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    Playground Power Weekend March 2018

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    The Playground 200 Champion: Grant Ellis

    2018/03/27 - 2:51 by Jôle Simard

    After five days of intense poker action, the Playground 200 came to a close. The tournament was the showcase event of the March Power Weekend, and was a tremendous success. The $100,000 guarantee promised 500 entries, but after the online Day 1 and all 3 live day 1s were completed, a total of 750 entries had taken place, building a prize pool of almost 50% over the expectation.

    Day 2 started at 12:00pm on Sunday with 157 players at the tables. 94 of them were to get paid, and after ten 40-minute levels, 23 players were bagging their chips onto tonight’s Day 3.

    The evening started with Joël Giguère in the lead. Giguère did not see many good hands, and although his stack was slowly growing, the average was catching up to him. He lost his lead pretty early when Dan Edery enjoyed a sudden boost. Edery kept the lead for a while, until Karl Sahyouni took it on the final table from him with a set of aces.

    This was the first of a series of blows that caused the fall of Dan Edery. Joël Giguère was opposed to deal-making, and when he was eliminated in 5th place, the last 4 quickly started talking. They came to an agreement and adjusted the remaining payouts, and when Alex Barbosa left in 4th, the last 3 chopped the pool evenly, keeping 3K aside for the winner.

    After that, play loosened up considerably, displaying all kinds of wild action, including playing blind, and looking at only one card. This state of things got Makan Salimi to punt quite a bit of chips, and he went out in 3rd, good for $16,160.

    Salimi was the one who introduced the blind action to the table, but his legacy survived him. Grant Ellis and Karl Sahyouni, happy with their secured amount, were willing to roll the dice for the extra money, and they did. In the end, Ellis got all the chips, and took the extra pay.

    Congratulations to all!

    Our Playground 200 Champion: Grant Ellis – $19,160.00

    Runner-up: Karl Sahyouni – $16,160.00

    Karl Sahyouni

    3rd place: Makan Salimi – $16,160.00

    Makan Salimi

    Last hand of play:

    Salimi doubles up; Barbosa busts

    • Level: 33
    • Small Blind: 100K
    • Big Blind: 200K
    • Button Ante: 200K
    • Chip Average: 6.3M
    • Remaining: 3
    • Entries: 750

    2018/03/27 - 1:40 by Jôle Simard

    Makan Salimi doubled his 3.5M stack at the expense of Karl Sahyouni. Salimi’s Ace of Spades King of Spades flopped an ace, and Sahyouni’s 8 of Hearts 8 of Clubs did not manage to catch up.

    Alex Barbosa was then the victim of a bad beat. His Ace of Hearts King of Clubs got undone by Sahyouni’s Ace of Clubs 9 of Clubs when the board revealed a nine.

    Barbosa got $16,000 for his 4th place finish. Congratulations!

    Salimi now has about 8.5M, Ellis has about 6.5M, and Sahyouni has 4M. Despite the difference between the counts, they decided to chop what they could – they took $16,160 each – and $3,000 extra will go to the winner.

    Makan
    Karl Sahyouni
    Grant Ellis
    Alex Barbosa

    Giguère is out

    • Level: 32
    • Small Blind: 75K
    • Big Blind: 150K
    • Button Ante: 150K
    • Chip Average: 4.7M
    • Remaining: 4
    • Entries: 750

    2018/03/27 - 1:20 by Jôle Simard

    Joël Giguère was now the shortest stack, and went all-in from the small blind with 10 of Spades 8 of Spades. Karl Sahyouni was quick to call, having found Queen of Diamonds Queen of Spades. But nothing is ever easy:

    Board: 9 of Clubs 8 of Hearts 7 of Hearts 5 of Spades 9 of Hearts

    Giguère took $6,730 for his 5th place, a very respectable performance. Well done!

    Joël Giguère

    With this elimination, the remaining players were now free to discuss a deal, Giguère being the only finalist opposed to it. The top four prizes have been rearranged to reduce much of the variance. Here are the new amounts:

    1. $20,000
    2. $17,482
    3. $14,000
    4. $14,000

    Play resumes.

    Sahyouni builds back

    • Level: 32
    • Small Blind: 75K
    • Big Blind: 150K
    • Button Ante: 150K
    • Chip Average: 3.8M
    • Remaining: 5
    • Entries: 750

    2018/03/27 - 1:02 by Jôle Simard

    Karl Sahyouni’s stack had dwindled down quite a bit in the last level or two, having been forced to let go of hands a little too often for his own good. This time, he limped in from the middle position, and Dan Edery jumped on it. He went all-in for almost 2M chips, and when the action got back to Shayouni, the call was quick.

    Sahyouni: Ace of Diamonds King of Hearts
    Edery: Jack of Hearts 10 of Spades

    Board: 5 of Hearts 6 of Clubs 6 of Hearts King of Spades 3 of Spades

    Sahyouni nearly doubled up, and is now sitting on about 4.7M, tied for first with Makan Salimi. This is because Salimi took out Jean-Maurice Lauzon in a pre-flop showdown.

    Salimi: Ace of Spades Queen of Hearts
    Lauzon: Ace of Diamonds Jack of Diamonds

    Board: 9 of Clubs 4 of Hearts 3 of Diamonds King of Diamonds 3 of Spades

    Dan Edery: 7th – $4,410
    Jean-Maurice Lauzon: 6th – $5,330

    Good job!

    Dan Edery
    Jean-Maurice Lauzon

    The great flat call

    • Level: 31
    • Small Blind: 60K
    • Big Blind: 120K
    • Button Ante: 120K
    • Chip Average: 2.7M
    • Remaining: 7
    • Entries: 750

    2018/03/27 - 0:24 by Jôle Simard

    When Karl Sahyouni open raised to 320K from the button, Grant Ellis flat called, and Alex Barbosa went all-in from the big blind for about 2.8M. Sahyouni got out of the way, and Ellis called instantly with his 1.7M chips.

    Ellis: Ace of Diamonds Ace of Spades
    Barbosa: Queen of Spades Queen of Diamonds

    Board: Jack of Spades King of Hearts Jack of Diamonds 10 of Spades 10 of Hearts

    Barbosa has 1.1 million left, or 9 big blinds, while Ellis joined the big stacks of the table. His flat call probably did not change much in terms of chip movement, but it was well thought of and could have prompted a steal attempt.

    Grant Ellis
    Alex Barbosa

    Chip counts update

    • Level: 31
    • Small Blind: 60K
    • Big Blind: 120K
    • Button Ante: 120K
    • Chip Average: 2.7M
    • Remaining: 7
    • Entries: 750

    2018/03/26 - 23:42 by Jôle Simard

    Players are now taking a short break, which allowed us to update the stacks in play. Sahyouni is still in the lead, followed by Salimi, whose aces did very well for him. Giguère is just smooth sailing, keeping himself out of trouble and slowly increasing his stack.

    First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomSeat | SiègeStack | Tapis
    MakanSalimiTable 40 - Seat 13,860,000
    JoëlGiguèreTable 40 - Seat 22,750,000
    Jean-MauriceLauzonTable 40 - Seat 31,040,000
    KarlSahyouniTable 40 - Seat 54,230,000
    GrantEllisTable 40 - Seat 72,530,000
    AlexBarbosaTable 40 - Seat 82,170,000
    DanEderyTable 40 - Seat 91,765,000
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