Geoffrey Hum was on fumes following that huge loss with his set of Jacks but nevertheless managed to stay calm and at least move one more rung up the ladder. He got it in with and found the call from Rodney with .

Community cards:

Unfortunately the 9 on the river was too little, too late for Geoffrey and he was out in 3rd place.

3rd place: Geoffrey Hum, $8,410

Geoffrey Hum

Randy Khalil had been the short stack for some time and was complaining about the lack of cards he was getting, and he finally pushed with only to get the quick call from Trevor Delaney, who held .

The board had no miracles in it for Randy – and he was eliminated in 4th place.

4th place, Randy Khalil, $6,370

Randy Khalil

Andreas Kanakis had been among the chip leaders since the very beginning of the tournament but unfortunately his run in the event ended slightly prematurely in 6th place. He was all-in against Rodney Ramalho, who covered him by quite a margin.

Andreas:
Rodney:

There was no King to come for Andreas as the board ran out and Rodney’s full house took the pot and sent Andreas to the rail.

Just 2 hands later, Rodney was faced with an all-in bet from Matthew Bellsmith on a flop of , and this time he shoved behind to try and isolate his opponent. He was successful and the players showed down.

Matthew: Tc for top pair
Rodney: for the overpair.

The turn and river were the and and again Rodney was stacking chips.

5th place: Matthew Bellsmith, $4,820

Matthew Bellsmith

6th place: Andreas Kanakis, $3,650

Andreas Kanakis

The 6 players that remain have taken a short break during which we have updated the counts for each player.

Justin Miller and Joey Boczek were the two shortest stacks at the table and they have both been eliminated in back-to-back hands.

First out was Justin, who got it in with a flush draw on the flop but found a call from Randy, who had a worse flush draw… but made two pair on running cards.

Next to go was Joey the Birdman, who has had a remarkable Expo having made 4 final tables. He got his last 99k in with but had been called by Andreas Kanakis on the button who held .

The board runout seemed OK in the window but by the door card of the flop it wasn’t so great (the middle flop card was the ). The and didn’t change a thing and Joey hit the rail.

7th place: Joey Boczek, $2,850.00

Joey Boczek

8th place: Justin Miller, $2,050

Justin Miller

Here is a table that lists the remaining members of the final table including estimates of each of their current stack.

Michael Malm has always had a good measure of success at Playground Poker Club, and although this was a relatively quiet trip in terms of final tables and deep runs, he did manage 9th place in Event 12.

9th place: Michael Malm, $1,550

Michael Malm

After Rong Xu was eliminated in 13th position – which was the first place that paid – there have been three more eliminations.

• 12th place, Levon Dedeyan, $1,100
• 11th place, Presten Cloutier, $1,200
• 10th place, Michael Selliah, $1,200

There are now 9 players seated at the final table, and play continues with $14,830 up top and a total of $55,540 left in the prize pool.