Play has begun on Day 3 of Event 1 as the 32 players have taken their seats around 4 tables. There was a very slight delay to start the action as tournament staff coloured up the yellow T1000 chips – the smallest denomination now in play are the orange T5000 chips.
Day 3 – Cards are in the air!
2014/11/13 7:13pm by
- Level: 27
- Small Blind: 25K
- Big Blind: 50K
- Ante: 5K
- Chip Average: 915K
- Remaining: 32
- Entries: 1464
Welcome to Event #2!
2014/11/13 6:41pm by
The second event of the Playground Poker Fall Classic is a $200 + $20 Freeze that will begin tonight at 7:30pm. Thursday night tournaments are always popular at Playground, and with the added attraction of the champion’s bracelet and an extra-large field-size, this should be a great event.
Tonight’s event is a one-day tournament that will finish up in the wee hours of the morning. We’ll be following the event with photos, tournament updates, and all the information you need to get a feel for the tournament.
Good luck to all of the participants!
Day 3 is set to begin
2014/11/13 6:37pm by
Event 1 in the Playground Poker Fall Classic has now reached its third and final day. Play will begin in 30 minutes. There are just 32 players left in contention for the championship – and for the big prizes. Tonight one of these players will be taking home $34K – a fantastic first prize for a $150 (total) tournament!
Even though the day is starting with 32 players, there will be a full seating redraw at 27 players. There will be a final redraw at 10 players as the final table is set.
Play tonight is 9-handed, although with 32 players in the field, the tables are currently balanced at 8 players each. Blind levels have gone up from 30 minutes to 40 minutes and blinds tonight will start at 25K/50K/a5K. Blinds levels will revert to 30 minutes once play reaches the heads up phase of the tournament.
Good luck!
Event 1 – Results & Payouts
2014/11/13 2:57pm by
With 1,464 entries, Event 1 of the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic had a total prize pool of $191,711.00 which was distributed according to the following table.
Note: At 3 players remaining, the players agreed to a deal. They chose to reserve $10,100 and the champion’s bracelet for the winner, and evenly divide the remaining prize pool ($20,500 each). This prize table reflects the deal reached by the players.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike | Lafable | $30,600.00 |
| 2 | Ahmad | Baalbaki | $20,500.00 |
| 3 | Bichr | Awad | $20,500.00 |
| 4 | Alberto | Scuderi | $12,800.00 |
| 5 | Albert | Bassal | $9,200.00 |
| 6 | Yves | Aubin | $7,100.00 |
| 7 | Isham | Yamani | $4,800.00 |
| 8 | Michael | Mellor | $3,650.00 |
| 9 | Jason | Robineault | $2,851.00 |
| 10 | Stephane | Durocher | $2,050.00 |
| 11 | Theo | Psihogios | $2,050.00 |
| 12 | Maurice | Simard | $2,050.00 |
| 13 | Kaven | Fontaine Bernier | $1,700.00 |
| 14 | Alex | Chiasson | $1,700.00 |
| 15 | Thomas | Harnois | $1,700.00 |
| 16 | Daniel | Mackay | $1,300.00 |
| 17 | Robert | Di Trapani | $1,300.00 |
| 18 | Jean-Sebastien | Labonte | $1,300.00 |
| 19 | Jeremie | Meynard | $1,090.00 |
| 20 | Hassan | Hares | $1,090.00 |
| 21 | Yann | Beauchamp | $1,090.00 |
| 22 | Samuel | Barre | $980.00 |
| 23 | Maxime | Auger | $980.00 |
| 24 | Nimer | Ltaif | $980.00 |
| 25 | Pierre | Gauthier | $860.00 |
| 26 | Nicholas | Soller | $860.00 |
| 27 | Jonathan | Poulin | $860.00 |
| 28 | Robert | Amireault | $820.00 |
| 29 | Khang | Can | $820.00 |
| 30 | Arun Kumar | Singh | $820.00 |
| 31 | Pascal | Roberge | $790.00 |
| 32 | Tina | Frascarelli | $790.00 |
| 33 | Todor | Petkov | $790.00 |
| 34 | Sylvain | Leblanc | $750.00 |
| 35 | Aidan | Quin | $750.00 |
| 36 | Robert | Piche | $750.00 |
| 37 | Janendra | Mahendra Rajah | $690.00 |
| 38 | Patrick David | Hu-A-Kam | $690.00 |
| 39 | Real | Villeneuve | $690.00 |
| 40 | Denis | Scott | $690.00 |
| 41 | Younan | Beddaoui | $690.00 |
| 42 | Chris | Sarena | $690.00 |
| 43 | Samuel | Leblanc | $690.00 |
| 44 | Eric | Ranger | $690.00 |
| 45 | Andre | Vezina | $690.00 |
| 46 | Andre | Dionne | $630.00 |
| 47 | Khaldi | Hachem | $630.00 |
| 48 | Heath | McAllister | $630.00 |
| 49 | Michael | Korovine | $630.00 |
| 50 | Alex | Lacroix | $630.00 |
| 51 | Patrick | Leduc | $630.00 |
| 52 | Thomas | Cohen | $630.00 |
| 53 | Jeffrey | Bartlett | $630.00 |
| 54 | Jonathan | Thibault | $630.00 |
| 55 | Gregory | Thomas | $560.00 |
| 56 | Eric | Lacelle | $560.00 |
| 57 | Michel | Gelinas | $560.00 |
| 58 | Luigi | Fantigrossi | $560.00 |
| 59 | Corey | Jackson | $560.00 |
| 60 | Franco | Casarcia | $560.00 |
| 61 | Omar | Tohme | $560.00 |
| 62 | Jean | Rheaume | $560.00 |
| 63 | Adam | Cader | $560.00 |
| 64 | Gabriel | Jureidini | $500.00 |
| 65 | Jack | Curley | $500.00 |
| 66 | Mario | Bourassa | $500.00 |
| 67 | Fabrice | Levi | $500.00 |
| 68 | Pierre | Larrivee | $500.00 |
| 69 | Kevin | Peacock | $500.00 |
| 70 | Kevin | Bergeron | $500.00 |
| 71 | Paul C | Brunet | $500.00 |
| 72 | Maxime | Auclair | $500.00 |
| 73 | Pierre-Luc | Gaudreau | $440.00 |
| 74 | Daniel | Gagnon | $440.00 |
| 75 | Yannick | Gagnon | $440.00 |
| 76 | Paul | Quenneville | $440.00 |
| 77 | Constantinos | Psallidas | $440.00 |
| 78 | Steven | Chodjai | $440.00 |
| 79 | Ian | Middel | $440.00 |
| 80 | Dominic | Perrier | $440.00 |
| 81 | Jason | Mottershead | $440.00 |
| 82 | Robert | Cote | $400.00 |
| 83 | John | Blaha | $400.00 |
| 84 | Wallis | Jackson | $400.00 |
| 85 | Daniel | Fornara | $400.00 |
| 86 | Bo | Yan Shi | $400.00 |
| 87 | Phannasophea | Muong | $400.00 |
| 88 | Alex | Shing | $400.00 |
| 89 | John | Sarantidis | $400.00 |
| 90 | Laurent | Kochenburger | $400.00 |
| 91 | Marcel | Deschamps | $360.00 |
| 92 | Marouane | Tijani | $360.00 |
| 93 | Bernard | Poirier | $360.00 |
| 94 | Richard | Sysko | $360.00 |
| 95 | Marcel | Basset | $360.00 |
| 96 | Andrej | Bachynsky | $360.00 |
| 97 | Larry | M | $360.00 |
| 98 | Colin | Piche | $360.00 |
| 99 | Naim | Goulamhoussen | $360.00 |
| 100 | Andre | Bilodeau | $340.00 |
| 101 | Alexandre | Bedard | $340.00 |
| 102 | Jimmy | Durant | $340.00 |
| 103 | Ghislain | Veronneau | $340.00 |
| 104 | Scott | Sprogis | $340.00 |
| 105 | Daniel | Leddy | $340.00 |
| 106 | David | Beaulieu | $340.00 |
| 107 | Jonathan | Richer | $340.00 |
| 108 | Michael | Selliah | $340.00 |
| 109 | Carl | Couture | $330.00 |
| 110 | Pierre-Olivier | L'Esperance | $330.00 |
| 111 | Rajesh | Sharma | $330.00 |
| 112 | Jay | Srinivasan | $330.00 |
| 113 | Jason | Comtois | $330.00 |
| 114 | Michel | Gramigna | $330.00 |
| 115 | Yonathan | Moryoussef | $330.00 |
| 116 | Danielle | Bonin | $330.00 |
| 117 | Sebastien | Vandal | $330.00 |
| 118 | Christian | Rho | $310.00 |
| 119 | Ren | Zhe Jin | $310.00 |
| 120 | Nabil | Maali | $310.00 |
| 121 | Bruce | Malcolm | $310.00 |
| 122 | Nicolas | Aubin | $310.00 |
| 123 | Corrado | Carabetta | $310.00 |
| 124 | Norman | Messier | $310.00 |
| 125 | Jamieson | Flores | $310.00 |
| 126 | Tristan | Girard | $310.00 |
| 127 | Ali | Sabrah | $290.00 |
| 128 | Carl | St-Jean | $290.00 |
| 129 | Remy | Poulin | $290.00 |
| 130 | Julien | Sanscartier | $290.00 |
| 131 | Renato | Zanai | $290.00 |
| 132 | Karine | Clermont | $290.00 |
| 133 | Ronald | Parsaram | $290.00 |
| 134 | Hugues | Belzile | $290.00 |
| 135 | Andrew | Dufresne | $290.00 |
| 136 | Marc-Andre | Racine | $290.00 |
| 137 | Dominique | Boucher | $290.00 |
| 138 | Darren | Phipps | $290.00 |
| 139 | Patrick | Helie | $290.00 |
| 140 | Daniel | Charette | $290.00 |
| 141 | Sylvain | Lacasse | $290.00 |
| 142 | Stefane | Godinho | $290.00 |
| 143 | Stephane | Levy | $290.00 |
| 144 | Stephen | Dias | $290.00 |
| 145 | Eric | Villeneuve | $270.00 |
| 146 | Kethees | Thanabalasingham | $270.00 |
| 147 | Sebastien | Proulx | $270.00 |
| 148 | Frederic | Grimard | $270.00 |
| 149 | Gabriel | Lessard | $270.00 |
| 150 | Sebastien | Levesque | $270.00 |
| 151 | Danny | Bettez | $270.00 |
| 152 | Andrei | Gongu Grigore | $270.00 |
| 153 | Edward | Hakim | $270.00 |
Event 1 – Day 3 seating draw & counts
2014/11/13 3:18am by
Play in Event 1 began today with 325 players and after 13 levels of play, just 32 players remain. The following 32 players will return for Day 3, Thursday November 13th at 7pm.
| First Name | Last Name | Seat | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmad | Baalbaki | Table 30 – Seat 7 | 1,990,000 |
| Albert | Bassal | Table 26 – Seat 7 | 858,000 |
| Alberto | Scuderi | Table 30 – Seat 6 | 400,000 |
| Alex | Chiasson | Table 26 – Seat 5 | 1,020,000 |
| Arun Kumar | Singh | Table 27 – Seat 2 | 530,000 |
| Bichr | Awad | Table 26 – Seat 6 | 468,000 |
| Daniel | Mackay | Table 27 – Seat 1 | 1,200,000 |
| Hassan | Hares | Table 26 – Seat 4 | 476,000 |
| Isham | Yamani | Table 31 – Seat 8 | 652,000 |
| Jason | Robineault | Table 26 – Seat 1 | 1,029,000 |
| Jean-Sebastien | Labonte | Table 27 – Seat 5 | 2,159,000 |
| Jeremie | Meynard | Table 30 – Seat 1 | 1,512,000 |
| Jonathan | Poulin | Table 30 – Seat 5 | 1,091,000 |
| Kaven | Fontaine Bernier | Table 31 – Seat 6 | 145,000 |
| Khang | Can | Table 30 – Seat 8 | 553,000 |
| Maurice | Simard | Table 27 – Seat 4 | 593,000 |
| Maxime | Auger | Table 30 – Seat 4 | 629,000 |
| Michael | Mellor | Table 31 – Seat 4 | 770,000 |
| Mike | Lafable | Table 31 – Seat 1 | 1,647,000 |
| Nicholas | Soller | Table 30 – Seat 2 | 590,000 |
| Nimer | Ltaif | Table 31 – Seat 3 | 562,000 |
| Pascal | Roberge | Table 27 – Seat 8 | 340,000 |
| Pierre | Gauthier | Table 26 – Seat 8 | 500,000 |
| Robert | Amireault | Table 26 – Seat 3 | 1,544,000 |
| Robert | Di Trapani | Table 26 – Seat 2 | 880,000 |
| Samuel | Barre | Table 31 – Seat 7 | 953,000 |
| Stephane | Durocher | Table 27 – Seat 7 | 2,493,000 |
| Theo | Psihogios | Table 27 – Seat 6 | 1,077,000 |
| Thomas | Harnois | Table 31 – Seat 2 | 558,000 |
| Tina | Frascarelli | Table 30 – Seat 3 | 285,000 |
| Yann | Beauchamp | Table 31 – Seat 5 | 930,000 |
| Yves | Aubin | Table 27 – Seat 3 | 815,000 |
Photos of the leaders
2014/11/13 2:36am by
- Level: 26
- Small Blind: 20k
- Big Blind: 40k
- Ante: 5k
- Chip Average: 750.8k
- Remaining: 39
- Entries: 1464
Here is the most recent list of chip leaders in the tournament during the last level of Day 2.
- Stephane Durocher – 2.32M
- Robert Amireault – 1.34M
- Daniel Mackay – 1.2M
- Jean-Sébastien Labonté – 2.1M
- Jason Robineault – 1.36M
Up next: 5 tables and the last level of the day
2014/11/13 2:01am by
- Level: 25
- Small Blind: 15k
- Big Blind: 30k
- Ante: 5k
- Chip Average: 636.5K
- Remaining: 46
- Entries: 1464
There are 46 players left and the tournament is just about to begin its last level of the day. There is a lot of action, but in particular on two tables. On the first, there are 3 players with over a million chips each, and the fighting is fierce. Right next to that table, 2 new large stacks have joined the leaders in the tournament. Photos to come…
The penultimate level of Day 2
2014/11/13 1:45am by
- Level: 25
- Small Blind: 15k
- Big Blind: 30k
- Ante: 5k
- Chip Average: 532.4k
- Remaining: 55
- Entries: 1464
The tournament has reached level 25, with 6 tables (55 players) still alive in the tournament. The action seemed to stabilize for a while, but ended picking back up in pace during the last level, and some former chip leaders who had surpassed the million chip mark have nevertheless been eliminated.
Stéphane Durocher and Jean-Sebastien Labonté continue to build their stacks – both have now passed the 2M mark. Stéphane grew his stack substantially by eliminating one of the earlier leaders, Luigi Fantigrossi, who lost due to a pretty bad beat.
Level 24 update
2014/11/13 1:03am by
- Level: 24
- Small Blind: 12k
- Big Blind: 24k
- Ante: 4k
- Chip Average: 418.3k
- Remaining: 70
- Entries: 1464
Level 24 has begun and there are two new “tournament chip millionaires” – Stephane Durocher and Jean-Sebastien Labonté, who have been dominating their table. Jean-Sebastien has done a good job of maintaining his stack throughout the night to climb to second chip leader. There are 8 tables remaining and the action seems to settling down somewhat as payouts start to grow.
Counts at the final break tonight
2014/11/13 12:38am by
- Level: 23
- Small Blind: 10K
- Big Blind: 20K
- Ante: 3K
- Chip Average: 370.6K
- Remaining: 79
- Entries: 1464
The players have returned from their final break of the night and during the break we took the opportunity to update the leaderboard – and we found that there has been quite a shift among the leaders through 22 full levels.
- Albert Bassal – 1.06M
- Jeffrey Bartlett – 930K
- Luigi Fantigrossi – 905K
- Kaven Fontaine Bernier – 880K
- Jean-Sebastien Labonté – 830K
