Playground regular Bill Kontaratos had a great run in the 2014 WPT Montreal, but he has been eliminated in 30th place by Marc-André Ladouceur.
Bill open shoved from middle position and it folded around to Marc-André on the button, who called the all-in bet of 262K. The blinds folded and the cards were overturned.
Bill: 
Marc-André: 
The community cards: 
contained some small cards, but not the 5 that Bill needed, and he was eliminated in 30th place.
Level 22 has begun after a short break – there will be breaks following each 90 minute level today – and we took the opportunity to update the counts on the leaderboard in the tournament.
Through level 21, Mukul Pahuja, Marc-André Ladouceur, and Samuel Chartier are the three players who have had by far the greatest gains today. Mukul has added 1.1M to his stack, doubling his count to start the day, while Marc-André has added over 700K. Both players were among the chip leads to start the day. Arguably more impressive is the more than 700K that Samuel Chartier has added to the below-average stack he started with on Day 3.
Day 3 is only 2/3 of the way through the first level to be played today and there have already been 9 eliminations! Among those eliminated so far are Yann Dion, Andy Frankenberger, and Todd Terry, as well as Alexis Urli who entered Day 2 with one of the largest stacks in the tournament.
There has been a pay jump for the next few players to be eliminated, who will earn $11,850.00.
Day 3 of the 2014 WPT Montreal is set to begin in about 5 minutes. The players are gathering here at Playground Poker Club – some are enjoying a nice breakfast at The Rail, others have already made their way to the table where dealers are already in place and the players’ bags are arranged at the players’ new seats.
There are still 49 players remaining in the tournament, and today they will play through as many 90-minute levels as required to take the field to just 18 players remaining. Of course everyone still in the event is already in the money (41 players cashed last night after the bubble burst), and the first player to be eliminated today will earn $10,120.00 for his efforts this week.
The remaining field is incredibly stacked with poker talent. Poker legend Antonio Esfandiari is still in the field today, starting the day with 306K in chips, while further up the leaderboard are established pros like Marc-André Ladouceur, Jonathan Jaffe, and Todd Terry.
There are also some experienced Playground Poker regulars still in the field. Philippe Plouffe, Bill Kontaratos, and Ioannis Pentefountas may not be household names, but they all have a lot of big-event experience and the abilities to make a deep run in the event.
There are two other Montreal-based players that warrant special attention. Samuel Chartier spent much of the day yesterday among the chip leaders in the event, and although he has fallen off the pace a little bit, he has both a vast trove of experience to draw upon and a great track record in tournaments here at Playground Poker Club, having won a High Roller event here earlier this year. TJ Ulmer is not very well known in the live poker world, but online he is a true legend of the game. Ulmer has already made one final table in this year’s Fall Classic – we’ll see if he can do it again in the WPT Montreal.
Event 8 was a $200 + $20 NL Hold’em Survivor event held on November 23, 2014 during the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic. There were 128 players in the event, generating a net prize pool of $24,832.00. In a Survivor event, the tournament plays down until 10% of the field remains, and then they each win a fixed prize. In this case there was an additional prize for the 13th place player, because the total field size was not evenly divisible by 10.
Payouts were made according to the following table.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander | Riedl | $1,940.00 |
| 1 | Armen | Afarian | $1,940.00 |
| 1 | Corey | Walker | $1,940.00 |
| 1 | Dan | Hughes | $1,940.00 |
| 1 | Danny | Mccarthy | $1,940.00 |
| 1 | Frederic | Mercier | $1,940.00 |
| 1 | Maxime | Robidoux Labelle | $1,940.00 |
| 1 | Miguel | Goncalo | $1,940.00 |
| 1 | Mihai Christian | Prisecaru | $1,940.00 |
| 1 | Sammy | Chao | $1,940.00 |
| 1 | Stephane | Houle | $1,940.00 |
| 1 | Terry | Forestell | $1,940.00 |
| 13 | Manfred | Gunther | $1,552.00 |
Day 2 of the 2014 WPT Montreal began with 301 players and played through 10 hour-long blind levels. By the end of the day, the bubble had burst and just 49 players remained in the tournament.
Day 3 begins November 24th at 12pm. Play will begin in level 21 with a small blind of 6,000 chips, a big blind of 12,000 chips and a 2,000 chip ante. Blinds on Day 3 will be 90 minutes in length, and play will continue until 18 players remain in the tournament. There has been a full seating redraw for the remaining players and they will begin the day with the following stack sizes.
Counts are provided by players. Chips have been sealed in bags until they are reopened before play Monday.
| First Name | Last Name | Seat | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward | Arnold | Table 63 – Seat 3 | 209,000 |
| Harut | Arutyunyan | Table 57 – Seat 8 | 562,000 |
| François | Billard | Table 64 – Seat 6 | 489,000 |
| Alexandre | Blanc | Table 64 – Seat 3 | 187,000 |
| Jean Francois | Bouchard | Table 63 – Seat 6 | 29,000 |
| Louis | Boutin | Table 65 – Seat 2 | 569,000 |
| Emanuelle | Carpignano | Table 56 – Seat 4 | 155,000 |
| Gianluca | Cedolia | Table 65 – Seat 4 | 454,000 |
| Stephen | Celluci | Table 64 – Seat 5 | 383,000 |
| Samuel | Chartier | Table 63 – Seat 8 | 225,000 |
| Yassin | Choukri | Table 63 – Seat 5 | 80,000 |
| Mathieu | Clavet | Table 56 – Seat 2 | 365,000 |
| Jeremie | Damret | Table 55 – Seat 9 | 589,000 |
| Yann | Dion | Table 64 – Seat 1 | 310,000 |
| Antonio | Esfandiari | Table 56 – Seat 1 | 306,000 |
| Ryan | Fee | Table 57 – Seat 2 | 565,000 |
| Andrew | Frankenberger | Table 65 – Seat 3 | 377,000 |
| Mathieu | Gagniere | Table 56 – Seat 3 | 565,000 |
| Jie | Gao | Table 65 – Seat 6 | 275,000 |
| Nicholas | Gerrity | Table 57 – Seat 5 | 399,000 |
| Max | Greewood | Table 63 – Seat 1 | 152,000 |
| Lonnie | Hallett | Table 57 – Seat 7 | 562,000 |
| Maurice | Hawkins | Table 56 – Seat 6 | 732,000 |
| Edward | Hislop | Table 55 – Seat 2 | 166,000 |
| Philip | Hui | Table 55 – Seat 6 | 909,000 |
| Jonathan | Jaffe | Table 56 – Seat 8 | 698,000 |
| Steven | Kerr | Table 57 – Seat 3 | 163,000 |
| Bill | Kontaratos | Table 57 – Seat 1 | 313,000 |
| Marc Andre | Ladouceur | Table 65 – Seat 8 | 1,071,000 |
| Kevin | Macphee | Table 65 – Seat 7 | 639,000 |
| Craig Dwight | Masley | Table 64 – Seat 7 | 415,000 |
| Maduka | Meragal | Table 55 – Seat 1 | 1,423,000 |
| Jeffrey | Mulder | Table 64 – Seat 8 | 571,000 |
| Sheraz | Nasir | Table 64 – Seat 2 | 766,000 |
| Said | Nehme | Table 55 – Seat 8 | 320,000 |
| Guillaume | Nolet | Table 56 – Seat 7 | 417,000 |
| Mukul | Pahuja | Table 57 – Seat 6 | 1,024,000 |
| Ioannis | Pentefountas | Table 55 – Seat 3 | 253,000 |
| Philippe | Plouffe | Table 63 – Seat 4 | 573,000 |
| Alexander | Richmond | Table 65 – Seat 1 | 213,000 |
| Ratharam | Sivagnanam | Table 55 – Seat 5 | 401,000 |
| Nenad | Sizgoric | Table 63 – Seat 7 | 598,000 |
| Daniel | Suied | Table 57 – Seat 4 | 94,000 |
| Todd | Terry | Table 65 – Seat 5 | 467,000 |
| Phong | Truong | Table 56 – Seat 5 | 213,000 |
| Tim | Ulmer | Table 55 – Seat 7 | 800,000 |
| Alexis | Urli | Table 63 – Seat 2 | 353,000 |
| David | Valone | Table 55 – Seat 4 | 323,000 |
| Brian | Yoon | Table 64 – Seat 4 | 205,000 |
The 2014 WPT Montreal was Event 6 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic. It was a $3500 + $350 NL Hold’em Re-entry event (next day re-entry) with 3 Day 1s. The event attracted a total of 732 entries, which generated a net prize pool of $2,485,140.00.
A total of 90 players will cash in this event, and the prize pool will be distributed according to the following table.
Note that first prize includes an entry in the WPT World Championship at Borgata, which is valued at US$15,400. Based on the exchange rate at which we collected US funds (1.08), this is C$16,632.00, which has been removed from the payout schedule. Therefore, the cash prizes in the following table add up to $2,468,508.00.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan | Jaffe | $446,800.00 + WPT World Championship entry |
| 2 | Ratharam | Sivagnanam | $313,318.00 |
| 3 | Mukul | Pahuja | $201,920.00 |
| 4 | Kevin | MacPhee | $149,340.00 |
| 5 | Samuel | Chartier | $111,820.00 |
| 6 | Guillaume | Nolet | $90,350.00 |
| 7 | Phillip | Hui | $74,800.00 |
| 8 | Lonnie | Hallett | $59,490.00 |
| 9 | Marc Andre | Ladouceur | $44,680.00 |
| 10 | Sheraz | Nasir | $33,080.00 |
| 11 | Edward | Hislop | $33,080.00 |
| 12 | Alexandre | Blanc | $33,080.00 |
| 13 | Maurice | Hawkins | $26,410.00 |
| 14 | Maduka | Meragal | $26,410.00 |
| 15 | Phong | Truong | $26,410.00 |
| 16 | Jeffrey | Mulder | $22,960.00 |
| 17 | Jeremie | Damret | $22,960.00 |
| 18 | Edward | Arnold | $22,960.00 |
| 19 | Jie | Gao | $20,240.00 |
| 20 | Tim | Ulmer | $20,240.00 |
| 21 | Daniel | Suied | $20,240.00 |
| 22 | Nenad | Sizgoric | $18,020.00 |
| 23 | Ryan | Fee | $18,020.00 |
| 24 | Philippe | Plouffe | $18,020.00 |
| 25 | Antonio | Esfandiari | $15,800.00 |
| 26 | Franicos | Billard | $15,800.00 |
| 27 | Gianluca | Cedolia | $15,800.00 |
| 28 | Louis | Boutin | $13,820.00 |
| 29 | Brian | Yoon | $13,820.00 |
| 30 | Bill | Kontaratos | $13,820.00 |
| 31 | Mathieu | Clavet | $13,820.00 |
| 32 | Mathieu | Gagniere | $13,820.00 |
| 33 | Nicholas | Gerrity | $13,820.00 |
| 34 | Steven | Kerr | $13,820.00 |
| 35 | Alexander | Richmond | $13,820.00 |
| 36 | Stephen | Celluci | $13,820.00 |
| 37 | David | Valone | $11,850.00 |
| 38 | Craig Dwight | Masley | $11,850.00 |
| 39 | Ioannis | Pentefountas | $11,850.00 |
| 40 | Yassin | Choukri | $11,850.00 |
| 41 | Yann | Dion | $11,850.00 |
| 42 | Harut | Arutyunyan | $11,850.00 |
| 43 | Todd | Terry | $11,850.00 |
| 44 | Said | Nehme | $11,850.00 |
| 45 | Emanuelle | Carpignano | $11,850.00 |
| 46 | Alexis | Urli | $10,120.00 |
| 47 | Andrew | Frankenberger | $10,120.00 |
| 48 | Max | Greewood | $10,120.00 |
| 49 | Jean Francois | Bouchard | $10,120.00 |
| 50 | Mark | Harding | $10,120.00 |
| 51 | Azim | Popatia | $10,120.00 |
| 52 | Alim | Perales | $10,120.00 |
| 53 | David | Quang | $10,120.00 |
| 54 | Jonathan | Barrette | $10,120.00 |
| 55 | Marc-Andre | Racine | $8,390.00 |
| 56 | Walt | Asatoorian | $8,390.00 |
| 57 | Gary | Lucci | $8,390.00 |
| 58 | Alexander James | Allison | $8,390.00 |
| 59 | David | Barter | $8,390.00 |
| 60 | Scott Jeremy | Clements | $8,390.00 |
| 61 | Joseph James John | Jasin | $8,390.00 |
| 62 | Jorge Ton | Chae Dong | $8,390.00 |
| 63 | Jonathan | Bussieres | $8,390.00 |
| 64 | Kalpesh | Raichura | $7,160.00 |
| 65 | Alberto | Scuderi | $7,160.00 |
| 66 | Tyler | St Clair | $7,160.00 |
| 67 | Daniel | Gagne | $7,160.00 |
| 68 | Xuan | Liu | $7,160.00 |
| 69 | Darren | Elias | $7,160.00 |
| 70 | Scott | Diver | $7,160.00 |
| 71 | Jamil | Wakil | $7,160.00 |
| 72 | Sean | Wilson | $7,160.00 |
| 73 | Francois | Goulet | $6,170.00 |
| 74 | Mike | McDonald | $6,170.00 |
| 75 | Nicholas | Torigian | $6,170.00 |
| 76 | Serge | Cantin | $6,170.00 |
| 77 | Jimmy | Arora | $6,170.00 |
| 78 | Elliot | Smith | $6,170.00 |
| 79 | Alexandre | Lavigne | $6,170.00 |
| 80 | Vincent | Jacques | $6,170.00 |
| 81 | Denis | Cyr | $6,170.00 |
| 82 | Todd | Sisley | $5,430.00 |
| 83 | Jimmy | Lee | $5,430.00 |
| 84 | William | Dunphy | $5,430.00 |
| 85 | Cornel Andrew | Cimpan | $5,430.00 |
| 86 | Rodney | Ramalho | $5,430.00 |
| 87 | Janet | Callaway | $5,430.00 |
| 88 | Michael | Skinner | $5,430.00 |
| 89 | Mark | Darner | $5,430.00 |
| 90 | Paul | Volpe | $5,430.00 |
After an extended period of hand-for-hand play, Anthony Zinno was eliminated in 91st place in the 2014 WPT Montreal.
He started the hand with only 6K in chips. Antonio Esfandiari opened the preflop action with a raise to 12K from the button, the small blind folded and Anthony and Antonio were heads-up in the hand.
Anthony: 
Antonio: 
The flop came 
, the turn was the 
to give Antonio two pairs and Anthony was drawing dead in the hand. The river was the 
.
The rest of the players are now in the money, and judging by some of the small stacks in the tournament the first few payouts should come very quickly.
