After losing Daniel Charette in 6th ($1,280), followed by Stephen Langlois in 5th ($1,690), the four remaining players asked the floor to pause the clock so that they can discuss a deal. As the players are all Playground regs who know and like each other, they decided to do a simple deal as follows:

Mike Saragossi (most dominant stack): $3,500
Ahmad Baalbaki : $3,000
Tanvir Ahmed:$3,000
David Cadoch: $3,000

There is also another $1,942 that has been left over that will go to the 1st place finisher.

Sixteen places are to be paid today with 15th having a min-cash for $350. Players talked about doing a bubble deal, and it was suggested that $250 be removed from 1st place and $60 from 2nd place in order to pay the bubble $310.  Playground allows the players to make a deal but does not get involved in the negotiations what so ever. There is however an important rule in place: should any player not want to participate in a deal, then the game plays on, with no more discussion.  As it turned out, one player did not accept the terms of a deal, and the cards were back in the air.

Since the bubble has burst, here is a list of players who made it into the money that have no busted out:

• Eddie Daldalian 14th place $350
• Garrett West 15th place $350

The player who busted on the bubble was Joel Godin.