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Bowring lives to see another hand

Level: 14
Small Blind: 1,500
Big Blind: 3,000
BB Ante: 3,000
Chip Average: 114K
Remaining: 63
Entries: 240

2018/11/04 | 20:15 by Playground Poker

Preflop, Steven Martin raised to 2,000. Shaun Bowring upped the stakes, going all in. Jean-Pierre Poirier called, and when the betting returned to Steven, he folded up his cards. Shaun revealed the pair he was holding , and Jean-Pierre laid down his . After Shaun looked at Jean-Pierre’s hand, he stood up immediately.

The flop came down . It wasn’t looking good for Shaun, especially after the turn was dealt . But when the was revealed on the river, Shaun expressed relief. As he returned to his seat Shaun was congratulated by Steven. His three 4s helped him live to see another hand.

Ladouceur leads the final 5

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

2018/11/04 | 20:14 by Playground Poker

A short break is upon the High Roller event, and in the last two levels Marc-Andre surged from the short stack into the chip lead. The average stack is still very deep at the current level, leaving lots of room for the finalists to battle it out for the title.

Below are the counts as play begins in level 23:

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Marc-Andre	Ladouceur	910,000
Tommy	Nguyen	730,000
Pascal	Lefrancois	605,000
Joey	Weissman	420,000
Ajay	Chabra	230,000

Tsatskin finishes in 13th

Level: 28
Small Blind: 30K
Big Blind: 60K
BB Ante: 60K
Chip Average: 2.240M
Remaining: 12
Entries: 896

2018/11/04 | 20:09 by Playground Poker

When Evgenii Tsatskin found himself holding pocket Aces, he found a way to put all his chips in the middle preflop. His opponent in this hand, Said El-Yousfi, also had a pocket pair, 10’s.

Unfortunately for Evgenii, and as been happening all evening, a set ended someone’s evening. Said caught a 10 on the flop and didn’t look back, landing Evgenii in 13th place and awarding him $14,500. Congratulations go out to Evgenii for an excellent tournament. The poker continues, and we are almost at the final table, with only 12 players left.

Ladouceur doubles though Chabra

Level: 22
Small Blind: 6K
Big Blind: 12K
BB Ante: 12K
Chip Average: 582K
Remaining: 5
Entries: 97

2018/11/04 | 19:53 by Playground Poker

Marc-Andre Ladouceur (button) opened to 28,000, and called the 3-bet to 91,000 from Ajay Chabra (small blind).

Ajay lead out for 56,000 on the flop, and Marc-Andre Ladouceur made the call.

When the was peeled on the turn, Ajay moved all-in, covering his opponent. Marc-Andre made the quick call, and cards were shown.

Ajay was holding for a flush draw, while Marc-Andre had for top two pairs. The river improved Marc-Andre’s hand to a full-house, and he slid forward 245,000 for the double-up. He now sits with around 800,000 chips, while Ajay dropped to 200,000.

Nguyen flexes his muscles

Level: 22
Small Blind: 6K
Big Blind: 12K
BB Ante: 12K
Chip Average: 582K
Remaining: 5
Entries: 97

2018/11/04 | 19:46 by Playground Poker

Tommy Nguyen opened from the cutoff, and Marc-Andre Ladouceur defended his big blind.

Flop:

Marc-Andre checks, Tommy bets 33,000, Marc-Andre raises to 90,000 and Tommy calls.

Turn:

Both players check.

River:

Marc-Andre leads for 145,000, and is forced into the tank once bigger stacked Tommy moves all-in. Marc-Andre eventually mucks his hand, and Tommy tables .

El-Yousfi doubles up

Level: 27
Small Blind: 25K
Big Blind: 50K
BB Ante: 50K
Chip Average: 2.067M
Remaining: 13
Entries: 896

2018/11/04 | 19:25 by Playground Poker

Said El-Yousfi has had a big week. After final-tabling the WPT500 (and finishing 2nd) a few days ago, he finds himself in the hunt for another final table here at the WPTDeepStacks event. And the possibility of making the final table just was just made slightly more likely by his recent double-up.

Although we missed most of the hand, when we arrived at the table the board showed . Said whooped with excitement as he flipped over his , doubling up his stack against his opponent’s .

While he is by no means even close to the chip lead at this point, he has some room to breathe, and to pick his spots from here on out.