Andre Bilodeau was looking at an almost certain double up, when he found himself all-in preflop with 
versus the 
of Jean-Francois Lescadres. He was even a 96.5% favourite to win the hand after the 
flop was brought out. However Jean-Francois managed to catch a miracle runner-runner to win the hand, with the turn and river bringing the 
and 
.
With that unfortunate turn of events, Andre was sent to the cashiers to collect his $2,550 prize for placing 17th.
Event 3 had been reduce to two tables, and here are the current seating arrangements:
Table 31
Seat 1. Andre Bilodeau
Seat 2. Al Caranci
Seat 3. Edward Hislop
Seat 4. Andrew Lalonde
Seat 5. Jmes Danchuk
Seat 6. empty
Seat 7. Raymond Kay
Seat 8. Jean-Francois Lescadres
Seat 9. Terence Lai
Table 32
Seat 1. Georges Hallak
Seat 2. Gregory Katayama
Seat 3. Nicolas Malo Majeau
Seat 4. Rick Shamshoum
Seat 5. Lesley Amos
Seat 6. John Helou
Seat 7. Tyler St Clair
Seat 8. Michael Malm
Seat 9. Thomas Wintermans
Recent eliminations include:
18th: Michel Leblanc – $2,550
19th: Rahman Khakban – $2,260
20th: Vo Victor Ly – $2,260
Photographs taken during level 27
We are still in the first level of play for Day 3 of Event 3, but we’ve already lost a number of players. Here are the eliminations so far today:
21st: Alexandre Normandin Charest – $2,260
22nd: Sebastien Rioux – $2,000
23rd: Rostand Asselin – $2,000
24th: Joel Moreau – $2,000
25th: Marc-Andre Racine – $1,740
26th: Derek Lerner – $1,740
27th: Tin Tan Lao – $1,740
28th: Stephane Lacas – $1,510
Event 3 – the $225 + $25 ‘Frenzy’ No Limit Hold’em Re-entry – is coming to a close tonight, as the 28 players that remain from a starting field of 1332 will battle it out until there is but one left, our tournament champion. The winner will walk out with a $50,000 prize, as well as a Playground Poker Fall Classic bracelet!
Leading the field with an impressive 2,700,000 stack is Rick Shamshoum, a local regular here at Playground Poker Club who has had some deep runs in past series. His most notable score came when he finished just shy of the final table in the Main Event of the Playground Poker Montreal Festival earlier this year.
He is closely follow by Alexandre Normandin Charest, who holds a stack of 2,673,000 chips. These two players have a good lead on the rest of the field, as next on the leaderboard is Jean-Francois Lescadres and his 1,965,000 stack.
WSOP bracelet winner Michael Malm, who also won a bracelet in the Playground Poker Spring Classic earlier this year by winning Event 4 – $500 + $50 No Limit Hold’em, is coming in to Day 3 with a stack of 1,300,000, good for 5th on the leaderboard. His experience is certainly going to give him an edge on the field, as he has been in this situation many times in his career, and knows how to close the deal.
On the shorter end of the leaderboard is online phenomenon and local pro Derek “Derek8” Lerner, who is not to be underestimated. Although he only bagged 331,000 chips after losing a huge flip near the end of Day 2, he is always a force to be reckoned with at the tables, and will certainly make his presence felt today.
We followed Michael and Derek throughout their Day 2, as well as three other players. The graph below shows their chip counts at every stage of the Day, from level 15 through to level 26. Michael’s graph line is in orange, while Derek is in green, and the tournament average is represented in gray.
Day 3 will begin in around 20 minutes, be sure to stay tuned in to the blog for live updates throughout the night!
Good luck!
Already more than 100 players have been eliminated out of Day 1 of Event 4, and the field is now down to 165 players. The tournament is now being played 9-handed, with still 6 more 45-minute levels to go before the end of Day 1.
The tournament staff is currently preparing itself for tonight’s 50/50 Bounty event, which is a $100 + $20 + $100 No Limit Hold’em event. It is schedule to start at 7:30pm, be sure not to miss this bracelet event!
Photographs from levels 7 and 8
Level 5 has just finished here in Day 1 of Event 4 – The WPT Warm-Up, and there will be a short break after this next level. We’ve already seen a few notables hit the rail, such as Christopher McClung, Laurence Grondin, Ankush Mandavia, Kevin MacPhee, Will Molson, Jonathan Roy, Patrick Braga, Rayan Chamas, Jean-Philippe Piquette, and Ami Alibay.
Level 5 photographs
With 10 minutes left in this last level of play of Day 2, the Tournament Director has announced that only 5 hands remain until the tournament goes on break until tomorrow. Once these have been completed, the remaining players will bag and tag their chips on to Day 3, which will be the final chapter of Event 3.
We will be bringing you the final chip counts, as well as the seating arrangements for Day 3, shortly after the completion of the day.
Day 2 of Event 3 is nearing completion, with around a level and a half left to go before it goes on pause until Day 3. The surviving players will be back for the conclusion of the tournament tomorrow night, at 7pm. Blinds will switch to 40-minute levels, and we will play down until there is a champion.
Tomorrow is also Day 1 of Event 4 – $1,100 No limit Hold’em ‘Warm-Up’, which is scheduled for 12pm. This being the first big buy-in event of the series, we are expecting to see a few notables players begin making their appearance at this 2014 edition of the Playground Poker Fall Classic.
In addition, there is also Event 5 – $100 + $20 + $100 No Limit Hold’em ’50/50′ Bounty – which is scheduled to start at 7:30pm.
Level 24 photographs
Play has just entered level 23 here in Day 2 of Event 3, and 3 players are holding stacks that amount to more than 1 million in chips. Here is the look at the top 5 stacks:
Day 2 will conclude upon the completion of 4 more levels.
Some level 22 photographs
Vince Dwyer had his opponent Rostand Asselin right where he wanted, but ran into some unfortunate luck to get eliminated from Event 3.
Both players, who started the hand with fairly even stacks, found themselves with all their chips in the middle on a board showing 
. Vince and his 
were far ahead of Rostand’s , but the turn and river changed all that, as two hearts fell (
) to improve Rostand’s hand to the nut flush. Rostand collected what was the biggest pot so far in the tournament, and he now sits somewhere over the 1.4M chip mark, making him our current chip leader.
We will be back shortly with a more detailed leaderboard.
