Late Reg is Over

  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 150
  • Big Blind: 300
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 28.1K
  • Remaining: 227
  • Entries: 255


  • Registration has closed for Day 1a of Event 2 and there are 255 players total who joined in the action today. Since tomorrow is a Saturday we’re expecting quite a few more players to jump into this tournament which will build the prize pool well past the $100K guarantee and give good value to the participants who cash – and as usual, a great payout to the player who finishes in first place!

    Players should remember the Fall Classic MVP Belt will be awarded for the player who demonstrates the best overall performance over the course of the whole Fall Classic, so getting points in Event 2 could be a big help.

    Photos of the early action

  • Level: 4
  • Small Blind: 100
  • Big Blind: 200
  • Ante: 25
  • Chip Average: 26.4K
  • Remaining: 234
  • Entries: 255


  • Here are some photos of the action at the beginning of Day 1a of Event 2.

    Event 1: Final Payouts

    This is the final payout table for Event 1 – $135 + $15 No Limit Hold’em Re-entry, an event in the 2013 Playground Poker Fall Classic that was held between November 18-23. There were a total of 1400 entries in the event spread over three Day 1s.

    The following results reflect a deal made with two players remaining. The players agreed to reserve $3,500 plus the bracelet for the winner and split the remaining prize pool evenly.

    Rank First Name Last Name Prize
    1 Mathieu Tanguay $30,320 plus the championship bracelet
    2 Mehdi Alami $26,820
    3 Martin Giguele $15,820
    4 Marilyn Joanette $11,640
    5 Simon Pier Belair-Grondin $8,575
    6 Phannasophea Muong $6,320
    7 Mathieu Leclerc $4,655
    8 Erica Freeman $3,425
    9 Felix Sides $2,525
    10 Mark Howie $1,865
    11 Philippe Chapdelaine $1,865
    12 Antoine Poirier $1,865
    13 David Guay $1,575
    14 Joey Silver $1,575
    15 Mohamad Mahbouba $1,575
    16 Stephen Baker $1,335
    17 Patrick David Hu-A-Kam $1,335
    18 Alexandre Boyer $1,335
    19 Andrew Helleur $1,135
    20 George Kazarian $1,135
    21 Antoine Simon $1,135
    22 Jeffrey Goldstein $970
    23 Kevin Cote $970
    24 Angelo Simard $970
    25 Philippe Mercier $820
    26 Benoit Mathieu $820
    27 Makan Salimi $820
    28 Matthieu Boisvert $695
    29 Andy D'Alessandro $695
    30 Ricky Campanelli $695
    31 Mathieu Boulanger-Vaugeois $695
    32 Lim Dayaly $695
    33 Christos Zavouris $695
    34 Yohann Malo-Brumet $695
    35 Linda Huard $695
    36 Vincent Martin-Bouthillette $695
    37 Steve Cotton $620
    38 alexandre Chapdelaine $620
    39 Julien Boisclair $620
    40 Samuel Juneau $620
    41 Samuel Barre $620
    42 Jonathan Gauthier $620
    43 Nicolas Lavoie $620
    44 Daniel Arsenault $620
    45 Joe Berlangieri $620
    46 Luigi Fantigrossi $545
    47 Christien Beaudoin $545
    48 Daniel Johnston $545
    49 Sako Marashlian $545
    50 Greg Arevian $545
    51 Aberdeen Parro $545
    52 Che Zhao $545
    53 Name Withheld $545
    54 Hichem Rais $545
    55 Guillaume Malette Vanier $490
    56 Ian Robillard $490
    57 Adam El Bied $490
    58 Benoit Vaillancourt $490
    59 Phil Breault $490
    60 Tanveer Dhanjal $490
    61 Allin jobin $490
    62 Jean-Hugo Robitaille $490
    63 Kyle Hartree $490
    64 Derek Sproul $435
    65 Nicolas Aubin $435
    66 Cory Maize $435
    67 Stephen Kline $435
    68 Maxime Siegmann $435
    69 Matthew Brunskole $435
    70 Marc Allard $435
    71 Tristan Bergeron $435
    72 Roger Robitaille $435
    73 Alexandre-Olivier Gamache $380
    74 MATHIEU JAWIRNYCKI $380
    75 Louis Philippe Martin $380
    76 Normand Deguire $380
    77 Vincent Benoit $380
    78 Dany Madri $380
    79 Anthony Tavani $380
    80 Michael Singh $380
    81 Kevin Blais $380
    82 Gregory Katayama $345
    83 Dimitry Dombrovskiy $345
    84 Darren Phipps $345
    85 Justin Miller $345
    86 Andrew Boujaoude $345
    87 Jeffrey Bartlett $345
    88 Arthur W $345
    89 Evgeni Ozadovski $345
    90 Asm Nazmul Huda $345
    91 Jonathan Borne $310
    92 Ali Khan $310
    93 Franco Amorelli $310
    94 Normand Loyer $310
    95 Name Withheld $310
    96 Marc Brisson $310
    97 Real Villeneuve $310
    98 Eric Schanck $310
    99 Edward McDonnell $310
    100 Oscar Ojeda Gomez $275
    101 Sebastien Laviolette $275
    102 Francois Cholette $275
    103 Giovanni Petrella $275
    104 Alex Fiorani $275
    105 Charles – Eric Benoit $275
    106 John Allan Bushey $275
    107 Pierre Gauthier $275
    108 Tinh Phan $275
    109 James Kiernan $275
    110 Louka Strongylos $275
    111 Marc Blanchette $275
    112 Jose Pereira $275
    113 Myriam Campanelli $275
    114 Eric Benhamron $275
    115 Jordan Frechette $275
    116 Anthony Bakopoulos $275
    117 Vince Dwyer $275
    118 Caroline Trinque $275
    119 Alain Boucher $275
    120 Stephane Durocher $275
    121 Yannick Morin $275
    122 Patrick Langlois $275
    123 Martin Casaubon $275
    124 Marie Tran $275
    125 Christopher Saliba $275
    126 Tony Laughing $275
    127 Vijay Oberoi $235
    128 Eduard Goutnik $235
    129 Josee Thauvette $235
    130 Billy Gerontakos $235
    131 Jean Bernard Audet $235
    132 Pirooz Bayat $235
    133 Eric Doyle $235
    134 Janet Lee Cowper $235
    135 Andrew Hansen $235
    136 Vincent Miceli $235
    137 Patrick Longpre $235
    138 Louis Neamtan-Lapalme $235
    139 Hugo Marquis $235
    140 David Barabe $235
    141 Marc Lacroix $235
    142 Jonathan Dsouza $235
    143 Dimitri Tchakarov $235
    144 William Groot $235
    145 George Caragiorgas $235
    146 Glenn Gumbley $235
    147 Peter Marco $235
    148 Christos Tohtamis $235
    149 Guy Lebrun $235
    150 Nathalie Iezzi $235
    151 Keith Lacasse $235
    152 Andre Parent $235
    153 Derek Watanabe $235
    154 Samuel Samson $220
    155 Ahmad Akkaoui $220
    156 Yann Filion $220
    157 Riyaz Abdulla $220
    158 Charli-Lou Durand $220
    159 Yan Touchette $220
    160 Stefano Visintin $220
    161 Gabriel Garzon $220
    162 Francis Larose $220

    Event 2 is here!

    Players are taking their seats for Event 2 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic, a $200 + $20 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack Re-entry tournament with two Day 1s, Day 1a today and Day 1b tomorrow. This tournament has the same $100K guarantee that Event 1 had, and like Event 1 it’s a 3 Day tournament.

    Today’s Day 1a will play through 16 levels of 30 minutes each. Everyone left in the action at the end of today will proceed to Day 2 on Sunday. It’s a next-day re-entry event, so anyone who doesn’t qualify today may re-enter tomorrow and try again.

    Good luck to all of the players!

    Day 3 Seating Assignments

    A total of 33 players have survived to Day 3 of Event 1 in the Playground Poker Fall Classic. The remaining players will return tonight at 7pm to play for the remaining prize pool including a top prize of over $35K!

    First Name Last Name Seat Chip Count
    Alexandre Boyer Table 59 – Seat 6 303,000
    Andrew Helleur Table 58 – Seat 1 1,099,000
    Andy D'Alessandro Table 59 – Seat 3 656,000
    Angelo Simard Table 60 – Seat 3 909,000
    Antoine Poirier Table 60 – Seat 2 976,000
    Antoine Simon Table 58 – Seat 4 625,000
    Benoit Mathieu Table 59 – Seat 2 769,000
    Christos Zavouris Table 61 – Seat 6 703,000
    David Guay Table 61 – Seat 8 900,000
    Erica Freeman Table 60 – Seat 7 900,000
    Felix Sides Table 60 – Seat 6 774,000
    George Kazarian Table 59 – Seat 7 1,065,000
    Jeffrey Goldstein Table 58 – Seat 2 451,000
    Joey Silver Table 60 – Seat 1 562,000
    Kevin Cote Table 58 – Seat 5 668,000
    Lim Dayaly Table 61 – Seat 2 352,000
    Makan Salimi Table 58 – Seat 6 325,000
    Marilyn Joanette Table 60 – Seat 8 1,104,000
    Mark Howie Table 58 – Seat 7 962,000
    martin Giguele Table 59 – Seat 4 697,000
    Mathieu Boulanger-Vaugeois Table 59 – Seat 5 359,000
    Mathieu Leclerc Table 59 – Seat 8 956,000
    Mathieu Tanguay Table 59 – Seat 1 554,000
    Matthieu Boisvert Table 58 – Seat 9 344,000
    Mehdi Alami Table 61 – Seat 7 2,215,000
    Mohamad Mahbouba Table 61 – Seat 5 773,000
    Patrick David Hu-A-Kam Table 61 – Seat 4 554,000
    Phannasophea Muong Table 58 – Seat 8 1,312,000
    Philippe Chapdelaine Table 60 – Seat 4 783,000
    Philippe Mercier Table 61 – Seat 1 1,225,000
    Ricky Campanelli Table 60 – Seat 5 382,000
    Simon Pier Belair-Grondin Table 61 – Seat 3 2,354,000
    Stephen Baker Table 58 – Seat 3 1,355,000

    Jour 3 – Attribution des sièges

    Prénom Nom Siège Tapis
    Alexandre Boyer Table 43 - Siège 6 303,000
    Andrew Helleur Table 42 - Siège 1 1,099,000
    Andy D'Alessandro Table 43 - Siège 3 656,000
    Angelo Simard Table 46 - Siège 3 909,000
    Antoine Poirier Table 46 - Siège 2 976,000
    Antoine Simon Table 42 - Siège 4 625,000
    Benoit Mathieu Table 43 - Siège 2 769,000
    Christos Zavouris Table 47 - Siège 6 703,000
    David Guay Table 47 - Siège 8 900,000
    Erica Freeman Table 46 - Siège 7 900,000
    Felix Sides Table 46 - Siège 6 774,000
    George Kazarian Table 43 - Siège 7 1,065,000
    Jeffrey Goldstein Table 42 - Siège 2 451,000
    Joey Silver Table 46 - Siège 1 562,000
    Kevin Cote Table 42 - Siège 5 668,000
    Lim Dayaly Table 47 - Siège 2 352,000
    Makan Salimi Table 42 - Siège 6 325,000
    Marilyn Joanette Table 46 - Siège 8 1,104,000
    Mark Howie Table 42 - Siège 7 962,000
    martin Giguele Table 43 - Siège 4 697,000
    Mathieu Boulanger-Vaugeois Table 43 - Siège 5 359,000
    Mathieu Leclerc Table 43 - Siège 8 956,000
    Mathieu Tanguay Table 43 - Siège 1 554,000
    Matthieu Boisvert Table 42 - Siège 9 344,000
    Mehdi Alami Table 47 - Siège 7 2,215,000
    Mohamad Mahbouba Table 47 - Siège 5 773,000
    Patrick David Hu-A-Kam Table 47 - Siège 4 554,000
    Phannasophea Muong Table 42 - Siège 8 1,312,000
    Philippe Chapdelaine Table 46 - Siège 4 783,000
    Philippe Mercier Table 47 - Siège 1 1,225,000
    Ricky Campanelli Table 46 - Siège 5 382,000
    Simon Pier Belair-Grondin Table 47 - Siège 3 2,354,000
    Stephen Baker Table 42 - Siège 3 1,355,000

    Leaders at the break

  • Level: 20
  • Small Blind: 5K
  • Big Blind: 10K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 201.4K
  • Remaining: 139
  • Entries: 1400


  • Players are on a slightly extended break of 20 minutes while tournament staff chips up and races off the blue 500 tournament chips. The top 5 chip leaders at this point:

    1. Mohamad Mahbouba – 775K
    2. Philippe Mercier – 675K
    3. Louis-Philippe Martin – 530K
    4. Adam El Bied – 520K
    5. Christos Zavouris – 520K

    In addition to these chip leaders there are about 8-10 other players with stacks over 400K. With 139 players still alive, there’s still a lot of time for new leaders to emerge before the tournament reaches the 27 players it will stop at tonight.

    The bubble has burst…

  • Level: 19
  • Small Blind: 4K
  • Big Blind: 8K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 183K
  • Remaining: 153
  • Entries: 1400


  • The money bubble for Event 1 was reached without a great deal of fanfare and although the pace slowed a little bit, it didn’t slow to a crawl as is often the case.

    So all the players left in the tournament are in the money and quite a few of the shorter stacks are taking the opportunity to min-cash and move on to the next event.

    Congratulations to all of the players remaining in the tournament!

    Robillard more than doubles

  • Level: 17
  • Small Blind: 2.5K
  • Big Blind: 5K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 140K
  • Remaining: 200
  • Entries: 1400


  • A big hand just happened on Table 59 between Evgeni Ozadovski (BB), Ian Robillard (UTG) and Jonathan Kharmouche (CO).

    Ian opened with a raise to 11.5K, and it folded to Jonathan who shoved his short stack (27.5K). Evgeni in the BB flat-called… and then Ian re-raised all-in, putting Evgeni to a decision. After about a minute of thinking, Evgeni called, putting a significant proportion of his stack at risk.

    The players flipped over their hands at once: Evgeni held 8 of Hearts 8 of Spades, Ian had King of Spades King of Diamonds and Jonathan had Ace of Diamonds King of Hearts.

    The board ran out about as safe as possible for pocket Kings: 6 of Clubs 9 of Diamonds 4 of Diamonds 2 of Spades 7 of Spades. Ian took the whole pot – 27.5K from Jonathan and 120K from Evgeni. Add another 5K for the blinds and antes and he grew his stack from 120K to about 272.5K.

    A few very large stacks

    During the break we did a tour of the room to find the big stacks at this point in the event.

    Here’s a gallery of the big stacks…