Mukul Pahuja, who placed 2nd in this event last year and has been among the chip leaders since Day 2, has just taken big hit to his stack. On a board reading 
, Alexandre Blanc check-raised Mukul to 225K after Mukul opened to 105K. Mukul called the bet and the river was dealt: 
. Alexandre led out with an all-in bet and Mukul called.
Alexandre: 
Mukul: 
Mukul is now down to about 800K in chips as he attempts to make the final table for a second year in a row.
Alexandre Blanc
Three more players have been eliminated as Frank Bruno, Micah Raskin, and Shannon Shorr have all hit the rail in the tournament. As we mentioned earlier, the redraw will be at 24 players remaining not 27, as the tournament is being played 8-handed.
The High Roller tournament has been reduced to 4 tables as Brian Rast (who started the day with just 800 chips) was eliminated in the same hand as Pratyush Buddiga. This brought the tournament to 31 players and table 66 was closed and its remaining players distributed throughout the field.
The next scheduled redraw will take place at 24 players remaining (play is 8-handed in this event).
Alexandre Blanc opened the action in the hand by raising all-in preflop from middle position, and Jeffrey Mulder called with his shorter stack from the cutoff. The blinds folded and the cards were exposed.
Alexandre: 
Jeffrey: 
Two clubs on the 
flop gave Jeffrey a glimmer of hope, and the turn 
was even more hopeful… but the 
on the river ended Jeffrey’s run in the WPT Montreal
16th place: Jeffrey Mulder, $22,960.00
It seemed like a pretty normal steal attempt, small on big, but when Jeremie Damret called Samuel Chartier’s shove his tournament life was at risk.
Samuel: 
Jeremie: 
Samuel’s Ace-high was ahead and the board runout of 
was no help to Jeremie.
17th place: Jeremie Damret, $22,960.00
Edward Arnold has been eliminated in 18th place in the first major hand of the day.
With a lot of chips already in a 4-way pot, Edward went all-in on the flop of 
. One player folded, and then Ratharam Sivagnanam went all-in over the top – and as soon as he did, Kevin MacPhee jammed as well.
Edward: 
Ratharam: 
Kevin: 
Kevin had flopped middle set while Edward had bottom set. Rotherham’s pair improved to a set on the turn 
, but Kevin’s pocket 88 was still better, and the 
didn’t change that.
So Edward is out of the tournament and Kevin has a great triple (or close) to start the day.
The 18 players remaining in the 2014 WPT Montreal have taken their seats and cards are now in the air. There are 6 minutes remaining in level 23 as play begins.
Event 10 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic was a $300 + $30 NL Hold’em 6-Max event held on November 24th, 2014 at Playground Poker Club. The event attracted a total of 188 entries, which generated a prize pool of $54,708.00. This prize pool was distributed according to the following table.
Note that there was a player deal made at 6 players remaining. They chose to reserve $2,500 and the bracelet for the winner and distribute the rest of the remaining prize pool according to chip counts when the deal was made. The prize payouts in the following table reflect this player deal.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali | Awada | $7,235.00 |
| 2 | Bill | Kontaratos | $5,525.00 |
| 3 | Mathieu | Leclerc | $8,425.00 |
| 4 | Corey | Walker | $7,545.00 |
| 5 | Kathy | Sawers | $7,995.00 |
| 6 | Adam | Hamaoui | $5,263.00 |
| 7 | Ben | Battat | $2,220.00 |
| 8 | Armah | Attoh | $1,660.00 |
| 9 | Mathyeu | Provost | $1,240.00 |
| 10 | Trevor | Pettes | $1,000.00 |
| 11 | Talal | Shoush | $1,000.00 |
| 12 | Philip | Foley | $850.00 |
| 13 | Victor | Adams | $850.00 |
| 14 | Andreas | Kanakis | $750.00 |
| 15 | Martin | McManus | $750.00 |
| 16 | Eric | Benhamron | $650.00 |
| 17 | Thi | Nguyen | $650.00 |
| 18 | Jonathan | Barrette | $550.00 |
| 19 | Kimberley | Peacock | $550.00 |
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 will be distributed according to the following table.
| Finish | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $192,060.00 |
| 2 | $134,442.00 |
| 3 | $86,427.00 |
| 4 | $64,020.00 |
| 5 | $48,015.00 |
| 6 | $38,412.00 |
| 7 | $32,010.00 |
| 8 | $25,608.00 |
| 9 | $19,206.00 |
Event 9 in the Playground Poker Fall Classic is the High Roller event, a $10,000 + $400 NL Hold’em event that will run over 3 days. Day 1 is complete after 8 full levels of play and of the 66 players who started the event, exactly 33 remain.
The tournament will resume at 1pm on November 25th. There has been a full seating redraw – when play resumes in level 9 the players will take their seats as per this table. The chip counts included are provided by players when they sealed the chips in bags. Bags will be unsealed by players when they return for the start of Day 2.
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| First Name | Last Name | Seat | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | Afriat | Table 66 – Seat 4 | 47,000 |
| Frank | Bruno | Table 68 – Seat 1 | 12,575 |
| Pratyush | Buddiga | Table 70 – Seat 3 | 13,800 |
| Stephen | Cellucci | Table 66 – Seat 5 | 49,400 |
| Scott Jeremy | Clements | Table 69 – Seat 4 | 63,450 |
| Philippe | D'Auteuil | Table 66 – Seat 6 | 36,175 |
| Yann | Dion | Table 70 – Seat 2 | 73,925 |
| Connor Joseph | Drinan | Table 68 – Seat 5 | 61,550 |
| Robert Logan | Dunn | Table 68 – Seat 4 | 15,700 |
| Darren | Elias | Table 69 – Seat 5 | 219,250 |
| Jean-Manuel | Estrala | Table 70 – Seat 1 | 60,000 |
| Lucas | Greenwood | Table 64 – Seat 3 | 108,000 |
| Samuel | Greenwood | Table 64 – Seat 4 | 31,025 |
| Max | Greewood | Table 64 – Seat 1 | 40,700 |
| Christian | Harder | Table 64 – Seat 2 | 20,325 |
| Doug | Hartwick | Table 70 – Seat 6 | 11,300 |
| Matthew Kevin | Jarvis | Table 66 – Seat 2 | 66,500 |
| Eugene | Katchelov | Table 69 – Seat 1 | 49,125 |
| Danny | Lauzon | Table 68 – Seat 7 | 35,400 |
| Pascal | Lefrancois | Table 69 – Seat 3 | 119,100 |
| Matthew | Marafioti | Table 68 – Seat 6 | 29,575 |
| Jason | Mercier | Table 64 – Seat 5 | 19,450 |
| Robert | Mero | Table 69 – Seat 2 | 74,800 |
| Kyle | Myers | Table 69 – Seat 6 | 30,350 |
| Nicholas | Petrangelo | Table 66 – Seat 3 | 50,000 |
| Danny | Qutami | Table 68 – Seat 3 | 101,450 |
| Micah | Raskin | Table 70 – Seat 5 | 23,025 |
| Brian | Rast | Table 64 – Seat 6 | 800 |
| Shannon | Shorr | Table 68 – Seat 2 | 36,950 |
| Shaan | Siddiqui | Table 64 – Seat 7 | 120,200 |
| Charles Alexandre | Sylvestre | Table 66 – Seat 1 | 291,250 |
| Michael | Watson | Table 70 – Seat 4 | 31,375 |
| Richard | Wierzba | Table 66 – Seat 7 | 37,075 |
