We are now heads-up between Philippe Lauzon (8,225,000) and Rick Shamshoum (15,400,000), who are battling it out for a top prize of $28,780, which comes with a Playground Poker Spring Classic bracelet, and of course bragging rights! The second place finisher will still earn an impressive $19,479 prize.
Good luck gentlemen!
Heads-up between Philippe Lauzon and Rick Shamshoum
We’ve just reached heads-up play in The Wild $150, as Isham Yamani was eliminated in 3rd place. With only 3,600,000 to his name, Isham open-shoved from the small blind, and was quickly called by Philippe Lauzon.
Isham: 
Philippe: 
They both paired the 
board, however Philippe held the stronger pair to eliminate Isham.
3rd place: Isham Yamani – $13,530
Isham Yamani
Here is an update of the leaderboard in Event 2, which is down to it’s three final tables:
We just witnessed a cooler amongst the final four players of The Wild $150, as Rick Shamshoum opened from utg for 575,000, and snap called the all-in of Said Michailidis, which was worth almost 3,000,000.
Rick:
Said: 
The window card was just what Rick ordered, as he paired his ace on the 
board to bring us down to three-handed action.
4th place: Said Michailidis – $10,960
Said Michailidis
Isham Yamani opened from the button to 550,000, and went into the tank for a few minutes when Philippe Lauzon moved in from the small blind for a total of 1,950,000. He eventually made the call, but was in rough shape.
Isham: 
Philippe: 
The board ( 
) changed nothing, and Philippe doubled to just over 4 million, while Isham dropped to around 3.5 million.
Photographs from levels 13-14:
The 6 remaining players have asked the TD to pause the clock to discuss a potential deal. We will let you know what the verdict is as soon as we find out.
Said Michailidis opened the action to 375,000 from early position, to which Rick Shamshoum replied with a raise to 950,000. Benoit Campeau announced all-in from the big blind for around 3,600,000, and found a call only from Rick.
Benoit:
Rick:
The board stayed clean for Rick, who moved up to just shy of 10,000,000 with that hand, as Benoit was sent to the cashiers to collect his cash prize.
7th place: Benoit Campeau – $4,270
Benoit Campeau
Only 3 players have breached the 100,000 mark so far in Event 2, but many more will be joining the ranks in the levels to come. Here is the current leaderboard:
We’ve reached the final in the opening event of the Playground Poker Spring Classic!
There are a few interesting stories leading up to this final table. For starters, Christien Beaudoin is riding what has been jokingly referred to as a “fairytale story”, as he was crippled early in the night to just one chip (T25,000), and has managed to rebuild his stack to make his way to the final table. Although he is on the short end of the leaderboard, he’s proven he knows how to play short-stacked poker.
Levi Stevens is in a similar boat, as at some point before the money-bubble in Day 2 he was crippled nearly to elimination. He has seen his stack drop to below the 2BB mark today as well, but has chipped up to give him a little room to manoeuvre.
Isham Yamani is on his second life-time final table in Playground Poker Club’s “The Wild $150”, and has also placed 20th in another one.
Final Table
Seat 1. Levi Stevens
Seat 2. Christien Beaudoin
Seat 3. Stephane Chartrand
Seat 4. Said Michailidis
Seat 5. Rick Shamshoum
Seat 6. Pierre-Olivier Sauve
Seat 7. Stephane Sevigny
Seat 8. Benoit Campeau
Seat 9. Isham Yamani
Seat 10. Philippe Lauzon
