Everyone planning to play in Event 10 – $200 + $20 NL Hold’em Freeze on Sunday November 15th at 8pm, please note that participation in this tournament will be capped at 100 players and NO alternates will be accepted.
To make sure you can play in the event, please be sure to register early at the Cage. You can buy tickets for the event any time – the cashier is open 24 hours a day.
Event 8 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic has just concluded, as play fell down to 17 players who automatically even-chopped the prize pool. Terry Forestell was eliminated in 18th place, collecting the remaining $582, while the rest of the ‘survivors’ pocketed $2,910 for their finish.
Here are the Survivors:
Congratulations!
The Survivors of Event 8
After a deal was made with 4 players left, Anthony Robert Diotte seemed to have either switched gears, or turned ‘god-mode’ on, as he quickly eliminated opponents Ivan Fazal Karim and Daniel Andelman before finding himself heads-up with a healthy chip lead over Andrej Markovinovic.
Heads-up play only last around 20 minutes, and although Andrej put up a fight, he eventually found all of his chips in the middle with the second best hand. Anthony opened with a raise to 125,000 from the button, and called the 1,100,000 chip all-in from Andrej.
Anthony: 
Andrej: 
Andrej wasn’t able to improve on the 
5d 
board, ending his deep run in 2nd place. He was the chip leader when the deal was made, and has already secured himself a cool $17,205, while Anthony added $3,000 to his already locked-in $14,515.
Congratulations!
Event 7 Champion: Anthony Robert Diotte – $17,515
Event 7 Runner-Up: Andrej Markovinovic – $17,205
Andrej Markovinovic
Last hand of play:
After a short “negotiation” which resulted not in a deal, exactly, just a slight re-definition of the prizes for first and second place, heads up action got underway with Fabio Luongo enjoying about a 2:1 chip lead over Tony “Gameboy” To.
They played a few hands, each of them seemingly probing for weaknesses. Slowly but surely, Gameboy started to rebuild his stack and catch up to Fabio. Then, on the river of a seemingly inconsequential hand, with the board reading 
, Gameboy decided to bet 250K after the flop and turn both being checked around. Not convinced by the apparent steal attempt, Fabio tried to use his stack to do the job: all-in.
Gameboy snap called, leapt out of his chair and tabled the 
for a flush. Fabio was caught in a bluff and shipped a huge pot to Gameboy. Now it was 2:1 in the other direction.
It was just a few hands later that Gameboy limped his small blind/button only to find a raise from Fabio. Gameboy called and the flop was delivered: 
. Fabio had flopped a huge draw and bet – he was all-in. Gameboy instantly called and flipped over 
for a monster pocket pair. Fabio had plenty of outs, though, but Gameboy faded the spades as the turn and river came out 
and and Gameboy was the Champion of Event 5!
Event 5 Champion, Tony Vi Thanh To, $46,180
Event 5 Champion: Tony “Gameboy” To
The last hand of play in Event 5
2nd place, Fabio Luongo, $38,000
Fabio Luongo
Event 6 ended up having a huge turnout, as 290 players showed up to battle it out on the felts in this 50/50 bounty tournament.
When all was said and done, it was Saman Rezvani who overcame heads-up opponent Peter Johnson to claim the win, the $4,580 cash prize, the Playground Poker Fall Classic Champion’s Trophy, and 15 bounties, worth $100 each!
Congratulations!
Event 6 Champion: Saman Rezvani – $4,580
Event 6 Runner-Up: Peter Johnson – $4,000
Peter Johnson
Last Hand of Play
The road to victory was long and full obstacles, but after 39 levels of play, Rami Hammoud managed to overcome a field of 1,475 to emerge as the Event 3 Champion!
Rami took over the chip lead mid-way through the night, however when play fell short-handed, he gave it up to Michael Korovine before finally grinding his way back into the lead.
He began heads-up play versus Tomas Larivee Magni with a 2-to-1 chip advantage, but a quick double up by Tomas changed the pace of the match. They agreed to an even chop when stacks were close, leaving behind the required $6,400 for the eventual champion, and then went on to play for over 3 levels before Rami finally got the best of it.
Tomas had just doubled his stack up to 10-million (roughly 1/3 of the chips in play) before he min-raised his button, and called the 3bet all-in of Rami. Tomas tabled 
, while Rami flipped over a trailing 
. The dealer pulled out a flop of 
, and Rami’s rail started calling out the cards he needed… “5!”. The turn came a 
, giving Rami more outs… “3!”. The dealer then pulled out the river 
, and they all went wild! Rami made the runner-runner straight to win the pot, and the tournament with that!
Rami went over to shake Tomas hand, and they both shared a smile for their deep run in this Event 3 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic.
The $250 Frenzy Champion: Rami Hammoud – $50,200
The $250 Frenzy Runner-Up: Tomas Larivee Magni – $44,800
Tomas Larivee Magni
Last hand of play
After a challenging start to a tournament that saw 69 alternates seated, Rabih Aboudib managed to navigate his way to the mid-tournament among the chip leaders. Once he had wrested the lead from his tough table including former WPT Final Tableist Levi Stevens he never looked back, never relinquished his lead, and took it all the way to a sweet $2,808 payday in this $100 + $10 NL Hold’em Deepstack Turbo tournament. Rabih also won the Event 4 Champion’s trophy for his efforts today.
Event 4 Champion: Rabih Aboudib, $2,808.00
Rabid Aboudib
The final hand of play in Event 4
Rabin Aboudib and Michel Belanger (2nd place)
This is a list of all of the players that have qualified so far for Day 2 of The $250 Frenzy.
Please note that this is a “raw” list – no attempt has been made to remove duplicate qualifiers (only their largest stack will actually move on to Day 2).
Includes results from Day 1a, Day 1b, Day 1c, Day 1d, and Day 1e.| First Name | Last Name | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Michel | Naggar | 300,000 |
| Tanvir | Ahmed | 279,000 |
| Mario | Bourassa | 257,500 |
| Alain | Chikani | 242,000 |
| Tomas | Larivee Magni | 232,000 |
| Daryl | Andrews | 230,500 |
| Felix | Bigras | 230,500 |
| Yannick | Labattaglia | 226,500 |
| Vital | Cleary | 219,500 |
| Simon | Pin-Disle | 217,000 |
| Alexander | Villa | 211,500 |
| Vivo | L | 210,000 |
| Aaron | Czaja | 209,000 |
| Andrew | Lalonde | 207,500 |
| Jeremie | Bilodeau | 205,000 |
| Thomas | Cohen | 203,000 |
| Claude | Begin | 201,000 |
| Daniel | Leduc | 182,500 |
| Brandon | Caldeira | 180,500 |
| Michael | Korovine | 178,000 |
| Roger | Thibault | 171,500 |
| John E | Slaughter | 168,000 |
| Andrew | Boujaoude | 168,000 |
| Jason | Conforti | 166,000 |
| Fazeel | Munawar | 163,500 |
| Patrick | St-Onge | 161,500 |
| Maxime | Fortin Demers | 161,500 |
| Denis | Cyr | 153,500 |
| Nick | Frascarelli | 153,500 |
| Kuo Chaun | Liao | 151,000 |
| Andonios | Papageorgiou | 150,500 |
| Dominic | Champagne | 150,500 |
| Ian Anderson | Johnson | 147,500 |
| Raymond | Latinsky | 146,000 |
| Haralambos | Margaritis | 145,000 |
| Hiroaki | Harada | 144,500 |
| Mokhtar | Khedadi | 143,000 |
| Eric | Ranger | 140,500 |
| Rami | Hammoud | 140,000 |
| Carolyn | Carter | 139,000 |
| Patrick | Chartrand | 137,000 |
| David-Alexander | Jimenez-Murcia | 134,000 |
| Pierre-Luc | Audet | 133,500 |
| Jaroslaw Zbigniew | Jaskiewicz | 132,500 |
| Ioannis | Pentefountas | 132,500 |
| Maxime | Lejeune Hebert | 132,000 |
| Mark | Howie | 127,500 |
| Kuong chhe | Kuoch | 126,000 |
| Jason | Williams | 124,000 |
| Francois | Cote | 123,500 |
| Dwayne | Burkett | 120,500 |
| Albert | N | 118,500 |
| Frank | Truong | 117,500 |
| Nicholas | Soller | 115,100 |
| Jean-Guy | Roy | 113,500 |
| Francis | Lau | 113,000 |
| Bryce | Potter | 113,000 |
| Collin | Scheckman | 112,500 |
| Shane | St John | 112,500 |
| William | Trudel | 112,500 |
| Driss | Aber | 112,500 |
| Mathieu Rene Jospeh | Savage-Cleroux | 112,500 |
| Matthew | Bracanovic | 112,000 |
| Quang Hoang | Ngo | 112,000 |
| Richard | Caron | 111,500 |
| Thomas | Lefort | 110,500 |
| Andrew | Hansen | 110,500 |
| Troy | Vandaalen | 110,000 |
| Graham | Lupton | 108,000 |
| Arun Kumar | Singh | 107,500 |
| Thibaut | Delmarle | 107,500 |
| Darren | Phipps | 107,500 |
| Jeremy | Galin | 107,000 |
| Daniel | Charette | 107,000 |
| Claudemir | De Oliveira | 106,000 |
| Mathieu | Boulanger-Vaugeois | 106,000 |
| Mathew | Hossack | 105,000 |
| Ko | Maddock | 105,000 |
| Steve | Daraiche | 105,000 |
| Gabriel | Allaire | 103,000 |
| Grant | Guevremont | 101,000 |
| Jonathan | G | 100,500 |
| Gabriel | Perreault | 100,500 |
| Andonios | Papageorgiou | 100,000 |
| Krzysztof | Birecki | 99,000 |
| Edward | Hislop | 98,500 |
| Chris | Arvanitis | 98,000 |
| Douglas | Mackie | 97,000 |
| Scott | Shelvock | 96,500 |
| Arthur | W | 96,000 |
| Denis | Simard | 96,000 |
| Harley | Stoffmaker | 96,000 |
| Peter | Mott | 95,500 |
| Ken | Stutz | 94,500 |
| Rong | Xu | 94,500 |
| Richard | Gauthier | 93,500 |
| George | Lagos | 93,000 |
| Thomas | Smith | 93,000 |
| Derek Joseph | Fee | 92,500 |
| Francis | Trudeau | 92,000 |
| Eric | Gariepy | 91,000 |
| David | Sorgente | 90,500 |
| Hiyaw | Gebreyohannes | 89,000 |
| Marc | Doyer-St-Jean | 88,000 |
| Mario | Lepine | 87,500 |
| Matthew | Bissonette | 86,000 |
| Jason | Ross Carby | 86,000 |
| Marcel | Deschamps | 86,000 |
| Thang | Nguyen | 86,000 |
| Steven | Duguay | 85,000 |
| Danik | L'Ecuyer | 85,000 |
| Donald | Rathwell | 84,500 |
| Yang | Guo | 84,500 |
| Romy | Segal | 83,000 |
| Brady | Spencer | 83,000 |
| John | Clarke | 81,500 |
| Keith | Secord | 81,500 |
| Andre | Pelletier | 81,500 |
| Fazeel | Munawar | 81,000 |
| Hung | Ha | 79,500 |
| Guillaume | Maurice | 78,000 |
| Maxime | Dusablon | 78,000 |
| Brent F | Mccue | 77,000 |
| Daniel | Hughes | 77,000 |
| Cesidio | Ricci | 76,500 |
| Benoit | Pesant | 76,000 |
| Corey | Volfson | 75,500 |
| Denis | Asselin | 75,000 |
| Carole | Guay | 75,000 |
| Jason | Mandanici-Turcot | 72,500 |
| Paul | Quenneville | 72,000 |
| Jared | Havelock | 72,000 |
| Patrick | Tranquille | 71,500 |
| Dalton | Dawkins | 71,500 |
| Antonio | Sozinho | 71,500 |
| Patrick | M | 70,000 |
| Troy | Higgins | 70,000 |
| Michael | Chaloux | 69,500 |
| Mathieu | Fontaine Raposo | 69,000 |
| Adam | Farnley | 68,500 |
| Norman | Messier | 68,000 |
| Heldar | Junior | 68,000 |
| Mathyeu | Provost | 67,500 |
| Francois | Graton-Valiquette | 67,000 |
| Ryan | Swarbrick | 67,000 |
| Dany | Middleton | 67,000 |
| Steven | Martin | 66,000 |
| Jonathan | Poulin | 66,000 |
| Marko | X | 65,500 |
| Ryan | Silber | 65,500 |
| Zachary | Goodbaum | 65,500 |
| Alberto | Scuderi | 65,000 |
| Eric | Bourget | 64,500 |
| Pierre Olivier | Guay | 64,500 |
| Simon Pier | Belair-Grondin | 64,500 |
| Shawn | Dubeau | 64,500 |
| Olivier | Beaulieu | 64,000 |
| Dai Phuc | Dang | 64,000 |
| Ranko | Vlahovic | 63,500 |
| Douli Elie | Rizkalla | 63,500 |
| Shaun | Bowring | 63,500 |
| Walt | Asatoorian | 62,000 |
| Michael | Pitcher | 62,000 |
| Isham | Yamani | 61,500 |
| Brady | Spencer | 61,000 |
| Julien | Lemay | 60,500 |
| Susan | Wiley | 60,500 |
| Steven | Saab | 60,500 |
| Pierre-Philippe | Duranleau | 60,000 |
| Robert | Gariepy | 59,500 |
| Michelle L | Reyes | 59,500 |
| David | Cadoch | 59,000 |
| Michel | Vincent | 59,000 |
| Fraddy | Gonzalez | 58,500 |
| Jean-guy | Boyer | 58,000 |
| Jose | Martin | 58,000 |
| Jason Glenn | Mcgill | 57,500 |
| Georges | Hallak | 57,500 |
| Michel | McCarthy | 57,000 |
| Steven James | Dunn | 57,000 |
| Hugo | Racette | 57,000 |
| Michel | Cloutier | 57,000 |
| Etienne | Duo | 57,000 |
| Louise | Lamarche Khanna | 56,500 |
| Bill | Kontaratos | 56,500 |
| Alex | Guerrera | 55,000 |
| James | McDermott | 55,000 |
| Sydney | Barnier | 55,000 |
| Steven | Mavrigiannakis | 55,000 |
| Hamid Reza | Ofogh | 54,000 |
| Mathieu | Leclerc | 54,000 |
| Patrick | Melancon | 54,000 |
| Marc | Guerbilsky | 53,500 |
| Daniel | Johnston | 51,500 |
| Gino | Cavalieri | 50,000 |
| Eric | Boire | 50,000 |
| Gabriel | Couture | 49,500 |
| James | Wesley | 49,000 |
| Dominic | Allaire | 48,500 |
| Rhonda Susan | Perry | 48,500 |
| Simon | Huard-Dufresne | 48,000 |
| Terence | Lai | 48,000 |
| Sebastien | Allain | 47,500 |
| David | Kovacic | 47,500 |
| Marco | Aristeo | 47,500 |
| Bruno | Fortin | 47,000 |
| Daniel | Hughes | 46,500 |
| Martin | Plante Trudel | 46,500 |
| Matthew | Grocholsky | 45,500 |
| Debbie | Van Kooten-Brinac | 45,000 |
| Louis | Arpin | 45,000 |
| Gabriel | Desrochers-Tasse | 45,000 |
| Andre | Maurice | 43,500 |
| Vince | Dwyer | 43,500 |
| Pierre | Derome | 43,000 |
| Gianfranco | Giordano | 40,500 |
| Richard | Lajeunesse | 40,500 |
| John | Athanasiou | 39,500 |
| Luc | Loiselle | 37,500 |
| Floyd | Ziegler | 37,500 |
| Ben | Menache | 35,000 |
| James | Rubin | 34,500 |
| Justin | Kuzmicki | 33,000 |
| Mikael | Abittan | 32,500 |
| Qiang | Dong | 30,500 |
| Eleuterio | Guedes | 30,000 |
| Christopher | Milloy | 28,500 |
| Duy Tan | Pham | 28,000 |
| Antoine | Lafleur | 27,500 |
| Younan | Beddaoui | 26,000 |
| Pierre-Luc | Gaudreau | 26,000 |
| Michael | Snowdon | 24,000 |
| Elaine | Rawn | 19,000 |
| Jean Francois | Gelinas | 17,000 |
| Marcello | Simonetti | 11,500 |
After a 6-way deal on the final table, where the prize pool was distributed based on chip counts at the time, the dynamics of Event 2 changed drastically. With only an additional $650 left up top for the eventual winner, and of course the Playground Poker Fall Classic Champion’s Trophy, players all of a sudden had a lot more gamble in them.
We saw two quick eliminations happen in the minutes following the deal, leaving action 4-handed. Eleuterio Guedes was the next to go, followed by former chip leader Yan Nadeau, who pocketed the most for this event.
Steven Saab was left heads-up and with the chip lead versus Hugo Theotol, and after only a few hands they found themselves flipping for stacks. Steven’s were racing the 
of Hugo, but it was all but over by the turn on a board showing 
.
Steven collected $3,600 from the deal, plus an additional $650 for the win, and also took home the Playground Poker Fall Classic Champion’s Trophy for Event 2, while Hugo took home $5,000 with his share of the deal.
Congratulations!
Event 2 Champion: Steven Saab – $4,250
Event 2 Runner-Up: Hugo Theotol – $5,000
Hugo Theotol
Last hand of play
Heads-up play between Anesti Kocini and Jean-Hugo Robitaille didn’t last very long, as a few hands into their battle, they both picked up a hand they weren’t ready to let go of.
The button was on Jean-Hugo when he opened the action to 650,000. Anesti made the call, and they took a walk to first street. On a flop showing 
, Anesti check-raised the 600,000 bet up to 1,300,000. Jean-Hugo then replied with a 3bet to 3,000,000, and quickly called the 4bet all-in.
Jean-Hugo tabled 
, for top pair and a flush draw, but he was trailing the 
of Anesti. The turn changed nothing, however the river completed Jean-Hugo’s flush, securing him the win in this opening event of the Playground Poker Fall Classic.
Jean-Hugo pocketed $32,557 for his victory, as well as a Playground Poker Fall Classic Champion’s trophy, while Anesti went home with a not too shabby $22,000 runner-up prize.
Congratulations!
The Wild $150 Champion: Jean-Hugo Robitaille – $32,557
The Wild $150 Runner-Up: Anesti Kocini – $22,000
Anesti Kocini
Last Hand of Play
