Jake Schwartz open-shoved his short 153K stack from middle position, and was met with a call from Jordan Saccucci in the big blind.
Jake: 
Jordan: 
Jordan bested Jake on the 
board to eliminate a very dangerous opponent.
Harley Stoffmaker was just eliminated in 28th place from the WPT Playground by Kelly Kellner. Kelly defended his big blind facing a button-raise, and check-raised on a 
flop before calling Harley’s 3-bet all-in.
Harley: 
Kelly: 
The 
turn gave Harley an added gut-shot, however Kelly locked in the pot once the river brought the 
– sending Harley to the rail.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Seat | Siège | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doug | Hartwick | Table 36 - Seat 1 | |
| Mekhail | Mekhail | Table 36 - Seat 2 | |
| Matthew | Wilkins | Table 36 - Seat 3 | |
| Jake | Schwartz | Table 36 - Seat 4 | |
| Samuel Louis | Gagnon | Table 36 - Seat 5 | |
| Jean Francois | Bouchard | Table 36 - Seat 6 | |
| Carter | Swidler | Table 36 - Seat 7 | |
| Jordan | Saccucci | Table 36 - Seat 8 | |
| Kalpesh | Raichura | Table 36 - Seat 9 | |
| Anthony | Zinno | Table 39 - Seat 1 | |
| Ema | Zajmovic | Table 39 - Seat 2 | |
| Ryan Tack | Yu | Table 39 - Seat 3 | |
| Maxime | Heroux | Table 39 - Seat 4 | |
| Allan | Puzantian | Table 39 - Seat 5 | |
| Nghi Van | Tran | Table 39 - Seat 6 | |
| Hendrik Jerome Mikola | Latz | Table 39 - Seat 7 | |
| Kelly | Kellner | Table 39 - Seat 8 | |
| Jean-Pascal | Savard | Table 39 - Seat 9 | |
| Danny | Li | Table 40 - Seat 1 | |
| Patrick | Blye | Table 40 - Seat 2 | |
| Eric | Afriat | Table 40 - Seat 3 | |
| Edward | Hislop | Table 40 - Seat 4 | |
| Pascal | Lefrancois | Table 40 - Seat 5 | |
| Carl | Des Granges | Table 40 - Seat 6 | |
| Alexandru | Baron | Table 40 - Seat 7 | |
| Tam | Ho | Table 40 - Seat 8 | |
| Victor | Adams | Table 40 - Seat 9 |
The players have arrived at the tables and and play has now begun in Day 3 of the WPT Playground. Play today is scheduled for 5 levels of 90 minutes each.
There are 28 players to begin the action today, and the next redraw will occur immediately following the next elimination – we’ll have the new seating chart available as soon as this happens.
Here is the official seating draw for Day 3 of the WPT Playground, which is set to resume on Monday February 13th at 12:00pm.
Day 3 will start with just 28 players remaining, which will make for a bit of a hectic start to play for the day. With a redraw also scheduled for 27 players remaining, play will continue for just one elimination and then that redraw to 3 tables will occur. There are additional redraws scheduled at 18 players remaining and 10 players remaining.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Seat | Siège | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalpesh | Raichura | Table 35 - Seat 1 | 645,000 |
| Ema | Zajmovic | Table 35 - Seat 2 | 257,000 |
| Tam | Ho | Table 35 - Seat 4 | 295,000 |
| Victor | Adams | Table 35 - Seat 5 | 272,000 |
| Doug | Hartwick | Table 35 - Seat 6 | 112,000 |
| Patrick | Blye | Table 35 - Seat 8 | 508,000 |
| Alexandru | Baron | Table 35 - Seat 9 | 342,000 |
| Allan | Puzantian | Table 36 - Seat 1 | 212,000 |
| Matthew | Wilkins | Table 36 - Seat 2 | 445,000 |
| Maxime | Heroux | Table 36 - Seat 4 | 422,000 |
| Anthony | Zinno | Table 36 - Seat 5 | 499,000 |
| Harley | Stoffmaker | Table 36 - Seat 6 | 280,000 |
| Carl | Des Granges | Table 36 - Seat 8 | 83,000 |
| Kelly | Kellner | Table 36 - Seat 9 | 809,000 |
| Hendrik Jerome Mikola | Latz | Table 39 - Seat 1 | 838,000 |
| Edward | Hislop | Table 39 - Seat 2 | 125,000 |
| Carter | Swidler | Table 39 - Seat 4 | 246,000 |
| Mekhail | Mekhail | Table 39 - Seat 5 | 306,000 |
| Jordan | Saccucci | Table 39 - Seat 6 | 248,000 |
| Nghi Van | Tran | Table 39 - Seat 8 | 693,000 |
| Danny | Li | Table 39 - Seat 9 | 274,000 |
| Jake | Schwartz | Table 40 - Seat 1 | 177,000 |
| Pascal | Lefrancois | Table 40 - Seat 2 | 635,000 |
| Jean-Pascal | Savard | Table 40 - Seat 4 | 834,000 |
| Eric | Afriat | Table 40 - Seat 5 | 825,000 |
| Jean Francois | Bouchard | Table 40 - Seat 6 | 269,000 |
| Ryan Tack | Yu | Table 40 - Seat 8 | 491,000 |
| Samuel Louis | Gagnon | Table 40 - Seat 9 | 203,000 |
Day 2 of the partypoker.net WPT Playground has just been completed, and from the 157 runners that started the day, 28 remained to bag chips onto Day 3. The race atop the leaderboard is very close, as the top 4 players are within 3 big blinds of each other – however the official title of chip leader goes to Hendrik Latz, who will return to the felts with 838,000 chip tomorrow.
Hendrik Latz who took over the chip-lead in the last moments of Day 2 by eliminating Nicolas Le Floch. He only bagged 4K more than previous chip-leader Jean-Pascal Savard, who began Day 2 near the top of the leaderboard and maintained a healthy stack throughout the 9 levels of play. Jean-Pascal took over the chip-lead just before dinner break by eliminating Michel-Claude Baroud, and then extended his lead by knocking out Thundup Ringpa on the money-bubble with 
over for nearly half-a-million in chips.
Eric Afriat bagged 825,000 for the third biggest stack of the day. He leaped far ahead of the field early in Day 2, and stayed atop the leaderboard until Jean-Pascale took control just before the dinner break. Kelly Kellner rounds the top 4 with a stack of 809,000, and he too is right on the tail of the chip-lead.
Below is a list of the player-reported chip counts from the end of Day 2. There will be a seating redraw for Day 3, which we will publish in a few moments. Re-draws will then taken place when the field drops to 27 players, 18 players and then one last time for the 10-handed “unofficial” final table.
Three players who have made a WPT Main Event final table here at Playground Poker Club are still in the running – Ema Zajmovic (5th in November 2016 for $102,010), Jake Schwartz (6th in November 2016 for $81,740) and Carter Swidler (5th in November 2015 for $108,410).
Day 3 begins at 12pm tomorrow, and you can follow all the action via our own Playground Poker Blog.
See you tomorrow!
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Hendrik | Latz | 838,000 |
| Jean-Pascal | Savard | 834,000 |
| Eric | Afriat | 825,000 |
| Kelly | Kellner | 809,000 |
| Nghi Van | Tran | 693,000 |
| Kalpesh | Raichura | 645,000 |
| Pascal | Lefrancois | 635,000 |
| Patrick | Blye | 508,000 |
| Anthony | Zinno | 499,000 |
| Ryan Tack | Yu | 491,000 |
| Matthew | Wilkins | 445,000 |
| Maxime | Heroux | 422,000 |
| Harley | Stoffmaker | 380,000 |
| Alexandru | Baron | 342,000 |
| Mekhail | Mekhail | 306,000 |
| Tam | Ho | 295,000 |
| Danny | Li | 274,000 |
| Victor | Adams | 272,000 |
| Jean Francois | Bouchard | 269,000 |
| Ema | Zajmovic | 257,000 |
| Jordan | Saccucci | 248,000 |
| Carter | Swidler | 246,000 |
| Allan | Puzantian | 212,000 |
| Samuel Louis | Gagnon | 203,000 |
| Jake | Schwartz | 177,000 |
| Edward | Hislop | 125,000 |
| Doug | Hartwick | 112,000 |
| Carl | Des Granges | 83,000 |
Players who bagged chips at the end of Day 2:
8 levels have come and gone in Day 2 of the WPT Playground, and only one more 60-minute level separates players from bagging onto Day 3.
Jean-Pascal continues to top the field, which has been widdled down to 31 players. Below are the top counts entering the last level of play for today.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Jean-Pascal | Savard | 974,000 |
| Kelly | Kellner | 728,000 |
| Anthony | Zinno | 659,000 |
| Nghi Van | Tran | 594,000 |
| Matthew | Wilkins | 593,000 |
| Hendrik | Latz | 550,000 |
| Eric | Afriat | 543,000 |
| Patrick | Blye | 504,000 |
Photographs from level 18:
