Welcome to the 2014 Fall Classic
Welcome to the official Event Blog for the Playground Poker Fall Classic 2014 including the WPT Montreal! This Event Blog is a central hub where you can get event information, photos, tournament updates and other material and follow the entire Playground Poker Fall Classic 2014 from beginning to end. What you'll find here … [Read more...]
News & Updates
WPT Montreal ($3500 + $350 NL Hold’em Re-entry)
2014 WPT Montreal Champion: Jonathan Jaffe!
2014/11/26 23:38
Jonathan Jaffe finished runner-up in the 2008 WPT – World Poker Finals – in Mashantucket, and was determined not to finish in second place again. He came in to the final table as the chip leader, and although he saw his stack swing throughout the night, he inevitably found himself with all of the chips […]
Heads-up continues…
2014/11/26 21:18
After a short break, the players are back to resume the heads-up battle, with Jonathan Jaffe (11,525,000) slightly in the lead over Ratharam Sivagnanam (10,400,000).
WPT Montreal – Heads-Up
2014/11/26 19:43
We are now heads-up between Jonathan Jaffe (16,000,000) and Ratharam Sivagnanam (5,935,000) in the 2014 WPT Montreal!
3rd place: Mukul Pahuja
2014/11/26 18:39
Mukul Pahuja has had a lot of success here in Montreal, as he finished 2nd in last years WPT Montreal. He was trying to improve on that result this year, but ended up falling a little short of his goal, placing in 3rd out of the 732 player starting field. In the last hand, Mukul […]
4th place: Kevin MacPhee
2014/11/26 17:34
The WPT Montreal final table has just dropped to it’s final three players, as Kevin MacPhee was just eliminated by Jonathan Jaffe. Kevin 3-bet his last 1,795,000 from the small blind, after Jonathan opened to 215,000 from the button, and found a call. Kevin: Jonathan: Jonathan had Kevin drawing dead by the turn, as the […]
Event 9 – High Roller ($10000 + $400 NL Hold’em)
The High Roller Champion: Matt Jarvis!
2014/11/26 16:10
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 […]
Updated stacks
2014/11/26 15:19
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
2014/11/26 15:05
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: Pascal: The community cards proved safe for Matt: and […]
3rd place: Darren Elias
2014/11/26 14:34
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: Darren: The flop was all Pascal: and the and on the turn and river didn’t change anything. 3rd place: Darren Elias, $137,860.00
A deal has been reached
2014/11/26 14:20
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: […]
Playground Poker Fall Classic News
2014 WPT Montreal Champion: Jonathan Jaffe!
2014/11/26 23:38
Jonathan Jaffe finished runner-up in the 2008 WPT – World Poker Finals – in Mashantucket, and was determined not to finish in second place again. He came in to the final table as the chip leader, and although he saw his stack swing throughout the night, he inevitably found himself with all of the chips […]
WPT Montreal – Heads-Up
2014/11/26 19:43
We are now heads-up between Jonathan Jaffe (16,000,000) and Ratharam Sivagnanam (5,935,000) in the 2014 WPT Montreal!
The High Roller Champion: Matt Jarvis!
2014/11/26 16:10
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 […]
High Roller – Day 2 seating draw & chip counts
2014/11/25 05:23
Event 9 in the Playground Poker Fall Classic is the High Roller event, a $10,000 + $400 NL Hold’em event that will run over 3 days. Day 1 is complete after 8 full levels of play and of the 66 players who started the event, exactly 33 remain. The tournament will resume at 1pm on […]
Photos – Break #1
2014/11/24 21:01
The first break in Event 10 is approaching and there are 185 players in the tournament with registration open until the end of the break. Here are some photos of the players in the tournament taken during the first few levels.
