Winter Festival

Level 7 leaders

Level: 7

Small Blind: 400

Big Blind: 800

Ante: 100

Chip Average: 28K

Remaining: 46

Entries: 86

2016/02/09 - 21:59 by

There are three players that have separated from the crowd – and two of them are at the same table.

Dan Vigderhous: 72,350 chips
Line St-Pierre: 69,425 chips
Leo Hackenbroch: 51,625 chips

Chip leaders in level 5

Level: 5

Small Blind: 200

Big Blind: 400

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 31.7K

Remaining: 45

Entries: 47

2016/02/09 - 21:44 by

There were a total of 47 entries and 10 rebuys in tonight’s PLO tournament, and even this early in the tourney there are two players who have taken a bit of a lead on the field.

Marko X: 78,700 chips
Andrew Johnson: 75,400 chips

8th place: Jeremie Bilodeau

Level: 21

Small Blind: 6K

Big Blind: 12K

Ante: 2K

Chip Average: 472K

Remaining: 7

Entries: 132

2016/02/09 - 21:42 by Playground Poker

Following an open to 25,000 from Nicolas Aubut from middle position, Jeremie Bilodeau pulled the trigger for 118,000 from the button. Nicolas threw in some calling chips, and they went to battle heads-up.

Nicolas:
Jeremie:

Jeremie didn’t find any help on the board, and was sent to the cashiers in 8th place.

8th place: Jeremie Bilodeau – $2,200.00

Jeremie Bilodeau

Some photos from level 4

Level: 5

Small Blind: 200

Big Blind: 400

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 31K

Remaining: 42

Entries: 42

2016/02/09 - 21:22 by

The first break in the PL Omaha Single Rebuy tournament is coming soon and there are 42 players registered in the event so far. There are another 10 minutes of late registration available, so there’s a chance that number could still rise a little bit.

Full counts of final 8

Level: 21

Small Blind: 6K

Big Blind: 12K

Ante: 2K

Chip Average: 413K

Remaining: 8

Entries: 132

2016/02/09 - 21:20 by Playground Poker

While the tournament staff was racing off the T500 chips, we took the time to bring an update on the chip counts of the remaining 8 players.

Here is the current chip distribution, entering level 21:

First Name	Last Name	Seat	Stack
Mike	Lafable	Seat 6	548,000
Shaan	Siddiqui	Seat 2	520,000
Riyaz	Abdulla	Seat 7	473,000
Ali	Jouni	Seat 9	464,000
Viken	Artinian	Seat 4	376,000
Todd	Pierce	Seat 3	337,000
Nicolas	Aubut	Seat 8	324,000
Jeremie	Bilodeau	Seat 1	255,000

9th place: Zheng Wei

Level: 20

Small Blind: 5K

Big Blind: 10K

Ante: 1K

Chip Average: 413K

Remaining: 8

Entries: 132

2016/02/09 - 21:08 by Playground Poker

Action blew up on the turn in a hand between Mike Lafable and Zheng Wei. With only a few big blinds in the pot and heaps behind, the two players found themselves with all their chips in the middle with one card to come.

Board (when players went all-in):

Mike:
Zheng:

Mike and his two pair were trailing the made straight of Zheng, however the river changed everything as he improved his hand to a full house, and scored his second elimination on this final table.

9th place: Zheng Wei – $1,670.00

Zheng Wei

10th place: Guillaume Laroche

Level: 20

Small Blind: 5K

Big Blind: 10K

Ante: 1K

Chip Average: 367K

Remaining: 9

Entries: 132

2016/02/09 - 20:53 by Playground Poker

On the fourth hand on this final table, action folded around to short-stacked Guillaume Laroche, who moved all-in for 65,000 from the small blind. Mike Lafable made a quick call from the big blinds, and the two were flipping for the pot.

Mike:
Guillaume:

It was all but over for Guillaume after Mike flopped a full house, as the board was not very kind to the pair of sevens.

10th place: Guillaume Laroche – $1,260.00

Guillaume Laroche

Photos from before the first break

Level: 5

Small Blind: 150

Big Blind: 300

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 19.2K

Remaining: 65

Entries: 83

2016/02/09 - 20:51 by

Here are some photos taken during the first few levels of the Win the Button tournament, Event 11 in the TonyBet Winter Festival.

The break is coming in just a few minutes and 83 players joined the tournament – just 65 remain in the tourney.

Final table

Level: 20

Small Blind: 5K

Big Blind: 10K

Ante: 1K

Chip Average: 330K

Remaining: 10

Entries: 132

2016/02/09 - 20:48 by Playground Poker

Event 10 has reached its final table, and with that the blinds have now increased to 40-minute levels. There will be a break in roughly 25 minutes, at which point we will bring an update on full chip counts.

Here are the ten finalists:

First Name	Last Name	Seat
Jeremie	Bilodeau	Seat 1
Shaan	Siddiqui	Seat 2
Todd	Pierce	Seat 3
Viken	Artinian	Seat 4
Guillaume	Laroche	Seat 5
Mike	Lafable	Seat 6
Riyaz	Abdulla	Seat 7
Nicolas	Aubut	Seat 8
Ali	Jouni	Seat 9
Zheng	Wei	Seat 10

: Jeremie Bilodeau

: Shaan Siddiqui

: Todd Pierce

: Viken Artinian

: Guillaume Laroche

: Mike Lafable

: Riyaz Abdulla

: Nicolas Aubut

: Zheng Wei

(Yaseen) Siddiqui finishes just shy of the final table

Level: 20

Small Blind: 5K

Big Blind: 10k

Ante: 1K

Chip Average: 330K

Remaining: 10

Entries: 132

2016/02/09 - 20:41 by Playground Poker

Yaseen Siddiqui flopped an open-ended straight draw, and decided this was his time to try and run his rather short stack up. Viken was sitting at the other end of the table with and made the call to put his opponent at risk.

Yaseen tabled on a flop, and wasn’t able to improve enough for the win with the running . He was eliminated one spot away from sharing a final table with his brother Shaan Siddiqui, who is amongst the leaders of the final 10 players.