Brandon Aaron Kitchen opened to 1,800,000 from mid-position and Paul Scott three-bet shoved for 8,400,000. After getting a count, Kitchen made the call.
Kitchen:
Scott:
Scott was racing for his tournament life and his small pair held through the flop. The on the turn, however, gave Kitchen the lead and the on the river sealed Scott's fate in the Grand Prix.
One of the exciting aspects of the partypoker Grand Prix has been the Golden Chip promotion that has run in each event.
The way to qualify is simple: make it through the Online Day 2 into the Live Day 3 and you're in contention! The next step is to make the final table of eight, and Jeff Cuccurullo has done just that.
Canada's Cuccurullo and the United Kingdom's Nicholas Riseley were the only two players to qualify from the online Day 2, but Riseley's passport was expired and he couldn't get it renewed in time.
Cuccurullo has locked up a hefty Caribbean Poker Party package worth $10,000, which includes a $5,300 MILLIONS Main Event Seat ($5M guaranteed, $1M to the winner), $2,000 cash for flights, and seven nights all-inclusive stay for two people.
Sean Burstein opened the pot to 2,200,000 from early position and Eric Portelance shoved for 9,000,000 from late position. Burstein quickly called.
Portelance was at risk with and needed a lot of help to get past Burstein's .
The flop came and Burtein extended his lead much, much further with a set of aces. The turn was the and Portelance was drawing dead to the on the river.
Spencer Jean-Baptiste was just eliminated in 10th place ($10,000) and the remaining nine players have come together to form the partypoker Grand Prix Canada final table!
Raphael Duval began the day as the chip leader and has never let up. He sits on 63 million chips, good for a third of the total chips in play. He also has almost triple the amount of the next-biggest stack.
The shortest stack still belongs to Paul Scott (6.7 million), and Jeff Cuccurullo is just one elimination away from securing a $10,000 package for holding the partypoker Golden Chip for being an online qualifier.
Here is a look at the seating assignments and chip counts:
Spencer Jean-Baptiste put his tournament life on the line against tournament chip leader Raphael Duval, moving all-in preflop.
Jean-Baptiste:
Duval:
Jean-Baptiste faded the flop but the on the turn gave Duval the lead and no help from the river sent Jean-Baptiste to the rail in 10th place, sending the final nine players to the final table.
Paul Scott returned from the break with just five big blinds and moved all-in preflop from the cutoff. Debra Ann Holman made the call, putting Scott at risk.
Scott:
Holman:
The board ran out giving Scott a flush and more importantly, continued life as the event lingers on the final table bubble.
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flop. The 
on the turn, however, gave Kitchen the lead and the 
on the river sealed Scott's fate in the Grand Prix.
.
and Burtein extended his lead much, much further with a set of aces. The turn was the 
and Portelance was drawing dead to the 
on the river.
flop but the 
sent Jean-Baptiste to the rail in 10th place, sending the final nine players to the final table.
giving Scott a flush and more importantly, continued life as the event lingers on the final table bubble.