We just saw Pascal min-raise from the small blind, and Darren Elias 3bet to 58,000. Pascal then 4bet to 140,000, but folded after Darren 5bet all-in.

Having earned a small pot earlier, Darren has now taken over the chip lead of this event, but he and Pascal are neck-to-neck around the 700,000 mark.

Day 3 of Event 9 – $10,000 + $400 No Limit Hold’em High Roller is about to start, and there are 4 players still on the hunt for the title, the Playground Poker Fall Classic High-Roller Champions Belt, and of course the $192,060 prize that comes along with it!

WSOP bracelet winner, and WPT Montreal 2012 runner-up Pascal Lefrancois leads the field with 847,500 in chips, but not far behind is Darren Elias, who doubled up twice in the last minutes of play last night to build a stack of 516,000. Matthew Jarvis is still in contention as well, with a stack of 408,500. Matt and Pascal have a lot of history together, as they both ran deep in the 2010 WSOP Main Event, where Pascal finished in 11th place, while Matt made the “November 9”, and placed 8th. On the short end of the leaderboard is Shaan Siddiqui, but with 208,500 (26 big blinds), he still has a comfortable stack to work with.

We will play down until we have a winner today. Stay tuned for our up-to-date coverage!

Good Luck!

Final Table

Seat 1. empty seat
Seat 2. empty seat
Seat 3. Darren Elias – 516,000
Seat 4. Shaan Siddiqui – 208,500
Seat 5. empty seat
Seat 6. empty seat
Seat 7. Matthew Jarvis – 408,500
Seat 8. Pascal Lefrancois – 847,500
Seat 9. empty seat

The Playground Poker Fall Classic High-Roller Champion’s Belt

Day 2 has come to and end, and the 4 remaining players will be back tomorrow at 1pm to conclude this High-Roller Event.

Final Table

Seat 1. empty seat
Seat 2. empty seat
Seat 3. Darren Elias – 516,000
Seat 4. Shaan Siddiqui – 208,500
Seat 5. empty seat
Seat 6. empty seat
Seat 7. Matthew Jarvis – 408,500
Seat 8. Pascal Lefrancois – 847,500
Seat 9. empty seat

Kyle Myers lost a number of chips in this last level, after being bluffed by Pascal Lefrancois, and doubling Darren Elias not long after.

Following a button open by Pascal to 13,000, Kyle moved in for his last 20 big blinds from the small blind, only to get snapped by Pascal.

Pascal:

Kyle:

Come the turn, Kyle had picked up a lot of outs to score a double up, but it was Pascal’s queens that ended up taking the pot on the board.

5th place: Kyle Myers – $48,015

Darren Elias is on a roll here near the end of Day 2, as he just doubled up again, only moments after his previous double.

He got all of his chips in the middle on the turn versus Pascal Lefrancois, with the board showing .

Darren:

Pascal:

Pascal needed an ace on the river to win the pot, but the fell, securing Darren of his double up. He now sits on just over 500,000, good for second in chips, and Pascal still holds the chip lead. The day is minutes from finishing, at which point we will bring you an update on the chip counts going into Day 3.

Darren Elias moved in over the top of Kyle Myers 24,000 bet on a board showing , and after a few moments, Kyle announced the call for around 80,000 more.

Darren:

Kyle:

Kyle had a lot of outs to win the hand with his straight and flush draws, and although he made the flush on the river, that same card improved Darren’s hand to a full house. Darren doubled up to roughly 275,000, while Kyle fell to more or less 125,000.

There is only 15 minutes left before the end of Day 2.

After losing a huge pot to Pascal Lefrancois not long ago, Charles-Alexandre Sylvestre seemed a little off his game, and saw his stack evaporate in two big pots.

In the first hand, he 4bet shoved from the big blind following an open to 12,500 from Darren Elias on the button, and a 3bet all-in from Shaan Siddiqui for 109,000 in the small blind.

Charles-Alexandre:

Shaan:

Board: 

Not long after, he open shoved his remaining 153,000 from the button, only to get called by Pascal Lefrancois in the big blind.

Charles-Alexandre:

Pascal:

With no improvement on the board, Charles-Alexandre was eliminated in 6th place.

6th place: Charles-Alexandre Sylvestre – $38,412

 

Pascal Lefrancois just pulled off the bluff of the tournament, and tabled it for the world to see. Sitting in the big blind, he defended his blind versus an open from Kyle Myers, who was under the gun. On a flop of , he check-raised Kyle to 42,500. He then barrelled 77,000 on the turn, and finally shoved on the river. Kyle went into the tank on the river, and with roughly 250,000 behind, he elected to fold.

Pascal tabled for 8 high, and scooped the massive pot.

Charles-Alexandre Sylvestre has maintained a spot amongst the chip leaders throughout the tournament, but he just ended up on the losing end of a huge preflop betting war. Pascal Lefrancois opened to 11,000 from under the gun, and Charles-Alexandre 3bet to 27,000 from the button. Pascal then 4bet to 71,000, which was followed by a 5bet all-in from Charles-Alexandre and a call from Pascal.

Charles-Alexandre:

Pascal:

The board of brought no help to Charles-Alexandre, who saw 363,000 of his hard-earned chips get shipped over to Pascal. He still holds just over 200,000, good for 40+ big blinds, but Pascal has now taken over the chip lead of this High-Roller event.

Nicholas Petrangelo saw his stack dwindle to 56,000 before he decided to open-shove from middle position. It folded around to Kyle Myers, who made the call from the blinds.

Nicholas:

Kyle:

They both paired the board, but Kyle’s kicker was enough to knock Nicholas out in 7th place.

7th place: Nicholas Petrangelo – $32,010