Nicolas Aubut has just secured himself his 4th cash of this TonyBet Winter Festival, as he eliminated Jean-Philippe Piquette in 15th to bring Event 10 into the money.

JPP moved in for his last 69,000 from early position, and Nicolas isolated him by moving in over the top next to act. The rest of the table mucked their hands, and the two tabled their cards.

JPP:
Nicolas:

Board:

Husband and wife George and Diana, who are local regulars with a history of successful deep runs in and out of Playground Poker Club, found themselves all-in and at risk at the same time here in Event 10, but on different tables. Interestingly enough, they were in the same type of situation, as both of them had a small pair versus two over cards.

Diana was able to flop a set with her and vanquish the of opponent Yaseen Siddiqui for the double-up, however George suffered a different fate, as his fell second best to Ali Jouni’s , who flopped the nut flush and held on for the win.

With George’s elimination in 16th place, the tournament is now being played hand-for-hand on the money bubble.

Day 2 of the $500 + $50 is still in its first level of play, but we have already seen 3 quick eliminations, bringing the field down to just 2 final tables. This means we are now but 4 eliminations from players being guaranteed a payout, as 14 are schedule to collect a prize in this event.

Levi Stevens, who came in as one of the shorter stacks, was the first to go, as his failed to improve against the of Gary Yeghiayan. Next was Patrick Cartier, who pushed his short stack with and fell short versus the of George Kazarian. Finally Steven Joudry 3bet all-in with only to run into the of Todd Pierce. Steven was left with a few big blinds after the hand, but couldn’t find a way of doubling them up and lost a few hands later.

Here are the final two tables:

In just 15 minutes we’ll witness the beginning of Day 2 of Event 10 in the TonyBet Winter Festival, which is a $500 + $50 NL Hold’em Freeze that got started with Day 1 yesterday and sees 21 players return to play down to the end.

The field going into Day 2 is varied affair. There are some big chip leaders with over 300K each – but then a couple of the most experienced players left in the field will start with small stacks (i.e., Jean-Philippe Piquette and Levi Stevens). There is a married couple still in the event, each of whom has had a lot of success in past tournaments both here and elsewhere. There are also two Siddiquis left in the event. We haven’t established for certain that they are related – but it wouldn’t be a surprise!

There are also a couple of past event winners still alive – in particular, this festival’s all-star Nicolas Aubut and past champion Mike Lafable.

It’s certain to be an active night!

Day 1 has concluded in Event 10, a $500 + $50 NL Hold’em tournament in the TonyBet Winter Festival. Play will restart on February 9th at 7pm with 21 players left in the event.