Charles La Boissonnière started off with a bang. He is the author of the first 2 eliminations of the night. Just a few hands in, he open-min-raised from the button, and got called by Albert Nguyen. When Nguyen checked the flop, La Boissonnière place a 100K bet, which was met by an all-in. The call came in instantly, and the uneven race took place:

Charles La Boissonnière:
Albert Nguyen:

Board:

Nguyen’s flopped top pair was not enough to beat jacks, and he went out first. A few hands later, Daniel Thibodeau shoved his 500K stack from the under-the-gun position, and La Boissonnière isolated him by going all-in himself. They went to the board heads-up:

Daniel Thibodeau:
Charles La Boissonnière:

Board:

The gut shot did not come, and Thibodeau exited the room, placing 14th. Play continues on shorter tables, 3 eliminations away from the final table.

15th: Albert Nguyen – $1,080
14th: Daniel Thibodeau – $1,080

Last night, the competition was fierce. 127 players started Day 2, and after 12 levels of play, only 15 remained. A $1,080 prize is locked in for all Day 3 qualifiers, but a whopping $20,000 awaits the victor, so there is plenty to shoot for.

Six players will start the day with 7 figures to work with, led by Nicolas Laliberté (2,210,000), who was most successful throughout the last levels of play last night.

The tables are set. The bags are waiting for their rightful owners. The dealers are ready. Let the players come, and good luck to all!

There are just 15 players left in Event #1, and when play resumes at 7:00pm tonight they will be seated according to the following chart.

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège	Stack | Tapis
Daniel	Thibodeau	Table 66 - Seat 1	665,000
Ricky	Campanelli	Table 66 - Seat 2	450,000
Alexandre	Cote-St-Louis	Table 66 - Seat 3	1,160,000
Charles	La Boissonniere	Table 66 - Seat 4	1,260,000
Brian	Hodhod	Table 66 - Seat 6	745,000
Albert	Nguyen	Table 66 - Seat 7	545,000
Mathieu	Fontaine Raposo	Table 66 - Seat 8	445,000
Jason	Guiley	Table 66 - Seat 9	470,000
Nicolas	Laliberte	Table 70 - Seat 1	2,110,000
Yan	Nadeau	Table 70 - Seat 2	1,230,000
Alain	Berard	Table 70 - Seat 3	790,000
Scott	Woodard	Table 70 - Seat 5	830,000
Robert	Gariepy	Table 70 - Seat 7	200,000
Nicholas	Soller	Table 70 - Seat 8	1,000,000
Yu Chen	Chen	Table 70 - Seat 9	1,535,000

After 12 levels of tough poker, and from a field of 127 starters, 15 players found their way to Day 3. They are listed below, along with their chips count.

Nicolas Laliberté finished with the most chips, alone over 2,000,000. Apart from a few minor steps back, his stack steadily went up all night. Charles La Boissonnière, who had an unbelievable run at the end of Day 1D, also had a smooth ascent. He is a regular achiever at Playground, having ran deep, and even won in passed Events.

Tomorrow night’s Day 3 promises to offer a great show, as many young guns will come to the tables with their best game to take a shot at the $20,000 first prize.

See you tomorrow!

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Nicolas	Laliberté	2,210,000
Yu Chen	Chen	1,535,000
Charles	Laboissonnière	1,260,000
Yan	Nadeau	1,230,000
Alexandre	Côté-St-Louis	1,160,000
Nicholas	Soller	1,000,000
Scott	Woodard	830,000
Alain	Bérard	790,000
Brian	Hodhod	745,000
Daniel	Thibodeau	665,000
Albert	Nguyen	545,000
Jason	Guiley	470,000
Ricky	Campanelli	450,000
Mathieu	Fontaine Raposo	445,000
Robert	Gariépy	200,000

A few qualifiers’ photos:

Players have now moved to the last 2 tables. 18 players are looking to last another level and earn a seat into Day 3. Here are approximate chip counts of our top 4 players, followed by the seating chart:

• Yu Chen Chen – 1.6M
• Alexandre Côté-St-Louis – 1.5M
• Charles La Boissonnière – 1.3M
• Yan Nadeau – 1.1M

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège
Robert	Gariépy	Table 54 - Seat 1
Brian	Hodhod	Table 54 - Seat 2
Alain	Bérard	Table 54 - Seat 3
Peter	Liakopoulos	Table 54 - Seat 4
Jason	Guiley	Table 54 - Seat 5
Scott	Woodard	Table 54 - Seat 6
Nicholas	Soller	Table 54 - Seat 7
Alexandre	Côté-St-Louis	Table 54 - Seat 8
Albert	Nguyen	Table 54 - Seat 9
Jean-Michel	Thibodeau	Table 57 - Seat 1
Nicolas	Laliberté	Table 57 - Seat 2
Mathieu	Fontaine Raposo	Table 57 - Seat 3
Charles	Laboissonnière	Table 57 - Seat 4
Yu Chen	Chen	Table 57 - Seat 5
Ricky	Campanelli	Table 57 - Seat 6
Christopher	Tavares	Table 57 - Seat 7
Yan	Nadeau	Table 57 - Seat 8
Daniel	Thibodeau	Table 57 - Seat 9

Justin Hung, who was chip leader less than 2 levels ago, is out. With about 300K left (30% of his once rich stack), he fell to Nicholas Soller.

Justin Hung:
Nicholas Soller:

Board:

A brutal turn gave Hung the final blow. On another table, Martin Nguyen fell when his 150K stack was called by 2 of the wealthiest players, chip leader Nicolas Laliberté and Charles La Boissonnière. The latter flopped a flush, and after getting an extra 100K from Laliberté, went to showdown with a drawing dead Nguyen.

David Sorgente also bit the dust, when his ace-king fell to pocket tens.