About 8 minutes in to the final level to be played of the night, hands developed on both tables that would instantly take the tournament down to 8 players and suspend action for the night.

First up was Eric Schanck against Elaine Rawn on table 70. Schanck opened with a raise to 325K from the cutoff and action folded around to Rawn on the sb who raised to 875K. Schanck made the call and a flop was dealt: . Rawn checked, Schanck went all in, sending Rawn deep into the tank…

Meanwhile…

At the other table, table 62, a hand developed very quickly between Ruben Perceval and David Sorgente. Ruben was on the button and raised to 350K (with a huge stack behind) and David insta-shoved. Action folded back to Ruben who made the call.

At the other table, Rawn was still thinking – and seemed to not be paying attention to what was happening at the neighbouring table…

Ruben:
David:

The flop settled things quickly for Perceval: to give him the set, and there were no miracle running cards for Sorgente – turn river . Sorgente was out in 10th place.

Back at table 70 – Rawn made the call and the cards were exposed.

Rawn:
Schanck:

The turn was dealt and changed everything – – Rawn had re-taken the lead! All she had to do was fade a club….

River:

Eric wins the pot and Rawn was sent to the rail.

9th place: Elaine Rawn, $9,395.00

10th place: David Sorgente, $9,395.00

Just as players were headed to their final break of the day, Aaron Roy Parsons was eliminated by Omid Shahbazian in 11th place for $7,505.00. This left 10 players still in the tournament with one level left to play on the day.

Players will have the option to play the entire final level of the day or to stop play as soon as the next elimination has occurred (which will bring the tournament to 9 players, enough for the final table).

Here are the counts at the break.

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège	Stack | Tapis
Santiago	Plante	Table 62 - Seat 1	2,400,000
Omid	Shahbazian	Table 62 - Seat 2	8,500,000
Ruben	Perceval	Table 62 - Seat 3	7,125,000
David	Sorgente	Table 62 - Seat 6	2,675,000
David	Bertrand	Table 62 - Seat 7	3,225,000
Eric	Schanck	Table 70 - Seat 1	6,675,000
Jaered Daniel	Besse	Table 70 - Seat 2	8,375,000
Nick	Nickoletopoulos	Table 70 - Seat 3	1,995,000
Elaine	Rawn	Table 70 - Seat 6	3,150,000
Said	Michailidis	Table 70 - Seat 7	5,750,000

11th place: Aaron Roy Parsons, $7,505.00

Daune Fernandez has been eliminated for the tournament on a hand that he rated to double as Eric
Schanck’s managed to crack Fernandez’s .

Nick Nickoletopoulos opened the action with a raise to 275K, and Fernandez followed with 3-bet shove. Schanck made the call, Nickoletopoulos folded.

The flop meet with Fernandez’s approval: but Schanck – and everyone else at the table – let out an audible “ugh” when the came on the turn. The river wasn’t re-suck material and that was the end of the road for Daune in this tournament.

12th place, Daune Fernandez, $7,505.00

The Playground 1000 is now down to 12 players remaining as François Goulet and John Helou have both been eliminated in near-simultaneous hands on the two tables left in play. Unfortunately we missed the action on both tables, but both players have earned $6,065.00 for the efforts in the tournament.

13th place: François Goulet, $6,065.00

14th place: John Helou, $6,065.00

Elaine Rawn has just doubled through François Goulet in a surprising hand just now. Daune Fernandez opened the action with a preflop raise to 215K, and Rawn followed it up by shoving for her last 1.135M. Next up was Goulet in the sb who chose to re-shove over the top. That was enough to get Eric out of the bb and chase Fernandez from the hand as well.

Rawn:
Goulet:

Goulet had a much stronger and more “typical” starting hand, but it all came down to the community cards. The run out was as follows:

for a turned straight and the pot.

Jaered Daniel Besse has moved mostly under the radar during this entire tournament, but in two hands almost back to back he has added over 4M to his stack and moved into the chip lead.

In the first hand, Eric Schanck 3-bet to 550K only to have Besse 4-bet shove right behind… The other players got out of the way and eventually Schanck folded as well, and Besse picked up about a 900K pot.

Just a few minutes later, Besse raised to 250K from the hj. Action folded to Daune Fernandez in the bb who elected to raise to 725K. Besse insta-jammed and Fernandez called just as quickly.

Fernandez:
Besse:

Besse was in a great spot that got even better on the flop of . The baby cards continued coming – turn and river and he pushed his remaining 3.8M forward to be counted. Daune paid off the bet and Besse is now playing over 7.6M in chips and is the clear chip leader with 14 players left.