Photographs of final 21 players left in Event 14 – Day 2, taken during level 16:
Galanti doubles and more
Garen Galanti started the day with one of the smallest stacks in the tournament but has patiently waited and found his opportunity to double up.
Garen was on the button facing a utg raise to 10K from Michael Noor when action folded around to him. After a few seconds of consideration, he raised all-in for 43K. The blinds both folded and Michael asked for the initial 10K to be pulled in (bets aren’t normally pulled in at Playground but will be on request) and got the count of Garen’s remaining stack: 33K. He was a little hesitant, but he counted out the chips to make the call and a few moments later put them in the pot.
Garen:
Michael:
The board run out was perfect for Queens: and Garen’s stack was suddenly up to 99K.
Gameboy gets it in good; loses
If there were “poker gods” the one thing that would be advised would be to not tempt them or challenge them in any way…
Tony “Gameboy” To was in the big blind facing a raise from Darryl Beal on the button. He 3-bet to 37K, only to face a 4-bet to 90K from Darryl. Gameboy made the call and the flop was dealt: . Gameboy was first to act and decided to play in flow: check. Darryl quickly bet all-in (he had 62,500 chips behind)… and Gameboy instantly called, slammed over his pocket and made a rather loud exclamation, with associated fist pumps, when he saw Darryl’s .
Then he got on the chair (for just a second before someone noticed and had him step down), gave out a cry as the was dealt on the turn… and ran from the table as the dealer laid out the – Darryl got there with his pocket Queens. Now it was Darryl’s turn to let out a whoop (in response to the over-reaction he had been faced with) and stack up Gameboy’s additional 62.5K he was owed.
Gameboy was left with just under 40K in chips – but we’ve seen him make a huge comeback before in the Fall Classic, so it’s far from the end of the Tony “Gameboy” To story!
The Second Chance, Day 2: cards are in the air!
The 22 players who qualified for Day 2 have taken their places and play has resumed in the $1,500 + $150 NL Hold’em Second Chance event in the Playground Poker Fall Classic presented by Partypoker.net.
The players are seated at the same seats they finished in last night as a redraw had just been performed with 27 players remaining before the end of Day 1. There will be another full redraw at 18 players remaining, and the money bubble will be reached when the 16th player is eliminated – 15 spots will pay in the event.
Good luck to everyone today!
Event 14 Day 2 – seating draw (with counts)
Play in Event 14, the $1,500 + $150 NL Hold’em Second Chance tournament in the Playground Poker Fall Classic wrapped up for the day at the end of level 15. At the time, there were just 22 players remaining. These players will restart play in the event at 12pm on November 19th.
Note that the following are player-recorded chip count totals. The actual chips have been sealed in bags which will be opened by the players to be returned to play on Day 2.
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First Name | Last Name | Seat | Stack |
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Marc-Olivier | Carpentier-Perrault | Table 62 - Seat 1 | 272,500 |
Andrew | Macdonald | Table 62 - Seat 2 | 98,500 |
Alex | Guerrera | Table 62 - Seat 5 | 85,500 |
Erwan | Palanque | Table 62 - Seat 6 | 183,500 |
Marco | Caza | Table 62 - Seat 7 | 219,500 |
Philippe | Kerri | Table 62 - Seat 8 | 153,500 |
Giancarlo | Santolin | Table 62 - Seat 9 | 141,000 |
Noy | U | Table 66 - Seat 1 | 108,000 |
Benny | Chen | Table 66 - Seat 2 | 212,000 |
Darryl | Beal | Table 66 - Seat 4 | 161,000 |
Pierre-Paul | Paulin | Table 66 - Seat 5 | 181,500 |
Vi thanh Tony | To | Table 66 - Seat 6 | 180,500 |
Jason | Mandanici-Turcot | Table 66 - Seat 8 | 170,800 |
Andrew | Tai | Table 66 - Seat 9 | 284,000 |
Dean | Murphy | Table 70 - Seat 1 | 80,000 |
Jeff | Rosenblatt | Table 70 - Seat 2 | 117,500 |
Garen | Galanti | Table 70 - Seat 3 | 50,000 |
Francois | Goulet | Table 70 - Seat 4 | 133,000 |
Behram | Antia | Table 70 - Seat 5 | 249,500 |
Michael | Noor | Table 70 - Seat 6 | 172,500 |
Paul | Sokoloff | Table 70 - Seat 7 | 103,000 |
Sergio | Iannetti | Table 70 - Seat 8 | 43,000 |
Event 14 – prize pool & payouts
Event 14 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic is a $1,500 + $150 NL Hold’em tournament scheduled to play over the course of two days. The tournament began at 11am on November 18th and will play through 15 45-minute levels before play is suspended and the remaining players will return for Day 2.
There are a total of 136 players in the event, which adds to a prize pool of $197,880.00, which will be distributed according to the following table.
Pos | Prize |
---|---|
1 | $53,110.00 |
2 | $37,140.00 |
3 | $23,880.00 |
4 | $17,690.00 |
5 | $13,250.00 |
6 | $10,600.00 |
7 | $8,820.00 |
8 | $7,060.00 |
9 | $5,300.00 |
10 | $3,850.00 |
11 | $3,850.00 |
12 | $3,850.00 |
13 | $3,160.00 |
14 | $3,160.00 |
15 | $3,160.00 |
Level 10
Event 14 is off its third break of the night, and level 10 has just begun. Although the original plan was to play 16 levels today, the TD decided to cut it back by one level to 15 total for today. The players still left holding chips at the end of this will return tomorrow for the conclusion of the event.
Tony To, better known by his alias “GameBoy”, has been making heads turn in this edition of The Playground Poker Fall Classic, as he not only won Event 5 – $1,000 + $100 NL Hold’em, but then ran deep the WPT Montreal, where he made a huge comeback on the final 3 tables from 1/2 a big blind to over 150 times that amount, before finally crashing near the end of Day 3.
He currently leads this Event 14, as his stack approaches 4 times the average stack. Here are the top stacks entering level 10:
First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
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Tony "GameBoy" | To | 195,300 |
Trung Hieu | Hoang | 158,500 |
Marco | Caza | 146,200 |
Andrew | Tai | 137,600 |
We will bring you full coverage of this event once it reaches Day 2, starting tomorrow at 12pm. You will be able to find the full list of player-reported chip counts shortly after the completion of Day 1, as well as tomorrow’s new seating assignments.
136 players turn up for the Second Chance
Registration is now over for Event 14 – the $1,500 + $150 NL Hold’em Second Chance, and a total of 136 players took their seats to participate in this 2-day event, and are battling it out for a top prize of $53,110.
Some notables found in the field include players such as Jonathan Duhamel, Dylan Wilkerson, Eric Afriat, Will Molson, Giacomo Fundaro, and many other well-known stars in the poker community.
Good luck!
Photo update
Photographs taken during level 6:
Second Chance – first leaderboard
The players in the Second Chance event are taking their first break of the day, and we surveyed the field to put together a leaderboard – but based on the results so far, the leaderboard includes just two players who have taken a significant lead on the field.
- Marco Caza – 94,275
- Tony “Gameboy” To – 71,325