After ten 40-minute levels the crowd of 139 players that started Day 2 has been reduced to 24. Those 24 players have all earned their spot in the Playground 200’s Final Day, being played tomorrow, Sunday December 16th at 1pm.

While there were many players that had stellar days today, no one collected more chips than Cedric Meyer, with 1,525,000 chips. Congratulations go out to him for a day well-played!

Good luck to all the players tomorrow.

We are now at the beginning of the last level of the day (level 24), and Cedric Meyer just solidified his position, doubling up at the expense of Ruben Perceval, taking in what looked like a million chips in the hand.

The flop was dealt , at which point Cedric raised to 180,000. Ruben called, and the turn was a . Cedric shoved for the rest of his chips (429,000), and Ruben called, as he was holding two diamonds in his hand, completing the flush.

Unfortunately for Ruben, Cedric was also holding two diamonds: the and .

With his the nut flush Cedric gave himself some much-needed breathing room while Ruben’s night just changed in a bad way, and quickly.

After a well-played tournament Joel Moreau busted in 16th, collecting $800 for his efforts over the last two days.

The man that bounced him was Gabriel Lessard, who put up a stronger pocket pair preflop, getting all his chips in. Gabriel had 7’s and Joel had 4’s. It was as simple as that.

Board:

As we arrive in the final two levels of Day 2 of the Playground 200, Mitcheal Ferguson has jumped into the chip lead with almost 1.5M in chips. With just over an hour left to play before we move into Day 3, Mitcheal is in a great spot!

Mike Patenaude is the only player to reach the 1,000,000 chip milestone so far today, but there are several players close behind him, all in the hunt for as many chips as they can get their hands on as we move towards Day 3, starting tomorrow December 16th at 1pm.

Yannick Labattaglia recently increased his chip stack significantly thanks to the kind but non-voluntary contribution of Mario Page.

When we arrived at the table the hand was already in progress. The flop was dealt , with the action on Yannick. He checked, leading to a 40,000 chip bet by Mario. Yannick raised to 100,000, which was quickly raised again by Mario all in (for an additional 175,000 chips).

Withouth hesitation Yannick called, showing an . This dominated Mario’s , and the final two cards dealt ( ) made no difference to the outcome. Mario finishes in 50th place, earning himself $460.

Nicholas Soller (pictured right) recently doubled up at the expense of Gabriel Alacchi in what is turning out to be an increasingly common AA > AK showdown. T

he boys got their money in preflop, with the board coming down .

Gabriel’s tournament wasn’t done, however, as he covered Nicholas’ stack.

It’s fairly common in a tournament, particularly at this level of buy-in, to have a rush of eliminations after the bubble bursts, and today’s Playground 200 is no exception. Here are some of the eliminations during the first few payout levels.

$460

• Thierry Blanc
• Arnold Yaxley
• Joel Giguere

$410

• Pierre-Paul Paulin
• Steve Cotton
• Tarek Said
• Shawn S

$380

• Marc-Andre Racine

$340

• Carlo Nini
• Everol Davis

On table 20 Gabriel Lessard recently shoved preflop, and he was far from short-stacked, so it was likely a move designed to collect the blinds. It almost ended his night.

His heart must have skipped a beat when Gino Frenette called, showing his AQ, dominating Gabriel’s AJ.

But the poker gods were kind to Gabriel this time.

The board came down , making the wheel for both players.