Playground Poker Fall Classic

Altman takes over the lead with one level to go

  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1K
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 70.6K
  • Remaining: 54
  • Entries: 127


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    Brain Altman has recently taken over the chip lead here in Day 1A of the WPT Montreal, as he recently stacked table-opponent Ryan Rivers to climb well over the 200,000 mark.

    Level 10 has just began, and once time runs out in this level, the surviving players will bag and tag their chips onto Day 2.

    Photographs from level 9:

    Mahoney still on top; new leaderboard

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 57.7K
  • Remaining: 66
  • Entries: 127


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    After 8 levels of play, it is still Jared Mahoney who leads the way here in Day 1A of the WPT Montreal. Below is a list of the top stacks, as play enters level 9. Two levels remain before the end of the day.

    First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
    JaredMahoney175,600
    BrianAltman170,100
    Jeremie PierreSarda134,200
    SamuelBarre131,000
    Yann Dion130,700
    RyanRivers118,600
    JeffMadson107,400
    SebastianTejada106,200
    HeldarJunior105,500
    Alexander WilliamKeating99,900
    Steven Martin92,600
    TJ Ulmer88,100
    EddySabat87,900

    Post-dinner Photo Set

  • Level: 8
  • Small Blind: 300
  • Big Blind: 600
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 52.9K
  • Remaining: 72
  • Entries: 127


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    Photographs taken during levels 7 and 8:

    Mahoney the top stack at dinner break

  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 43.3K
  • Remaining: 88
  • Entries: 127


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    Players in Day 1A of the WPT Montreal have just come off their dinner break, and leading the way after 6 levels of play is Jared Mahoney, as he currently sits on 146,925. Only 3 other players have breached the 6-figure mark: Samuel Barre (122,950), Brian Altman (115,775) and John Mcleod (100,700).

    The start of level 7 also meant the end of the registration period, and a total of 127 players have registered for this first flight of the WPT Montreal. Two more flights remain, with Day 1B scheduled at 11am tomorrow Saturday November 14th, and and Day 1C on Sunday the 15th at 11am.

    Here are the top 10 stacks as play enters level 7:

    First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
    JaredMahoney146925
    SamuelBarre122950
    BrianAltman115775
    JohnMcLeod100700
    BennyChen89800
    RyanRivers89650
    AntonioEsfandiari84900
    Steven Martin83900
    Jeremie PierreSarda81600
    MadukaMeragal74350
    Jared Mahoney

    Jared Mahoney

    Pre-dinner Photo Set

  • Level: 6
  • Small Blind: 200
  • Big Blind: 400
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 40K
  • Remaining: 94
  • Entries: 125


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    Day 1A of the WPT Montreal is well into level 6, and there will be a 45-minute dinner break following the completion of this level. The end of this break will coincide with the closing of the registration period for this first of three starting flights, and players therefore have until around 6:20pm if they wish to jump in.

    Photographs from levels 5 and 6:

    Meet the Survivors!

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    Event 8 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic has just concluded, as play fell down to 17 players who automatically even-chopped the prize pool. Terry Forestell was eliminated in 18th place, collecting the remaining $582, while the rest of the ‘survivors’ pocketed $2,910 for their finish.

    Here are the Survivors:

    • Paul Dalrymple
    • Carla Sabini
    • Isham Yamani
    • Hadi Bechara
    • Ward Hewitt
    • Jeremie Bilodeau
    • James Phanyasaeng
    • Steven James Dunn
    • Francis Trudeau
    • Sammi Issa
    • Marco Lang
    • Jean-Francois Lescadres
    • Duy Tan Pham
    • Amir Amini
    • David Jalbert
    • Marc-Andre Osborne
    • Dimitri Tchakarov

    Congratulations!

    The Survivors of Event 8

    The Survivors of Event 8

    Event 7 Champion: Anthony Robert Diotte

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    After a deal was made with 4 players left, Anthony Robert Diotte seemed to have either switched gears, or turned ‘god-mode’ on, as he quickly eliminated opponents Ivan Fazal Karim and Daniel Andelman before finding himself heads-up with a healthy chip lead over Andrej Markovinovic.

    Heads-up play only last around 20 minutes, and although Andrej put up a fight, he eventually found all of his chips in the middle with the second best hand. Anthony opened with a raise to 125,000 from the button, and called the 1,100,000 chip all-in from Andrej.

    Anthony: Ace of Spades 8 of Clubs
    Andrej: Ace of Hearts 2 of Diamonds

    Andrej wasn’t able to improve on the King of Spades 3 of Clubs 5d Jack of Clubs 9 of Diamonds board, ending his deep run in 2nd place. He was the chip leader when the deal was made, and has already secured himself a cool $17,205, while Anthony added $3,000 to his already locked-in $14,515.

    Congratulations!

    Event 7 Champion: Anthony Robert Diotte – $17,515

    E7-7225

    Event 7 Runner-Up: Andrej Markovinovic – $17,205

    Andrej Markovinovic

    Andrej Markovinovic

    Last hand of play:

    E7-7223

    Heads-Up: Andrej Markovinovic vs Anthony Robert Diotte

  • Level: 27
  • Small Blind: 25K
  • Big Blind: 50K
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 2.1M
  • Remaining: 2
  • Entries: 210


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    Event 7 is down to two players, as Andrej Markovinovic is heads-up versus Anthony Robert Diotte. Anthony began heads-up play with a 3-to-1 chip lead, but with ~80BB total in play, it could go either way.

    Congratulations, and good luck!

    3rd place: Daniel Andelman

  • Level: 27
  • Small Blind: 25K
  • Big Blind: 50K
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 2.1M
  • Remaining: 2
  • Entries: 210


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    Daniel Andelman built a massive stack mid-way through the tournament, and it helped carry him into the top 4, where he secured himself over $12K in a 4-way deal. He fell short stack after the deal was struck, and when he was faced with an all-in from Anthony, he called off his stack with two picture cards.

    Anthony: King of Hearts 5 of Spades
    Daniel: Queen of Hearts Jack of Diamonds

    They both paired the flop, but Anthony got the bigger piece on the Jack of Hearts King of Diamonds 7 of Diamonds 9 of Clubs 4 of Spades board to bring Event 7 down to heads-up.

    Anthony currently has a 3-to-1 chip advantage versus heads-up opponent Andrej.

    3rd place: Daniel Andelman – $12,420

    Daniel Andelman

    Daniel Andelman

    4th place: Ivan Fazal Karim

  • Level: 26
  • Small Blind: 20K
  • Big Blind: 40K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 1.4M
  • Remaining: 3
  • Entries: 210


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    Ivan opened his game up a little after the deal was made, however his bluff attempt with bottom-pair was hero called by Anthony and his middle-pair. He was left with 400,000 behind, and min-raised the very next hand. Anthony 3bet, and called the 4bet all-in to find himself in a flip.

    Anthony: Ace of Spades Jack of Diamonds
    Ivan: 5 of Clubs 5 of Spades

    Ivan was poised to double up until the river paired Anthony on a 9 of Spades 2 of Spades 9 of Hearts 3 of Diamonds Jack of Hearts board. Anthony now holds more than half the chips in play.

    4th place: Ivan Fazal Karim – $14,110

    Ivan Fazal Karim

    Ivan Fazal Karim

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