We’ve now reach the final table of ten players here in The $250 Frenzy, and here they are! There will be a break in a few minutes, and we will bring an update on their chip counts at this point.

Final Table

Seat 1. Chris McClung
Seat 2. Richard Figiel
Seat 3. Randy Khalil
Seat 4. Frederic Mercier
Seat 5. Nick Petsas
Seat 6. Jimmy Setna
Seat 7. Ko Maddock
Seat 8. Senthuran Vijayaratnam
Seat 9. Glen Hammers
Seat 10. Gerald Macleaod

Congratulations gentlemen!

James Slotegraaf was short stacked when he moved in from utg, and he was followed by all-ins from Nick Petsas and Joseph Abou Khalil.

James:

Nick:

Joseph:

Board:

Joseph held the biggest stack of the three, and after the hand was over, he was only left with 200,000, while James hit the rail in 14th, good fpr $2,200.

On the other table, we saw Matthew Bellsmith move in from the button for around 400,000, and get called by Glen Hammers in the big blind. Matthew’s were no match to Glen’s , and the board was his last of the tournament. Matthew also collected $2,200 for his run.

Shortly after, Joseph doubled his short stack off Jimmy Setna, and then found himself all-in versus Randy Khalil.

Joseph:

Randy:

Board:

Joseph almost improved enough to win the hand, but inevitably placed in 12th place, earning $2,700. Randy now has around 6,200,000 in chips, putting him far ahead of the field. There will be a break in 10 minutes, during which we will publish the chip counts of all the players left.

Christopher McClung just won a huge double up, as he found all of his 1,175,000 chips in the middle, all-in preflop versus Randy Khalil.

Christopher:

Randy:

Community cards:

Randy is still holding just shy of 3 million after the hand, which is good for the current chip lead.

Shortly after, on the other table, Matt Ranger found himself all-in and in a race, but his were outflopped by Ko Maddock’s on the board to place in 16th, good for $1,730.

 

Event 1 champion Rick Shamshoum was attempting the improbably, back-to-back bracelets in fields of over 1,000 players, however his run just ended in 17th place. He tried taking advantage of an unopened pot in late position, moving in his last 9bb with , but unfortunately for him, Behram Antia woke up with in the big blind. Rick made a pair on the flop, but it wasn’t enough as the community cards showed . He still collect $1,730 for his second deep run in as many tournaments.

A number of huge pots have just occurred on all three tables in the past orbit or two.

Samuel Louis Gagnon opened from the button, and found himself heads-up versus Frederic Mercier in the big blind. They found themselves all-in on a flop of , and turned out to be both drawing to a flush! Samuel held , while Frederic had the . The running cards were the , and Frederic saw a pot of nearly 2 million get shipped his way. Samuel was left with only 200,000 behind, but has since run it up to over 500,000, only to lose it shortly after with AQo versus QQ.

Randy Khalil opened to 150,00 from utg, and then 4bet shoved after Richard Figiel raised to 400,000. Randy turned over AKo, and managed to spike an ace on the board to overcome the pair of jacks of Richard to double up his 955,000 stack.

Marc Guerbilsky also doubled up, as his cracked the of Jimmy Setna on a board to double up to over 1,400,000. Not too long after, it was Jimmy who was on the cracking end, as he called the all-in of Francois Bernier on a flop holding . Francois turned over , but his set was no good once the running cards brought the .

In the mean time, we also lost Geri Casey, who moved in for 285,000 after Randy Khalil opened to 150,000. Her KJo was far ahead of Randy’s K8o, but he managed to spike an 8 on the turn to score the knockout.

Action is down to two tables now, and level 28 has just begun.

In just under an hour, the 22 players remaining in Event 3 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net – better known as The $250 Frenzy – will be taking their seats to resume play in Day 3 of the event. Blinds tonight will be 40 minutes in length (until the tourney is heads-up), and play is 9-handed.

Overall the remaining field seems quite strong. Near the top of the leaderboard is Players Club member Chris McClung, who was also among the leaders to start Day 2. Chris is certainly one of the most accomplished players at the table – but judging by the play last night, he’s far from the only player with “game”.

There’s another player to pay attention to among those still in the action: Event 1 Champion, Rick Shamshoum. The $150 Re-entry/$250 Re-entry “double” has never been accomplished here, and winning both tournaments back to back would be an incredible achievement.

In addition to Chris and Rick, there are 4 Playground tournament regulars in the field who have consistently proven their tournament abilities over the years: Matt Ranger, Randy Khalil, Marc Guerbilsky, and Joseph Abou Khalil. Matt and Randy both have healthy stacks, but any of these 4 could spell danger for the rest of the field.

Good luck to everyone still in the event, and we’ll have full coverage from the beginning of the evening until a champion is crowned.