The Survivor is now in it’s 7th level of the night, and the field has dropped from 128 entries down to 87.
Into level 7
2014/11/23 9:54pm by
- Level: 7
- Small Blind: 400
- Big Blind: 800
- Ante: 100
- Chip Average: 29.4K
- Remaining: 87
- Entries: 128
Some counts at the break
2014/11/23 9:42pm by
- Level: 19
- Small Blind: 4K
- Big Blind: 8K
- Ante: 1K
- Chip Average: 255.3K
- Remaining: 86
- Entries: 732
With the players on their last break of the day, we took this chance to do some chip counts. Here are the current chipleaders:
- Maduka Meragal – 733,000
- TJ Ulmer – 669,000
- Jeremie Damret – 648,000
- Jamil Wakil – 636,000
- Samuel Chartier – 608,000
- Mukul Pahuja – 574,000
- Jonathan Jaffe – 560,000
- Sheraz Nasir – 557,000
- Mathieu Gagniere – 518,000
A few other counts:
- Alexandre Lavigne – 34,000
- Andrew Frankenburger – 112,000
- Antonio Esfandiari – 220,000
- Kevin MacPhee – 347,000
- Marc-Andre Ladouceur – 390,000
- Mike McDonald – 192,000
- Philippe Plouffe – 350,000
- Scott Jeremy Clements – 235,000
- Vincent Jacques – 183,000
- Xuan Liu – 182,000
- Yann Dion – 306,000
Some photos leading up to the bubble
MacPhee doubles on the bubble
2014/11/23 8:53pm by
- Level: 18
- Small Blind: 3K
- Big Blind: 6K
- Ante: 1K
- Chip Average: 241.3K
- Remaining: 91
- Entries: 732
In a preflop war between Kevin MacPhee (cutoff) and Brian Yoon (button), Kevin 4bet shoved his 176,000 stack and was snapped by Brian.
Kevin: 
Brian: 
Kevin managed to turn a set on the 
board, and now sits on a healthy stack on the money bubble.
Liu rivers Clements
2014/11/23 7:46pm by
- Level: 17
- Small Blind: 2.5K
- Big Blind: 5K
- Ante: 500
- Chip Average: 219.6K
- Remaining: 100
- Entries: 732
Sitting on 81,000 in the small blind, Xuan Liu 3bet her stack after Scott Clements opened to 11,000 from middle position. Clements, who started the hand with 187,000, made the call.
Xuan: 
Scott:
Xuan was on the brink of elimination, until she paired her king on the river of a 
board. She now has over 30 big blinds, and is in a good spot to cruise into the money.
The Survivor!
2014/11/23 7:15pm by
Tonight is Event 8 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic, and is a $200 + $20 No Limit Hold’em Survivor tournament. This follows a similar structure to a satellite tournament, where play ends once the money is reached, and all remaining (or surviving) players receive the same prize, regardless of their stack size at the time. In this particular tournament, the top 10% of the field will get payed out roughly 10 times the buy-in.
There are currently 84 players registered, and this tournament does have a cap of 100 players, but will be accepting alternates up until the first break.
Good luck!
Top stacks at the dinner break
2014/11/23 7:02pm by
- Level: 17
- Small Blind: 2.5K
- Big Blind: 5K
- Ante: 500
- Chip Average: 211.2K
- Remaining: 104
- Entries: 732
While the players are enjoying a 45-minute dinner break, we’ve tabulated the current leaderboard. Here are the top 7 stacks at the moment:
- Mukul Pahuja – 734,000
- Jeremy Damret – 555,000
- Samuel Chartier – 554,000
- Alexis Urli – 517,000
- Jonathan Jaffe – 508,000
- Gianluca Cedolia – 468,000
- Marc-Andre Racine – 426,000
We are now only 14 eliminations away from being in the money.
Playground Players Club member Jeff Gross eliminated
2014/11/23 5:30pm by
- Level: 15
- Small Blind: 2K
- Big Blind: 4K
- Ante: 500
- Chip Average: 170.2K
- Remaining: 129
- Entries: 732
We just saw Jeff Gross play his last hand of this edition of the WPT Montreal, as he called a check-shove from Rodney Ramalho on a flop showing 
. He turned over 
, but was trailing the 
of Rodney. With no help from the running 
, Jeff was eliminated around 40 spots shy of the money.
Other recent notable eliminations include: Jason Mercier, Benjamin Leblond, Dave Swanson, Shannon Shorr, Chanracy Khun, Ryan Rivers, Martin Rauss, Christian Harder, Timothy Reilly, Pratyush Buddiga.
The money bubble is approaching quickly!
Photographs from level 15
Event 7 Champion: Alex Shing
2014/11/23 3:46am by
Stephane Fortin was in the process of making a comeback in heads-up play with Alex Shing, but was stumped when he fell into Alex’s preflop trap. Sitting on the big blind, Alex completed the 100,000 blind, to which Stephane replied with a shove of 890,000. Alex snap called, and turned over his premium:
Alex: 
Stephane: 
The board ran in favour of Alex’s queens, showing 
, awarding him the pot and the win. He takes home $5,000 for his victory, as well as a Playground Poker Fall Classic bracelet!
Congratulations!
Event 7 Champion: Alex Shing – $5,000
Event 7 Runner-up: Stephane Fortin – $3,600
Last hand of play of Event 7
3rd place: Terry Papadopoulos
2014/11/23 3:28am by
- Level: 27
- Small Blind: 40K
- Big Blind: 80K
- Ante: 10K
- Chip Average: 1.3M
- Remaining: 2
- Entries: 100
Terry Papadopoulos raised to 240,000 from the small blind, and went heads-up to the flop with Alex Shing. With 
showing, Terry moved in his remaining 605,000, which was followed by Alex.
Terry:
Alex: 
The and running cards ensured Alex the pot, sending Terry out in 3rd place.
3rd place: Terry Papadopoulos – $2,900
4th place: Alexandar Copovic
2014/11/23 3:20am by
- Level: 27
- Small Blind: 40K
- Big Blind: 80K
- Ante: 10K
- Chip Average: 833.3K
- Remaining: 3
- Entries: 100
With 325,000 left, Alexandar Copovic moved in from utg, and was called by Alex Shing in the big blind.
Alexandar Copovic: 
Alex Shing: 
With no help on the 
board, Alexandar’s run finished in 4th place.
4th place: Alexandar Copovic – $2,200
