Tedde Ballanger

Bob T was faced with an all-in raise from Tedde Ballanger, who pushed from late position for just under 350,000. He looked down at two paint-cards, and decided to make the call for a few blinds more.

Bob:

Tedde:

The river was kind to Bob, as he paired just enough on the board to send Tedde home in 16th place.

16th place: Tedde Ballanger – $1,900.00

Rene Berube

With under 700,000 to his name, Rene Berube was taking advantage of an unopened-pot in late by moving all-in from the cutoff. Action folded to Azim Lavji in the big blind, who made the call.

Rene:

Azim:

Board:

The dealer did a quick count of both stacks, and Azim had Rene covered by a hair.

17th place: Rene Berube – $1,900.00

Jean-Manuel Estrala

Action went 3-way to the flop between Glen Hammers (big blind), Jean-Manuel Estrala (early-position) and Duy Toan Pham (middle-position). On a  flop, Jean-Manuel and Duy went into a raising war which resulted in two black “all-in” cards being thrown on the table, while Glen quietly got out of the way.

Jean-Manuel:

Duy:

The turn and river brought no change to the hand, and Duy added over a million to his already impressive stack.

18th place: Jean-Manuel Estrala – $1,900.00

Arnold Yaxley

Arnold Yaxley was trying to stage a monster comeback after being crippled by Bob a few orbits ago. He was left with just over 1bb when he went on a winning-spree, growing his stack from 40K to over 500K – until he eventually found himself all-in and flipping for over 1 million.

Arnold:
Duy:

Duy went on to win the pot on the board to bring this field to one short of the final 2 tables.

20th place: Arnold Yaxley – $1,675.00

 

George Kazarian just lost back-to-back hands to send him out deep in The $250 Frenzy. On the first hand, he shipped over nearly 600,000 to Tony Farcy after calling off his all-in. George’s were drawing dead to Tony’s once the flop brought the (the turn and river were just a formality at this point). On the next hand he pushed for just under 400,000 holding  , and lost to the of Maxime Theroux, who called from the big blind.

19th place: George Kazarian – $1,675.00

 

With these two eliminations, the field is now down to just 18 players on 2 final tables. There will be a break in 25 minutes, during which we will bring a complete update on the player stacks.

Here is the current player layout now that the event is down to 2 tables.

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège
Tomas	Larivee Magni	Table 36 - Seat 1
Azim	Lavji	Table 36 - Seat 2
Jean-Manuel	Estrala	Table 36 - Seat 3
Duy Toan	Pham	Table 36 - Seat 4
Jaroslaw Zbigniew	Jaskiewicz	Table 36 - Seat 5
Marco	Lang	Table 36 - Seat 6
Rene	Berube	Table 36 - Seat 7
Glen	Hammers	Table 36 - Seat 8
Zheng-Yi	Xie	Table 36 - Seat 9
Maxime	Theroux	Table 40 - Seat 1
Tedde	Ballanger	Table 40 - Seat 2
Tony	Farcy	Table 40 - Seat 3
Simon	Pin-Disle	Table 40 - Seat 4
Bob	T	Table 40 - Seat 5
Ryan	Hodge	Table 40 - Seat 6
Richard	Myron	Table 40 - Seat 7
Barry	Toal	Table 40 - Seat 8
Giuseppe	Iadeluca	Table 40 - Seat 9

Thierry Blanc

Thierry Blanc was gunning for his second final table of this Playground Poker Spring Classic, as he placed 9th in The Wild $150 only a few days ago. He came in today as a short stack, and patiently waited for a spot to get his chips in. He finally picked up a great shoving hand, however found himself in a dominated spot. He pushed for 3bb after Arnold Yxley moved in for 4bb from early position, and big stack Tomas Larivee Magni came along for the ride for a very fair price.

Thierry:

Arnold:

Tomas:

Board:

Arnold scooped the pot worth roughly 500,000, bringing him back into the tournament after Bob T took the majority of his chips a few hands earlier.

22rd place: Thierry Blanc – $1,525.00

 

Real Cantin had a lot of work to do tonight if he wanted a shot at the champion’s trophy, as he came in to the day as the shortest stack. He managed to double up fairly early in the night, and then recently pulled the trigger for 400,000 from middle position. He was looked up only by Marco Lang in the big blind.

Real:

Marco:

There was a sweat to the river, however Real finished second-best on the board to place 22nd in The $250 Frenzy.

21st place: Real Cantin – $1,675.00

A huge hand just occurred between Tomas Larivee Magni and Jaroslaw Zbigniew Jaskiewicz, as an over 2.7 million chip pot was created in a raising war preflop. Jaroslaw and his finished ahead of the of Tomas, making him our new chip leader.

Joey Boczek

Simon Pin-Disle (small blind) and Justin Kuzmicki (big blind) found themselves heads-up on a board when the fireworks began. Before long, the two had wagered all the chips they had left and hands were tabled.

Simon:

Justin:

The board ran an and a , giving the win to Simon, who barely covered his opponent.

25th place: Justin Kuzmicki – $1,425.00

 

Alexander Matveev called the late-position all-in of Ryan Hodge from the blinds, and found himself in a great spot to stack a player. He tabled and was a big favourite against the of his opponent, however the board changed all that, and he was left with less than 1 big blind after the hand. He was eliminated on the following hand.

24th place: Alexander Matveev – $1,525.00

 

 

 

Joey Boczek button-raised to 125,000, and was 3bet to 350,000 by Maxime Theroux in the big blind. He replied with a 4bet shove for roughly double the 3bet, but found out very quickly Maxime was not 3betting light.

Joey:

Maxime:

Board:

Maxime basically doubled up on the hand, as he covered Joey by only a few chips.

23rd place: Joey Boczek – $1,525

Robert Gariepy

Robert Gariepy was our first player eliminated in this Day 3 of The $250 Frenzy, as he shoved his short stack in from early position on one of the first hands of the night. His fell short to the of Rene Berube who called from the big blind.

Otherwise there have been several “all-in / call ” situations, however the short stacks have been on the winning side for the most part. Real Cantin doubled through Marco Lang; Richard Myron won his all-in versus Rene Berube; and Joey Boczek found a double from Simon Pin-Disle.

The biggest pot so far tonight happened when Jean-Manuel Estrala doubled his 1.3 million through Duy Toan Pham – who recovered not long after by cracking Azim Lavji’s with  on a board with 3 clubs, winning a pot north of 2 million.

26th place: Robert Gariepy – $1,425.00

Tomas Larivee Magni

With a double elimination that occurred to close Day 2, we are now set for Day 3 in The $250 Frenzy, and 26 players will be back tomorrow to play down to a winner! Leading the way is Tomas Larivee Magni, who bagged a massive 2,250,000. Marco Lang finished with 1,860,000, putting him in second place entering Day 3, and Duy Toan Pham closed the night with 1,815,000 in chips to round up the top 3.

The full list of player-reported chip counts is available here, as well as the new seating assignment for tomorrow’s Day 3. The winner will take home $50,000 as well as a Playground Poker Spring Classic Champion’s Trophy. The $250 Frenzy prize pool and payout information is available here.

See you tomorrow!

The 27 players who will return for Day 3 tomorrow: