The 6 players remaining in Event 11 are all in the money but chose to return for Day 2 to complete the tournament. When play resumes, here are the stack sizes for each player.
| First Name | Last Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| Andreas | Loubounakis | 205,600 |
| Anesti | Kocini | 9,600 |
| Michael | Korovine | 298,000 |
| Nenad | Sizgoric | 98,900 |
| Ron | G | 154,300 |
| Shane | Flewelling | 453,600 |
With a deal in place – even one that reserved $10K for the eventual champion – it would be easy to assume that 3-way or heads-up play would be less serious that it might normally be. But judging by the play after the deal, that was definitely not the case in this tournament!
When Matt Jarvis took the lead, however, there was no looking back. He played aggressively and Pascal was unable to double back through him and retake the lead – or even to draw level.
On the final hand of the tournament, Matt limped for the first time in the match, and Pascal immediately shoved his last ~340K. Matt called and Pascal’s tournament was on the line.
Pascal: 
Matt: 
The flop of 
wasn’t helpful for Pascal, and the 
on the turn put a second pair on the board, and Pascal needed either a King or an 8 to win the hand. The river was the 
and the event was over – Matt’s Ace kicker won the hand.
Congratulations, Matt!
Event 9 Champion: Matthew Jarvis, $127,686 and the championship belt
Event 9 Runner-up: Pascal Lefrançois, $147,383.00
The final hand of the High Roller Event (Event 9)
The players are on a break and will resume heads-up play in a few minutes.
The stack sizes at the break are:
Matt Jarvis: 1,608,000
Pascal Lefrançois: 373,000
Matt Jarvis has doubled through Pascal Lefrançois as they prove that having a deal doesn’t mean that you play any less seriously.
Matt opened the action preflop to 22K, and Pascal raised to 65K. Matt 4-bet to 162K which brought an all-in raise from Pascal.
Matt: 
Pascal: 
The community cards proved safe for Matt: 
and he is now the chip leader.
Only about 10 hands following the player agreement, Darren Elias opened a pot and Pascal Lefrançois raised all-in (he covered Darren at the time). Darren snap called and the players showed down.
Pascal:
Darren: 
The flop was all Pascal: 
and the 
and on the turn and river didn’t change anything.
3rd place: Darren Elias, $137,860.00
The remaining 3 players in the High Roller Event – Darren Elias, Matt Jarvis, and Pascal Lefrançois, have agreed to a deal to reserve $10,000 and the championship belt for the winner and split up the remaining prize pool according to ICM stack values.
At the time of the deal, the players’ stack sizes were:
The new payouts will be as follows:
These new figures will be represented in the final payout table that will be published upon the conclusion of this event.
The players have also agreed to reduce the blind levels to 30 minutes in length. Play continues in level 19.
The remaining 3 players in the High Roller event have opted to pause the clock to discuss a deal. Any deal made must leave 10% of the remaining prize pool (or more), plus the championship belt, to be awarded as the tournament plays out, so it’s taking some time to figure out the exact numbers and come to an agreement, but play should resume shortly.
Event 9 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic is a $10,000 + $400 NL Hold’em High Roller event. The event attracted a total of 66 entries, which generated a prize pool of $640,200.00. This prize pool was be distributed according to the following table.
Note that there was a player deal made at 3 players remaining. They agreed to reserve $10,000.00 and the Championship Belt for the winner and distribute the remaining prize pool via ICM chop. The figures in the following table reflect this player deal.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Kevin | Jarvis | $127,686.00 |
| 2 | Pascal | Lefrançois | $147,383.00 |
| 3 | Darren | Elias | $137,860.00 |
| 4 | Shaan | Siddiqui | $64,020.00 |
| 5 | Kyle | Myers | $48,015.00 |
| 6 | Charles Alexandre | Sylvestre | $38,412.00 |
| 7 | Nicholas | Petrangelo | $32,010.00 |
| 8 | Eric | Afriat | $25,608.00 |
| 9 | Matthew | Marafioti | $19,206.00 |
The 12 levels scheduled for today have been completed, and although all of the players except one were content to keep playing until the end, the choice had to be unanimous so the original schedule will be maintained. Players will return on Wednesday, November 26th t 7:30pm to resume the tournament.
In the last hand of the evening, the chip leader (Shane Flewelling) won a huge pot against Anesti Kocini, leaving Anesti with just 5K in chips.
Players are now counting and bagging their chips to be stored until Day 2.
Event 11 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic is a $500 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha 3 Lives event that started on November 25th, 2014 at Playground Poker Club. It was scheduled to play out over 2 days. The event attracted a total of 41 entries, which generated a prize pool of $19,885.00. This prize pool will be distributed according to the following table.
| Finish | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $7,685.00 |
| 2 | $5,000.00 |
| 3 | $3,000.00 |
| 4 | $2,000.00 |
| 5 | $1,300.00 |
| 6 | $900.00 |
