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Playground 200 Day 3 seating draw (with counts)

2018/03/25 - 21:35 by Playground Poker

Play on Day 2 continued through 10 levels today, and with Day 3 set to begin at 7:00pm on Monday March 26th, there are just 23 players left to battle it out for the biggest prizes in the tournament. The following table includes the random seating draw to begin Day 3 along with the starting stacks for each of the remaining players.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Seat \| Siège	Stack \| Tapis
Alex	Barbosa	Table 36 - Seat 1	1,220,000
Grant	Ellis	Table 36 - Seat 2	1,245,000
Daniel	Leddy	Table 36 - Seat 4	485,000
Ryan	Jensen	Table 36 - Seat 5	330,000
Richard	Moreau	Table 36 - Seat 6	595,000
Bao Ngoc	Phu	Table 36 - Seat 7	1,345,000
Jean Maurice	Lauzon	Table 36 - Seat 8	970,000
Jean	Morency	Table 36 - Seat 9	225,000
Adam	Cader	Table 39 - Seat 1	625,000
Dan	Edery	Table 39 - Seat 2	315,000
Robert	Dagenais	Table 39 - Seat 3	1,305,000
Majid	Khajed Hosseini	Table 39 - Seat 4	465,000
Brent F	Mccue	Table 39 - Seat 5	860,000
George	Ciucuireanu	Table 39 - Seat 8	950,000
Karl	Sahyouni	Table 39 - Seat 9	785,000
Marcel Andre	Peroval	Table 40 - Seat 1	520,000
Mathieu	Aymerich	Table 40 - Seat 2	905,000
Fadi	Haddad	Table 40 - Seat 3	600,000
Isham	Yamani	Table 40 - Seat 4	85,000
Makan	Salimi	Table 40 - Seat 6	1,145,000
Joel	Giguere	Table 40 - Seat 7	1,810,000
Tam	Ho	Table 40 - Seat 8	790,000
Co	Tran	Table 40 - Seat 9	1,110,070

Joël Giguère emerges from Day 2 as the clear leader

2018/03/25 - 20:30 by Jôle Simard

Day 2 of the Playground 200 is in the books. From a starting field of 157 players, only 23 survived the 10 levels that were on today’s schedule. These players will be back tomorrow night for the conclusion of tournament and the Power Weekend.

The last moments were quite dramatic. First, Isham Yamani lost a 1M pot to Aex Barbosa in a heartbreaking fashion:

Yamami:
Barbosa:

Board:

The turn came like a thunderstorm, and Yamani was left with about 2 big blinds, 3 hands before the end of the day.

He folded one, then committed from the under-the-gun position. Both Bao Ngoc Phu and Brigitte Métivier tagged along, even creating a bit of a side pot. On the flop, Phu checked the action, and Métivier bet out strong. Phu raised all-in, which was met by a swift call.

Métivier:
Phu:
Yamani:

Board:

Brigitte was thus eliminated one hand before the end of Day 2, while Isham chopped the main pot to stay alive. He then got a walk, and will be back tomorrow night.

Joël Giguère will be starting Day 3 with a crushing stack of 1,810,000 chips. The full counts and seating draw for Day 3 will be posted momentarily. Here is the millionaire’s club:

First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
Joël	Giguère	1,810,000
Bao	Ngoc Phu	1,345,000
Robert	Dagenais	1,305,000
Grant	Ellis	1,245,000
Alex	Barbosa	1,220,000
Makan	Salimi	1,145,000
Co	Tran	1,110,000

Ciucuireano rebuilds

Level: 24
Small Blind: 12K
Big Blind: 24K
Button Ante: 24K
Chip Average: 721.2K
Remaining: 26
Entries: 750

2018/03/25 - 19:34 by Jôle Simard

George Ciucuireanu got to a table very short, and doubled his chips as he was sitting down with against . Minutes later, his table broke and he had to move again. He got it in on his new table, this time with Gabriel DT. They went to the track:

Ciucuireanu:
Gabriel DT:

Board:

Ciucuireanu is closing in on the average, as the last level unfolds.

Kings hold for the double bust

Level: 23
Small Blind: 10K
Big Blind: 20K
Button Ante: 20K
Chip Average: 625K
Remaining: 29
Entries: 750

2018/03/25 - 19:03 by Jôle Simard

Joey Mccomber, Michael Mckinnon and Mathieu Aymerich had a preflop war, and when the bullets stopped flying, all 3 were all-in:

Joey Mccomber:
Michael Mckinnon:
Mathieu Aymerich:

Board:

Aymerich was the biggest stack from the online Day 1, and started Day 2 in 12th position. This very healthy pot just brought him up to almost 900K.

Meanwhile, on the neighbouring table, Gabriel DT survived a 4-way all-in. His micro stack is now a workable 300K. Tanvir Ahmed was part of that all-in with the second-shortest stack, after his fortune was lost to Robert Dagenais with ace-king versus ace-king!!

The field now counts a few millionaires, and is led by Dagenais, whose lucky flush got him to almost 1.5M.

Bao Ngoc Phu leads the pack into the last bit

Level: 23
Small Blind: 10K
Big Blind: 20K
Button Ante: 20K
Chip Average: 506.8K
Remaining: 37
Entries: 750

2018/03/25 - 18:28 by Jôle Simard

Bao Ngoc Phu is on top of our updated leaderboard, with only two 40-minute levels before the end of Day 2. Thirty-eight players are hustling on five tables, soon to be four.

Joël Giguère is still in second position, while Jean-Maurice Lauzon, who was the first to break 1M chips, has dropped to a little under 400K.

Here are the bigger stacks:

First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
Bao	Ngoc Phu	979,000
Joël	Giguère	943,000
Grant	Ellis	864,000
Karl	Sahyouni	818,000
Makan	Salimi	795,000
Tanvir	Ahmed	737,000
Tam	Ho	730,000
Ryan	Jensen	708,000

A most welcome double-up

Level: 22
Small Blind: 8K
Big Blind: 16K
Button Ante: 16K
Chip Average: 426.1K
Remaining: 45
Entries: 750

2018/03/25 - 17:43 by Jôle Simard

Brigitte Métivier was all smiles after surviving her all-in against Alex Barbosa. When Alex opened the pot, Brigitte 3-bet all-in right away for about 230K, not letting anyone come in for cheap. Barbosa, however, had a premium too. Little did he know, he was far behind.

Alex Barbosa:
Brigitte Métivier:

Board:

Brigitte is now over average. With 45 players left in the field, the minimum pay for these survivors is $600. There are two more hours of play to the day.

A few recent photographs: