Daniel Mackay eliminated in a huge hand

  • Level: 29
  • Small Blind: 40K
  • Big Blind: 80K
  • Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 2.1M
  • Remaining: 14
  • Entries: 1464


Daniel Mackay has been eliminated in 16th place after a huge hand between he and Albert Bassal.

Isham Yamani opened the action to 200K from UTG and Daniel 3-bet to 400K from middle position. Action folded around to Albert (SB) and he 4-bet shoved his (covering) stack. Isham folded, and Daniel snap-called by throwing a chip at the 400K he had already put in front of him.

Albert: Queen of Diamonds Queen of Clubs
Daniel: 10 of Diamonds 10 of Hearts

The flop was relatively safe: 7 of Clubs 7 of Hearts 9 of Spades but the turn 8 of Hearts gave Daniel an open-ended straight draw – but the Ace of Diamonds on the river wasn’t what he was looking for and he shipped his whole 2.9M chip stack to Albert, who is now the chip leader in the tournament.

Down to 18

  • Level: 29
  • Small Blind: 40K
  • Big Blind: 80K
  • Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 1.6M
  • Remaining: 18
  • Entries: 1464


The pace of Event 1 has continued to be relatively quick as players continue to be eliminated and make their way to the tournament desk to pick up their payout coupons.

This table lists all of the players who have been eliminated since the beginning of the action today.

Rank First Name Last Name Prize
19 Jeremie Meynard $1,090.00
20 Hassan Hares $1,090.00
21 Yann Beauchamp $1,090.00
22 Samuel Barre $980.00
23 Maxime Auger $980.00
24 Nimer Ltaif $980.00
25 Pierre Gauthier $860.00
26 Nicholas Soller $860.00
27 Jonathan Poulin $860.00
28 Robert Amireault $820.00
29 Khang Can $820.00
30 Arun Kumar Singh $820.00
31 Pascal Roberge $790.00
32 Tina Frascarelli $790.00

Photos of the final 27

  • Level: 28
  • Small Blind: 30K
  • Big Blind: 60K
  • Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 1.5M
  • Remaining: 19
  • Entries: 1464


Here are some shots of the players left after the redraw at 27.

Redraw at 27 players remaining

  • Level: 27
  • Small Blind: 25K
  • Big Blind: 50K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 1.1M
  • Remaining: 27
  • Entries: 1464


Robert Amireault has been eliminated in 28th place which means it’s time for a full seating redraw with the tournament down to 3 tables.

Table 27

  1. Daniel Mackay
  2. Jonathan Poulin
  3. Michael Mellor
  4. Pierre Gauthier
  5. Robert Di Trapani
  6. Bichr Awad
  7. Yann Beauchamp
  8. Thomas Harnois
  9. Samuel Barre

Table 30

  1. Theo Psihogios
  2. Nimer Ltaif
  3. Stephane Durocher
  4. Nicholas Soller
  5. Ahmad Baalbaki
  6. Maurice Simard
  7. Alex Chiasson
  8. Mike Lafable
  9. Yves Aubin

Table 31

  1. Alberto Scuderi
  2. Maxime Auger
  3. Jean-Sebastien Labonte
  4. Hassan Hares
  5. Jeremie Meynard
  6. Kaven Fontaine Bernier
  7. Albert Bassal
  8. Jason Robineault
  9. Isham Yamani

Four eliminations

  • Level: 27
  • Small Blind: 25K
  • Big Blind: 50K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 1M
  • Remaining: 28
  • Entries: 1464


Right out of the box there have been four eliminations!

  • 29th place: Khang Can, $820.00
  • 30th place: Arun Kumar Singh, $820.00
  • 31st place: Pascal Roberge, $790.00
  • 32nd place: Tina Frascarelli, $790.00

Day 3 – Cards are in the air!

  • Level: 27
  • Small Blind: 25K
  • Big Blind: 50K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 915K
  • Remaining: 32
  • Entries: 1464


Play has begun on Day 3 of Event 1 as the 32 players have taken their seats around 4 tables. There was a very slight delay to start the action as tournament staff coloured up the yellow T1000 chips – the smallest denomination now in play are the orange T5000 chips.

Day 3 is set to begin

Event 1 in the Playground Poker Fall Classic has now reached its third and final day. Play will begin in 30 minutes. There are just 32 players left in contention for the championship – and for the big prizes. Tonight one of these players will be taking home $34K – a fantastic first prize for a $150 (total) tournament!

Even though the day is starting with 32 players, there will be a full seating redraw at 27 players. There will be a final redraw at 10 players as the final table is set.

Play tonight is 9-handed, although with 32 players in the field, the tables are currently balanced at 8 players each. Blind levels have gone up from 30 minutes to 40 minutes and blinds tonight will start at 25K/50K/a5K. Blinds levels will revert to 30 minutes once play reaches the heads up phase of the tournament.

Good luck!

Event 1 – Day 3 seating draw & counts

Play in Event 1 began today with 325 players and after 13 levels of play, just 32 players remain. The following 32 players will return for Day 3, Thursday November 13th at 7pm.

First Name Last Name Seat Chip Count
Ahmad Baalbaki Table 30 – Seat 7 1,990,000
Albert Bassal Table 26 – Seat 7 858,000
Alberto Scuderi Table 30 – Seat 6 400,000
Alex Chiasson Table 26 – Seat 5 1,020,000
Arun Kumar Singh Table 27 – Seat 2 530,000
Bichr Awad Table 26 – Seat 6 468,000
Daniel Mackay Table 27 – Seat 1 1,200,000
Hassan Hares Table 26 – Seat 4 476,000
Isham Yamani Table 31 – Seat 8 652,000
Jason Robineault Table 26 – Seat 1 1,029,000
Jean-Sebastien Labonte Table 27 – Seat 5 2,159,000
Jeremie Meynard Table 30 – Seat 1 1,512,000
Jonathan Poulin Table 30 – Seat 5 1,091,000
Kaven Fontaine Bernier Table 31 – Seat 6 145,000
Khang Can Table 30 – Seat 8 553,000
Maurice Simard Table 27 – Seat 4 593,000
Maxime Auger Table 30 – Seat 4 629,000
Michael Mellor Table 31 – Seat 4 770,000
Mike Lafable Table 31 – Seat 1 1,647,000
Nicholas Soller Table 30 – Seat 2 590,000
Nimer Ltaif Table 31 – Seat 3 562,000
Pascal Roberge Table 27 – Seat 8 340,000
Pierre Gauthier Table 26 – Seat 8 500,000
Robert Amireault Table 26 – Seat 3 1,544,000
Robert Di Trapani Table 26 – Seat 2 880,000
Samuel Barre Table 31 – Seat 7 953,000
Stephane Durocher Table 27 – Seat 7 2,493,000
Theo Psihogios Table 27 – Seat 6 1,077,000
Thomas Harnois Table 31 – Seat 2 558,000
Tina Frascarelli Table 30 – Seat 3 285,000
Yann Beauchamp Table 31 – Seat 5 930,000
Yves Aubin Table 27 – Seat 3 815,000