Here is a rough chip count of the final table of Event 1.
The first hand was dealt just moments ago. Good luck to our 10 finalists!
Voici une approximation des tapis des joueurs sur la table finale:
Avec l’élimination de Philippe Chapdelaine en 11e place, nous avons maintenant nos dix finalistes!
11e place: Philippe Chapdelaine, $1,865
We have lost a few players in the last level and a half.
Antoine took advantage of an unopened pot to shove his 590K stack from the button, and Felix Sides snap called from the big blind with 
. Antoine turned over 
, and failed to improve once the board ran out.
Simon Pier raised his button to 215K, and David Guay quickly shoved his 1.5M stack from the big blind. Simon Pier thought about it, but not for too long, and eventually called with 
. David turned over a pair of fours, and saw no help on the board to finish in 13th place.
Everyone folded around to Joey Silver’s button, and he shoved his remaining 715K with 
and got called by the Mehdi in the BB, who turned over 
. The board of 
was no help to Joey, and Mehdi added a few more chips to his already monster stack.
After a calm time of it from early in Day 1, Mohamad had an extremely “interesting” (read: swingy) end of Day 2 and Day 3. He finally succumbed to Erica when he shoved into her pocket Aces.
Stephen Baker was eliminated after it folded around to his small blind and he open-shoved his 1.2M chip stack. Mehdi in the BB was sitting on a monster stack of over 5.2M, but after thinking for a while called holding . Stephen had 
. The flop came out 
and the on the turn sealed the deal. The river was a meaningless .
À la toute fin du niveau 28, Andrew Helleur à été éliminé en 19e place, et à recu 1,135$ pour son effort. Il ne reste que 18 joueurs maintenant, et donc on tombe à deux tables de 9 joueurs chaques. La table finale débutera quand il reste 10 joueurs.
Day 3 of event 1 is action packed so far! We’ve already lost 14 players in the first level and a half. In the past few minutes, all three tables had a big hand going on.
On table 60, we saw Joey Silver double up to just over 1M with his 
, which held against Erica Freeman’s 
.
On table 59, it was Mathieu Tanguay’s 
which held versus George Kazarian’s all-in shove with 
. The pot was also worth around 1M chips. George walks out with 1.135$ for his run.
On table 58, we arrived at the river to see Mehdi Alami bet 400K into a pot of around 1.5M on a 
. Phannasophea Muong tanked for a minute before announcing all-in for about 1M more. When Mehdi asked the dealer for a count, Phannasophea misinterpreted ‘count’ for ‘call’, and tabled his 
for the high straight. Once the issue was resolved, Mehdi was given his rightful option of calling or folding, and he mucked his hand.
Day 3 of Event 1 is going to resume tonight at 7pm, and there are still 33 players remaining all with a chance of winning that $35,250 first prize!
Last fall it was Stéphanie Daigle who outlasted a field of 895 entries to take home the $24,000 win. Will it be another woman who will rise as the winner this year? Erica has been holding on strong throughout Day 2, and earned a key double up with aces in the final minutes of the day, bringing her stack up to 900K. Marilyn, our other female contender, has been quietly chipping up here and there, and is now sitting atop 1.1M.
Or will it be one of the current chipleaders who will maintain control and take the money home? Both Simon Pier and Mehdi, holding 2.35M and 2.21M respectively, were nothing more than average stacks until the final levels of Day 2. They both ended up on the winning end of some massive pots, and grew to be well over the tournament average of 850K.
Local grinders Stephen and George are showing that they are here to win, and both considerably increased their net worth in the final stages of the day. Stephen is up to 1.35M, largely due to winning with back to back aces, whereas George managed to double his stack up to just over 1M in the final hand of the night, as his A9o all-in shove preflop held against a QJs call.
Former chip leader Mohamad Mahbouba also came off more than a double-up in the last instants of the night; however he is still below the chip average with 773K.
Playground regulars Ricky and Andy also have a good chance at making it deep. Ricky has been nurturing his below average stack most of the day, but still holds almost 10BB, and Andy has increased his stack from below 250K to over 650K in the final two levels of play yesterday.
So who will be our Event 1 Champion? Find out tonight! Action starts at 7pm, and we will be providing live updates and photos throughout the night here at the Playground Poker Club blog: events.playgroundpoker.ca.
Good luck to all!
