Hand-for-hand lasted for over a level, and was moving forward at a very slow pace. At some point players decided to pay an extra spot just to get the game moving, as the time kept rolling while the play was stagnant. They each took $50 out of their pocket to award to the eventual 19th place finisher.

It was finally Ron Farber who was eliminated in 19th place, and he received the $950 cash prize put aside. Ron limped from under the gun, as did Kalpesh Raichura from late position, and Bob squeezed all-in from the big blind for around 10bb. Ron made the call with his final 6bb, and the two were heads-up in the hand.

Bob tabled , and was trailing the of Ron, however that all changed when the dealer rung out a board to give Bob the higher two-pair – who was excited to earn his first bounty chip in the tournament so far.

Here are the final two tables, as players are now officially in the money.

There were a total of 61 entries (48 unique players + 13 rebuys) in tonight’s Omaha tourney and registration is now closed as the first break has come to an end. Tournament staff have removed the T25 chips from play and we took the opportunity to see just who was leading in the event. With a chip average currently under 40K, we found 4 players already flirting with a 6-figure stack, though no one has pierced that barrier quite yet.

1. Pascal Beaulieu: 94,700 chips
2. Alex Phung: 90,400 chips
3. Bradley Leblanc: 88,500 chips
4. Jeff Rosenblatt:87,900 chips

The $500 + $100 + $500 Bounty Event is down to 19 players, 1 away from being in the money, and play is now hand-for-hand.

Daniel Hughes continues to sit atop the leaderboard, and he just added a 10th bounty chip to his collection by eliminating short-stacked Dgianni Di-Re with over . He now holds over 550,000 to his name.

Andrew Boujaoude is in a comfortable 2nd place with a little over 400,000, and rounding up the top 5 are Brian Morgan, David Whalen and Ian Pierre Rivero who all sit north of 300,000.

A total of 136 players have registered for Event 8 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic, and 13 “surviving” players will be awarded a cash prize worth $2,910 – with 14th place taking home $1,746.

Good luck to all the players in the field!

25 remain entering level 18, and below is a look at the top stacks at the moment:

Event 7 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net is now down to 3 final tables, as only 27 players remain from the original 176. With 18 players scheduled to be paid, we are now approaching a crucial step in tournament poker: the bubble. Players will certainly be making adjustments to their game to help them through this often difficult step of the tournament – some will tighten their game in hopes of securing a cash prize, while others will take advantage of the situation and try to use it to increase their holdings, giving them a better chance at taking home the top prize of $20,000 + bounties.

For the moment it is still Daniel Hughes who has the strangle-hold lead in this 50/50 Bounty Event, as his 535,000 stack dwarfs his opponents. Yasir Naiem Abdel Gadir and Sebastien are picking up momentum, as they near the 300,000 chip mark in this 17th level. We will bring a more detailed update on the leaderboard during the next break, in about 20 minutes.

Here is a look at the remaining 27 players in the field: