The $3,200 + $300 WPT Playground has reached the 10-handed “unofficial” final table to begin Day 4 in the event which is set to start in just over 30 minutes. Play will resume in level 25 with blinds at 15K/30K/a5K and an average stack 38bb deep. That being said, there are a few players near or below the 20bb mark, so play could move relatively quickly today.
Play was scheduled to continue until 6 players remain (the Official WPT Final Table), but upon the agreemment of all of the players – which seems likely, considering conversations that we’ve overheard during play yesterday play will continue to a conclusion today.
Here are short bios we have compiled for each of the remaining players.
- Tam Ho – Seat 01 – 1,700,000 (57bb)
Tam is an experienced player whose best result in a Playground-hosted event was a 12th place finish in last November’s WPT Montreal for $33,560. - Eric Afriat – Seat 02 – 1,135,000 (38bb)
Eric is a very successful local player who is a member of the WPT Champion’s Club, having won the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown in Hollywood, Florida in 2014. He has had a lot of other success as well, including a win and another final table in Bellagio Cup events in Las Vegas in 2012 and a WPT Final Table appearance at Bellagio in 2010. - Mekhail Mekhail – Seat 03 – 300,000 (10bb)
Mekhail is the one player left in the event with no published results to date. He starts today with just 10bb, but has managed to level up through several pay jumps with a relatively small stack so far. - Ryan Tack Yu – Seat 04 – 520,000 (17bb)
Ryan is a Canadian player who has had top results on tours around the world, including in WPT, EPT, and ACOP (Asia Championship) events. - Jean-Pascal Savard – Seat 05 – 2,095,000 (70bb)
Jean-Pascal hails from the Quebec City region and has amassed an impressive $835,933 in career live earnings, including a 4th place finish in a $35K High Roller event at the PCA in 2015. - Carter Swidler – Seat 06 – 615,000 (21bb)
Carter is an online wizard who is widely considered one of Montreal’s greatest online players – but who also has published live results going back to 2008 and over half a million in career live tournament earnings. Carter has visited the final table of a WPT event before, having placed 5th in the 2015 WPT Montreal ($108,410). - Ema Zajmovic – Seat 07 – 2,985,000 (100bb)
Ema is a local cash game specialist who is in the midst of a remarkable breakthrough in tournament play in the past year. She final tabled the 2016 WPT Montreal, eventually ending her run in 5th place for $102,010 after starting the final table as chip leader. - Nghi Van “Henry” Tran – Seat 08 – 525,000 (18bb)
Henry is a Toronto-area based player with over $1.5 Million in career live earnings including a victory in a $10K WSOP-C event in 2005 for $780,615 and many deep runs in events throughout North America including many in the WSOP in Las Vegas. - Danny Li – Seat 09 – 495,000 (17bb)
Danny Li joins us from Canada’s East Coast where he has had several deep runs in regional championship tournaments as well as having cashed in the WSOP Main Event in 2011 (697th place, $17,730) - Jean Francois Bouchard – Seat 10 – 1,005,000 (34bb)
Jean Francois is a local player with published results going back to 2010 in events here at Playground Poker Club but also on the WSOP-C and EPT Tours.
