The High Roller Champion: Matt Jarvis!

With a deal in place – even one that reserved $10K for the eventual champion – it would be easy to assume that 3-way or heads-up play would be less serious that it might normally be. But judging by the play after the deal, that was definitely not the case in this tournament!

When Matt Jarvis took the lead, however, there was no looking back. He played aggressively and Pascal was unable to double back through him and retake the lead – or even to draw level.

On the final hand of the tournament, Matt limped for the first time in the match, and Pascal immediately shoved his last ~340K. Matt called and Pascal’s tournament was on the line.

Pascal: King of Spades 8 of Spades
Matt: Ace of Diamonds 5 of Clubs

The flop of 10 of Clubs 7 of Diamonds 7 of Spades wasn’t helpful for Pascal, and the 10 of Spades on the turn put a second pair on the board, and Pascal needed either a King or an 8 to win the hand. The river was the Jack of Diamonds and the event was over – Matt’s Ace kicker won the hand.

Congratulations, Matt!

Event 9 Champion: Matthew Jarvis, $127,686 and the championship belt

Matthew Jarvis - 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic High-Roller Champion

Matthew Jarvis - 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic High-Roller Champion

 

Event 9 Runner-up: Pascal Lefrançois, $147,383.00

Pascal Lefrancois

The final hand of the High Roller Event (Event 9)

Matthew Jarvis - 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic High-Roller Champion

Updated stacks

  • Level: 21
  • Small Blind: 6K
  • Big Blind: 12K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 990K
  • Remaining: 2
  • Entries: 66


The players are on a break and will resume heads-up play in a few minutes.

The stack sizes at the break are:

Matt Jarvis: 1,608,000
Pascal Lefrançois: 373,000

Jarvis doubles up

  • Level: 20
  • Small Blind: 5K
  • Big Blind: 10K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 990K
  • Remaining: 2
  • Entries: 66


Matt Jarvis has doubled through Pascal Lefrançois as they prove that having a deal doesn’t mean that you play any less seriously.

Matt opened the action preflop to 22K, and Pascal raised to 65K. Matt 4-bet to 162K which brought an all-in raise from Pascal.

Matt: Jack of Clubs Jack of Hearts
Pascal: Ace of Clubs Jack of Diamonds

The community cards proved safe for Matt: Queen of Hearts Queen of Spades 2 of Hearts Queen of Diamonds 3 of Diamonds and he is now the chip leader.

3rd place: Darren Elias

  • Level: 20
  • Small Blind: 5K
  • Big Blind: 10K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 990K
  • Remaining: 2
  • Entries: 66


Only about 10 hands following the player agreement, Darren Elias opened a pot and Pascal Lefrançois raised all-in (he covered Darren at the time). Darren snap called and the players showed down.

Pascal: Ace of Diamonds Jack of Clubs
Darren: 10 of Clubs 10 of Diamonds

The flop was all Pascal: 8 of Hearts 7 of Spades Ace of Clubs and the 9 of Hearts and Queen of Hearts on the turn and river didn’t change anything.

3rd place: Darren Elias, $137,860.00

Darren Elias

A deal has been reached

  • Level: 19
  • Small Blind: 4K
  • Big Blind: 8K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 660K
  • Remaining: 3
  • Entries: 66


The remaining 3 players in the High Roller Event – Darren Elias, Matt Jarvis, and Pascal Lefrançois, have agreed to a deal to reserve $10,000 and the championship belt for the winner and split up the remaining prize pool according to ICM stack values.

At the time of the deal, the players’ stack sizes were:

  • Pascal Lefrançois – 868K
  • Darren Elias – 696K
  • Matt Jarvis – 417K

The new payouts will be as follows:

  • Pascal Lefrançois – $147,383.00
  • Darren Elias – $137,860.00
  • Matt Jarvis – $117,686.00

These new figures will be represented in the final payout table that will be published upon the conclusion of this event.

The players have also agreed to reduce the blind levels to 30 minutes in length. Play continues in level 19.

Pause for deal-making

  • Level: 19
  • Small Blind: 4K
  • Big Blind: 8K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 660K
  • Remaining: 3
  • Entries: 66


The remaining 3 players in the High Roller event have opted to pause the clock to discuss a deal. Any deal made must leave 10% of the remaining prize pool (or more), plus the championship belt, to be awarded as the tournament plays out, so it’s taking some time to figure out the exact numbers and come to an agreement, but play should resume shortly.

Siddiqui eliminated by Lefrancois

  • Level: 19
  • Small Blind: 4K
  • Big Blind: 8K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 660K
  • Remaining: 3
  • Entries: 66


Shaan Siddiqui lost a few chips in the first few hands of this Day 3, and with 138,000 left, he opted for an open-shove from the button. Pascal Lefrancois made the call from the big blind, and they went heads-up.

Pascal: Ace of Clubs Queen of Spades

Shaan: Ace of Diamonds Jack of Hearts

Pascal outflopped Shaan on the 4 of Hearts Queen of Clubs 6 of Hearts 3 of Clubs 2 of Spades board to bring this High-Roller field down to it’s final 3 players.

4th place: Shaan Siddiqui – $64,020

Shaan Siddiqui

Event 9 – Results & Payouts

Event 9 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic is a $10,000 + $400 NL Hold’em High Roller event. The event attracted a total of 66 entries, which generated a prize pool of $640,200.00. This prize pool was be distributed according to the following table.

Note that there was a player deal made at 3 players remaining. They agreed to reserve $10,000.00 and the Championship Belt for the winner and distribute the remaining prize pool via ICM chop. The figures in the following table reflect this player deal.

Rank First Name Last Name Prize
1 Matthew Kevin Jarvis $127,686.00
2 Pascal Lefrançois $147,383.00
3 Darren Elias $137,860.00
4 Shaan Siddiqui $64,020.00
5 Kyle Myers $48,015.00
6 Charles Alexandre Sylvestre $38,412.00
7 Nicholas Petrangelo $32,010.00
8 Eric Afriat $25,608.00
9 Matthew Marafioti $19,206.00

Elias’s 5bet gets through

  • Level: 19
  • Small Blind: 4K
  • Big Blind: 8K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 495K
  • Remaining: 4
  • Entries: 66


We just saw Pascal min-raise from the small blind, and Darren Elias 3bet to 58,000. Pascal then 4bet to 140,000, but folded after Darren 5bet all-in.

Having earned a small pot earlier, Darren has now taken over the chip lead of this event, but he and Pascal are neck-to-neck around the 700,000 mark.

The Conclusion of the High-Roller

  • Level: 19
  • Small Blind: 4K
  • Big Blind: 8K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 495K
  • Remaining: 4
  • Entries: 66


Day 3 of Event 9 – $10,000 + $400 No Limit Hold’em High Roller is about to start, and there are 4 players still on the hunt for the title, the Playground Poker Fall Classic High-Roller Champions Belt, and of course the $192,060 prize that comes along with it!

WSOP bracelet winner, and WPT Montreal 2012 runner-up Pascal Lefrancois leads the field with 847,500 in chips, but not far behind is Darren Elias, who doubled up twice in the last minutes of play last night to build a stack of 516,000. Matthew Jarvis is still in contention as well, with a stack of 408,500. Matt and Pascal have a lot of history together, as they both ran deep in the 2010 WSOP Main Event, where Pascal finished in 11th place, while Matt made the “November 9”, and placed 8th. On the short end of the leaderboard is Shaan Siddiqui, but with 208,500 (26 big blinds), he still has a comfortable stack to work with.

We will play down until we have a winner today. Stay tuned for our up-to-date coverage!

Good Luck!

Final Table

Seat 1. empty seat
Seat 2. empty seat
Seat 3. Darren Elias – 516,000
Seat 4. Shaan Siddiqui – 208,500
Seat 5. empty seat
Seat 6. empty seat
Seat 7. Matthew Jarvis – 408,500
Seat 8. Pascal Lefrancois – 847,500
Seat 9. empty seat

The Playground Poker Fall Classic High-Roller Champion’s Belt

The Playground Poker Fall Classic High-Roller Belt

The Playground Poker Fall Classic High-Roller Belt