Event #3: $1,500 + $150 WPTDeepStacks

Theroux wins a heads up clash on table 80

Level: 11
Small Blind: 800
Big Blind: 1,600
BB Ante: 1,600
Chip Average: 71K
Remaining: 123
Entries: 294

2018/11/02 | 20:18 by Playground Poker

Montrealer, Rodney Ramalho, who won the 2015 DeepStacks poker tour championship, raised to 3,300, preflop. After everyone else at the table folded, fellow Montreal native, Maxime Theroux, who was the 2017 WPT Montreal champion, called.

When the flop came down , Rodney wagered another 3,300. Maxime called. When the dealer revealed the turn , both players checked. When the river was dealt , the two Montrealers checked once more. After Maxime showed his , Rodney returned his hand to the dealer, unable to beat Maxime’s pair of tens.

Bull’s set drops Book

Level: 3
Small Blind: 100
Big Blind: 200
BB Ante: 200
Chip Average: 34.5K
Remaining: 155
Entries: 178

2018/11/02 | 20:02 by Playground Poker

Donald Bull, looking as serious as he can in the photo below, just took down a healthy pot. We joined the hand late, but were able to catch his 5,000 bet on the river, as he faced off heads up against Richard Book.

The board was showing . With about 15,000 already in the pot, this hand could help increase Donald’s stack to near double what he started with. And that he did! After Richard called the 5,000 Donald flipped his pocket sixes ( ), which was enough to take the pot and pose like a pro.

Photos of WPTDeepStacks Day 1D players

Level: 3
Small Blind: 100
Big Blind: 200
BB Ante: 200
Chip Average: 32K
Remaining: 153
Entries: 162

2018/11/02 | 19:46 by Playground Poker

As we near the end of level 3 for this evening’s WPTDeepStacks Day 1D event number of players continues to steadily increase, as more and more join us for a shot at the $1,000,000 prize pool.

We’re now at 162 entries for the night, up about 70 from an hour ago. Some of the newly arrived players are shown below.

Wang builds his stack

Level: 3
Small Blind: 100
Big Blind: 200
BB Ante: 200
Chip Average: 31K
Remaining: 143
Entries: 155

2018/11/02 | 19:39 by Playground Poker

As we enter level 3, play is starting to heat up, albeit slowly. Over at table 101 we witnessed a battle already underway, this time between Michael Wang and Srinivas Gottiparthi, two poker players who have been getting deep in various WPT events all week here at Playground.

When we arrived there was 5,000 in the pot, with the flop showing . The table checked around, and a was dealt on the flop.

Michael was utg, raising 3,000. Srinivas called, and a was dealt on the river.

Again Michael led out, this time for 5,000. Although he took a couple of minutes to decide, Srinivas decided to make the call. Michael flipped over his and raked in the chips. Apparently his pair of Queens was enough.

Pietrafesa takes the lead

Level: 9
Small Blind: 500
Big Blind: 1,000
BB Ante: 1,000
Chip Average: 58K
Remaining: 154
Entries: 294

2018/11/02 | 19:36 by Playground Poker

We are now three quarters the way through the Day 1C flight, and the players have just returned to their seats following their last 15 minute break. During a chip count of the big stacks, we determined that Joseph Pietrafesa was the chip leader, having amassed a 194,000 chips. That is more than three times the average chip count of 58,000.

The next closest stack, of the remaining 154 entries, was Christopher Rivard with a stack of 157,000 chips.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Joseph	Pietrafesa	194,000
Christopher	Rivard	157,000
Denis	Giguere	126,000
Jose-Anthonio	Rodriguez-Zurita	111.000
Said	Michailidis	110,000

Rose raises to victory at table 97

Level: 2
Small Blind: 10
Big Blind: 200
BB Ante: 100
Chip Average: 31K
Remaining: 138
Entries: 143

2018/11/02 | 19:09 by Playground Poker

Boyd Rose wasn’t under the gun in the last hand at table 97, but led the action at every turn, eventually taking down the pot.

Action began preflop with his raise of 700. There were three callers: Tam Ho, Jonathan Blaha and Michel Cronier. One of his opponents, Michel Cronier, came in 4th a couple of months ago here at Playground in the WSOP-C $300 + $30 event, taking down a significant prize.

Flop:

Michel checked utg and Boyd raised to 1,100. Tam folded, but Jonathan and Michel called.

Turn:

Michel checked again, and this time Boyd raised to 1,600. Again, Jonathan and Michel called.

River:

For the third time, Michel checked utg. This time Boyd raised to 2,700., and it was finally too much for Jonathan, who folded. Michel was game, however, calling Boyd’s third raise of the hand. Boyd flipped over his and collected the nearly 14,000 chips in the pot. His two pair was too much for Michel, who mucked his cards.