Francois Graton-Valiquette was using his big stack to try and steal the blinds when he open-shoved his button, but Vincent Tremblay was dealt a hand in the small blind worth calling with and the two went heads-up.

Francois:
Vincent:

Francois took the lead by pairing the flop, and held for the win on a board to bring Event 4 down to heads-up. Francois leads heads-up play with 3.4 million over the 1.7 million of Michel Gaudette.

3rd place: Vincent Tremblay – $2,535.00

Fred Belanger limped from the small blind, and Francois Graton-Valiquette checked his option from the big blind. Action checked down to the river, and with showing, Fred lead out for 200K. Francois raised all-in, and tabled for a flopped full-house after Fred made the call, showing a second best .

4th place: Fred Belanger – $1,895.00

Kordian Zwolinski only had 2bb when he returned from break, and after folding the first few hands dealt to him, he eventually commit his stack from utg. Francois called from the button, and the blinds completed to go 4-handed to the flop.

With showing, Michel Gaudette shoved all-in to bring the hand down to heads-up. He tabled , and locked it in versus Kordian’s once the turn brought another club. The river was dealt as a formality, and Kordian made his exit in 5th place.

5th place: Kordian Zwolinski – $1,410.00

A short break is underway in Event 4, and the 5 remaining players will return to blinds at 100K/200K/a25K. With a little over 5 million total chips in play, we can expect to see some fireworks in the hands to come. The chips distribution is fairly even, and every pot essentially creates a new chip leader so it’s still anyones game.

Here are the counts entering level 30:

After over 2 levels of 6-handed play, where we saw numerous all-in / call situations with no eliminations, it was finally Andre St-Jean who was all-in and at risk and didn’t survive.

He moved in from middle position with under 5bb, and found a call from Francois Graton-Valiquette in the big blind.

Andre:
Francois:

Francois caught a pair in the nick of time as the dealer rung out a board. The field is now down to 5 players, however due to the lack of eliminations in the last few orbits, the average stack is quite shallow with a new blind level just moments away.

6th place: Andre St-Jean – $1,055.00

Action folded around to Fred Belanger who, fresh from a nearly triple up, placed a raise to 275K from the small blind. Francois Graton-Valiquette 3bet all-in from the big blind and found a quick call from his opponent.

Fred:
Francois:

Both players paired the board, but Fred had the better kicker. He slid forward 780K to be doubled up, taking effectively half of Francois’ chips.

Kuong Chhe Kuoch rode his short stack as far as it could possibly go, as he was blinded down to under 2bb after folding the last 2 orbits. From the big blind position, he moved all-in for less after an all-in from Fred Belanger and a call from Francois Graton-Valiquette.

Kuong:
Francois:
Fred:

Board:

Fred found a flush on the board to win the pot, and doubled his 355K stack in addition to adding another 120K from Kuong, who was eliminated in the process. Francois still maintains the chip lead with nearly 1.4 million in chips in front of him.

7th place: Kuong Chhe Kuoch – $755.00

Gregory Holley was crippled just before the final table, and as he had a stack in Day 2 of The $250 Frenzy, he gave up his remaining chips to go and play the other tournament. Unfortunately for him, he busted on the other side rather quickly and has come back to rail his last antes get blinded out (the rules stipulate that once you leave one tournament to go play another, you can’t come back). He was down to just one ante left when Fred Belanger was all-in and at risk. Fred was holding and managed to overcome the of Francois to double-up, taking away a pay jump from Gregory.

After Gregory’s elimination came the end of Simon Bissonnette-du-Cap’s tournament life, as he was taken out by table opponent Kordian Zwolinski.

Francois Graton-Valiquette came to the final table as chip leader, however after losing a few of the first pots played, he saw his stack get cut nearly in half. He then found a pair of and found a huge double-up versus the of Domenico Vessio to regain the chip lead. Domenico was left with a mere 25K behind and was knocked out on the very next hand.

Play resumes 7-handed.

8th place: Domenico Vessio – $590.00
9th place: Simon Bissonnette-du-Cap – $440.00
10th place: Gregory Holley – $330.00

Event 4 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic is now down to the final table, and 10 players remain in contention of becoming the tournament champion, claiming $4,545 and a Champion’s Trophy along the way.