The players have just completed a short break during which we updated the chip counts for the 9 players remaining in the event.
We have the first elimination from the final table of Event 10. Salomon Ponte got his last chips in from the big blind with very strong hole cards – 
and was called by the initial raiser, Bill Kontaratos who held 
.
The flop had a little something for everyone: 
– so Salomon hit his set but Bill picked up the flush draw. After the safe 
came on the turn, the 
spelled the end of Salomon’s tourney and Bill stacked the chips.
10th place: Salomon Ponte, $2,700
Event 11 in the PokerStars Canada Cup has begun. This is the $500 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha 3 Lives tournament, which is slated to run over 2 days. This tournament format has been featured in every large festival that has been held at Playground Poker Club, and it is also used once a week – on Tuesday – in the Playground daily schedule and has become the favourite format for an Omaha tournament over the years. In this format players start with 10K chips and 2 additional “Life” chips that may be redeemed at any time in the first 5 levels of the event.
Good luck to all of the players!
Event 10 is a $1000 + $100 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout event that began on May 26th and is scheduled to end on May 28th. There were 149 players in the event which added up to a prize pool of $144,530 which has been paid out according to this table.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel | Watton | $35,000.00 |
| 2 | Carlo | Nini | $26,330.00 |
| 3 | Alek | Stasiak | $19,500.00 |
| 4 | Alexander | Livingston | $15,000.00 |
| 5 | Louis | Boutin | $11,600.00 |
| 6 | Nicolas | Aubin | $8,500.00 |
| 7 | Radu | Pop Mircea | $6,400.00 |
| 8 | Jordan | Westmorland | $4,700.00 |
| 9 | Bill | Kontaratos | $3,500.00 |
| 10 | Salomon | Ponte | $2,700.00 |
| 11 | André | Vezina | $2,700.00 |
| 12 | Frederic | Tisseur | $2,300.00 |
| 13 | Mike | Fraser | $2,300.00 |
| 14 | Christopher | Clisby | $2,000.00 |
| 15 | Mario | Lim | $2,000.00 |
Event 10 is a $1000 + $100 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout event that began on May 26th and is scheduled to end on May 28th. There were 149 players in the event which added up to a prize pool of $144,530 which will be paid out according to this table.
| Finish | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $35,000.00 |
| 2 | $26,330.00 |
| 3 | $19,500.00 |
| 4 | $15,000.00 |
| 5 | $11,600.00 |
| 6 | $8,500.00 |
| 7 | $6,400.00 |
| 8 | $4,700.00 |
| 9 | $3,500.00 |
| 10 | $2,700.00 |
| 11 | $2,700.00 |
| 12 | $2,300.00 |
| 13 | $2,300.00 |
| 14 | $2,000.00 |
| 15 | $2,000.00 |
Event 10 started today with 36 players and is scheduled to play through 12 levels today. The play started at a fast pace and kept up that pace as there were redraws at 27 players, 18 players, and now at the 10-player final table. The next player to be paid gets $2,700 but they’re playing for $35K up top, so there’s still a lot to play for!
Theodore Doukas has been eliminated in 12th position after he got very short coming out of the last break. At the end he got it in from the small blind with just 253K left in his stack (just under 10 BB). James Armstrong tanked for a few minutes but eventually called.
Theodore: 
James: 
The flop was good for Theodore – 
but the 
gave James the straight and the 
on the river looked nice but had no value for Theodore and he hit the rail.
McKenzie James Liebzeit is out in 14th place. His elimination was an extended affair which took several hands in an orbit and a half to complete.
It all went wrong for McKenzie when he opened on the button to 40K and then Ryan Rivers went all-in from the big blind. Action returned to McKenzie and he went in the tank before eventually calling the 398K bet.
McKenzie: 
Ryan: 
Ryan won the hand by spiking the 
on the turn (the board ended up 
) and McKenzie was crippled down to 70K – just 3BB.
On the second hand following this loss, he got it in with and Vincent Jacques called with 
. McKenzie doubled to 128K on the board of 
. He was still in critical condition, but a little more healthy than before.
A few more hands passed that included McKenzie folding to raised pots or going all-in and picking up blinds and antes, until his ultimate hand.
Justin Miller raised to 50K and François Goulet called the 50K. Immediately to François’ left, McKenzie shoved (165K). Justin flat called the 165K and then François re-raised and got the quick fold from Justin. The pot was now heads up with McKenzie all in for his tournament life.
François: 
McKenzie: 
.
This time the board was no help to McKenzie as the 
gave François 2 pairs and sent McKenzie to the rail.
14th place: McKenzie James Liebzit, $21,920
Event 10 has moved along quickly and the tournament has dropped to 26 players, which required a full seating redraw at 27. There will be another redraw at 18 players remaining.
Here are the current seating assignments.
Table 61
Table 62
Table 63
Unfortunately we missed the hand that eliminated Marcello Delgrasso, but he has hit the rail in 16th place.
16th place: Marcello Delgrasso, $18,810
