Below are a few photographs taken during the early stages of Event 2.
3 more eliminated before the first break
Play has been quite wild since the start of this Day 3, and there surely has not been a lack of action thus far!
There were three quick eliminated leading up to the first break, as Jean-Bruno Courcelles, Marc Brisson and Kyler Mosier were sent to the rail after getting all their chips in the middle with no luck, collection $1,310 each.
Players are on a short break, and we are currently working on an update on the leaderboard.
Marc Brisson
Kyle Mosier
Cantin out as Malhotra nearly triples up
Real Cantin was on the shorter end of the spectrum when he moved in with 
from early position. Charan Malhotra re-jammed from middle position with 
and a slightly larger stack, before action folded around to Stephane Houle in the big blind. He looked down at 
, and made the quick call to try and eliminate two players.
As the dealer was pulling out the board cards, Charan was chanting for an ace. He didn’t get what he asked for, however he did find a runner-runner straight on the 
board, which was good enough to earn him a near triple-up.
Real was eliminated in 20th place in the process, cashing $1,130 along the way.
Real Cantin
Aflalo goes runner-runner; Kocini knocks out Boulay
We just witnessed two huge hands develop in the same time, leading to two eliminations.
On table 39, Maxime Boulay opened from middle position to 155,000, and was followed by Siamak in the hi-jack. Anesti Kocini then 3bet up to 655,000, triggering an all-in from Maxime for 865,000. Siamak hesitated for a few minutes before letting go of his hand, and the two live players tabled their hands.
Maxime: 
Anesti: 
With no help on the 
board, Maxime made an exit in 22nd place.
On table 40, Michael Aflalo called the early position raise from Fernand Dionne to find themselves heads-up on a 
flop. Fernand checked it over to Michael, who fired 175,000. Fernand made a quick raise up to 450,000, and then called the all-in from Michael, who had the bigger of the two stack with roughly 1,500,000.
Michael tabled 
and was in very rough shape versus the Qc of Fernand. The turn however brought the , giving both player some draws, and the river 
complete Michael’s runner-runner straight, who yelled out in excitement. He now sits on a stack just shy of 3-million, while Fernand is in line at the cashiers to collect his prize money.
Fernand Dionne
Maxime Boulay
Kerwin Carallo out in 24th
Kerwin Carallo limped into the hand from the cutoff, holding a stack of roughly 500,000. Jeremy Normandin completed his small blind, and Alexandre Chapdelaine announced all-in from the big blind. It didn’t take long for Kerwin to commit the rest of his chips, and the two found themselves heads-up as Jeremy tossed his hand into the muck.
Alexandre: 
Kerwin: 
Board: 
Alexandre had the bigger of the two stacks, and therefore cleaned out Kerwin, sending him home in 24th place.
Kerwin Carallo
St-Laurent, Miron and Leonard next to go
We’ve lost three more players since the redraw, bringing The Wild $150 down to 24 players.
Eric Miron fell to the hands of Siamak, who flopped two pair with 
on a 
to increase his stack close to the 3-million mark.
Patrick St-Laurent lost a flip to Kerwin Carallo, as his 
were heavily outflopped, and quickly drawing dead to Kerwin’s on a 
board. He was left with only 2 antes behind, which disappeared the very next hand.
We missed the action, but Pierre Leonard was also recently eliminated, finishing his run in 25th place, good for $860.
Patrick St-Laurent
Pierre Leonard
“The Queen is Live”
Those were the words voiced by Jason Conforti, as he tabled his hand after calling the all-in of Tanvir Ahmed.
It all started with an open to 130,000 from Jason, sitting under the gun, which was called by Karyn Gemmil from the hi-jack. Tanvir replied with an all-in for 340,000, sending Jason into the tank. After a moment of silence, he slid forward the additional 210,000, and waited for Karyn’s action. She eventually laid down her hand, flashing AJ, leaving the two players to settle this heads-up.
Tanvir tabled the , and was in a good spot to win a 800,000+ pot, as he had Jason’s 
dominated. “The queen is live” said Jason, and just in time it seems, as the board ran in his favour, showing 
.
Jason collected the pot, throwing him over the 1,500,000 mark, as Tanvir took a walk to the cage to collect his $790 cash prize.
While this hand was happening, we lost Dave Pelletier-Bremner on another table, who moved in from the small blind with , but couldn’t overcome the of Stephane Houle in the big blind. Dave also collected $790 for his deep run.
One more elimination before we have a redraw for the final 3 tables.
31 remain going in to Day 3 of The Wild $150
Another day of poker has come and gone here at Canada’s premier poker destination, and we now have our line-up ready for the last chapter of this opening event of the Playground Poker Fall Classic.
The Wild $150, which has become the traditional kickoff event for our series here at Playground, attracted a total of 1,439 entries through four starting flights. 339 made it through to Day 2, of which 135 secured a cash prize, however only 31 remain and will return for Day 3 and the conclusion of Event 1.
Play restarts at 7pm sharp tomorrow, Thursday November 5th, and we won’t stop until an Event 1 Champion has been crowned! Tuned in here to our blog to follow live updates, view photos, and rail the remaining players as they duke it out on the felts, all trying to earn that sweet $34,000 first place prize.
Anesti Kocini is the current chip leader, as he bagged 2,560,000 at the end of the night. He stayed under the radar for the first part of Day 2, but then exploded near the end of the night to take over the lead, knocking out former chip leader Mathieu Boulanger-Vaugeois in the process, and then rivering Charles-Eric Benoit for a 1,500,000 pot in the last hands of the night. He now holds more than an 800,000 chip lead on his opponents going into Day 3.
However with the average stack at almost 20 big blinds, there is still a lot of poker to be played before anything is set in stone…
See you tomorrow!
Anesti Kocini
Kocini in the lead with 2 levels to go
Day 2 is coming to a close, as only 2 more 30-minutes levels remain before the surviving players bag their chips onto Day 3.
As play enters level 25, it is local hero Anesti Kocini who is in the chip lead, however his 1,450,000 in chips is closely followed by a handful of players.
Here is a look at the current top stacks:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Anesti | Kocini | 1450,000 |
| Siamak | S | 1230,000 |
| Jeremy | Normandin | 1170,000 |
| Chico | L | 1135,000 |
| Michael | Aflalo | 1100,000 |
| Karyn | Gemmil | 1090,000 |
| Nicolas | Miron | 1055,000 |
| Jean-Bruno | Courcelles | 1040,000 |
| Charles-Eric | Benoit | 1040,000 |
| Kyle | Mosier | 1030,000 |
| Fabian | Garzon | 990,000 |
| Fernand | Dionne | 920,000 |
| Tanvir | Ahmed | 870,000 |
| Eric | Miron | 860,000 |
9 tables remain
The Wild $150 is down to the final 9 tables of the tournament, as only 79 players remain. Level 23 is underway, which means we have a little under 4 full levels left of play.
Day 3 will begin at 7pm tomorrow night – November 5th – and will play down until there is only one player left, our Event 1 Champion!
Photographs from levels 21 and 22:
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