Daniel Mackay eliminated in a huge hand

2014/11/13 9:11pm by
Tournament:
  • 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.

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Down to 18

2014/11/13 8:55pm by
Tournament:
  • 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
Filed Under: Event 1 - Day 3 Tagged With:

Photos of the final 27

2014/11/13 8:30pm by
Tournament:
  • 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.

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Redraw at 27 players remaining

2014/11/13 7:43pm by
Tournament:
  • 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
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Four eliminations

2014/11/13 7:27pm by
Tournament:
  • 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
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Day 3 – Cards are in the air!

2014/11/13 7:13pm by
Tournament:
  • 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.

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Day 3 is set to begin

2014/11/13 6:37pm by
Tournament:

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!

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Event 1 – Results & Payouts

2014/11/13 2:57pm by

With 1,464 entries, Event 1 of the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic had a total prize pool of $191,711.00 which was distributed according to the following table.

Note: At 3 players remaining, the players agreed to a deal. They chose to reserve $10,100 and the champion’s bracelet for the winner, and evenly divide the remaining prize pool ($20,500 each). This prize table reflects the deal reached by the players.

Rank First Name Last Name Prize
1 Mike Lafable $30,600.00
2 Ahmad Baalbaki $20,500.00
3 Bichr Awad $20,500.00
4 Alberto Scuderi $12,800.00
5 Albert Bassal $9,200.00
6 Yves Aubin $7,100.00
7 Isham Yamani $4,800.00
8 Michael Mellor $3,650.00
9 Jason Robineault $2,851.00
10 Stephane Durocher $2,050.00
11 Theo Psihogios $2,050.00
12 Maurice Simard $2,050.00
13 Kaven Fontaine Bernier $1,700.00
14 Alex Chiasson $1,700.00
15 Thomas Harnois $1,700.00
16 Daniel Mackay $1,300.00
17 Robert Di Trapani $1,300.00
18 Jean-Sebastien Labonte $1,300.00
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
33 Todor Petkov $790.00
34 Sylvain Leblanc $750.00
35 Aidan Quin $750.00
36 Robert Piche $750.00
37 Janendra Mahendra Rajah $690.00
38 Patrick David Hu-A-Kam $690.00
39 Real Villeneuve $690.00
40 Denis Scott $690.00
41 Younan Beddaoui $690.00
42 Chris Sarena $690.00
43 Samuel Leblanc $690.00
44 Eric Ranger $690.00
45 Andre Vezina $690.00
46 Andre Dionne $630.00
47 Khaldi Hachem $630.00
48 Heath McAllister $630.00
49 Michael Korovine $630.00
50 Alex Lacroix $630.00
51 Patrick Leduc $630.00
52 Thomas Cohen $630.00
53 Jeffrey Bartlett $630.00
54 Jonathan Thibault $630.00
55 Gregory Thomas $560.00
56 Eric Lacelle $560.00
57 Michel Gelinas $560.00
58 Luigi Fantigrossi $560.00
59 Corey Jackson $560.00
60 Franco Casarcia $560.00
61 Omar Tohme $560.00
62 Jean Rheaume $560.00
63 Adam Cader $560.00
64 Gabriel Jureidini $500.00
65 Jack Curley $500.00
66 Mario Bourassa $500.00
67 Fabrice Levi $500.00
68 Pierre Larrivee $500.00
69 Kevin Peacock $500.00
70 Kevin Bergeron $500.00
71 Paul C Brunet $500.00
72 Maxime Auclair $500.00
73 Pierre-Luc Gaudreau $440.00
74 Daniel Gagnon $440.00
75 Yannick Gagnon $440.00
76 Paul Quenneville $440.00
77 Constantinos Psallidas $440.00
78 Steven Chodjai $440.00
79 Ian Middel $440.00
80 Dominic Perrier $440.00
81 Jason Mottershead $440.00
82 Robert Cote $400.00
83 John Blaha $400.00
84 Wallis Jackson $400.00
85 Daniel Fornara $400.00
86 Bo Yan Shi $400.00
87 Phannasophea Muong $400.00
88 Alex Shing $400.00
89 John Sarantidis $400.00
90 Laurent Kochenburger $400.00
91 Marcel Deschamps $360.00
92 Marouane Tijani $360.00
93 Bernard Poirier $360.00
94 Richard Sysko $360.00
95 Marcel Basset $360.00
96 Andrej Bachynsky $360.00
97 Larry M $360.00
98 Colin Piche $360.00
99 Naim Goulamhoussen $360.00
100 Andre Bilodeau $340.00
101 Alexandre Bedard $340.00
102 Jimmy Durant $340.00
103 Ghislain Veronneau $340.00
104 Scott Sprogis $340.00
105 Daniel Leddy $340.00
106 David Beaulieu $340.00
107 Jonathan Richer $340.00
108 Michael Selliah $340.00
109 Carl Couture $330.00
110 Pierre-Olivier L'Esperance $330.00
111 Rajesh Sharma $330.00
112 Jay Srinivasan $330.00
113 Jason Comtois $330.00
114 Michel Gramigna $330.00
115 Yonathan Moryoussef $330.00
116 Danielle Bonin $330.00
117 Sebastien Vandal $330.00
118 Christian Rho $310.00
119 Ren Zhe Jin $310.00
120 Nabil Maali $310.00
121 Bruce Malcolm $310.00
122 Nicolas Aubin $310.00
123 Corrado Carabetta $310.00
124 Norman Messier $310.00
125 Jamieson Flores $310.00
126 Tristan Girard $310.00
127 Ali Sabrah $290.00
128 Carl St-Jean $290.00
129 Remy Poulin $290.00
130 Julien Sanscartier $290.00
131 Renato Zanai $290.00
132 Karine Clermont $290.00
133 Ronald Parsaram $290.00
134 Hugues Belzile $290.00
135 Andrew Dufresne $290.00
136 Marc-Andre Racine $290.00
137 Dominique Boucher $290.00
138 Darren Phipps $290.00
139 Patrick Helie $290.00
140 Daniel Charette $290.00
141 Sylvain Lacasse $290.00
142 Stefane Godinho $290.00
143 Stephane Levy $290.00
144 Stephen Dias $290.00
145 Eric Villeneuve $270.00
146 Kethees Thanabalasingham $270.00
147 Sebastien Proulx $270.00
148 Frederic Grimard $270.00
149 Gabriel Lessard $270.00
150 Sebastien Levesque $270.00
151 Danny Bettez $270.00
152 Andrei Gongu Grigore $270.00
153 Edward Hakim $270.00
Filed Under: Event 1 - Results & Payouts

Event 1 – Day 3 seating draw & counts

2014/11/13 3:18am by
Tournament:

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
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Photos of the leaders

2014/11/13 2:36am by
Tournament:
  • Level: 26
  • Small Blind: 20k
  • Big Blind: 40k
  • Ante: 5k
  • Chip Average: 750.8k
  • Remaining: 39
  • Entries: 1464


Here is the most recent list of chip leaders in the tournament during the last level of Day 2.

  1. Stephane Durocher – 2.32M
  2. Robert Amireault – 1.34M
  3. Daniel Mackay – 1.2M
  4. Jean-Sébastien Labonté – 2.1M
  5. Jason Robineault – 1.36M
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