	21,470,000
Table 40	8	Franco	Sicondolfi	5,480,000