The $100 Bounty event has begun and there are already 124 players at the tables to get things started, and more joining in every minute. Late registration is open for the first 4 levels plus the 10-minute break following, so that means players have until about 2pm to join in the action!
Cards are in the air for Event 13!
2014/11/27 12:25pm by
- Level: 1
- Small Blind: 25
- Big Blind: 50
- Ante: 0
- Chip Average: 20K
- Remaining: 124
- Entries: 124
The final event – the $100 Bounty
2014/11/27 11:47am by
Today at noon, the final event of the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic will begin. The tournament is Event 13, a $200 + $30 + $100 NL Hold’em – where the third figure represents the amount that each player will give as a bounty to the player that eliminates them from the tourney!
Bounty events are the traditional wrap-up events in festivals held here at Playground Poker Club, and because there are two ways to cash – by finishing in the money OR by winning bounties by eliminating players – these events attract a lot of attention.
In addition, staff are permitted to play in this final event provided their work schedule permits, which provides an additional layer of fun as the camaraderie that has developed between staff and players really flourishes across the table when a bounty is at stake.
Bottom line – the final event of the festival is always one of the best in terms of pure fun to be had – as well as a great prize pool, a bounty per player, and of course the champion’s bracelet!
Good luck!
Event 12 – Results & Payouts
2014/11/27 9:27am by
Event 12 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic is a $300 + $30 NL Hold’em 8-Max event. The event attracted a total of 140 entries, which generated a prize pool of $40,740.00. This prize pool was be distributed according to the following table.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve | Daraiche | $10,000.00 |
| 2 | Tomas | Larivee Magni | $7,540.00 |
| 3 | Michel | Chevalier | $5,600.00 |
| 4 | Vince | Dwyer | $4,200.00 |
| 5 | Joseph | Abou Khalil | $3,100.00 |
| 6 | Erica | Freeman | $2,300.00 |
| 7 | William R | Mullen | $1,700.00 |
| 8 | Stephane | Roquebrune | $1,300.00 |
| 9 | Dinh | Nguyen | $1,000.00 |
| 10 | Stuart | Taylor | $800.00 |
| 11 | John | Eliakis | $800.00 |
| 12 | Hubert | Paquet Moisan | $650.00 |
| 13 | Kethees | Thanabalasingham | $650.00 |
| 14 | Vipul | Grover | $550.00 |
| 15 | Chris | McClung | $550.00 |
Event 12 Champion – Steve Daraiche
2014/11/27 5:38am by
- Level: 25
- Small Blind: 40K
- Big Blind: 80K
- Ante: 5K
- Chip Average: 1.75M
- Remaining: 2
- Entries: 140
The tournament was heads-up between Tomas Larivee Magni and Steve Daraiche, who had a 2-to-1 chip advantage with 3.5M in his stack. They played several hands with little action, and then Tomas raised on the button to 160K, Steve 3-bet to 400K and Tomas snap shoved – and Steve called.
The hole cards:
Tomas: 
Steve: 
The community cards were dealt: 
and the river 
shut the door on Tomas, giving Steve a Full House and the championship!
Congratulations Steve!
Event 12 Champion: Steve Daraiche, $10,000
2nd place: Tomas Larivée Magni, $7,540
3rd place: Michel Chevalier
2014/11/27 5:25am by
- Level: 25
- Small Blind: 40K
- Big Blind: 80K
- Ante: 5K
- Chip Average: 1,16M
- Remaining: 3
- Entries: 140
The action tonight is moving very quickly as the chip average is relatively short. Michel Chevalier was caught with a short stack and the 2nd best hand and has been eliminated.
Steve Daraiche raised from the small blind and and Michel chose to reraise all-in from the big blind. Steve made the call.
Michel : 
Steve : 
The community cards: 
gave Steve the hand and Michel was out in 3rd place.
3rd place: Michel Chevalier, $5,600.00
4th place: Vince Dwyer
2014/11/27 5:03am by
- Level: 25
- Small Blind: 40K
- Big Blind: 80K
- Ante: 5K
- Chip Average: 875K
- Remaining: 4
- Entries: 140
A few hands later it was Vince Dwyer who found himself short-stacked and had shove from the button only to be called by Steve Daraiche from the small blind:
Vince : 
Steve : 
The community cards were dealt: 
Unfortunately for Vince, having a better hand preflop was no help, as he couldn’t fade the on the turn.
4the place: Vince Dwyer, $4,200
Erica Freeman and Joseph Abou Khalil eliminated
2014/11/27 4:51am by
- Level: 24
- Small Blind: 30K
- Big Blind: 60K
- Ante: 5K
- Chip Average: 583.3K
- Remaining: 6
- Entries: 140
Having returned from the break, the players had the time to play just one orbit before there were 2 eliminations in back-to-back hands. In the first, Erica Freeman had just 1 big blind left and found herself all-in with two callers – and lost the hand to be eliminated in 6th place.
The very next hand, Joseph About Khalil was all-in for his tournament life having pushed all-in and been called from Tomas Larivée Magni in the big blind. Joseph was holding a King and a Ten and didn’t connect with the board.
6th place: Erica Freeman, $2,300
5th place: Joseph Abou Khalil, $3,100
Chip counts – 2nd break
2014/11/26 11:00pm by
- Level: 10
- Small Blind: 800
- Big Blind: 1.6K
- Ante: 200
- Chip Average: 48.6K
- Remaining: 72
- Entries: 140
The 8-Max is on its second break of the night and we were able to update the leaderboard while the players were away from the table. There are currently 6 players with at least double the chip average, and with just 72 players remaining and blinds going up, that’s a significant advantage heading towards the middle of the tournament.
- Andrew Helleur – 129K
- Jean Robert Quirion – 128K
- Ron Cohen – 119K
- Tanvir Ahmed – 112K
- Philippe Plouffe – 109K
- Sylvain Coté – 107K
Event 12 – prize pool & payouts
2014/11/26 9:49pm by
- Level: 7
- Small Blind: 400
- Big Blind: 800
- Ante: 100
- Chip Average: 31.8K
- Remaining: 110
- Entries: 140
Event 12 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic is a $300 + $30 NL Hold’em 8-Max event. The event attracted a total of 140 players, which generated a prize pool of $40,740.00. This prize pool will be distributed according to the following table.
| Finish | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000.00 |
| 2 | $7,540.00 |
| 3 | $5,600.00 |
| 4 | $4,200.00 |
| 5 | $3,100.00 |
| 6 | $2,300.00 |
| 7 | $1,700.00 |
| 8 | $1,300.00 |
| 9 | $1,000.00 |
| 10 | $800.00 |
| 11 | $800.00 |
| 12 | $650.00 |
| 13 | $650.00 |
| 14 | $550.00 |
| 15 | $550.00 |
Eight-handed tonight!
2014/11/26 6:08pm by
Tonight’s 8-Max tournament is Event 12 in the Playground Poker Fall Classic – the second-to-last event before the end of this year’s festival.
The 8-Max format has become extremely popular at Playground Poker Club in the 6 months that it has been a regular part of the schedule. It’s not “short-handed” poker like a 6-Max, but players do have a little more breathing room at the tables, the action is slightly faster than standard 10-handed tournaments, and, at the end, the tables are always balanced until a final table of 9 is established.
The action gets under way tonight at 7:30pm and late registration is open for the first 4 20-minute levels plus the 10-minute break following, so there’s lots of time left to come out to Playground Poker Club and get in on the fun.
