Playground Poker Fall Classic

The Second Chance Champion: Benny Chen

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The Second Chance of The Playground Poker Fall Classic attracted 136 players, of which 22 survived Day 1 to return today for the conclusion.

When play fell down to 4 players, they decided to make an ICM chop based on their chip counts, leaving $4,000 extra for the eventual winner, as well as a Playground Poker Fall Classic Champion’s Trophy. Play quickly fell heads-up after a deal was made, as Benny Chen knocked out Behram Antia, while crippling Noy in the same hand.

After only a few hands of heads-up play between Jason Mandanici-Turcot and Benny Chen, Jason found his chips all-in on the flop after a check-raise from Benny. Jason had an over-pair to the board, but it was no match against the flopped straight of Benny, who held on to win Event 14!

With the extra $4,000 for the win, Benny Chen finished by pocketing $34,223, while Jason’s conciliation prize was of $27,695.

Congratulations!

Event 14 Champion: Benny Chen – $34,233

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Event 14 Runner-Up: Jason Mandanici-Turcot – $27,695

Jason Mandanici-Turcot

Jason Mandanici-Turcot

Last Hand of Play

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Heads-Up: Jason Mandanici-Turcot vs Benny Chen

  • Level: 26
  • Small Blind: 20K
  • Big Blind: 40K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 1.7M
  • Remaining: 2
  • Entries: 136


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    Moments after a deal was struck 4-handed, we saw a 3-way all-in happen. Behram, who has just lost a healthy portion of his stack in a flip versus Jason, moved-in from under the gun, and found isolation from Noy on the button. Jason folded his small blind, and Benny looked down at a hand he wasn’t willing to fold given the dynamics of the deal.

    Behram: King of Diamonds 10 of Clubs
    Noy: Ace of Hearts Jack of Diamonds
    Benny: Ace of Spades Queen of Diamonds

    Board: Queen of Clubs 3 of Clubs 6 of Spades 4 of Clubs Queen of Hearts

    Behram was eliminated in the hand, while Noy was crippled in the process. He was then knocked out of the tournament the very next hand, bringing The Second Chance down to heads-up.

    Benny Chen is starting the heads-up with roughly a 2-to-1 chip lead versus Jason Mandanici-Turcot.

    Good luck!

    The Second Chance comes to a deal

  • Level: 26
  • Small Blind: 20K
  • Big Blind: 40K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 850K
  • Remaining: 4
  • Entries: 136


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    After some back and forth between the last 4 players in the Second Chance Event, they have decided to split the money based on an ICM chop of their current holdings. The tournament requires at least 2% of the total prize pool to be left for the eventual winner, who will also be taking home a sweet Playground Poker Fall Classic Champion’s Trophy. With $4,000 extra going to the tournament champion, here is what each player has locked in:

    • Behram Antia (1,155,000) – $35,916
    • Noy (985,000) – $33,986
    • Benny Chen (705,000) – $30,223
    • Jason Mandanici-Turcot (550,000) – $27,695

    Congratulations!

    5th place: Giancarlo Santolin

  • Level: 25
  • Small Blind: 15K
  • Big Blind: 30K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 850K
  • Remaining: 4
  • Entries: 136


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    Behram put maximum pressure on short-stacked Giancarlo by moving all-in on him in the big blind, but found himself far behind to start the hand.

    Behram: Jack of Diamonds 9 of Clubs
    Giancarlo: Ace of Clubs Jack of Spades

    A few nines on the board changed all that however, and with the board reading 4 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds 9 of Hearts 9 of Diamonds 8 of Spades, Giancarlo was eliminated in 5th place.

    5th place: Giancarlo Santolin – $13,250

    Giancarlo Santolin

    Giancarlo Santolin

    Chip counts update – final 5

  • Level: 25
  • Small Blind: 15K
  • Big Blind: 30K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 680K
  • Remaining: 5
  • Entries: 136


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    As the players were on another colour-up break, we brought an update on the chip counts of the final 5 players. Noy and Behram have separated themselves from the other 3, and sit atop stacks of roughly 1.2 million each, while Giancarlo is down to just 5 big blinds and some antes.

    First NameLast NameSeatStack
    JasonMandanici-TurcotTable 62 - Seat 1485,000
    BennyChenTable 62 - Seat 5360,000
    BehramAntiaTable 62 - Seat 81,140,000
    GiancarloSantolinTable 62 - Seat 9160,000
    NoyUTable 62 - Seat 101,260,000

    5th place: Philippe Kerri

  • Level: 24
  • Small Blind: 12K
  • Big Blind: 24K
  • Ante: 4K
  • Chip Average: 680K
  • Remaining: 5
  • Entries: 136


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    With a stack of 77,000 and no raises leading up to his action, Philippe Kerri announced all-in from the cutoff. Before Behram had a chance to finish announcing his raise, Giancarlo Santolin yelled out “All-in!” for his last 80,000. He must have been in a rush, as he then called the clock on Noy in the big blind after several seconds, which was over ruled. In either case, Noy let go of his cards shortly after, and the three players tabled their hands.

    Philipp: Queen of Clubs Jack of Hearts
    Behram: Queen of Spades 10 of Spades
    Giancarlo: Ace of Diamonds Ace of Clubs

    Board: 3 of Clubs 9 of Hearts 8 of Spades 5 of Diamonds King of Diamonds

    Aces were good in the end, and Giancarlo tripled up his stack, while Philippe was sent to the cashiers to collect his 6th place earnings.

    6th place: Philippe Kerri – $10,600

    Philippe Kerri

    Philippe Kerri

    6th place: Tony To

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 566K
  • Remaining: 6
  • Entries: 136


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    Once play folded around to Jason Mandanici-Turcot in the small blind, he moved all-in, forcing Tony “GameBoy” To to a decision in the big blind. After some thought, Tony made the call, and it was another race situation.

    Jason: Ace of Diamonds Jack of Hearts
    Tony: 7 of Diamonds 7 of Spades

    Board: 10 of Hearts 9 of Hearts Ace of Clubs King of Diamonds 8 of Hearts

    Stacks were very close between the two, and once the debt was paid, Tony was only left with 26,000. We’ve seen him stage a comeback from less than this just two days ago, when he ran 9,000 (1/2 of a big blind) up to 1.4 million in the final 3 tables of the WPT Montral

    He managed to win his next hand, and climb up to around 5 big blinds, before finding himself all-in again versus Behram Antia. Holding 5 of Hearts 7 of Clubs, he actually made two pairs on the 7 of Diamonds King of Clubs 5 of Clubs flop, but was drawing (almost) dead to Behram’s King of Spades King of Hearts, and with running blanks was eliminated in 7th place.

    He’s had a very strong Playground Poker Fall Classic series, as he won Event 5, made a deep run in the WPT Montreal, and final tabled the Second Chance event, totalling $77,290 in cashes!

    7th place: Tony “GameBoy” To – $8,820

    Tony To

    Tony To

    8th place: Andrew Tai

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 486K
  • Remaining: 7
  • Entries: 136


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    Andrew Tai made it 48,000 to go from utg +1, and action folded around to Noy in the small blind. He quietly slid forward some raising chips, and the dealer announced a raise to 111,000. Andrew pushed forward his whole stack in reply, for which Noy needed a count. After a little thought, Noy called the 390,000 total bed, and they were off to the races.

    Noy: Jack of Hearts Jack of Clubs
    Andrew: Ace of Spades King of Clubs

    Andrew was happy to see and ace in the window, but the final runout was no good for him, as the board read 7 of Diamonds 9 of Hearts Ace of Hearts Jack of Diamonds 3 of Hearts, and with that pot Noy increased his lead on this final table.

    8th place: Andrew Tai – $7,060

    Andrew Tai

    Andrew Tai

    Update on chip counts – 8 remain

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 425K
  • Remaining: 8
  • Entries: 136


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    Here is an update on the chip counts of the final 8 players, counted during the break following level 22.

    First NameLast NameSeatStack
    JasonMandanici-TurcotTable 62 - Seat 1541,000
    TonyToTable 62 - Seat 2117,000
    AndrewTaiTable 62 - Seat 4294,000
    BennyChenTable 62 - Seat 5348,000
    PhilippeKerriTable 62 - Seat 7380,000
    BehramAntiaTable 62 - Seat 8788,000
    GiancarloSantolinTable 62 - Seat 9210,000
    NoyUTable 62 - Seat 10723,000

    Paulin out 9th

  • Level: 22
  • Small Blind: 8K
  • Big Blind: 16K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 425K
  • Remaining: 8
  • Entries: 136


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    Pierre-Paul Paulin is out 9th in the Second Chance event for $5,300. He was eliminated by Behram Antia, who how has over 600K in chips – making him the current chip leader with 8 left to go.

    9th place: Pierre-Paul Paulin, $5,300

    Pierre-Paul Paulin

    Pierre-Paul Paulin

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