In the minutes following the deal, we lost short stacks Ronald Lebel and Francesco Presta, brining Event 2 down to 4 players.

Here is the current chip distribution, entering level 24:

When play dropped to the 6 final players, they paused the clock to negotiate a deal. The tournament rules require 2% of the total prize pool to be reserved for the eventual champion in the event a chop takes place, so $650 was left up top for the winner, who will also take home a Playground Poker Fall Classic Champion’s Trophy.

Based on the chip counts, and with further negotiations, the players finally settled on some numbers they can all agree on. Here is what they all locked in:

• Yan Nadeau: $7,000
• Hugo Theotol: $5,000
• Steven Saab: $3,600
• Eleuterio Guedes: $3,310
• Francesco Presta: $3,210
• Ronald Lebel: $2,720

And play continues!

H H found himself in a tough spot, as he was all-in for his last few big blinds versus the two big stacks on the table, Hugo Thetol and Yan Nadeau. Both players checked all 3 streets on a board of , and players tabled their hands.

HH:
Hugo:
Yan:

Yan’s pair of queens were the best hand, and he added a chunk of change to his chip leading stack.

7th place: HH – $1,370

The blinds were taking a toll on Claudemir De Oliveira, who saw his stack drop to under 5 big blinds. In an unopened pot, he moved in from the cutoff, and was called by Yan Nadeau in the big blind.

Claudemir:

Yan:

Although Claudemir paired the flop, he lost to Yan’s straight on the to place 8th.

8th place: Claudemir De Oliveira – $1,030

Claudemir De Oliveira

Simon Blais was cripple at the beginning of this final table, as his lost to Francesco Presta’s , who made broadway on the river. Simon managed to run it back up a little, in the mean time jumping up the money ladder, but was recently eliminated in a hand where he found himself all-in preflop versus Steven Saab.

Steven:

Simon:

Board:

9th place: Simon Blais – $800

Simon Blais

Action folded around to Hugo Theotol on the button, who threw in some raising chips. Mikael Abittan moved all-in from the small blind, holding only 107,000, and was called by Hugo.

Mikael:

Hugo:

Mikael needed some help, but missed on the board to finish in 10th place, while Hugo added some chips to his big stack.

10th place: Mikael Abittan – $600

Mikael Abittan

Yan Nadeau was already the chip leader on the bubble when called the 3bet shove from Michael Korovine, who was also amongst the big stacks.

Yan tabled , and was flipping versus the of Michael. The board was safe for Yan, showing , and he added another 200,000 to his stack, bringing him above the 700,000 mark.