The players at the final table of the Playground 200 have just returned to their seats following the first break of the evening.

Michael Khan leads the way with a small chip lead over François Dugas, and they are both comfortably ahead of the rest of the players at the table. But with the blinds as high as they are, things can change in a hurry so it’s too early to count anyone out.

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Michael	Khan	3,750,000
François	Dugas	3,580,000
Mathieu	Boucher	2,950,000
Sébastien	Morissette	2,150,000
Nicolas	Miron	1,380,000
Amirpasha	Emami	990,000
Gianfranco	Giordano	785,000
Paul	Hartman	265,000

Finalists of the Playground 200 were still in the process of settling down and getting comfortable when David Sorgente found a hand to go to battle with. Michael Khan had enough to contest his aggression.

Sorgente:
Khan:

Board:

Khan spiked an 8 on the flop, and the turn got him the check mark. Sorgente left in 10th, wishing everybody good luck. He cashes $1,910 for his deep run.

Jacques Bigonesse followed him. He showed up on the final with a micro stack. He managed to double it up, but lost on the following hand. His 9th place gets him $2,300.

Well done guys!

Back to back bust outs brings the Playground 200 to the final table. George Siamoutas fell to François Dugas when his king-jack couldn’t catch Dugas’ ace-jack.

On the other table, Makan Salimi lost his chips to Mathieu Boucher in a dramatic fashion. Boucher’s sixes flopped a set, but fell behind when Salimi’s ace-queen turned a straight! The river, however, paired the board and Salimi was bubbling the final table.

12th: George Siamoutas – $1,910
11th: Makan Salimi – $1,910

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège
Paul	Hartman	Seat 1
Mathieu	Boucher	Seat 2
Amirpasha	Emami	Seat 3
Nicolas	Miron	Seat 4
David	Sorgente	Seat 5
Michael	Khan	Seat 6
Gianfranco	Giordano	Seat 7
Jacques	Bigonesse	Seat 8
François	Dugas	Seat 9
Sébastien	Morissette	Seat 10

François Dugas is on top of things, entering the final with over 3.5M. He is our current chip leader.

When Michael Khan raised to 95K, David Sorgente called, and Levon Dedeyan shoved 600K. Khan completed the bet, secretly hoping for Sorgente to go over the top and create a huge side pot, but he was left with Dedeyan to a very uneven showdown.

Khan
Dedeyan:

Board:

Dedeyan found hope on the turn, but the clean river sent him home with $1,520. Congratulations!

George Siamoutas raised to 110K from the under-the-gun position and was called by François Dugas before Christopher Kokozaki shoved over the top for 370K total.

Siamoutas called, and so did Dugas. On the flop, the action went check all-in fold, and Dugas was in a showdown against Kokozaki.

Dugas:
Kokozaki:

Board:

Dugas had flopped a top pair and collected the million-chip pot. Kokozaki went out in 14th place, good for $1,520.

Nice run!

Some Day 3 qualifiers made it here with rather short stacks, and naturally, a few quick eliminations brought the tournament to a 2-table affair. Already 6 of them hit the rail and we now have 2 tables of 7 players each.

The player who has benefited the most from these movements is Mathieu Boucher, who is now sitting on over 2.5M chips.

20th: Mathieu Brunet – $1,040
19th: Jean-François Stoycheff – $1,040
18th: Kenneth Legue – $1,260
17th: Aboud Georgos – $1,260
16th: Éric Guindon – $1,260
15th: Chris B. – $1,520