After some negotiations, the final 4 players of Event 7 decided to make a deal. The tournament requires $3,000 to be left for the eventual winner, who also takes home a Playground Poker Fall Classic, and they split the rest of the prize pool based on a chip-chop.

Here is what each player has locked in, with an additional $3,000 reserved for the tournament champion:

• Andrej Markoviniovic: $17,205
• Anthony Robert Diotte: $14,515
• Ivan Fazal Karim: $14,110
• Daniel Andelman: $12,420

Play continues….

Moments after losing half of his stack to Daniel Andelman the hand before, Frederick Mowatt announced an all-in from under the gun for 295,000. Ivan Fazal Karim meticulously cut out calling chips and slowly slid them forward next to act, and the rest of the table got out of the way.

Frederick:

Ivan:

Frederick almost made a flush to win the hand, but inevitably fell short to place in 5th, as the board read .

Here are the chip counts of the final 4 players:

5th place: Frederick Mowatt – $6,160

Frederick Mowatt

Anthony Robert Diotte has just taken over the chip lead of this final table, doubling through former chip leader Andrej Markovinovic.

Anothony raised to 75,000 from the button, and then called the 3bet all-in from Andrej in the big blind.

Anthony:
Andrej:

Andrej needed a lot of help if he wanted to win this one, and the board was not the one he was looking for. Anthony slid forward his stack, and Andrej payed out 550,000, bringing his stack down to around 1.1 million.

Here is an update on the chip counts, as play enters level 25:

Lawrence Rabie played a very patient game on this final table. He arrived as the short stack, and waited for the opportune moment to move his last few big blinds into the middle. It seems it never came, and he was forced to try a different route. In an unopened pot, he moved in for 7 big blinds, and found a call from Ivan Fazal Karim in the blinds.

Lawrence:
Ivan:

Board:

7th place: Lawrence Rabie – $4,090

Lawrence Rabie

Erik Lemarquand came to this final table as the chip leader, but two quick losses to table-opponent Andrej Markovinovic left him as one of the short stacks. He stayed patient for a few orbits before finally taking advantage of an unopened pot to move his 10 big blind stack in. He was called by Frederick Mowatt.

Erik:

Frederick:

Erik picked up a flush draw on the flop, but running brick-brick sent him home, as the board showed .

8th place: Erik Lemarquand – $3,270

Erik Lemarquand

Sergio Iannetti opened with a raise to 60,000 from utg+1, and Andrej Markovinovic followed up with a 3bet to 140,000 from the hi-jack position. Play folded around back to Sergio, who moved his remaining 360,000 stack into the middle, an action quickly called by Andrej.

Sergio:
Andrej:

Board:

Andrej’s pair of queens held on for the win, as he extended his chip lead on this final table, climbing over 1.6 million in chips.

9th place: Sergio Iannetti – $2,450

Sergio Iannetti

We’ve lost a few more players in Event 7, brining this field down to 2 final tables. Here are the seating assignments of the remaining 18 players: