Eleuterio De Miranda Guedes came in as the short stack, and made an early exit as he moved in with , and lost versus the of Francois Gratton-Valiquette.

14th place: Eleuterio De Miranda Guedes – $1,900

In a few moments, Day 3 of Event 1 – The Wild $150 – will begin. 14 players remain out of a starting field of 1,441, and everyone has their eyes on the $31,320 first prize, but at the end of the night only one will survive.

Leading the way is Jean-Francois Marin (4,285,000), who managed to bag over 1 million more than any of the other players. Next in chips is Brian Bond (3,155,000), followed by Francis Dery (3,150,000) and Tomaz Kalinowski (3,050,000). However there is still a lot of poker to go before we crown a champion, and it still is anyones games. Full chip counts can be found here.

There will be a seating redraw when we reach the unofficial final table of 10.

Good luck!

This is the official seating chart for Day 3 of The Wild $150, Event 1 in the Playground Winter Festival.

There were a total of 1,441 entries in the four starting flights of Event 1, and 341 players took their seats for Day 2. Play continued for 17 levels on Day 2 and at the end of the day there were just 14 players remaining.

Here is the full seating draw for Day 3 including player-reported chip counts. Click (or tap) on any column header to sort the list.

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First Name,Last Name,Seat [attr sort=”asc”],Chip Count
Jean-Francois,Marin,Table 40 – Seat 9,”4285000″
Brian,Bond,Table 39 – Seat 5,”3155000″
Francis,Dery,Table 39 – Seat 6,”3150000″
Tomaz,Kalinowski,Table 40 – Seat 1,”3050000″
Francois,Graton-Valiquette,Table 39 – Seat 9,”2920000″
Michel,Gramigna,Table 40 – Seat 2,”2300000″
Stephan,Belisle,Table 40 – Seat 4,”2300000″
Dominic,Gadoury,Table 39 – Seat 2,”2275000″
Pierre Olivier,Guay,Table 40 – Seat 7,”1735000″
Frederic,Charest,Table 39 – Seat 7,”1155000″
Jay,Srinivasan,Table 40 – Seat 5,”905000″
Cristian,Burcea,Table 40 – Seat 6,”610000″
Sean,Windover,Table 39 – Seat 1,”465000″
Eleuterio,De Miranda Guedes,Table 39 – Seat 4,”450000″
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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:

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:

Michel:

Board:

Photographs of the final 16 players:

Bianca Perron was amongst the shorter stacks of the tournament when she moved in with . Unfortunately for her, Jean-Francois Marin made the call with . Bianca failed to improve on the 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 . Harry’s was second best to Stephan’s .

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

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:

Michel:

Michel ran a straight on the board, eliminating Isham in 20th place.

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:

Mino:

The 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.

 

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 board, which was called by Jay. They both checked the turn, and Richard then moved in for around 700,000 on the river. Jay made the quick call, and turned over for a full house, as Richard tabled 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 couldn’t improve versus Pierre’s on the 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 , and failed to improved versus Pierre’s on a board to end his run in 22nd place.