The final table is here!
Final table
With only 11 players left in action, the tournament went on a short chip-up break. At this point, two players have considerably separated themselves from the rest, as Yannick Labattaglia leads with 482,000, and is followed by Denis Asselin with 250,000. The rest of the players fall within the 180,000 – 230,000 range.
Players in Event 5 has just assured themselves a payday, as they accepted to offer an additional payout when play reached the bubble. They pulled $150 from first and $100 from second to offer it to the player who will eventually place 13th – but we all know their eyes are on the big prize of $3,820!
Here are the in-the-money players:
| First Name | Last Name | Seat |
|---|---|---|
| Sofiane | Boulila | Table 54 - Seat 1 |
| Denis | Asselin | Table 54 - Seat 4 |
| Francois-Etienne | Corbin | Table 54 - Seat 5 |
| Garry | Thompson | Table 54 - Seat 6 |
| Yang | Guo | Table 54 - Seat 7 |
| Joe-Elie | Assio | Table 54 - Seat 8 |
| Imram | Hussain | Table 57 - Seat 1 |
| Kevin | Briss | Table 57 - Seat 2 |
| Yannick | Labattaglia | Table 57 - Seat 3 |
| Rejean | Grenier | Table 57 - Seat 4 |
| J-Sebastien | Schick | Table 57 - Seat 5 |
| Daniel | Leddy | Table 57 - Seat 6 |
| Jean-Eric | Gaudreault | Table 57 - Seat 7 |
After 13 levels of play, only 4 players find themselves upwards of 100,000 in chips, even though the average stack at the moment is of 88,000:
With one more elimination, we will be down to our final 3 tables.
Only 40 remain out of the 111 that started the night.
During the short chip-up break that just occurred, we took a walk around the tables and gathered an update for the leaderboard. Only one player has breached the 6-figure mark to date, as Garry Thompson leads the field with roughly 120,000. Here are the current chip leaders entering level 10:
The weather is predicted to be pretty bad tomorrow (February 3rd), so we’ve decided to extend the late registration period for Event 6 of the TonyBet Winter Festival – the $300 + $30 NL Hold’em Deepstack event. Late registration for the event will remain available for 6 levels, not 4 levels, meaning that players can enter any time until 2pm tomorrow.
So if the weather is bad tomorrow, be sure to stay safe and take your time getting to Playground for the event – and we’ll give you the extra time you need so you don’t have to push it if road conditions aren’t great!
After just 8 levels of play, half of the players who registered have already been eliminated and there are just 8 tables of 8 players each left in action!
Photos taken during levels 6 and 7
Registration has closed for Event 5 of the TonyBet Winter Festival, and a total of 111 players have joined in the action.
Here is a quick leaderboard after 4 levels of play:
| First Name | Last Name | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| J-Sebastien | Schick | 64,525 |
| Francois-Etienne | Corbin | 60,425 |
| Jacques | Bigonesse | 52,100 |
Action continued at a fierce pace after the 5th and 4th place eliminations, and all of a sudden the tournament lost its 3rd place finisher, Axel Ouellet-Guy, and the 2nd place finisher, Yves Coulombe almost immediately following.
This leaves Jonathan Poissant as the Event 4 Champion! Congratulations!
Event 4 Champion: Jonathan Poissant, $1,858.00
Event 4 runner-up: Yves Coulombe – $1,045.00
Yves Coulombe
3rd place: Alex Ouellet-Guy – $1,225.00
Axel Ouellet-Guy
