Maduka Meragal was on the shorter end of the leaderboard when he got all his chips in preflop versus Kevin MacPhee.
Maduka: 
Kevin: 
Kevin made a running straight on the 
board, adding around 600,000 new chips to his stack, and eliminating Maduka in the process.
14th place: Maduka Meragal – $26,410
Phong Truong was eliminated on the first hand back form break, as he 3bet shoved from the big blind after Jonathan Jaffe opened to 70,000 from utg+1.
Phong: 
Jonathan: 
Jonathan’s jacks held on the 
board, sending Phong to the rail in 15th place.
15th place: Phong Troung – $26,410
With Day 4 of the WPT Montreal now on a short break, we took this chance to update the chip counts. Here is the distribution:
Table 61
Seat 1. Jonathan Jaffe – 2,465,000
Seat 2. Maurice Hawkins – 760,000
Seat 3. Alexandre Blanc – 800,000
Seat 4. Mukul Pahuja – 1,800,000
Seat 5. empty seat
Seat 6. Samuel Chartier – 1,530,000
Seat 7. empty seat
Seat 8. Phong Truong – 620,000
Seat 9. Lonnie Hallett – 1,245,000
Table 62
Seat 1. Kevin MacPhee – 1,915,000
Seat 2. Philip Hui – 1,035,000
Seat 3. Sheraz Nasir – 715,000
Seat 4. empty seat
Seat 5. Guillaume Nolet – 3,015,000
Seat 6. Marc-Andre Ladouceur – 1,455,000
Seat 7. Maduke Meragal – 860,000
Seat 8. Ratharam Sivagnanam – 2,275,000
Seat 9. Edward Hislop – 1,365,000
Jeffrey Mulder opened to 50,000 from the button, and Samuel Chartier 3bet to 146,000 from the small blind. Heads-up on the 
flop, Samuel lead out for 95,000, and called Jeffrey’s raise to 225,000. The turn brought the , and Samuel rapped the table for a check, which was followed by a quick check by Jeffrey. On the river , Samuel checked once again, to which Jeffrey replied with a bet of 240,000. Samuel went into the tank for a minute before announcing the call, and Jeffrey threw his hand into the muck. Samuel tabled 
for ace-high, and took the massive pot. Jeffrey was crippled to just under 275,000.
Samuel Chartier sniffs out a bluff
In a few moments, Day 2 of Event 9 – $10,000 + $400 No Limit Hold’em High-Roller will begin. We saw 66 players register in this 3-day tournament, including many big names in the poker world such as Jason Mercier, Scott Clements, the Greenwood brothers (Lucas, Max and Samuel), Mike Yeah, Eugene Katchelov, just to name a few.
33 players have made it through to day 2, and play is scheduled for 10 levels of 1-hour today. Leading the field is WSOP-bracelet and WSOP-C ring winner Charles-Alexandre Sylvestre, who bagged an impressive 291,250 chips yesterday. Darren Elias is not too far behind, with 219,250 chips, and the rest of the field falls below the 120,000 mark. With blinds starting at 400/800/a100 today, there is still a lot of poker to be played!
Stay tuned as we will be bringing you up-to-date coverage on this Event!
Good Luck!
6 levels have come and gone here in Event 8 – High-Roller, and with late registration now closed, we saw a total of 66 players take their seats today. Here are the current chip leaders, and their approximate counts:
Day 1 of this event will conclude upon the completion of two more levels, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1pm for Day 2.
The High-Roller event is now mid-way through level 6, which means late registration will be closing soon. Players have until the end of the break after this level to jump in, so don’t miss your chance to participate in this unique event!
Photographs from level 5
The High-Rollers are back from their second break of the night, and the field is lead by the following three players:
Registration will remain open for 2 more levels.
It’s Monday night, and do you know what that means? That’s right, it’s time for another fan-favorite 6-max tournament here at Playground Poker Club!
In around 15 minutes, Event 10 – $300 + $30 No Limit Hold’em 6-Max will begin, and the room is quickly filling up with players – both local and from out of town. Attendance is up to 73 players so far, but with late registration open through until the start of level 5, we can expect to see this number get considerably larger.
Good luck to all the players participating in tonights event!
Event 9 – $10,000 + $400 is now up to 61 total entries! The most recent players to buy-in to this star-studded field are Scott Clements, Jason Mercier and Christian Harder, who have just taken their seats moments ago.
Registration will remain open for just under 3 more hours, up until the end of the break following level 6.
