There are just 27 players remaining in Event 5 which triggered a full seating redraw in the tournament. Players have resumed the tournament in their new spots, as follows:

Table 36

1. Marco Lang
2. Vi Thanh Tony To
3. Bill Loukanikas
4. Marko X
5. Nimer Ltaif
6. Mark Stairs
7. George Kazarian
8. Heldar Junior
9. Brian R Iseman

Table 39

1. Michael Wang
2. Benoit Jean
3. Jonathan Schaler
4. Charle-Alexandre Bergeron
5. Alain Joseph Clement Chauvette
6. Gregory Holley
7. Mau Le Ho Tran
8. Robert Taylor
9. Fabio Luongo

Table 40

1. Jason Mottershead
2. Curtis Lionel George Bernsten
3. Pierre Routhier
4. Patrick Braga
5. Deron Noksana
6. Marie-Pier Simard
7. Azim “Sammy” Popatia
8. Alexander James Allison
9. Hung-Phi Nguyen

Marie-Pier Simard has doubled through Patrick Braga, crippling Patrick in the process.

Jonathan Schaler opened the action from the hijack with a raise to 9K, and Marie-Pier flat called from the button. Patrick Braga, sitting in the small blind, raised to 29K. Siamak S in the big blind got out of the way, and Jonathan likewise folded to the big raise.

Marie-Pier didn’t really tank but she did put her thinking cap on but in a few seconds shoved all-in for about 75K. Patrick snap called and the players tabled their hands:

Marie-Pier:
Patrick:

Marie-Pier looked to be in dire shape until the flop was dealt: . The turn and river were inconsequential: .

A couple of hands later Patrick doubled back up past 40K, but he’s still in tough with 32 players remaining.

Benoit Desmarais started the day with just 41K in tournament chips and was deep in a hand but also in good shape on a board of and pushed all in for his remaining few chips. Bill Loukanikas quickly made the call and turned over facing the held by Benoit.

Just like that, however, the was dealt on the river giving Bill the nut flush and sending Benoit to the rail.

One of the shortest stacked players to start today was local tournament regular George Kazarian, and on the first hand he faced a raise to 8K when action came to him. He raised all-in for just over 30K and got the call from Patrick Braga.

George:
Patrick:

The flop was good for George and the remaining community cards did nothing to change this: and he managed to get a little more ammunition to start the day.

Day 2 of Event 5, a $1,000 + $100 NL Hold’em Deepstack tournament, is set to start in about 5 minutes, and when it gets going, all indications are for the action to be very fast right out of the gate.

There are 35 players returning for the re-start today, and among them are 7 starting with 13bb or less. As well, there will be a full seating redraw at 27 players remaining, so there won’t be a lot of time for people to get settled before they’re changing seats… and then the bubble arrives. 24 players will be paid in the event, so as soon as the redraw is done, the small stacks will immediately be under pressure.

The players are assembling around the tables right now and we’ll be on hand all day to cover the action!

Play has concluded after 15 levels in Event 5, the $1,000 + $100 NL Hold’em Deepstack event in the Playground Poker Fall Classic presented by Partypoker.net. Play will resume tomorrow, November 11th, at 12pm (noon). There are 35 players left in the action and when they return, they will be seated at 4 tables as per the following chart. There will be a full redraw at 27 players remaining, and once the tournament is at 3 tables the money bubble will be imminent, so the action should be fast and furious right from the beginning of the day.