With tournaments running almost around the clock it can be tough to get our tournament directors and assistants in the same room at the same time… but we managed to get close.
These are a few of the people who work very hard to make Playground Poker Club tournaments go off as well as they do.
Level 26 has just begun with 15 players left in the WPT Montreal. We counted stacks during the break – here are the updated counts for the remaining players.
By the way, there’s a pay jump for the 15th place finisher who will earn $30,857 (up from $26,579).
Table 26
Table 27
Half way through level 25 and with two players who started today eliminated, here are the current chip counts.
Table 26
Table 27
Hauke Gerdey has been eliminated from the tournament in 18th place and Jonathan Little is out in 17th place.
17th place: Jonathan Little, $26,490
18th place: Hauke Gerdey, $26,490
The shortest stack going into Day 4 action has just doubled. Pat – who is a Playground tournament regular and recently final tabled the WSOP-C Lac Leamy – folded the first few hands of the day and even when it was his BB when there was a raise and a 3-bet he got away from the hand.
When he was in the small blind, however, action folded to him and he shoved all-in for just over 100K. Zennawi Petros called from the BB and the players flipped over 
(Pat) and 
for Zennawi.
The flop came 
to put Zennawi in the lead, and the 
didn’t give Pat any help. The famous 
on the river was good for him though, and he won the hand. Patrick is still short-stacked but has a little more breathing room.
Some tweets about preparations for Day 4:
Drinking espresso & water at the Rail resturant, waiting for the tournament to begin
The race for the MVP Belt in the Playground Poker Fall Classic is white-hot with the top 6 players all still in the hunt! Everyone in the top 6 has had an exceptional series so far, with each of them booking multiple final tables and backing it up with solid performances in other events.
Note that points for the MVP Montreal (Event 9) have been added for players that have already been eliminated from the event.
With two events left to go, any one of the top 6 could end up with the belt!
| Finish | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $184,688 and the championship belt |
| 2 | $124,936 |
| 3 | $81,480 |
| 4 | $65,184 |
| 5 | $48,888 |
| 6 | $38,024 |
There were 56 total entries in Event 11 – $10,000 + $400 No Limit Hold’em High Roller, and of those initial 56 players, 30 remain. Play will resume at 3pm today. Note: there is a small change to the schedule. Instead of the scheduled 10 levels, play on Day 2 will continue for 8 levels.
There will be full seating redraws at 24 players, 16 players, and 9 players (final table).
| First Name | Last Name | Seat | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander | Wong | Table 50 – Seat 4 | 32,375 |
| Amer | Sulaiman | Table 50 – Seat 5 | 193,425 |
| Chanracy | Khun | Table 52 – Seat 1 | 48,825 |
| Christian | Harder | Table 52 – Seat 6 | 71,450 |
| Connor Joseph | Drinan | Table 50 – Seat 2 | 10,400 |
| Derek | Bessette | Table 49 – Seat 4 | 29,300 |
| Eugene | Katchelov | Table 49 – Seat 1 | 45,075 |
| Govert | Jan Antonius | Table 53 – Seat 4 | 136,725 |
| Grayson | Ramage | Table 52 – Seat 3 | 44,975 |
| Gregory | Marcus | Table 50 – Seat 6 | 91,900 |
| James | Calderaro | Table 52 – Seat 5 | 73,800 |
| Jesse | Yaginuma | Table 53 – Seat 5 | 64,700 |
| John | Gordon | Table 52 – Seat 7 | 22,300 |
| John | Krpan | Table 52 – Seat 2 | 25,000 |
| Jonathan | Driscoll | Table 49 – Seat 6 | 45,675 |
| Jonathan | Roy | Table 50 – Seat 7 | 46,525 |
| Mark | Radoja | Table 49 – Seat 5 | 53,000 |
| Martin | Rauss | Table 53 – Seat 2 | 74,825 |
| Matt | Marafioti | Table 53 – Seat 1 | 41,950 |
| Michael | Watson | Table 50 – Seat 3 | 39,050 |
| Micheal | Jones | Table 53 – Seat 7 | 33,150 |
| N/A | Table 49 – Seat 7 | 27,600 | |
| Patrick | Timothy | Table 49 – Seat 2 | 16,000 |
| Per Martin | Jacobson | Table 50 – Seat 8 | 26,500 |
| Pratyush | Buddiga | Table 49 – Seat 3 | 46,175 |
| Samuel | Greenwood | Table 53 – Seat 3 | 76,500 |
| Scott Jeremy | Clements | Table 52 – Seat 4 | 31,225 |
| Shannon | Shorr | Table 53 – Seat 6 | 39,900 |
| Shayam | Srinivasan | Table 49 – Seat 8 | 137,250 |
| Yann | Dion | Table 50 – Seat 1 | 55,375 |
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chu Ming | Ao | $10,420 |
| 2 | Joey Anthony | Boczek | $8,250 |
| 3 | Levon | Dedeyan | $6,500 |
| 4 | Bill | Kontaratos | $5,100 |
| 5 | Lance | Syme | $4,000 |
| 6 | Jeff | Rosenblatt | $3,150 |
| 7 | Jeffrey | Maccuspey | $2,500 |
| 8 | Jason | Bigelow | $1,950 |
| 9 | Philippe | Beausejour | $1,550 |
| 10 | David | Kruger | $1,200 |