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Laframboise wins big pot in heads up clash

Level: 8
Small Blind: 400
Big Blind: 800
BB Ante: 800
Chip Average: 41K
Remaining: 85
Entries: 118

2018/11/03 | 19:28 by Playground Poker

Jasmine Laframboise, who placed 6th in the World Cup of Cards Women’s event last year here at Playground, has just won a big hand on table 97. Preflop, Carrie Webster raised to 2,600 and Jasmine called. When the dealer revealed , Carrie bet 5,000, and Jasmine immediately called. When the turn was revealed , Carrie pushed harder, betting 10,000. But Jasmine quickly raised; Carrie debated, but eventually called.

Once the dealer revealed the river , Jasmine revealed and Carrie showed her . The river hadn’t help Carrie make her straight, and Jasmine won the pot with a pair of kings.

Almost in the money in the WPTDeepStacks

Level: 16
Small Blind: 2K
Big Blind: 4K
BB Ante: 4K
Chip Average: 228K
Remaining: 118
Entries: 896

2018/11/03 | 19:17 by Playground Poker

As we near the bubble, players with smaller stacks are trying desperately to hang on to make the money. To have come this far and to miss out on the $2,700 prize (for those that finish between 105th – 111th) would be a shame.

Things have just become much more difficult for Vasco Morgado on table 22, as he was recently crippled by Jessie Wheatley in a hand, mere minutes before the cut-off.

Jessie opened with a raise of 12,500, which was called by Vasco and another player. The flop came down . Jessie and the other player checked, at which point Vasco bet 23,000. Jessie stayed, the other player didn’t.

The turn was a , and two final players checked. Down came a on the river, and Jessie raised 42,500 utg. Vasco was happy to call with his . He wasn’t so happy, however, when Jessie flipped over her for the nut flush.

As we write this, hand for hand has started, and there is only 15 minutes left before the 45-minute dinner break.

Registration closes with 97 entries

Level: 13
Small Blind: 800
Big Blind: 1.6K
BB Ante: 1.6K
Chip Average: 80.8K
Remaining: 36
Entries: 97

2018/11/03 | 19:12 by Playground Poker

The registration period for the High Roller is now closed, and the final tally is of 97 entries, of which 29 are re-entries. This number falls a touch shy of the $1,000,000 guarantee, and therefore players will enjoy a little bit of added value to their tournament buy-in.

Once the tournament staff has finalized the prize pool information and payout structure, we will publish it here on the blog.

Action has now resumed in level 13, with 36 players remaining.

Poliquin out in front after the first break

Level: 5
Small Blind: 300
Big Blind: 500
BB Ante: 500
Chip Average: 34K
Remaining: 91
Entries: 110

2018/11/03 | 18:52 by Playground Poker

The players at the WPTLadies have just returned from their break. During the pause in the action we counted the chips. It’s a close race at the top of the leader board. Julie Poliquin, who placed 24th at the Crazy $80 No Limit Hold’em in 2017 at Playground Poker, has 59,000 chips. She was followed closely behind by Longueuil, Quebec resident, Bigette Korak, whose stack measured 54,000 chips. There are several other players hovering around the 50,000 chip count, including Julianne Aram Papazian, from Cannes France.

Top counts at dinner

Level: 13
Small Blind: 800
Big Blind: 1.6K
BB Ante: 1.6K
Chip Average: 80K
Remaining: 36
Entries: 96

2018/11/03 | 18:39 by Playground Poker

The high rollers are on their 45-minute dinner break, and the registration period will be closing once action resumes in level 13. There are currently 96 entries so far, only a few shy from matching the $1,000,000 guarantee boasted for the event.

Kristen Bicknell remains the current chip leader, with a hefty 100,000 cushion between her and second place in chips. Below are the top counts in play after level 12:

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Kristen	Bicknell	286,600
Peter	Fellows	181,800
Erik	Lemarquand	178,700
Pascal	Lefrancois	139,100
Mohsin	Charania	131,000
Edward	Lin	129,800

Dinner break is here

Level: 13
Small Blind: 800
Big Blind: 1.6K
BB Ante: 1.6K
Chip Average: 81.4K
Remaining: 35
Entries: 95

2018/11/03 | 18:26 by Playground Poker

The High Roller Day 2 is now on dinner break, and this will be the last chance for players to enter into the tournament. Once level 13 begins following the break, the registration period will be closed.

Photographs from level 12: