Raymond Kay opened from utg to 600K, and was faced with a big 3bet from Lesley Amos in the big blind. He pondered for a moment before announcing all-in, and Lesley made the quick call.

Raymond:

Lesley:

Raymond found some luck, making a straight on the board, and Lesley was sent to the rail in 3rd place.

We are now heads-up between Jean-François Lescadres (15,350,000) and Raymond Kay (11,200,000).

3rd place: Lesley Amos – $22,030

Sitting on the chip lead only a few hands ago, Thomas Wintermans lost two big pots to Jean-Francois Lescadres which sent him home in 4th place.

In the second hand, Jean-Francois made a raise preflop from the small blind, which was called by Thomas in the big blind. On a flop of , Jean-Francois c-bet 550K, which was followed by a raise to 1.3M from Thomas, and finally a shove by the original raiser. Thomas tanked for a few minutes before committing the chips, but found himself far behind.

Thomas:

Jean-Francois:

With no improvement on the turn and river, Thomas saw his 12 million chip  stack evaporate in one orbit.

4th place: Thomas Wintermans – $16,297

We’ve seen very few flops since coming back from the break on this final table of Event 3, as most pots are won uncontested preflop. In a recent hand, Jean-Francois Lescadres doubled up through the chip leader Thomas Wintermans.

Jean-Francois opened to 500K form the small blind, and insta-called when Thomas moved all-in from the big blind.

Jean-Francois:

Thomas:

Board:

With that hand, Jean-Francois increased his stack to just over 7.8 million, while Thomas dropped to around 7 million.

That was the last hand of level 33.

Rick Shamshoum moved in for 2,225,000 from the cutoff, and got a tank-call from Jean-Francois Lescadres in the big blind.

Rick:

Jean-Francois:

The board ( : 4s ) was not favourable for Rick, as it paired Jean-Francois, and he was sent home in 5th place.

5th place: Rick Shamshoum – $12,290

Here is the current chip distribution here on the final table of Event 3:

Final Table:

Seat 1. Jean-Francois Lescadres – 5,700,000
Seat 2. Thomas Wintermans – 11,825,000
Seat 3. empty seat
Seat 4. Rick Shamshoum – 1,325,000
Seat 5. Lesley Amos – 5,075,000
Seat 6. empty seat
Seat 7. empty seat
Seat 8. empty seat
Seat 9. Raymond Kay – 2,600,000
Seat 10. empty seat

With around 15 big blinds, Edward Hislop min-raised from utg+1. Thomas Wintermans 3bet shoved his massive stack from the small blind, and got called by Edward.

Thomas:

Edward:

Thomas came from behind and flopped a flush on the board to continue his rush at this final table, eliminating Edward in the process.

6th place: Edward Hislop – $9,940

Two hands after losing almost half his stack, Michael Malm 3bet shoved his last 1.5 million from the button, following a cutoff raise by Thomas Wintermans.

Michael:

Thomas:

Michael couldn’t improve on the board, and his attempt at a second Playground Poker Event bracelet fell short.

7th place: Michael Malm – $8,250

With just over 1 million chips left, Raymond Kay open-shoved from the cutoff position. Michael Malm made the call from the big blind, committing nearly 40% of his chips.

Raymond:

Michael:

Michael took the lead on the flop, but it was inevitably Raymond who won the hand on the board. Michael now has around 1.5 million, while Raymond climbed over the 2.2 million mark.

After flat calling Raymond Kay’s preflop raise in position, Thomas Wintermans went heads-up to a flop of . Raymond placed a continuation bet of 575,000, to which Thomas responded with a raise to 1,415,000 (holding just over 3 million behind). Raymond took a moment before announcing all-in, and Thomas made a quick call.

Raymond:

Thomas:

The running cards ( ) changed nothing, and Thomas won a pot of over 9.5 million, making him once again our current chip leader. Raymond still holds around 1.5 million to his name.

Thomas Wintermans