Playground Poker

Hammoud calls Isaev’s all in to the delight of Andrei

Level: 18
Small Blind: 4K
Big Blind: 8K
BB Ante: 8K
Chip Average: 200,000
Remaining: 36
Entries: 240

2018/11/04 | 21:42 by Playground Poker

Big stack, Nikola Isaev, went all in, preflop. But after Hicham Hammoud called, fellow competitor, and small stack on table 77, Daniel Andrei, uttered: “Finally.” He looked around the table, and at me, explaining. “Every time he bets he (Nikola) goes all in. It’s been like thirty times in a row.” The other players at the table nodded their heads in agreement.

Nikola turned over , and Hicham revealed .

When the flop was dealt , Hicham sighed. “Don’t sink me now.” He looked at the dealer.

The turn came down and Hicham smiled. The river was a , and Hicham doubled up his 96,000 chips.

Dubeau doubles up

Level: 29
Small Blind: 40K
Big Blind: 80K
BB Ante: 80K
Chip Average: 2.986M
Remaining: 9
Entries: 896

2018/11/04 | 21:38 by Playground Poker

Fresh into the final table, we witnessed a big hand right off the bat.

Although we missed the initial action, it was clear that a huge hand was brewing once we heard Daniel Dubeau’s insta-call of Balakrish Patur’s all in.

Daniel was holding a on a board, making the wheel. Balakrish’s didn’t stand a chance and Daniel’s chip count swelled to near 5,000,000.

NOTE: While this post was being written, Balakrish all-in’d again, this time winning the hand and doubling up the small amount of chips he had left.

WPTDeepStacks Final Table has arrived!

Level: 29
Small Blind: 40K
Big Blind: 80K
BB Ante: 80K
Chip Average: 2.986M
Remaining: 9
Entries: 896

2018/11/04 | 21:33 by Playground Poker

The final table is finally here. Congratulations to all of our nine finalists! See below for photos of our final nine.

Also, the chip counts and final table seating assignments as they stood at the beginning of level 29 are listed below.

Good luck to everyone!

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Seat \| Siège	Stack \| Tapis
Richard	Alsup	9	4,385,000
David	Quang	1	4,260,000
Balakrish	Patur	8	3,365,000
Omid	Shahbazian	5	3,125,000
Timothy	Ulmer	6	3,030,000
Giancarlo	Palleschi	7	2,790,000
Said	El-Yousfi	4	2,335,000
Daniel	Dubeau	2	2,025,000
Alexander	Wong	3	1,460,000

Weissman wins a flip

Level: 23
Small Blind: 10K
Big Blind: 15K
BB Ante: 15K
Chip Average: 725K
Remaining: 4
Entries: 97

2018/11/04 | 21:14 by Playground Poker

Joey Weissman opened to 35,000 from the button, and commit his 330,000 stack when Ajay Chabra shoved from the big blind.

Joey:
Ajay:

Joey found no danger on the board, doubling up to 685,000. Ajay was left with around 500,000 after paying his dues.

5th place: Pascal Lefrancois

Level: 23
Small Blind: 10K
Big Blind: 15K
BB Ante: 15K
Chip Average: 725K
Remaining: 4
Entries: 97

2018/11/04 | 21:08 by Playground Poker

After losing the majority of his chips a few orbits ago to Ajay Chabra, Pascal Lefrancois was trying his best to spin up his short stack. He managed to increase it three-fold before Marc-Andre Ladouceur sent him to the rail.

Marc-Andre opened to 35,000 from the cutoff, and Pascal defended his big blind. On a flop, Pascal checked, Marc-Andre bet 30,000, Pascal moved all-in for 105,000 and Marc-Andre called.

Marc-Andre:
Pascal:

Pascal needed to connect with the running cards to remain in the game, however the turn and river resulted in his elimination from the High Roller.

5th place: Pascal Lefrancois – $64,000

Chabra doubles through Lefrancois

Level: 23
Small Blind: 10K
Big Blind: 15K
BB Ante: 15K
Chip Average: 580K
Remaining: 5
Entries: 97

2018/11/04 | 20:55 by Playground Poker

Ajay Chabra open shoved for 235,000 from the cutoff, and Pascal Lefrancois put him at risk from the big blind, committing the majority of his stack in the process.

Ajay:
Pascal:

Board:

Ajay found a key double-up to keep him in the game, leaving his opponent with only 50,000 behind.

Pascal managed to double-up on the next hand with versus Joey Weissman’s , and then steal the blinds shortly after. He is now playing almost 150,000.