11:17pm - I spoke too soon! Scott Montgomery has just been eliminated by "the man with a hell of a lot of chips", Marc-Andre Ladouceur.
We have reached our Final 16 - play is done for the day ... Marc-Andre Ladouceur, Steve-Paul Ambrose, Jonathan Driscoll and Gabriel Houle Morin are the most notable players still alive.
One person will win a 1M buy-in seat to the Big One for One Drop at this summer's World Series of Poker.
NO END IN SIGHT?
11:15pm - We've started Level 12 ... Blinds: 1200/2400/300.
SUCK, RESUCK
11:10pm - After short-stack player Franco Amorelli's all-in play was called by stack master Marc-Andre Ladouceur, Amorelli's K-10 was in the lead over Ladouceur's suited Q-9. Ladouceur spikes a Queen on the flop but Amorelli rivers trips to stave off elimination. Ladouceur's stack suffers only a small hit.
ONTARIO BOYS CLASH IN QUEBEC
11:00pm - Scott Montgomery goes all-in, the action is folded around to fellow Ontarian Steve-Paul Ambrose, who folds after giving it some thought.
TENSION IN THE THEATRE
10:50pm - No one wants to the bubble boy! Play has slowed down considerably here at Lac-Leamy.
VERREAULT IS OUT
10:35pm - Poker Eh! guest and accomplished Quebec actor Jean-Nicolas Verreault has been eliminated - we are one away from the Final 16 ... we're now hand for hand ... PLUS, we're not going another level tonight, we'll be done once the next player is out.
19TH POSITION
10:30pm - Daniel Charette is out in 19th, two more eliminations prior to the final 16.
MONTGOMERY SPIKES ON HISLOP
10:15pm - River deuce gives Scott Montgomery the gutshot straight, cracking Eddie Hislop's pocket eights, almost a full double-up for Montgomery.
FINAL BREAK
9:55pm - We're taking our final break of the night, back in 20:00 with 800/1600 blinds and 200 antes ... only 20 remain here at Lac-Leamy >> Ladouceur, Ambrose with big stacks - Verreault, Montgomery still in contention.
LADOUCEUR ELIMINATES HALLEE
9:45pm - We're down to 20 players! One of the latest eliminations pitted fellow Quebec pros Jason Hallee and Marc-Andre Ladouceur. Ladouceur disposed of Hallee and continues to stack up.
24TH POSITION
9:30pm - Virgil Vancea has been eliminated in 24th position.
1, 2, 3 TABLES REMAIN
9:25pm - Crowd favourite Lise Theriault has just been eliminated in 25th position, we are now down to three tables ... Ladouceur, Paul, Verreault, Montgomery, Hallee still alive.
BACK TO FRANCE FOR QUILLEROU
9:00pm - The last man to have qualified from French (France) poker site JOA ONLINE is out - David Quillerou finshes in 26th position.
SLOW AND STEADY
8:45pm - It certainly looks like players are tightening up, realizing exactly what's at stake ... they still have a little play but soon, the blinds will start destroying the weak.
27TH POSITION
8:20pm - Robert Cote has been eliminated in 27th position.
UPDATES FROM THE FLOOR
8:15pm - Taking a look at a few stacks... We reported on Marc-Andre Ladouceur's big stack earlier on - it's getting even bigger! Ladouceur seems in control of his own destiny at this point.
Poker Eh! family member Jean-Nicolas Verreault's stack is down a bit while, like Ladouceur, WSOP bracelet winner Scott Montgomery is also building an army of chips. Montgomery and Steve-Paul Ambrose are the only players with major championships left in the field.
20-MINUTE BREAK
7:35pm - Players break for 20 minutes, Down to 27 players with the recent eliminations of Gylbert F. Drolet ... Drolet qualified to enter this 25K buy-in tournament with a $3 satellite.
ELIMINATION
7:00pm - Ya Lu is out 29th.
MAKE IT 30
6:50pm - Two more players eliminated: Michel Parent and Daniel "Pseudo55" Berube
THE FINAL 32
6:45pm - We are down to only 32 players with the recent eliminations of Jean-Hughes Niquay, David Simard and Jean-Francois Brossard.
CELEBRITY ON THE RISE
6:20pm - It was a pleasure earlier this week to tape a special French episode of Poker Eh! on the QuadJacks Network. Our guest for the occasion was accomplished Quebec actor (and poker player) Jean-Nicolas Verreault.
Well, J-N is using his Poker Eh! run-good ... Verreault's chip stack has gone up in multiples, looks like he has one of the top stacks at the moment. (Photo: QuadJacks.com)
STARS ARE FADING
6:05pm - It's now Erik Cajelais' turn to hit the rail, proving that chip stacks can come and go in a heartbeat in NLH.
LADOUCEUR TAKING OVER
6:00pm - Although we don't have official chip counts, it certainly looks like Marc-Andre Ladouceur has taken over at the GTPLQ - Ladouceur, who started gaining notoriety at last year's WSOP - looks to take over here in Gatineau. (Photo: PokerNews.com)
ALL-INS ALL AROUND
5:55pm - Players are starting to get short, we're hearing all-in after all-in ... reality TV's Marc-Andre Payette was just eliminated, we're down to 36 players.
LEVEL 7 BEGINS WITH A BANG
5:30pm - We have lost two other players, including Christopher McClung - we are now down to 37 players remaining in the field.
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