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    • Event 1 – $135 + $15 No Limit Hold’em Re-entry
    • Event 2 – $100 + $10 No Limit Hold’em Shootout
    • Event 3 – $60 + $10 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack Turbo
    • Event 4 – $150 + $15 No Limit Hold’em 6-Max
    • Event 5 – $60 + $10 No Limit Hold’em Single Rebuy
    • Event 6 – $50 + $10 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
    • Event 7 – $100 + $10 Mixed Pot Limit Omaha & No Limit Hold’em
    • Event 8 – $70 + $10 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
    • Event 9 – $100 + $10 No Limit Hold’em 8-Max Deepstack
    • Event 10 – $1000 + $100 Main Event
    • Event 11 – $100 + $10 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack Turbo
    • Event 12 – $500 + $50 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack
    • Event 13 – $50 + $10 No Limit Hold’em Big Ante
    • Event 14 – $100 + $10 Pot Limit Omaha Single Rebuy
    • Event 15 – $70 + $10 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
    • Event 16 – $185 + $15 + $100 No Limit Hold’em Bounty $100
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Event 12 Champion: Steve Daraiche

2014/09/04 1:58am by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

Heads-up play between Steve Daraiche and Xin Qi went on for over a little over 2 hours, where we saw both players gain and lose the lead at some point. Steve was on the brink of elimination at least twice during this time, but managed to regain the lead and eventually claim the victory! On the last hand, both players were holding strong heads-up hole cards, as Xin had Ace of Clubs Queen of Diamonds and Steve Ace of Diamonds 10 of Diamonds. The board (10 of Hearts Ace of Spades 6 of Clubs 8 of Hearts Jack of Diamonds) gave Steve aces-up, and that was good enough to win him the pot and the tournament. He earned $21,500 for his first place finish, as well as a Playground Poker Montreal Festival bracelet!

Congratulations Steve!

Event 12 champion: Steve Daraiche, $21,500

Event 12 Champion: Steve DaraicheEvent 12 Champion: Steve Daraiche

Event 12 Runner-Up: Xin Qi, $15,500

Xin Qi

Last hand of play

Event 12 Champion: Steve Daraiche

Filed Under: Playground Poker Montreal Festival News, Event 12 - Day 3 Tagged With: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

Level 31

2014/09/04 1:37am by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

This is the chip distribution entering level 31:

  1. Steve Daraiche – 3,550,000
  2. Xin Qi – 1,025,000

Filed Under: Event 12 - Day 3 Tagged With: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

Update

2014/09/04 12:29am by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

We are on a short break in Event 12, and although there haven’t been any big pots between the two, Xin has chipped up quite a bit in the last level. Here are the updated chip counts:

  1. Xin Qi – 3,735,000
  2. Steve Daraiche – 1,130,000

Filed Under: Event 12 - Day 3 Tagged With: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

Heads-up between Qi and Daraiche

2014/09/03 11:44pm by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

Xin Qi and Steve Daraiche have begun their heads-up battle here in Event 12, and we’ve already seen some chips travel back and forth between the two. At the moment, Xin has the lead.

  • Xin Qi – 2,450,000
  • Steve Daraiche – 1,855,000

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Steve Daraiche
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Xin Qi

Heads-Up in Event 12: Steve Daraiche vs Xin Qi

Filed Under: Playground Poker Montreal Festival News, Event 12 - Day 3 Tagged With: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

3rd place: Gregory Katayama

2014/09/03 11:24pm by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

Xin Qi min-raised from the button, and Gregory went all-in for 760K from the big blind. It took a moment of thought before Xin made the call to go heads-up to the flop.

Xin: Ace of Hearts 9 of Diamonds

Gregory: King of Clubs 10 of Hearts

Both players hit the Ace of Diamonds 10 of Clubs Queen of Diamonds Ace of Clubs 3 of Clubs board, but Xin’s three of a kind was good enough to take the pot.

We are now heads-up between Xin Qi (2,445,000) and Steve Daraiche (2,420,000).

3rd place: Gregory Katayama, $11,555

Gregory Katayama

Filed Under: Event 12 - Day 3 Tagged With: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

Level 27 update

2014/09/03 10:55pm by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

Here are the stacks going into level 27:

  • Seat 2. Gregory Katamaya – 995,000
  • Seat 3. Xin Qi – 1,525,000
  • Seat 8. Steve Daraiche – 2,055,000

Filed Under: Event 12 - Day 3 Tagged With: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

Katayama on the grind

2014/09/03 9:57pm by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

Gregory Katayama was on the brink of elimination a few hands ago, as his stack was reduced to just over 100K. He has doubled up three times since in almost as many hands, and is now back close to the average.

Here is an update on the current chip counts:

  • Seat 2. Gregory Katayama – 1,335,000
  • Seat 3. Xin Qi – 1,250,000
  • Seat 8. Steve Daraiche – 1,990,000

Filed Under: Event 12 - Day 3 Tagged With: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

4th place: Kyle Chang

2014/09/03 9:37pm by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

After seeing 1,05M of his chips go to Xin Qi the hand before, when his Queen of Spades Queen of Diamonds fell victim to King of Hearts King of Diamonds, Kyle Chang was left with only around 250K in the big blind. Action folded around to Steve Daraiche in the small blind, who bet more than Kyle owned to put some pressure on him. Kyle made the call, and they were off to the races:

Steve: Ace of Diamonds Queen of Diamonds

Kyle: Ace of Spades 2 of Diamonds

Board: Jack of Hearts Queen of Clubs Jack of Clubs King of Spades 3 of Clubs

4th place: Kyle Chang, $8,600

Kyle Chang

Filed Under: Event 12 - Day 3 Tagged With: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

5th place: James McDermott

2014/09/03 9:13pm by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

With a stack south of 10 big blinds, James McDermott moved in from the small blind in a unopened pot. Steve Daraiche, who was in the big blind with a monster stack, made the call.

James: King of Spades Queen of Diamonds

Steve: Jack of Clubs 9 of Clubs

Steve improved his hand on the 6 of Diamonds 5 of Spades Jack of Hearts Ace of Hearts 2 of Hearts board to eliminated James and bring the final table down to 4 players.

5th place: James McDermott, $6,400

Jame McDermott

Filed Under: Event 12 - Day 3 Tagged With: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

Update on the chip counts

2014/09/03 8:58pm by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

Here are the chip counts of the final 5 players in Event 12:

Final Table

  • Seat 1. Alexandre Bedard – eliminated in 6th – $4,800
  • Seat 2. Gregory Katayama – 230,000
  • Seat 3. Xin Qi – 1,101,000
  • Seat 4. Mike Fraser – eliminated in 8th – $2,600
  • Seat 5. Gary Lucci – eliminated in 10th – $1,500
  • Seat 6. James McDermott – 295,000
  • Seat 7. Thanh-Phong Bui – eliminated in 9th – $2,000
  • Seat 8. Steve Daraiche – 1,890,000
  • Seat 9. Richard Leger – eliminated in 7th – $3,600
  • Seat 10. Kyle Chang – 1,055,000

Filed Under: Event 12 - Day 3 Tagged With: Event 12 - $500 + $50 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

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