Sebastien Morrissette just found himself in a raising war with Vincent Tremblay – among the leaders all day – and managed to pull out a win after open shoving on the flop.

The action was cutoff against button, and Sebastien opened to 31K. Vincent, immediately to his left in and on the button, raised to 95K, and action folded back to Sebastian who re-popped to 235K. Vincent made the call and a half-million chip pot was suddenly at stake.

The flop came out and Sebastian instantly shoved all-in for his remaining 162K.

Vincent tanked. He held half a million chips behind, and you could almost see the wheels turning in his head as he tried to work out a solution. Eventually, though, Vincent made the fold and Sebastien stacked the chips.

Nicolas Miron was down to less than 10 big blinds when he woke up with . Knowing that he was unlikely to find a better spot, he moved all-in and picked up two callers, William Perreault and Francis Rivest.

It was a dream flop for Miron, , and Perreault made a bet of 100k in an attempt to build a side pot. The bet chased Rivest out of the pot, and Perreault confidently rolled over his , only to be outdone by Miron’s trips. The runout, , confirmed the situation on the flop, and Miron got to stacking his new-found chips.

Players in the Playground 200 are half-way through their day in terms of the number of levels to be played today, and the tournament keeps moving quickly as there are just 50 players left in the action.

Here’s a roundup of some recent photos in the tournament.

There were plenty of short-stacked players at the tables during the bubble, and many of these have been eliminated now that a small cash prize is available. Here is a first list of post-bubble eliminations and their respective prizes.

67. Antoine Simon, $390

68. Patrick Williams, $390

69. Pierre Olivier Guay, $390

70. Brian Bond, $390

71. Alex Barbosa, $390

72. Lee Chanwoo, $390

73. Gil Charles, $350

74. Christian Brousseau, $350

75. William Cornelius Johnston, $350

76. Albert Abitbol, $350

77. Timmy Richard, $350

78. Ben Menache, $350

79. Carl Huard, $350

80. Francois Gauthier, $350

Ghislain Soucy, an experienced tournament player from the area who has been nurturing a small stack all day has been eliminated on the bubble in the Playground 200 on Table 68.

Christian Larocque opened the action with a limp from utg, which was followed by a raise to 26K from Jason Conforti. Ghislain, directly to Jason’t right, shoved for about 100K and action folded back to Christian, who made the call. Jason folded.

Once it was determined that this was the only hand with a called all-in, the cards were revealed.

Ghislain:
Christian:

Ghislain would need help to move forward. The flop: – there was more help for the Aces than Ghislain’s Eights on that flop. The turn and river were pretty, but total blanks for Ghislain and he was sent to the rail just one place out of the money.

The players in the Playground 200 have just returned from their first break of the afternoon. This event has just reached the money bubble so hand-for-hand play is now underway. With 81 players left in the field, everyone is eyeing the $23,036 first-place prize.

Here are the current chip leaders:

Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Vincent Tremblay	660,000
Jason Conforti	624,000
Azoulay Prosper	540,000
Francois Dugas	502,000
George Siamoutas	448,000