Here is an update on the chips counts in Event 12:

Table 64

• Seat 1. Kyle Chang – 292,000
• Seat 2. empty
• Seat 3. George Grady – 197,000
• Seat 4. Xin Qi – 198,000
• Seat 5. Alexandre Bedard – 292,000
• Seat 6. George Metaxakis – 97,000
• Seat 7. Richard Leger – 318,000
• Seat 8. Jason Gracie – 139,000
• Seat 9. Mike Fraser – 152,000

Table 69

• Seat 1. empty
• Seat 2. Gregory Katayama – 285,000
• Seat 3. Gary Lucci – 544,000
• Seat 4. James McDermott – 315,000
• Seat 5. Steve Daraiche – 428,000
• Seat 6. Diana Shamshoum – 250,000
• Seat 7. empty
• Seat 8. Andrew Miller – 494,000
• Seat 9. Thanh-Phong Bui – 561,000

There is another redraw as the field has been reduced to it’s final two 9-handed tables. Here are the new seating assignments:

Table 64

• Seat 1. Kyle Chang
• Seat 2. Diana Shamshoum
• Seat 3. George Grady
• Seat 4. Xin Qi
• Seat 5. Alexandre Bedard
• Seat 6. George Metaxakis
• Seat 7. Richard Leger
• Seat 8. Jason Gracie
• Seat 9. Mike Fraser

Table 69

• Seat 1. Eric Gariepy
• Seat 2. Gregory Katayama
• Seat 3. Gary Lucci
• Seat 4. James McDermott
• Seat 5. Steve Daraiche
• Seat 6. George Caragiorgas
• Seat 7. Andrew Boujaoude
• Seat 8. Andrew Miller
• Seat 9. Thanh-Phong Bui

Diana Shamshoum did the rest of the field a favour by eliminating Michael MacDonald in 20th place, and with that, Event 12 is now in the money! Here are the remaining soldiers:

Table 64

• Seat 1. George Grady
• Seat 2. George Caragiorgas
• Seat 3. Garry Lucci
• Seat 4. empty
• Seat 5.  Jason Gracie
• Seat 6. empty
• Seat 7. Eric Gariepy
• Seat 8. Xin Qi
• Seat 9. Richard Leger

Table 65

• Seat 1. James McDermott
• Seat 2. Andrew Miller
• Seat 3. empty
• Seat 4. Steve Daraiche
• Seat 5. George Metaxakis
• Seat 6. Gregory Katayama
• Seat 7. Alexandre Bedard
• Seat 8. empty
• Seat 9. empty

Table 69

• Seat 1. Marko
• Seat 2. empty
• Seat 3. Diana Shamshoum
• Seat 4. Andrew Boujaoude
• Seat 5. empty
• Seat 6. Kyle Chang
• Seat 7. Thanh-Phong Bui
• Seat 8. Mike Fraser
• Seat 9. empty

With the recent elimination of Jonathan G in 21st place, we are now just one elimination away from bursting the money bubble. The next player eliminated will be the last of this field to go home empty handed, and the remaining 19 players are guaranteed at least a $1,000 prize, with the opportunity to win the grand prize of $21,500! Jason Gracie and Michael MacDonald are the short stacks at the moment, both holding stacks of just under 10 big blinds. Hand-for-hand is in play…

While Day 2 of Event 12 is on a short break, we went ahead and counted all the stacks remaining in the tournament. Here is the break down:

Table 64

• Seat 1. George Grady – 78,500
• Seat 2. George Caragiorgas – 337,000
• Seat 3. Garry Lucci – 128,000
• Seat 4. Gregory Katayama – 271,500
• Seat 5.  Jason Gracie – 66,000
• Seat 6. Jonathan G – 289,000
• Seat 7. Eric Gariepy – 208,000
• Seat 8. Xin Qi – 301,000
• Seat 9. Richard Leger – 505,000

Table 65

• Seat 1. James McDermott – 110,000
• Seat 2. Andrew Miller – 248,500
• Seat 3. empty
• Seat 4. Steve Daraiche – 229,000
• Seat 5. George Metaxakis – 278,000
• Seat 6. Bradley Roe – 111,500
• Seat 7. Alexandre Bedard – 233,000
• Seat 8. Justin Miller – 25,500
• Seat 9. Mathieu Weissmann – 34,000

Table 69

• Seat 1. Marko – 99,000
• Seat 2. Michael MacDonald – 82,000
• Seat 3. Diana Shamshoum – 259,000
• Seat 4. Andrew Boujaoude – 108,500
• Seat 5. Phannasophea Muong – 29,000
• Seat 6. Kyle Chang – 123,000
• Seat 7. Thanh-Phong Bui – 177,500
• Seat 8. Mike Fraser – 227,000
• Seat 9. Yannick Labattaglia – 34,000

There is a full seating redraw in progress in Day 2 of Event 12, as the field has dropped down to it’s final three 9-handed tables. Here is the new seating assignment:

Table 64

• Seat 1. George Grady
• Seat 2. George Caragiorgas
• Seat 3. Garry Lucci
• Seat 4. Gregory Katayama
• Seat 5.  Jason Gracie
• Seat 6. Jonathan G
• Seat 7. Eric Gariepy
• Seat 8. Xin Qi
• Seat 9. Richard Leger

Table 65

• Seat 1. James McDermott
• Seat 2. Andrew Miller
• Seat 3. William R Mullen
• Seat 4. Steve Daraiche
• Seat 5. George Metaxakis
• Seat 6. Bradley Roe
• Seat 7. Alexandre Bedard
• Seat 8. Justin Miller
• Seat 9. Mathieu Weissmann

Table 69

• Seat 1. Marko
• Seat 2. Michael MacDonald
• Seat 3. Diana Shamshoum
• Seat 4. Andrew Boujaoude
• Seat 5. Phannasophea Muong
• Seat 6. Kyle Chang
• Seat 7. Thanh-Phong Bui
• Seat 8. Mike Fraser
• Seat 9. Yannick Labattaglia

Here is a look at some of the players who have made it to this Day 2 of Event 12 – $500 + $50 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack:

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The 48 players who remain alive in Event 12 of the Playground Poker Montreal Festival are now arriving at their tables where they’re unbagging their chips to prepare for 11 tough levels of poker tonight.

The leaderboard to start the night is full of regular Playground tournament players including second chip leader Diana Shamshoum (whose brother is currently playing in the Main Event), Players Club member George Caragiorgas, Billy Kontaratos, Louis-Philippe Carpentier-Perrault, Yannick Labattaglia and many more.

Stay tuned all evening for blog coverage of the event! And… good luck to all of the players.

There are 48 players left in the $500 + $50, which started with 183 players for Day 1. The tournament played through 13 levels yesterday and will continue with another 11 levels today. Seating has been redrawn for the entire field and when they return to play Day 2 they will be seated as indicated in the following table.

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First Name,Last Name,Seat[attr sort=”asc”],Chip Count
Steve,Daraiche,Table 67 – Seat 1,”240,700″
Diana,Shamshoum,Table 63 – Seat 5,”217,200″
Jonathan,G,Table 65 – Seat 7,”216,600″
Phannasophea,Muong,Table 67 – Seat 8,”189,700″
Mike,Fraser,Table 67 – Seat 6,”187,400″
George,Caragiorgas,Table 64 – Seat 5,”161,900″
Andrew,Boujaoude,Table 69 – Seat 6,”148,300″
George,Grady,Table 64 – Seat 6,”147,800″
Richard,Leger,Table 69 – Seat 8,”146,900″
Martial,Bonnaire,Table 68 – Seat 2,”139,800″
Gary,Lucci,Table 64 – Seat 8,”134,200″
Eric,Gariepy,Table 69 – Seat 2,”130,900″
Xin,Qi,Table 65 – Seat 1,”112,300″
Marko,,Table 64 – Seat 2,”107,400″
Mathieu,Weissmann,Table 65 – Seat 8,”106,000″
Kyle,Chang,Table 63 – Seat 4,”103,300″
Richard,Caron,Table 67 – Seat 2,”100,400″
George,Metaxakis,Table 63 – Seat 3,”99,500″
Jordan, Miraglia,Table 64 – Seat 4,”95,200″
Andrew,Miller,Table 64 – Seat 3,”91,500″
Kathy,Sawers,Table 63 – Seat 6,”91,300″
Renmei,Liu,Table 67 – Seat 3,”88,800″
Tom,Kim Tien,Table 69 – Seat 5,”82,600″
Giuseppe,Niro,Table 68 – Seat 4,”80,000″
Thanh-Phong,Bui,Table 63 – Seat 1,”79,000″
James,McDermott,Table 65 – Seat 3,”78,500″
Bill,Kontaratos,Table 64 – Seat 7,”78,300″
Jose,Pereira,Table 65 – Seat 2,”78,000″
Yannick,Labattaglia,Table 67 – Seat 5,”75,300″
Gregory,Katayama,Table 68 – Seat 5,”71,600″
Joseph,Monteiro,Table 68 – Seat 6,”68,700″
Mathieu,Boulanger-Vaugeois,Table 68 – Seat 8,”68,700″
Eraldo,Edouard,Table 64 – Seat 1,”68,400″
Alexandre,Bedard,Table 69 – Seat 4,”67,900″
Long Phi,Pham,Table 67 – Seat 4,”66,000″
Brian,Healey,Table 67 – Seat 7,”64,000″
Simritpal,Gill,Table 69 – Seat 3,”58,300″
Nicolas,Aubin,Table 69 – Seat 7,”58,000″
Anesti,Kocini,Table 69 – Seat 1,”48,200″
Justin,Miller,Table 63 – Seat 2,”47,000″
William R,Mullen,Table 68 – Seat 7,”45,700″
Louis-Philippe,Carpentier-Perrault,Table 65 – Seat 5,”44,600″
Bradley,Roe,Table 68 – Seat 3,”38,800″
Michael,MacDonald,Table 65 – Seat 6,”35,900″
Darrell,Turnock,Table 65 – Seat 4,”34,400″
Alan,Gafer,Table 63 – Seat 7,”32,400″
Qiang,Dong,Table 68 – Seat 1,”30,100″
Jason,Gracie,Table 63 – Seat 8,”13,300″
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The following players have already breached the 100K mark after 8 levels of play in Event 12:

1. Renmei Liu – 159,000
2. Eric Gariepy – 123,000
3. Jordan Farfard Miraglia – 107,000
4. Phannasophea Muong – 103,000
5. Steve Daraiche – 102,000