There are about 5 minutes left in level 9 in today’s first starting flight of Event 3, and while the players are on break we’ll be able to start to find out who is moving ahead of the pack now that the day has passed its half way point.
At the current time there are still 64 players in the action out of the 134 who started the day.
Here are some photos of the action in Day 1a of Event 3 in the Playground Poker Fall Classic.
The final number of entries for this starting flight went up to 134, but we’re expecting a lot more than this for all of the rest of the starting days, which all take place this weekend.
The players in Event 3 are approaching their first break of the day, and after this break late registration for this first starting flight will be closed. So far there are 130 entries, which is about what was predicted for a Friday afternoon.
Event 2 in the Playground Poker Fall Classic was a $200 + $20 No Limit Hold’em Freeze that began November 13, 2014 at Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Canada. There were 148 players in the tournament, which added up to a total prize pool of $28,712.00. The prizes were distributed according to the following table.
Note: the players in positions 15 and 16 were eliminated from the tournament during the same hand in hand-for-hand play, so consequently they split the prize for 15th place.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle | Myers | $7,000.00 |
| 2 | Jean-Francois | Lescadres | $5,200.00 |
| 3 | Tomas | Larivee Magni | $4,000.00 |
| 4 | Said | Nehme | $3,000.00 |
| 5 | Sammy | Chao | $2,200.00 |
| 6 | Ian | Middel | $1,650.00 |
| 7 | Robert | Smoskowitz | $1,200.00 |
| 8 | Arthur | W | $950.00 |
| 9 | George | Kazarian | $662.00 |
| 10 | Eric | Benhamron | $525.00 |
| 11 | Anthony | Ciambella | $525.00 |
| 12 | Geoffrey | Hum | $475.00 |
| 13 | Sean | Windover | $475.00 |
| 14 | David | Bolduc Hamel | $425.00 |
| 15 | Kuong chhe | Kuoch | $212.20 |
| 16 | Eraldo | Edouard | $212.50 |
Event 3 in the Playground Poker Fall Classic is called The $250 Frenzy – and it promises to be a fantastic event.
Why?
Well for one thing, there is a $200,000 Guarantee on the prize pool! So before a single hand has been played, there’s already incredible value in the tournament.
And with SIX starting flights – two today, two tomorrow, and two on Sunday, everyone can take multiple shots to qualify to move forward to Day 2 and stay in contention for what are sure to be some amazing top prizes.
Players have taken their seats in Day 1a of Event 3 and cards are now in the air. There are just 85 players seated, but as usual with an early start time (11am), there are many players still en route to Playground Poker Club.
Late registration is open through the first 4 30-minute levels, so there’s still about 2 hours left to get here and jump in the action on Day 1a.
Good luck to all of the players!
From the time that play in Event 2 became a heads-up affair between Jean-François Lescadres and Kyle Myers, it took just a few hands to crown the winner.
The winning hand played out like this:
Jean-François called from the button, and without any hesitation Kyle, who covered Jean-François, raised all-in. Jean-François called, and the cards were turned over:
Kyle Myers: 
Jean-François Lescadres: 
The flop came out 
and then the turn 
gave Jean-François a flush draw. The river 
allowed Kyle to fade the draw and we had a winner in Event 2, the $220 Freeze ($200 + $20 NL Hold’em).
The final hand
Event 2 Champion: Kyle Myers, $7,000
2nd place: Jean-François Lescadres, $5,200
Congratulations to Mike Lafable who battled hard all day to emerge victorious in Event 1, The Wild $150, at the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic. Ahmad Baalbaki worked equally hard and managed to come in 2nd place.
The final hand of Event 1
Event 1 Champion: Mike Lafable, $30,600
2nd place: Ahmad Baalbaki, $20,500
After a long, hard-fought tournament the final day of Event 1 has reached its heads-up phase with just two players remaining in contention for the top prize of $30,600 (prize reflects a player deal made at 3 players remaining).
The two players still in the action are Ahmad Baalbaki and Mike Lafable, whose voyage to this point could not have been more different. Where Ahmad was among the chip leaders from early on in Day 2, Mike was never among the leaders until the very end. And where Ahmad played a tight, aggressive game, Mike seemed to alternate between trying to open up the game by playing a lot of hands and then periods of extremely tight play as he needed to double up to survive. But, survive he did – as did Ahmad – and both players have done very well to get to this point in the tournament.
After a full level of play 3-handed, Mike Lafable managed to eliminate Bichr Awad in 3rd place.
The players were all in preflop (Bichr had gotten quite short).
Bichr: 
Mike: 
The flop was perfect for Bichr – 
and the turn was better still – 
– though it really didn’t change anything, Mike still needed a river 6 to win the hand. Lo and behold, the dealer put out the 
on the river giving Mike his set for the win.
3rd place: Bichr Awad, $20,500
Very quickly following the bursting of the money bubble the tournament reached its next milestone, the final table.
Final Table
