Two more quick eliminations occurred, as play has been rather loose given a deal was made, and we are now heads-up between Samuel Barre and Zheng-Yi Xie.
Samuel has the current chip lead, holding nearly 3,000,000, while Zheng-Yi has around 850,000 to his name. They are playing for the additional $2,950 left behind after the deal, and a Playground Poker Fall Classic Champion’s Trophy.
Good Luck!
3rd place: Gary Lucci – $22,120
Gary Lucci
4th place: Jeremy Lyons – $18,160
Jeremy Lyons
After the deal was made, we saw Erwan Palanque quickly hit the rail, followed by Jordan M, and with that we are now 4-handed here in Event 12. Here is a look at the current chip counts, as play enters level 25:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Gary | Lucci | 1,710,000 |
| Samuel | Barre | 1,280,000 |
| Zheng-Yi | Xie | 390,000 |
| Jeremy | Lyons | 320,000 |
5th place: Jordan M – $20,960
Jordan M
6th place: Erwan Palanque – $10,370
Erwan Palanque
After a few minutes of negotiations, the final 6 players have come to an agreement. Based on their chip counts, and with some adjustments made, here is what the players agreed to each take home, keeping in mind that the eventual winner will take home an additional $2,950, as well as a Playground Poker Fall Classic Champion’s Trophy:
Congratulations!
The remaining players are negotiating a potential deal, and during this time we were able to get exact counts of their current stacks. Here is how the chips are distributed for the final 6 players, near the end of level 23:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel | Barre | 1,040,000 |
| Gary | Lucci | 874,000 |
| Jordan | M | 804,000 |
| Jeremy | Lyons | 635,000 |
| Zheng-Yi | Xie | 309,000 |
| Erwan | Palanque | 165,000 |
Frank Katana was in the small blind with just over 200,000 when he elected to 3bet shove over Samuel Barre’s late-position min-raise. Samuel committed the extra chips, and they tabled their hands.
Frank: 
Samuel: 
Board: 
Samuel smashed the board, finding a full house and knocking Frank out in the process. He climbed just over the 1 million mark with that pot.
7th place: Frank Katana – $6,350
Frank Katana
Danielle Micallef was amongst the shorter stacks entering this final table, and she waited patiently for a spot to get her chips in. She was only down to 37,000 when she finally took a shot at an unopened pot from late position, finding a call from both Zheng-Yi in the small blind, and Gary in the big blind. Action was checked down to the river, and on a board showing 
, Danielle tabled 
for two pair, but fell short to Gary’s three-of-a-kind with 
.
8th place: Danielle Micallef – $5,090
Danielle Micallef
Samuel Barre opened the action from utg +2 to 40,000, and Jordan M flat called next to act. With only 91,000 to her name, Carla Sabini then moved all-in from the big blind, finding a call from both players. It was checked down to the river, where Carla opened 
, which was no match to Jordan’s on a 
board.
9th place: Carla Sabini – $3,810
Carla Sabini
Francois Goulet took a hit on the first hand of this final table, as he saw nearly half his stack get shipped over to the other side of the table in a coin flip situation, to the hands of Frank Katana. He then played patiently and found a few spots to pick up the blinds and antes, before finally moving in with around 10 big blinds from under the gun and finding a call from Samuel Barre in the big blind.
Francois: 
Samuel: 
The board of 
brought no help to Francois, who ended his Event 12 in 10th place.
10th place: Francois Goulet – $2,770
Francois Goulet
It didn’t take long for Event 12 to go from bursting the money-bubble at 18 players down to our final table of 10 players. This is mainly due to the fact that the bubble was fairly long, and created quite a few short stacks. Once play was in the money, some pressure was taken off these shorts stacks, and we began seeing all-ins left and right.
Here is the final table of Event 12:
| First Name | Last Name | Seat |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan | M | Seat 1 |
| Danielle | Micallef | Seat 2 |
| Frank | Katana | Seat 3 |
| Zheng-Yi | Xie | Seat 4 |
| Gary | Lucci | Seat 5 |
| Carla | Sabini | Seat 6 |
| Erwan | Palanque | Seat 7 |
| Jeremy | Lyons | Seat 8 |
| Samuel | Barre | Seat 9 |
| Francois | Goulet | Seat 10 |
Photographs taken mid-way through the PLO tournament:
