With the registration period now closed for the Survivor Event, there were a total of 172 players who bought into the event. With 10% of the field chopping the prize pool, this means that we will have 17 Survivors tonight who will collect $2,910 each, with the remaining $582 of the prize pool going to 18th place.
Photographs from level 7:
A few quick eliminations occurred shortly after the money bubble was burst, and the field was down to 20 players when they were sent on break.
Here are the top stacks as play restarts in level 20:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel | Andelman | 785,000 |
| Marc-Olivier | Carpentier-Perrault | 474,000 |
| Erik | Lemarquand | 420,000 |
| Andrej | Markovinovic | 378,000 |
| Richard | Figiel | 310,000 |
| Steven | Escobar | 290,000 |
Daniel Andelman is on fire in Event 7. He was already the overwhelming chip-leader when play fell down to 26 players, 2 spots away from the money, when he picked up a premium and knocked two more players out, bringing Event 7 into the money.
Adeel Aman Bangash was under-the-gun with 55,000 when he pulled the trigger for all of his chips. Action folded around to Daniel on the button, who announced all-in. The small blind folded, and Roger Lamia made the call with a short stack from the big blind.
Daniel: 
Adeel: 
Roger: 
The 
board stayed clean for Daniel, who added another ~15 big blinds to his name. His stack is up to 765,000, which is more than 4 times the chip average at the moment.
The rest of the field is now in the money! Congratulations!
Event 7 is down to 27 players, spread across 3 tables of 9 players. The tournament structure pays the top 24 players, meaning that the money bubble is just around the corner!
Here are the new seating assignments, as the tournament just went through a redraw:
| First Name | Last Name | Seat |
|---|---|---|
| Kliment | Tarmakov | Table 62 - Seat 1 |
| Manfred | Gunther | Table 62 - Seat 2 |
| Steven | Escobar | Table 62 - Seat 3 |
| Andre | Theriault | Table 62 - Seat 4 |
| Jean Pierre | Hetu | Table 62 - Seat 5 |
| Anthony Robert | Diotte | Table 62 - Seat 6 |
| Scott | Shevlock | Table 62 - Seat 7 |
| Philippe | Bourchard | Table 62 - Seat 8 |
| Ivan Fazal | Karim | Table 62 - Seat 9 |
| Rodney | Ramalho | Table 66 - Seat 1 |
| Spencer | S | Table 66 - Seat 2 |
| Sergio | Iannetti | Table 66 - Seat 3 |
| Stephan | Tabah | Table 66 - Seat 4 |
| Andrej | Markovinovic | Table 66 - Seat 5 |
| Frederick | Mowatt | Table 66 - Seat 6 |
| Robert | Williams | Table 66 - Seat 7 |
| Marc-Olivier | Carpentier-Perrault | Table 66 - Seat 8 |
| Richard | Figiel | Table 66 - Seat 9 |
| Alex | Fiorani | Table 70 - Seat 1 |
| Daniel | Andelman | Table 70 - Seat 2 |
| Erik | Lemarquand | Table 70 - Seat 3 |
| Roger | Lamia | Table 70 - Seat 4 |
| Adeel Aman | Bangash | Table 70 - Seat 5 |
| Said | Michailidis | Table 70 - Seat 6 |
| Mandeep | Chahal | Table 70 - Seat 7 |
| Paolo | Pasquariello | Table 70 - Seat 8 |
| Lawrence | Rabie | Table 70 - Seat 9 |
Event 8 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic has just kicked off, and this is a $300 + $30 No Limit Hold’em Survivor Event. The format of a Survivor is similar to a satellite, in the sense that once the field is reduced to the top 10% of participants, the tournament ends, and all ‘surviving’ players are awarded an even share of the prize pool, regardless of their finishing stack sizes.
Late registration for this event will remain open until the end of the first break, or roughly 9:00pm. 124 players have already registered, but this count is steadily increasing.
Good luck to the players in the field!
As the tournament staff was racing off the T100 chips, the players of Event 7 were given a short break. During this time we did some chip counts, and the table below shows the current leaderboard. Daniel Andelman is in the lead after 15 levels of play, and is the only player above the 300,000 mark, as he holds over 3 times the average stack. Not far behind are Steven Escobar (282,000) and Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault (249,500), while the rest of the field is below 200,000 in chips.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel | Andelman | 315,500 |
| Steven | Escobar | 282,000 |
| Marc-Olivier | Carpentier-Perrault | 249,500 |
| Spencer | S | 191,000 |
| Erik | Lemarquand | 177,500 |
| Giancarlo | Santolin | 157,500 |
| Alex | Fiorani | 147,000 |
| Mandeep | Chahal | 146,000 |
| Victor | Artemenko | 130,000 |
| Roger | Lamia | 127,000 |
Photographs from level 15:
Event 7 has become 9-handed from now on until we reach the final table, which will begin with 10 players. 6 tables remain, and we will be playing down to a winner tonight.
Photographs from levels 13 and 14:
Players have just returned from a short break in Event 7, during which we brought an update on the leaderboard. A few players are into 6-figures, with Spencer leading the way. Here is a look at the current chip leaders, entering level 13:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Spencer | 159,000 | |
| Giancarlo | Santolin | 122,500 |
| Paolo | Pasquariello | 117,000 |
| Kliment | Tarmakov | 111,500 |
| Stephan | Tabah | 102,000 |
| Michael | Selliah | 101,000 |
| Manfred | Gunther | 96,700 |
| Alex | Fiorani | 93,000 |
| Samuel | Barre | 92,000 |
| Roger | Lamia | 90,500 |
Event 6 ended up having a huge turnout, as 290 players showed up to battle it out on the felts in this 50/50 bounty tournament.
When all was said and done, it was Saman Rezvani who overcame heads-up opponent Peter Johnson to claim the win, the $4,580 cash prize, the Playground Poker Fall Classic Champion’s Trophy, and 15 bounties, worth $100 each!
Congratulations!
Event 6 Champion: Saman Rezvani – $4,580
Event 6 Runner-Up: Peter Johnson – $4,000
Peter Johnson
Last Hand of Play
Heads-up play has began between Saman Rezvani and Peter Johnson here in Event 6, with Saman currently holding a 6-to-1 lead in chip counts.
They are only playing for a difference of $580, as a deal was struck when play fell 4-handed. All four players agreed to take $4,000 each, leaving the required $580 difference for the eventual winner, who will also take home a Playground Poker Fall Classic Champion’s Trophy!
The other two involved in the deal were Guillaume Plante and Daniel Bourdon.
