Playground Poker

Hamidreza Kamali was just eliminated by Joey Weissman, bringing the High Roller field down to just one table. There is a redraw underway for the 9 finalists, with the new seating assignments posted below.

Cards are now back in the air for the final table.

Peter Fellows placed a min-raise from the button, and Kristen Bicknell defended her big blind. On a flop, Kristen check-raised her opponent all-in, who was happy to commit his short stack.

Peter:
Kristen:

Peter needed some help to keep his seat at the table, but the running cards brought a and a , sending him to the rail in 11th place, good for $24,500.

We are now one elimination away from our 9-handed final table, and a seating redraw will take place when we reach it.

In the first few hands of play, the High Roller event saw two quick eliminations take place. Pascal Lefrancois was the first to draw blood, removing Lawrence Greenberg from play in 13th place.

A few moments later Jean-Sebastien Dubois moved in for 53,000 from the button, and was looked up by Ajay Chabra in the big blind.

Jean-Sebastien:
Ajay:

Board:

The High Roller Event is onto its final chapter today, and 13 players return to the felts to play down to a winner. Day 2 was slightly extended yesterday as players requested to continue action until the money bubble was burst, and therefore the 13 finalists are all assured of at least a $23,000 payday. A 6-figure cash awaits the top 3 finishers, with the tournament champion set to take home $270,000.

Tommy Nguyen returns as the chip leader, and his 526,000 chip stack dwarf his Day 3 adversaries. Ajay Chabra found a huge double-up late last night on the bubble, propelling him into second place while sending the field into the money. Full counts can be found in the table below.

Players are now at their seats and action is about to take off with 31 minutes left in level 17. Best of luck to the remaining players!

The WPT Montreal will be crowning another Main Event Champion today, and 6 players return to the felts to determine who will walk away with the elusive title, taking home the $855,000 prize that comes along with the fame. The tournament champion will also have their name forever engraved on the WPT Champion’s Trophy, and will be awarded the stunning Champion’s Belt, unique to Playground Poker Club Main Events.

The field is still stacked with experienced players and should prove to be a very entertaining final table. Here is a little resume about our 6 finalists:

Seat 1: Upeshka De Silva (6,800,000 chips) – More commonly known as “Pesh”, Upeshka is a highly skilled tournament pro from Texas with over US$2,000,000 in live tournament earnings. With two WSOP bracelets and a WPTDeepStacks title, he is looking to add “WPT Champion” to his impressive resume. You can recognize him with his colourful attire, chilling stare-down and aggressive style of play.

Seat 2: Sorel Mizzi (3,870,000 chips) – Toronto poker pro Sorel has been on the live circuit for a dozen years now, and has accumulated almost US$12,000,000 in live cashes, in addition to a lot of online success. With wins in various events around the world, including some High Roller events, Sorel would love to add a WPT title to his belt. He already has 2 big cashes here at Playground Poker Club after winning the partypoker Premiere League VII back in 2013, and coming in third place in the High Roller of the Spring Classic last year, but a top 2 finish would surpass both those cashes.

Seat 3: Patrick Serda (8,260,000) – Playing under the alias “prepstyle71” online, Patrick has been dominating the online poker world for a few years now. He has been slowly transitioning to live poker and is looking for his first big live win after coming close in 2016, finishing runner-up in an EPT High Roller Event. He returns to the felts as the chip leader today, and has the experience and know-how to carry this lead into a victory.

Seat 4: Ema Zajmovic (7,450,000) –  local sensation Ema is on the hunt for her second WPT title on her home turf after emerging as the WPT Montreal champion back in 2017. This is her 3rd WPT Main Event final table in Montreal, and 4th overall after finishing runner-up in WPT Amsterdam earlier this year. She has proven to be a menace on the tables, and will be gunning for the win today.

Seat 5: Jiachen Gong (2,935,000) – Known as “Jack” here at Playground Poker Club, local cash game pro Jiachen is looking to double his tournament live earnings with a victory in this Main Event. His three tournament wins were all recorded here at Playground Poker Club, and he is therefore no stranger to final tabled on his home turf.

Seat 6: Kauvsegan Ehamparam (2,350,000) –  Kauvsegan could be considered the wild card on this final table. Surely the least experienced player remaining in the field, he has managed to navigate his way through a star-studded field to secure a spot on the final table and has proven he can play with the best. Apart from a runner-up finish in the MILLIONS Open event earlier this year, his recorded live cashes all sit in the 4-figures, and even a 6th place finish today would result in his biggest live cash to date.

Players are getting ready for action, and cards will be in the air momentarily. There will be a live stream with commentary available shortly – more information will be published soon.

Good luck to our 6 finalists!