St Clair loses his flip

  • Level: 29
  • Small Blind: 40K
  • Big Blind: 80k
  • Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 20.5M
  • Remaining: 13
  • Entries: 1332


After sending over 2 million chips over to Thomas Wintermans a few hands earlier, Tyler St Clair 3bet shoved his last 1,075,000 chips after an early position raise from Rick Shamshoum. Rick made the call, and they were off to the races:

Tyler: Jack of Spades Jack of Clubs

Rick: Ace of Spades King of Diamonds

The flop was looking bleak for Tyler, as Rick paired his king. The final board showed 3 of Spades King of Spades 6 of Spades 6 of Diamonds 10 of Clubs, and Tyler’s deep run ended in 14th place.

14th place: Tyler St Clair – $2,960

Tyler St Clair

Cancari hits the rail

  • Level: 29
  • Small Blind: 40K
  • Big Blind: 80K
  • Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 1.9M
  • Remaining: 14
  • Entries: 1332


Sitting on a short stack of 190K, Al Cancari had little choice but to move all his chips in the middle with any two decent cards. He picked up a marginal hand, and was called by both Raymond Kay and Jean-Francois Lescadres.

The two active players checked it down until the river, and on a board showing 4 of Diamonds Jack of Hearts 2 of Diamonds 3 of Clubs 6 of Diamonds, Jean-Francois wagered 500K. After a moment in the tank, Raymond made the call, and all three players tabled their hands.

Jean-Francois: King of Diamonds 7 of Diamonds

Raymond: Jack of Clubs 2 of Spades

Al: Ace of Diamonds Jack of Spades

Jean-Francois’s flush was the winning hand, eliminating Al in 15th place.

15th place: Al Cancari – $2,960

Al Caranci

Wintermans doubles to take the lead

  • Level: 29
  • Small Blind: 40K
  • Big Blind: 80K
  • Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 1.8M
  • Remaining: 15
  • Entries: 1332


Shortly after eliminating Georges Hallak in 16th place, Thomas Wintermans found himself on the winning side of the biggest pot this tournament has seen so far.

Tyler St Clair raised to 200K from early position, and saw a 3bet from Thomas. He elected to 4bet shove, but couldn’t manage to get Thomas out of the hand.

Tyler: Ace of Spades 2 of Spades

Thomas: 10 of Spades 10 of Clubs

The board stayed clean for Thomas’ pair of tens, showing Jack of Diamonds King of Clubs 4 of Hearts 9 of Hearts Jack of Spades, and he doubled his 2,245,000 stack up to just over 4,600,000. He is now our current chipleader.

Hallak gets outdrawn

  • Level: 29
  • Small Blind: 40K
  • Big Blind: 80K
  • Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 1.8M
  • Remaining: 15
  • Entries: 1332


At 30K/60K/a5K, Thomas Wintermans opened from utg+1 to 125K, and was 3bet by Georges Hallak to 340K. Thomas announced a 4bet all-in, which was quickly called by Georges.

Thomas: King of Spades 10 of Spades

Georges: Ace of Clubs King of Clubs

Thomas turned a straight on the 8 of Hearts 7 of Clubs Jack of Hearts 9 of Hearts 3 of Hearts board to eliminate Georges in 16th place. The blinds went up during this hand, and we are now in level 29.

16th place: Georges Hallak – $2,550

Georges Hallak

Bilodeau gets knocked out in fashion

  • Level: 28
  • Small Blind: 30K
  • Big Blind: 60K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 1.7M
  • Remaining: 16
  • Entries: 1332


Andre Bilodeau was looking at an almost certain double up, when he found himself all-in preflop with Ace of Spades Ace of Diamonds versus the Ace of Hearts Queen of Diamonds of Jean-Francois Lescadres. He was even a 96.5% favourite to win the hand after the 9 of Hearts 8 of Spades 7 of Diamonds flop was brought out. However Jean-Francois managed to catch a miracle runner-runner to win the hand, with the turn and river bringing the Queen of Hearts and Queen of Clubs.

With that unfortunate turn of events, Andre was sent to the cashiers to collect his $2,550 prize for placing 17th.

Andre Bilodeau

Down to two tables

  • Level: 28
  • Small Blind: 30K
  • Big Blind: 60K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 1.6M
  • Remaining: 17
  • Entries: 1332


Event 3 had been reduce to two tables, and here are the current seating arrangements:

Table 31

Seat 1. Andre Bilodeau
Seat 2. Al Caranci
Seat 3. Edward Hislop
Seat 4. Andrew Lalonde
Seat 5. Jmes Danchuk
Seat 6. empty
Seat 7. Raymond Kay
Seat 8. Jean-Francois Lescadres
Seat 9. Terence Lai

Table 32

Seat 1. Georges Hallak
Seat 2. Gregory Katayama
Seat 3. Nicolas Malo Majeau
Seat 4. Rick Shamshoum
Seat 5. Lesley Amos
Seat 6. John Helou
Seat 7. Tyler St Clair
Seat 8. Michael Malm
Seat 9. Thomas Wintermans

Recent eliminations include:

18th: Michel Leblanc – $2,550
19th: Rahman Khakban – $2,260
20th: Vo Victor Ly – $2,260

Photographs taken during level 27

Some quick eliminations

  • Level: 27
  • Small Blind: 25K
  • Big Blind: 50K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 1.3M
  • Remaining: 20
  • Entries: 1332


We are still in the first level of play for Day 3 of Event 3, but we’ve already lost a number of players. Here are the eliminations so far today:

21st: Alexandre Normandin Charest – $2,260
22nd: Sebastien Rioux – $2,000
23rd: Rostand Asselin – $2,000
24th: Joel Moreau – $2,000
25th: Marc-Andre Racine – $1,740
26th: Derek Lerner – $1,740
27th: Tin Tan Lao – $1,740
28th: Stephane Lacas – $1,510

The Final Chapter of Event 3

  • Level: 27
  • Small Blind: 25K
  • Big Blind: 50K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 951.4K
  • Remaining: 28
  • Entries: 1332


Event 3 – the $225 + $25 ‘Frenzy’ No Limit Hold’em Re-entry – is coming to a close tonight, as the 28 players that remain from a starting field of 1332 will battle it out until there is but one left, our tournament champion. The winner will walk out with a $50,000 prize, as well as a Playground Poker Fall Classic bracelet!

Leading the field with an impressive 2,700,000 stack is Rick Shamshoum, a local regular here at Playground Poker Club who has had some deep runs in past series. His most notable score came when he finished just shy of the final table in the Main Event of the Playground Poker Montreal Festival earlier this year.

He is closely follow by Alexandre Normandin Charest, who holds a stack of 2,673,000 chips. These two players have a good lead on the rest of the field, as next on the leaderboard is Jean-Francois Lescadres and his 1,965,000 stack.

WSOP bracelet winner Michael Malm, who also won a bracelet in the Playground Poker Spring Classic earlier this year by winning Event 4 – $500 + $50 No Limit Hold’em, is coming in to Day 3 with a stack of 1,300,000, good for 5th on the leaderboard. His experience is certainly going to give him an edge on the field, as he has been in this situation many times in his career, and knows how to close the deal.

On the shorter end of the leaderboard is online phenomenon and local pro Derek “Derek8” Lerner, who is not to be underestimated. Although he only bagged 331,000 chips after losing a huge flip near the end of Day 2, he is always a force to be reckoned with at the tables, and will certainly make his presence felt today.

We followed Michael and Derek throughout their Day 2, as well as three other players. The graph below shows their chip counts at every stage of the Day, from level 15 through to level 26. Michael’s graph line is in orange, while Derek is in green, and the tournament average is represented in gray.

Day 3 will begin in around 20 minutes, be sure to stay tuned in to the blog for live updates throughout the night!

Good luck!

 

Graph of Player Chip Counts per Level - Event 3 Day 2

 

Event 3 Day 3 – seating draw

There are 28 players left in Event 3 as it enters Day 3, the final day of the tournament. The event has been “in the money” for over a hundred eliminations now, but the players remaining are those that stand a chance to make a big score, at least “big” relative to the $225 + $25 buy-in! The min-cash for every player left is $1,510.00 – and that number goes all the way up to $50K for the winner!

Good luck to all of the players still in the action. Cards are in the air at 7pm.

First Name Last Name Seat Chip Count
Vo Victor Ly Table 36 – Seat 7 536,000
Tyler St Clair Table 35 – Seat 6 1,603,000
Tian Lin Liao Table 36 – Seat 4 801,000
Thomas Wintermans Table 32 – Seat 7 1,278,000
Terence Lai Table 36 – Seat 6 308,000
Stephane Lacas Table 31 – Seat 6 585,000
Sebastien Rioux Table 31 – Seat 3 380,000
Rostand Asselin Table 31 – Seat 4 884,000
Rick Shamshoum Table 31 – Seat 5 2,700,000
Raymond Kay Table 32 – Seat 4 1,286,000
Rahman Khakban Table 32 – Seat 3 603,000
Nicolas Malo Majeau Table 36 – Seat 2 730,000
Michel Leblanc Table 31 – Seat 2 971,000
Michael Malm Table 35 – Seat 5 1,300,000
Marc-Andre Racine Table 36 – Seat 5 702,000
Lesley Amos Table 32 – Seat 5 343,000
John Helou Table 35 – Seat 7 1,275,000
Joel Moreau Table 35 – Seat 3 457,000
Jean-Francois Lescadres Table 36 – Seat 3 1,965,000
James Danchuk Table 31 – Seat 1 645,000
Gregory Katayama Table 36 – Seat 1 583,000
Georges Hallak Table 32 – Seat 6 974,000
Edward Hislop Table 31 – Seat 7 886,000
Derek Lerner Table 32 – Seat 1 331,000
Andrew Lalonde Table 35 – Seat 4 707,000
Andre Bilodeau Table 35 – Seat 1 300,000
Alexandre Normandin Charest Table 35 – Seat 2 2,673,000
Al Caranci Table 32 – Seat 2 800,000

Event 3 Day 2 – end of day counts

Here are the final chip counts following Day 2 of The $250 Frenzy, Event 3 of the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic. 285 players started Day 2, and after 12 levels of play just 28 remain and have qualified for Day 3 on Tuesday, November 18th at 7pm.

In addition to these counts, we’ll publish the seating draw for Day 3 in the morning on Tuesday.

Note that these are unverified player-counted chip counts. All chips have been sealed in bags until they return to play on Day 3.

First Name Last Name Chip Count
Michael Malm 1,300,000
Lesley Amos 343,000
James Danchuk 645,000
Rostand Asselin 884,000
Stephane Lacas 585,000
Jean-Francois Lescadres 1,965,000
Edward Hislop 886,000
John Helou 1,275,000
Raymond Kay 1,286,000
Rick Shamshoum 2,700,000
Nicolas Malo Majeau 730,000
Terence Lai 308,000
Sebastien Rioux 380,000
Al Caranci 800,000
Georges Hallak 974,000
Andre Bilodeau 300,000
Derek Lerner 331,000
Joel Moreau 457,000
Alexandre Normandin Charest 2,673,000
Tyler St Clair 1,603,000
Thomas Wintermans 1,278,000
Michel Leblanc 971,000
Tian Lin Liao 801,000
Gregory Katayama 583,000
Marc-Andre Racine 702,000
Rahman Khakban 603,000
Andrew Lalonde 707,000
Vo Victor Ly 536,000