Arthur Walker opened from the button to 75,000, and called Jordan Fafard Miraglia’s all-in for 175,000 from the small blind.
Arthur: 
Jordan: 
They both made a straight on the 
board, however Arthur had the best of it as his was king-high.
4th place: Jordan Fafard Miraglia – $1,400
Jordan Fafard Miraglia
Here are the counts of the final 4 players, as they enter level 23 – PL Hold’em.
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Name,Chip Count [attr sort=desc]
Desi Miller,”305,000″
Arthur Walker,”305,000″
Jordan Fafard Miraglia,”330,000″
Joey Silver,”195,000″
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Paul Trebuss has little options left, sitting on only 66,000 under the gun. He decided to pull the trigger with 
, and was called by Joey Silver on the button, holding 
, but couldn’t improve his hand to place in 5th.
Community cards: 
:h 
5th place: Paul Trebuss – $900
Paul Trebuss
Steve Daraiche was only holding around 2.5BB when he moved in from the small blind. Arthur Walker made the call from the big blind, and the two tabled their hands.
Steve: 
Arthur: 
Arthur turned two-pairs to score the knockout on the 
board, sending Steve home in 6th.
6th place: Steve Daraiche – $600
Steve Daraiche
Event 9 is now in the money ‘officially’, however unofficially the players made a friendly deal amongst themselves to pay the 7th place finisher out of their pockets, even though the structure only paid 6.
Ray Haddad was the 7th place finisher, while Ricky Campanelli and Vasilios Sklavounos finished just outside of the money.
Here are the chip counts, as play enters level 18:
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Name,Chip Count [attr sort=desc]
Desi Miller,”119,000″
Arthur Walker,”77,000″
Jordan Fafard Miraglia,”176,000″
Steve Daraiche,”120,000″
Ray Haddad,”246,000″
Joey Silver,”111,000″
Ricky Campanelli,”44,000″
Paul Trebuss,”61,000″
Vasilios Sklavounos,”176,000″
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We’ve reached the final table in this mixed PL Hold’em / PL Omaha event. The top 6 will receive a cash prize, while the others will unfortunately go home empty handed.
Final Table
Seat 1. Jordan Fafard Miraglia
Seat 2. Ricky Campanelli
Seat 3. Paul Trebuss
Seat 4. Vasilios Sklavounos
Seat 5. Ray Haddad
Seat 6. Desi Miller
Seat 7. Joey Silver
Seat 8. Steve Daraiche
Seat 9. Arthur Walker
Event 9 is on break, and the field is down to 11 players. Here is how the chips are distributed:
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Name,Chip Count [attr sort=desc]
Desi Miller,”139,000″
Arthur Walker,”62,000″
Jordan Fafard Miraglia,”134,500″
Jeffrey Maccuspey,”51,000″
Steve Daraiche,”29,000″
Ray Haddad,”199,000″
Joey Silver,”90,000″
Ricky Campanelli,”90,000″
Paul Trebuss,”93,000″
Vasilios Sklavounos,”113,500″
Myriam Campanelli,”111,500″
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Ray Haddad has taken a huge lead on the field in Event 9, and his stack seems to dwarf every other stack in the tournament at the time. He holds nearly 5 times the average, and more than doubles second in chips. Here is the current leaderboard entering level 11:
Photographs from level 10:
Event 9 is now on break, and a total of 45 players have come down to Playground Poker Club tonight to partake in this mixed game event! Here are the current chip leaders:
