Event 12 resumes tonight with Day 3, and we will be playing down to a winner tonight. 10 players are back today to battle it out for the $21,500 first prize, which is accompanied by a Playground Poker Montreal Festival bracelet!
Good luck to all!
Alexandre Bedard 
Mike Fraser 
Xin Qi 
Gregory Katayama 
Kyle Chang 
Steve Daraiche 
Gary Lucci 
Jame McDermott 
Richard Leger 
Thanh-Phong Bui
We are now on the bubble of Event 15, and here is how the chip are distributed amongst the final 9.
Final Table
Isham Yamani 
Mathieu Branchaud 
Real Theoret 
Jose Alejandro Daigle 
Eraldo Huot-Chantal 
Francis Huot-Chantal 
Gerald Robitaille 
Hugues Belzile 
Sylvain Leveille
The Main Event of the Playground Poker Montreal Festival is now down to it’s two final players: Daniel Gagnon and Noeung Troeung. Daniel has the chip lead, holding 25,200,000 versus the 6,675,000 of Noeung.
Good luck gentlemen!
Noeung Troeung 
Daniel Gagnon 
Heads-Up in the Main Event: Gagnon vs Troeung 
Noeung Troeung 
Daniel Gagnon
After a solid performance throughout the Main Event, Thi Nguyen’s deep run has come to an end. After Daniel Gagnon limped from the button, Thi moved in from the small blind for roughly 2.4M. Noeung Troeung folded from the big blind, and Daniel made the call.
Thi: 
Daniel: 
Unfortunately for Thi, Daniel paired the river on the 
board to win the pot. Thi earned $89,700 for her third place finish.
The Main Event is now in heads-up play between Daniel Gagnon (25,200,000), and Noeung Troeung (6,675,000).
3rd place: Thi Nguyen, $89,700
Here is an update on the stacks going into level 35:
Playground’s local hero Joey Silver has outlasted a field of 64 entries (and 12 rebuys) to claim the victory in Event 14 – a Pot Limit Omaha tournament! It only took three hands of heads-up with Christopher James Sander before Joey found himself with all the chips on his side. He earned $2,046 for his win, as well as a Playground Poker Montreal Festival champion’s bracelet.
Congratulations Joey!
Event 14 Champion: Joey Silver, $2,046
Event 14 Runner-Up: Christopher James Sander, $1,668
Last hand of play of Event 14
After betting pot following Joey Silver’s button limp, Ron G moved all-in on the flop and got a call from Joey.
Ron: 
Joey: 
Board: 
Ron was eliminated in 3rd on that hand, leaving the tournament heads-up between Joey Silver and Christopher James Sander.
3rd place: Ron G, $1,668
Another deal was made with the final three players, as they decided to even chopp, leaving the required 5% of the prize pool as an extra for the eventual tournament winner. Here is the payout structure, V3.0:
With 175K behind, Joseph Hanna went all-in from under the gun, and got a call from Christopher James Sander from the big blind.
Joseph: 
Christopher: 
Board: 
4th place: Joseph Hanna, $500
5th place: Arthur W, $500
