The players in Event 1 have taken a short break and while they were away from the table we refreshed the counts for the 7 players remaining.
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Name,Chip Count [attr sort=desc]
Stephane Chartrand,”3,375,000″
Said Michailidis,”1,700,000″
Rick Shamshoum,”5,170,000″
Pierre-Olivier Sauve,”2,320,000″
Benoit Campeau,”3,600,000″
Isham Yamani,”4,745,000″
Philippe Lauzon,”2,590,000″
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Christien Beaudoin has had a remarkable night. At one point fairly early on in the day he was reduced to a single 25K chip. But he kept on grinding and managed to ladder up quite successfully to 8th place.
He was finally eliminated in a hand in which he was all-in against both Isham Yamani and Philippe Lauzon. When we arrived at the table, Philippe was betting 200K into the side-pot between he and Isham, eliciting a fold from the other large stack. He then showed down 
, which was good enough to beat Christien’s 
and send him to the rail. For the record, the community cards in the hand were 
.
8th place: Christien Beaudoin, #3,110
Christien Beaudouin
There were 2 men named Stephane on the final table, and while Stephane Chartrand was in the big blind, Stephane Sevigny went all-in for approximately 900K. It folded around to the big blind and Chartrand instantly called, turning over 
which was up against Sevigny’s 
.
It was a classic coin-flip situation, but the Queens held as the board ran out 
and Stephane S was eliminated in 9th place.
9th place: Stephane Sevigny, $2,310
Stephane Sevigny
Levi Stevens has had a pretty rough day but nevertheless managed to make the final table of the tournament. One hand after open raising all-in from the button and having the action fold to him, he was faced with an all-in raise from Pierre-Olivier Sauve. After some thought, Levi called and the players showed down.
Pierre-Olivier: 
Levi: 
As soon as the cards were turned over, Levi made it clear he wasn’t happy with his situation, and as the board ran out 
his instincts were proven correct.
10th place: Levi Stevens, $1,720
Levi Stevens
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
Said Michailidis opened to 250,000 form early position, and was faced with an all-in from Sammy Chao from the button. For only 265,000 more than what he already wagered, Said made the crying call and found himself behind.
Said:
Sammy:
Said managed to improve on the 
board just enough to bring this event down to one final table.
11th place: Sammy Chao – $1,720
Sammy Chao
On the last hand before the break, Kathy Sawers saw around 75% of her stack get shipped to Rick Shamshoum, as she triple-barrelled her open-ended straight draw (which never came), and was called down by the two-pairs of Rick.
She was then eliminated on the first hand back from break, but unfortunately we missed the action.
12th place: Kathy Sawers – $1,720
Kathy Sawers
Here are the chip counts heading into level 30:
Isham Yamani
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Name,Chip Count [attr sort=desc]
Rick Shamshoum,”3,715,000″
Kathy Sawers,”385,000″
Christien Beaudoin,”650,000″
Stephane Sevigny,”1,585,000″
Stephane Chartrand,”3,995,000″
Benoit Campeau,”3,705,000″
Pierre-Olivier Sauve,”1,020,000″
Said Michailidis,”1,240,000″
Levi Stevens,”600,000″
Sammy Chao,”725,000″
Philippe Lauzon,”1,780,000″
Isham Yamani,”4,225,000″
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Petros Sakelliou was running low on options as his stack fell below the 500,000 mark, but he woke up with a shoving hand and announced his all-in from middle position. It folded around to Rick Shamshoum in the big blind, who made the call for 5BB more.
Petros: 
Rick: 
Rick connected on the 
board to eliminate Petros in 13th.
13th place: Petros Sakelliou – $1,410
Petros Sakelliou2940K80K10
Charles-Eric Benoit has seen his stack fluctuate quite a bit in this Day 3 of The Wild $150, however he was crippled in a recent hand, and although he managed to rebuild himself a little, he was eventually eliminated as his couldn’t overcome the of Said Michailidis.
14th place: Charles-Eric Benoit – $1,410
Charles-Eric BenoitTh
