Glen Hammers and Rong Xu were the next two players to be eliminated in 7th and 6th place respectively.
Glen went out after his suited Ace was called by a hand he dominated – only to see his 
beaten by the 
held by Scott Aylward.
Just a couple of hands later, Rong Xu’s 
were beaten by 
on a 
flop followed by no help on the turn or river.
6th place: Rong Xu, $1,200.00 & 7th place: Glen Hammers, $900.00
Trevor Adams has been chip leader for some time in the tournament and since the final table began, he has been using his chips with decisive effects. Even though his stack is growing out of reach, his single-handed ability to ladder everyone else up the pay jumps must be appreciated – at least a little – by his fellow final-tableists.
Trevor was already playing almost 3M in chips when Gerald Fehr put in his last 128K over Trevor’s min-raise+ to 90K. Trevor was never folding and the cards were turned on their backs.
Gerald: 
Trevor: 
Just like it was nothing at all the Ace appeared on the 
flop, followed by the 
on the turn and river and Gerald was out. Trevor was now up to 3.25M.
8th place: Gerald Fehr, $660.00
At one point earlier in the day, Playground tournament regular Gaetan Perreault needed to double up from just 17K to stay alive in the tournament, but from that point, he managed to grow his stack and ladder up pay levels until he reached the final table with a modest – though not short – stack.
His ultimate hand came after chip leader Trevor Adams raised to 90K. Gaetan shoved all in for his last 640K. The blinds folded and Trevor went in the tank… but only for a minute or so – “Call!”
Gaetan: 
Trevor: 
The board ran out more favourably for Trevor’s dominated hand: 
and Gaetan hit the rail.
9th place: Gaetan Perreault, $480.00
There are just 10 players left in Event #2, The Crazy $80 – the final table has been reached. The minimum payout at this point has grown to $370, and every elimination will receive a slight pay jump from the position before – things are getting serious at this point!
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Seat | Siège |
|---|---|---|
| Glen | Hammers | Seat 1 |
| Cedric | Meyer | Seat 2 |
| Scott | Aylward | Seat 3 |
| Gary J | Biggar | Seat 4 |
| Rong | Xu | Seat 5 |
| Jean-Pascal | Gauthier | Seat 6 |
| Domenico | Gallipoli | Seat 7 |
| Trevor | Adams | Seat 8 |
| Gerald | Fehr | Seat 9 |
| Gaetan | Perreault | Seat 10 |
The 13 players left in Event #2 have just returned from a break during which we were able to put together a last leaderboard prior to the final table.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Seat | Siège | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solleyn | Leclair | Table 33 - Seat 1 | 982,000 |
| Rong | Xu | Table 33 - Seat 2 | 617,000 |
| Scott | Aylward | Table 33 - Seat 4 | 665,000 |
| Trevor | Adams | Table 33 - Seat 6 | 1,387,000 |
| Jean-Francois | Betit | Table 33 - Seat 8 | 474,000 |
| Gerald | Fehr | Table 33 - Seat 9 | 785,000 |
| Gary J | Biggar | Table 37 - Seat 2 | 720,000 |
| Domenico | Gallipoli | Table 37 - Seat 3 | 347,000 |
| Cedric | Meyer | Table 37 - Seat 4 | 243,000 |
| Glen | Hammers | Table 37 - Seat 5 | 266,000 |
| Jean-Pascal | Gauthier | Table 37 - Seat 7 | 416,000 |
| Gaetan | Perreault | Table 37 - Seat 8 | 308,000 |
| Michel | Lafleur | Table 37 - Seat 9 | 121,000 |
Event #2 is moving as quickly as anticipated, and there are only 14 players remaining on 2 tables – the final table is just ahead!
Here are some of the earlier eliminations today. We’ll get updated counts for the remaining players during the next break, which is less than 10 minutes away.