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    Playground Power Weekend February 2019

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      • Event #1 – $100 + $10 8-Max Re-entry
      • Event #2 – Playground 200
      • Event #3 – $100 + $10 + $25 Bounty Re-entry
      • Event #4 – $80 + $10 Freeze
      • Event #5 – $200 + $20 Deepstack
      • Event #6 – $100 + $10 NL Short Deck Hold’em Re-entry
      • Event #7 – $100 + $10 6-Max Re-entry
      • Event #8 – $150 + $20 + $50 6-Max Bounty
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    MILLIONS Satellite News

    Meet our Main Event ticket holders!

    It's been a long and distinguished road leading up to this point.  Tonight's STEP 3 Satellite was the end of the line after a series of STEPS satellites that began during the World Cup of Cards in January.  Tonight, for a $1,500 + $150 buy-in, 10 players were guaranteed a seat in the Main Event at the MILLIONS North America event coming this May. Registration was open until 11:15 pm and a total of 41 entries were logged. The last hand involved Line Desjardins, who was holding Ace of Clubs King of Clubs [More...]

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    • STEP 3 – Full chip counts
    • STEP 3 Satellite on Break
    • STEP 3 through the lens
    • Cards are in the air in tonight’s MILLIONS STEP 3 satellite
    • Sunday’s STEP 3 Satellite gets 25 qualifiers

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    Event #7: $100 + $10 6-Max Re-entry

    Antoine Simon champion of 6-max Re-entry

    The 6-max Re-entry event started at 12 noon and attracted 113 players for an afternoon of tournament poker. The players had done an ICM chop when they were four handed and had left the required $162 for the 1st place winner.  Khanroy Fernandez was crushing for hours, and when play went three handed, he had close to a six to one chip advantage over Antoine Simon, and a little more than a four to one advantage over Robert Gosselin. Winning a tournament requires a certain amount of aggression [More...]

    Recent

    • Antoine gaining ground
    • Three handed chip counts
    • ICM deal has been reached
    • Anderson falls in 6th place
    • Big slick for the win

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    Event #8: $150 + $20 + $50 6-Max Bounty

    Meet Event #8 champion Sam Pouliot

    Just as heads up action was about to start, Arthur W. said, "This won't take long." It was not a lie, because after only a couple of hands, the final hand came up. Before the hand Sam said, "I think I will call blind" and added 15,000 to his small blind. Both players received their hands. True to his word, Sam never looked at his hand and waited for Arthur to act. Arthur checked and the flop came out: Queen of Diamonds Ace of Diamonds 7 of Spades. Arthur checked and Sam, still playing blind, casually threw in a bet of [More...]

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    • Thibault gets 3rd place – Heads up!
    • The puck stops here for Michael Khan
    • Arvanitis sent to the rail in 5th place
    • End of the line for Caballero
    • Malamud out in 7th place

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    Event #1: $100 + $10 8-Max Re-entry

    A champion is crowned in the 8-Max Re-entry

    An epic heads-up battle took place between Jean-Pascal Gauthier and Anish Sood to close out the action in Event #1 in the February 2019 Playground Power Weekend. Along the way, the two remaining players looked at the ICM chop numbers, but in the end, they decided to just play on. Anish was dominating up until the last hand before break, but with only 10 seconds to go before the break was to start, an important hand was dealt.  Anish was on the button and looked down at 10 of Spades 10 of Clubs and shoved.  [More...]

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    • We are now heads-up!
    • Three handed as the eliminations continue
    • Final table chip counts
    • We have a final table!
    • The field is thinning

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    Playground 200

    Blouin-Verroeulst wins the Playground 200

    Stephane Blouin-Verroeulst has won the Playground 200 in the February 2019 Playground Power Weekend, defeating David Bolduc Hamel in a tough heads up battle between two players that were clearly playing at the top of their game. Stephane had started the heads up match with a slight lead, and this was maintained through the initial level of 2-way play until the break - he had about a 3:2 chip lead. Sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less. However during the break, he seems to have [More...]

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    • Heads up in the Playground 200
    • Stoycheff makes it all the way to 3rd
    • Rho sent to the rail in 4th
    • Play resumes in level 31
    • Just 4 players left in the Playground 200

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    Event #3: $100 + $10 + $25 Bounty Re-entry

    Plessis-Belair wins Event #3

    During heads-up play, the players decided to make another small deal; instead of $400 going to 1st place, they agreed to re-adjust and leave $300 for 1st and $100 for 2nd. The two players battled back and forth for an orbit or two, and finally they were both all-in: Jonathan had 6 of Hearts 4 of Diamonds and Normand had Jack of Hearts 7 of Spades.  Jonathan was happy to smash the 6 of Spades Ace of Spades 4 of Spades flop, hitting 2 pair, but as seasoned tournament poker players know, in most all-in situations, there seems to always be a sweat. He was [More...]

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    • Play has loosened up
    • The players have a deal
    • Two more bust outs
    • Chip counts for the final 6 players
    • Akilian takes one out, then leaves himself

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    Event #4: $80 + $10 Freeze

    Denyse “Omaha Queen” Mignault wins the $90 Freeze

    The heads up action was setup to be quick, with Yannick Bourque Patry having a huge lead on Denyse Mignault. Both players were obviously starting to show signs of fatigue, and the end seemed near. Right off the bat, Denyse doubled up in the first hand, armed with pocket kings and 520,000 chips. After this quick hand, she managed to go all in 6 of the next 8 hands. Yannick seemed unable to get his hands on any decent cards at all. The blinds went up to 30K/60K and the pace intensified [More...]

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    • Head’s up! Bourque Patry vs. Mignault
    • Saumure out in 3rd place
    • It’s a 4th place for Ritchie Haddad
    • Naveen Thorati finishes 5th
    • 5 players take a break

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    Event #5: $200 + $20 Deepstack

    Event #5: Ahmad Baalbaki is the champion

    Event #5, a $200 + $20 Deepstack Freezeout, started at 11:00am, featuring a 30,000 chip starting stack and 20 minute levels.  Although the weather was not the best today, 113 players made the trip to Playground to enjoy a Sunday afternoon of tournament poker. There was a guaranteed prize pool of $15,000 that ended up swelling to $21,922! There were many local grinders mixed in with out of town players competing for a top prize of $5,252.  The day played out slowly, with many players grinding [More...]

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    • Saragossi and Ahmed out in 3rd and 4th
    • Final table: Four fast bustouts
    • Hamelin out in 13th
    • Wilson in the lead at the 3rd break
    • Hernandez: KK for the win!

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    Event #6: $100 + $10 NL Short Deck Hold’em Re-entry

    Manfred Gunther is champion of Event #6 Short Deck

    The heads up match was between chip leader Manfred Gunther and Patrick St-Onge. Manfred has been running extremely well and was on fire tonight. He's been consistently among the chip leaders and has managed to stay pretty much ahead of every player on the final table. Patrick has had a roller coaster ride in this tournament but is a player not to be taken lightly on any given day. The whole confrontation lasted only a few hands. By doubling up in the first hand, Patrick was now in a [More...]

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    • 3rd Place for Marco Dinardo
    • Cedrik Harnois out in 4th place
    • ICM deal is made
    • Juan Federico Garcia goes home in 5th place
    • 6th place goes to Anthony Dadamo

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