As soon as the redraw was complete there were 2 more eliminations – Marko X and Charle-Alexandre Bergeron. This brings the tournament to the money bubble and play will be hand-for-hand until the next player is eliminated.
After about 6 hands of hand-for-hand action, Mark Stairs was eliminated in 25th place and the remaining 24 players are all in the money! Congratulations!
Here are a few photos taken today with 30 to 32 players remaining.
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
Table 39
Table 40
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.
| First Name | Last Name | Seat | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason | Mottershead | Table 35 - Seat 1 | 291,000 |
| Michael | Wang | Table 35 - Seat 2 | 191,000 |
| Nimer | Ltaif | Table 35 - Seat 3 | 141,500 |
| Jonathan | Roy | Table 35 - Seat 4 | 199,000 |
| Brian R | Iseman | Table 35 - Seat 5 | 421,500 |
| Curtis Lionel George | Bernsten | Table 35 - Seat 6 | 51,500 |
| Alexander James | Allison | Table 35 - Seat 7 | 383,000 |
| Fabio | Luongo | Table 35 - Seat 8 | 86,500 |
| Azim | Popatia | Table 35 - Seat 9 | 80,500 |
| Kevin | Macphee | Table 36 - Seat 1 | 65,500 |
| Mau Le Ho | Tran | Table 36 - Seat 2 | 354,000 |
| Benoit | Jean | Table 36 - Seat 3 | 110,500 |
| Doug | Hartwick | Table 36 - Seat 5 | 47,000 |
| Ryan Andrew | Yee | Table 36 - Seat 6 | 76,500 |
| Marko | X | Table 36 - Seat 7 | 64,500 |
| Hung-Phi | Nguyen | Table 36 - Seat 8 | 88,000 |
| Frederick | Mowatt | Table 36 - Seat 9 | 48,000 |
| Siamak | S | Table 39 - Seat 1 | 132,500 |
| Mark | Stairs | Table 39 - Seat 2 | 48,000 |
| George | Kazarian | Table 39 - Seat 3 | 31,000 |
| Vi thanh Tony | To | Table 39 - Seat 4 | 267,000 |
| Deron | Noksana | Table 39 - Seat 5 | 77,000 |
| Jonathan | Schaler | Table 39 - Seat 6 | 318,000 |
| Heldar | Junior | Table 39 - Seat 7 | 82,500 |
| Marie-Pier | Simard | Table 39 - Seat 8 | 103,500 |
| Patrick | Braga | Table 39 - Seat 9 | 108,000 |
| Alain Joseph Clement | Chauvette | Table 40 - Seat 1 | 366,000 |
| Bill | Loukanikas | Table 40 - Seat 2 | 157,500 |
| Pierre | Routhier | Table 40 - Seat 3 | 221,000 |
| Dominic | Staniscia | Table 40 - Seat 4 | 38,000 |
| Gregory | Holley | Table 40 - Seat 5 | 189,000 |
| Robert | Taylor | Table 40 - Seat 6 | 213,000 |
| Benoit | Desmarais | Table 40 - Seat 7 | 41,000 |
| Charle-Alexandre | Bergeron | Table 40 - Seat 8 | 130,500 |
| Marco | Lang | Table 40 - Seat 9 | 80,000 |
There are two other tournaments going on tonight at Playground Poker Club, but the $1,100 Deepstack has soldiered right along as the others were getting started. The event is currently in level 11.
There has been a minor change to the schedule – the Tournament Director has decided to wrap up play tonight at the end of the 15th level of play, rather than the 16th level as scheduled. This will give everyone a little more time to rest before coming back tomorrow for the re-start at noon – and it will do so without a drastic effect on the overall time to play the tournament to a conclusion tomorrow.
The players in Event 5 have just taken another break and are back at the tables for another 3 45-minute levels. Entering level 10, Justin Ouimette retains the chip lead though he is followed closely by Fabio Luongo and new leaderboard entry Brian Iseman. There are a few players just 20K to 30K behind, so at this point in the event it’s really anyone’s game!
In case you missed it, during the last session we published the payout schedule for this event – 24 places will be paid and there’s $49,530 up top!
