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    • Event 1 – The Wild $150 ($135 + $15 NL Hold’em Re-entry)
    • Event 2 – Escalator ($135 + $15 No Limit Hold’em)
    • Event 3 – $70 Deepstack Turbo ($60 + $10 NL Hold’em)
    • Event 4 – $330 Freeze ($300 + $30 NL Hold’em)
    • Event 5 – $60 Freeze ($50 + $10 NL Hold’em)
    • Event 6 – Mixed ($100 + $10 NL Hold’em/PL Omaha)
    • Event 7 – $70 Single Rebuy ($60 + $10 NL Hold’em)
    • Event 8 – Survivor ($200 + $20 NL Hold’em)
    • Event 9 – Playground Winter Festival Main Event ($1000 + $100 NL Hold’em)
    • Event 10 – NL Hold’em 3 Lives ($200 + $20 NL Hold’em)
    • Event 11 – 8-Max ($100 + $10 NL Hold’em)
    • Event 12 – $80 Deepstack Turbo ($70 + $10 NL Hold’em)
    • Event 13 – 6-Max ($150 + $15 NL Hold’em)
    • Event 14 – Ante Up ($60 + $10 NL Hold’em)
    • Event 15 – $25 Bounty ($90 + $10 + $25 NL Hold’em)
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Day 2 over; Jean-Francois Marin in the lead

2015/03/02 12:26am by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 1 - The Wild $150 ($135 + $15 NL Hold'em Re-entry)

Day 2 of the Wild $150 is now over, and 14 players will be back tomorrow for the completion of this opening event of the Playground Winter Festival.

Jean-Francois Marin (4,285,000) will return with the chip lead, and has a fair lead on his opponents. Second in chips is Brian Bond (3,155,000), who is closely followed by Francis Dery (3,150,000) and Tomaz Kalinowski (3,050,000). Full player reported chip counts can be found here.

Jean-Francois Marin leads the field with 4,285,000 in chips:

Jean-Francois Marin

Filed Under: Event 1 - Day 2 Tagged With: Event 1 - The Wild $150 ($135 + $15 NL Hold'em Re-entry)

Last level of play

2015/03/01 11:42pm by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 1 - The Wild $150 ($135 + $15 NL Hold'em Re-entry)

The Wild $150 is now in it’s last level of play for the day. Shortly before the level change, we say Douglas Best get eliminated by Brian Bond in 17th place.

In the first hand of level 29, Franco Casarcia hit some bad luck, as he found himself all-in preflop versus Jean-Francois Marin holding the same hand (AQ off suit), however Jean-Francois managed to run a flush to knock Franco out in 16th place.

Moments later, Devon Morgan moved in with just over 5 big blinds, and was eliminated in 15th by Michel Gamigna.

Devon: 8 of Spades 10 of Spades

Michel: 9 of Hearts 9 of Diamonds

Board: Jack of Spades Ace of Hearts Ace of Diamonds 8 of Hearts 9 of Clubs

Photographs of the final 16 players:

Stephen Belisle
Tomaz Kalinowski
Cristian Burcea

Brain Bond
Devon Morgan
Michel Gramigna

Dominic Gadoury
Jay Srinivasan
Francois Graton-Valiquette

Franco Casarcia
Sean Windover
Frederic Charest

Francis Dery
Pierre Olivier Guay
Jean-Francois Marin

Eleuterio De Miranda Guedes

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Perron, Strul out

2015/03/01 11:21pm by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 1 - The Wild $150 ($135 + $15 NL Hold'em Re-entry)

Bianca Perron was amongst the shorter stacks of the tournament when she moved in with King of Clubs 9 of Clubs. Unfortunately for her, Jean-Francois Marin made the call with King of Diamonds Queen of Diamonds. Bianca failed to improve on the 3 of Hearts Jack of Diamonds 6 of Spades 5 of Diamonds 4 of Clubs board, finishing in 19th place.

Shortly after, we say Harry Strul fall to the hands of Stephan Belisle, as he got all his money in on the flop of a board that ran out 8 of Hearts 9 of Spades 6 of Clubs 3 of Spades 7 of Hearts. Harry’s Ace of Clubs 6 of Diamonds was second best to Stephan’s 9 of Diamonds 6 of Hearts.

The tournament is now down to it’s final 2 tables.

Table 62

Seat 1. Cristian Burcea
Seat 2. Tomaz Kalinowski
Seat 3. Brian Bond
Seat 4. empty seat
Seat 5. Douglas Best
Seat 6. Stephen Belisle
Seat 7. Jay Srinivasan
Seat 8. Francis Dery
Seat 9. Frederic Charest

Table 66

Seat 1. Jean-Francois Marin
Seat 2. Devon Morgan
Seat 3. Michel Gramigna
Seat 4. Dominic Gadoury
Seat 5. Francois Graton-Valiquette
Seat 6. Franco Casarcia
Seat 7. Pierre Olivier Guay
Seat 8. Eleuterio De Miranda Guedes
Seat 9. Sean Windover

Filed Under: Event 1 - Day 2 Tagged With: Event 1 - The Wild $150 ($135 + $15 NL Hold'em Re-entry)

No repeat final table for Yamani

2015/03/01 11:14pm by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 1 - The Wild $150 ($135 + $15 NL Hold'em Re-entry)

Isham Yamani, who made the final table in the last Wild $150 back in November of 2014, has just been eliminated. With only 370,000 to his name, he moved in from middle position in an unopened pot, and was called only by Michel Gramina.

Isham: Jack of Spades 10 of Spades

Michel: Ace of Diamonds King of Hearts

Michel ran a straight on the Jack of Hearts 3 of Clubs Queen of Clubs 10 of Clubs 8 of Hearts board, eliminating Isham in 20th place.

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Bond picks up a big pot

2015/03/01 11:06pm by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 1 - The Wild $150 ($135 + $15 NL Hold'em Re-entry)

Mino Dall Osto was sitting on the button in an unopened pot, and threw in a raise. Brian Bond placed a 3bet from the big blind, to which Mino responded with an all-in for a little over 1.1M. Bond made the call, and both players tabled their hands:

Brian: Jack of Diamonds Jack of Clubs

Mino: Ace of Diamonds 4 of Clubs

The 6 of Hearts 6 of Diamonds 5 of Clubs Queen of Spades 4 of Spades board was of no help to Mino, who placed 21st out of 1,441, good for $1,450. Brian now has around 3,400,000, taking over the chip lead at this stage of the tournament.

 

Filed Under: Event 1 - Day 2 Tagged With: Event 1 - The Wild $150 ($135 + $15 NL Hold'em Re-entry)

Last 2 levels of the day

2015/03/01 11:00pm by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 1 - The Wild $150 ($135 + $15 NL Hold'em Re-entry)

Level 27 has just come to a close, which means that Day 2 of the Wild $150 is just 2 levels away from completion.

During this last level, we lost a few players, as Martin Dej and Cedric Larochelle exited early, finishing 26th and 25th respectively.

We then saw a huge hand develop on table 62, as Richard Johansen 3bet to 240,000 from the big blind after Jay Srinivasan opened from utg+1. Richard c-bet 300,000 on the 8 of Diamonds 5 of Hearts 10 of Spades board, which was called by Jay. They both checked the 10 of Hearts turn, and Richard then moved in for around 700,000 on the Queen of Spades river. Jay made the quick call, and turned over 5 of Spades 5 of Diamonds for a full house, as Richard tabled Ace of Clubs King of Clubs and was eliminated in 24th.

Moments later, on table 66, Gianfranco Giordano moved in his remaining 6 big blinds from utg, and was called by Pierre Olivier Guay from late position. Gianfranco needed help, but his 7 of Hearts 7 of Spades couldn’t improve versus Pierre’s Jack of Hearts Jack of Clubs on the King of Hearts 4 of Spades 10 of Hearts 6 of Diamonds 8 of Clubs board, and he was sent home in 23rd place.

At the very end of the level, Guillaume Massicotte moved in from utg with 660,000, and got the call from Pierre-Olivier Guay in middle position. Guillaume showed King of Clubs 6 of Clubs, and failed to improved versus Pierre’s Ace of Hearts Jack of Hearts on a 4 of Diamonds 7 of Hearts 8 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds 7 of Clubs board to end his run in 22nd place.

 

Filed Under: Event 1 - Day 2 Tagged With: Event 1 - The Wild $150 ($135 + $15 NL Hold'em Re-entry)

Final 3 tables

2015/03/01 10:10pm by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 1 - The Wild $150 ($135 + $15 NL Hold'em Re-entry)

The Wild $150 has dropped to 26 players with two simultaneous eliminations, which means there is a full seating redraw. Here is how the players have been arranged:

Table 60

Seat 1. Douglas Best
Seat 2. Sean Windover
Seat 3. Christian Burcea
Seat 4. Devon Morgan
Seat 5. Dominic Gadoury
Seat 6. Francois Graton-Valiquette
Seat 7. Frederic Charest
Seat 8. Isham Yamani
Seat 9. Franco Casarcia

Table 62

Seat 1. Mino Dall Osto
Seat 2. Tomaz Kalinowski
Seat 3. Brian Bond
Seat 4. Harry Strul
Seat 5. Richard Johansen
Seat 6. Stephan Belisle
Seat 7. Jay Srinivasan
Seat 8. Francis Dery
Seat 9. Cerdric Larochelle

Table 66

Seat 1. Jean-Francois Marin
Seat 2. Gianfranco Giordano
Seat 3. Michel Gramigna
Seat 4. Guillaume Massicotte
Seat 5. Martin Dej
Seat 6. Bianca Perron
Seat 7. Pierre Olivier Guay
Seat 8. Eleuterio De Miranda Guedes
Seat 9. empty seat

Filed Under: Event 1 - Day 2 Tagged With: Event 1 - The Wild $150 ($135 + $15 NL Hold'em Re-entry)

Dery leads the final 34 players

2015/03/01 9:23pm by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 1 - The Wild $150 ($135 + $15 NL Hold'em Re-entry)

The Wild $150 is on it’s last break of the day, and upon the completion of three more levels, the remaining players will bag and tag their chips onto Day 3, tomorrow at 7:00pm.

Here are the chip counts of the remaining 34 players:

Table 60

Seat 1. Isham Yamani – 595,000
Seat 2. Pierre Olivier Guay – 960,000
Seat 3. Devon Morgan – 1,070,000
Seat 4. Christian Radita – 130,000
Seat 5. empty seat
Seat 6. Michel Gramigna – 1,025,000
Seat 7. Vo Victor Ly – 480,000
Seat 8. Eleuterio De Miranda Guedes – 555,000
Seat 9. Jean-Francois Marin – 1,900,000

Table 62

Seat 1. Stephane Faucher – 385,000
Seat 2. Guillaume Massicotte – 540,000
Seat 3. Frederic Charest – 560,000
Seat 4. Cedric Larochelle – 400,000
Seat 5. Dominic Gadoury – 465,000
Seat 6. James Wesley – 705,000
Seat 7. Douglas Best – 760,000
Seat 8. Paul Coolidge – 640,000
Seat 9. Christian Burcea – 915,000

Table 64

Seat 1. empty seat
Seat 2. Franco Casarcia – 400,000
Seat 3. Mino Dall Osto – 1,020,000
Seat 4. Bianca Perron – 990,000
Seat 5. Harry Strul – 1,430,000
Seat 6. Jay Srinivasan – 575,000
Seat 7. Francois Graton-Valiquette – 900,000
Seat 8. Martin Dej – 935,000
Seat 9. Richard Johansen – 1,335,000

Table 66

Seat 1. Stephan Belisle – 1,440,000
Seat 2. Tomaz Kalinowski – 425,000
Seat 3. Anthony Carbery – 650,000
Seat 4. Brian Bond – 1,560,000
Seat 5. Sean Windover – 540,000
Seat 6. David St-Louis – 330,000
Seat 7. Gianfranco Giordano – 235,000
Seat 8. Mathieu Gaudette – 175,000
Seat 9. Francis Dery – 3,425,000

Francis Dery leads the field with 3,425,000 chips:

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Filed Under: Event 1 - Day 2 Tagged With: Event 1 - The Wild $150 ($135 + $15 NL Hold'em Re-entry)

Level 25

2015/03/01 8:34pm by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 1 - The Wild $150 ($135 + $15 NL Hold'em Re-entry)

The Wild $150 is now in level 25, and the field is down to it’s final 5 tables. There are still 4 more 40-minute levels to complete tonight before the remaining players bag and tag their chips onto Day 3, where we will be crowning a champion.

Francis Dery (2,300,000) has taken over the chip lead for the time being, and has quite the lead over the rest of the players. Not far behind is Jean-Francois Marin (1,550,000) in second, and Stephan Belisle (1,525,000) in third.

Players will go on break in around half an hour, and at this point we will bring you an update on all the remaining chip counts.

Photographs from levels 23 and 24:







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Leaderboard entering level 23

2015/03/01 7:08pm by Playground Poker
Tournament: Event 1 - The Wild $150 ($135 + $15 NL Hold'em Re-entry)

With the players on a short break, we took this time to do some chip counts. Three players have managed to breach the 1-million chip mark, with many others not far behind. Here is a look at the top 15 stacks:

  1. Jean-Francois Marin – 1,052,000
  2. Harry Strul – 1,040,000
  3. Christian Burcea – 1,020,000
  4. Tomaz Kalinowski – 880,000
  5. Simon Pier Belair-Grondin – 829,000
  6. Ian Robillard – 776,000
  7. Mino Dall Osto – 747,000
  8. Fadi Haddad – 741,000
  9. Vo Victor Ly – 729,000
  10. Jonathan D’Souza – 715,000
  11. Martin Dej – 654,000
  12. Steve Toulch – 587,000
  13. Louis Alexandre Cabana – 577,000
  14. Frederic Charest – 570,000
  15. Stephan Belisle – 540,000

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