Hassan Salha, as is often the case, open-raised. Isham Yamani, sitting on his left, went all-in for about 900K, and Elvira Popescu called with her remaining 600K. Salha folded, and the 2 shortest stacks went to showdown.

Yamani
Popescu:

Board:

A few hands later, Yamani committed his remaining 185K with . Shawn S called from the blinds with , and hit 2 pairs.

Yamani ends his adventure in 6th place, worth $4,530. He can add that amount to his 2nd place finish ($1,000) in this afternoon’s $70 + $10 8-max Event. He had to abandon that stack when 3 players were left in order to take on Day 3 of the Playground 200. That is one way to multi-task!

Well done Mr. Yamani, across the board!

Bruno Blanchette was down to 685K when he raised from the under-the-gun position. Shawn S put him all-in from the big blind, and Blanchette called.

Bruno Blanchette: 
Shawn S:

Board:

Blanchette took  $3,720 for his 7th place. Congratulations!

Day 3 of the Playground 200 started rather violently, as Adamo Giroux was eliminated with kings against Alexandre Nadeau-Lévesque’s aces.

About an orbit later, Eric Lupovich raised from under-the-gun with ace-ten, and was called by Rabah Belal Ahin Al-Nasseri from the button. Al-Nasseri was being creative with jacks in his hand, and when he got check-raised all-in on a ten high flop, he happily called and busted Lupovich.

The Playground 200 is now 7-handed.

9th: Adamo Giroux – $2,230
8th: Eric Lupovich – $2,970

The Playground 200 is ready for its conclusion. Yesterday, players fought until there were only 9 left, led by Hassan Salha. Hassan has been crushing the field with his aggressive approach, and his stack of 4,440,000 chips looks extremely good on the Day 3 qualifiers list below.

In a few minutes, the action will resume in the tournament hall. Every player is guaranteed $2,230, and $22,286 is up top for the winner. Ladies and gentleman, cards are in the air!