Simon was UTG and shoved all-in. He was the smallest stack at the table, and was called by Piotr Wielopolski.

Simon has been all-in in almost half the hands since the beginning of the final table. “I’m not afraid to gamble!”, he said with a smile. The mood has been very light and the players seem to be enjoying themselves, despite the late hour.

Both men tabled their hands:

Simon:

Piotr:

Both players hit a pair on the flop but Simon needed some more help.

Unfortunately for him the on the turn did nothing but remove any chances for a flush. The on the river changed nothing and Simon Assouline was eliminated in 6th position.

The players have asked to stop the clock to discuss a deal.

Simon Assouline – 6th position, $780

Some sneaky limping caught Tarek Said off guard.

With the blinds at 12K/24K Eric Thibodeau limped in from middle position. Yannick Labattaglia limped from the small blind, before big blind Tarek Said shoved all-in. The action came back to chip leader Thibodeau, who instantly called. Labattaglia got the message and got out of the pot.

Tarek tabled his hand:

Eric surprised everyone by tabling Big Slick

Nothing on the board helped Tarek and Eric, keeping with his good run tonight, sent Tarek to the rail in 7th position.

Tarek Said – 7th position, $580

Here it is… the final table in the final event of the October Playground Poker Power Weekend.

The 7 players just received their new seats following the full redraw for the final table.

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège	Stack | Tapis
Simon	Assouline	Table 35, Seat 1	435,000
Charan	Malhotra	Table 35, Seat 2	120,000
Eric	Thibodeau	Table 35, Seat 3	480,000
Piotr	Wielopolski	Table 35, Seat 4	410,000
Yannick	Labattaglia	Table 35, Seat 5	660,000
Tarek	Said	Table 35, Seat 6	545,000
Douglas	James	Table 35, Seat 7	1,075,000

We are nearing the final table here in Event #13, and the players have their eyes on the prizes.

We took a few photos of the players from levels 17 and 18, as we get ready for the home stretch.

The remaining 15 players in the Bounty tournament have come back from a short break. We went around the tables to get some chip counts. Patrick St-Onge is the clear leader, but there is still a lot of hands to come…

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Patrick	St-Onge	466,000
Simon	Assouline	431,000
Thierry	Blanc	376,000
Amir	Mohsen	319,000
Eric	Thibodeau	315,000
Tarek	Said	315,000
Piotr	Wielopolski	286,000
Yannick	Labattaglia	249,000
Charan	Malhotra	209,000
Mark	Doughty	187,000
Douglas	James	150,000
Kevin	Lamothe-Fournier	144,000
Michel	Leblond	124,000
Pierre-Luc	Gaudreau	123,000
Jean-Pascal	Gauthier	72,000

The clock was put on hold while the Tournament Director instructed the dealers to go in hand-per-hand mode. This is standard procedure when approaching the last few spots before the payouts, commonly reffered to as the “bubble”. Some players wanted to make a deal to pay the bubble, but the proposal was rejected by a few of the players. Since this must be a unanimous decision the play continued.

After only a few minutes, there was a hand involving an all-in that was called on table #35. Short stack Sergio De Dominicis was all-in and had received a call from Pierre-Luc Gaudreau. When all the action was completed on the other tables, they got the go-ahead from the Director to table their hands.

Sergio:

Pierre-Luc:

Community cards:

Both players hit the ten on the turn, but the river paired-up Pierre-Luc’s second card. So armed with two pairs Gaudreau knocked out Sergio De Dominicis on the bubble.