Scott Schein’s run has come to an end in the Playground 200. Although he was disappointed with his 25th place finish, he can brag about the great return on investment that he got out of this event.
Shein qualified for the Playground 200 through a $22 satellite on partypoker. After advancing through the satellite, he played the online Day 1 offered on partypoker and played his was in to Day 2.
Shein fought his way through this afternoon’s field, only to fall victim to some bad timing in level 23. Shein was playing an above-average stack after the last break, but after running pocket jacks into pocket aces and doubling up Adam Cader, Shein was on the ropes. Nonetheless, he found a way to get all the chips in with good equity when pushed pre-flop with 
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. Shein’s opponent flopped a king and Shein made his way to the counter to collect his ticket, only to be called back to the table because he had less than one big blind remaining. Despite the micro stack, Shein managed to be ahead when his tournament life was finally at risk when he woke up with an ace, but it was not enough and Shein’s opponent hit the board and the pair sent Shein to the rail.
Shein will collect $740.00 for his 25th place finish, a pretty good return on $22.00!
