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After the elimination of Brigitte Metivier, the two finalists for the $100 + $10 6-Max Re-entry were in a hurry to finish up. They discussed it before the cards were dealt, and decided to shove all in blind no matter what, since they had both had an excellent day, and the winner bonus of $200 – a marginal addition to their already impressive scores for the day. As it turned out, not one but both players were disappointed with their cards when they flipped them over. Remi had a , and Giovanni a . The board was dealt out with neither of them hitting. The nine-high takes it! Congratulations to these Monday afternoon warriors on an excellent day of poker. $100 + $10 6-Max Re-entry Champion: Remi Bourque: $1,905 ($1,705 ICM chop + $200 winner bonus) Last Hand of Play: Second Place: Giovanni Petrella, $1,970 …

The Playground 100 was a multi day event that started with one online Day 1 flight and another five live Day 1 flights. Players started with 20,000 chips and played through 20 minute levels on Day 1 until 10% of the field was reached, at which point the players bagged their chips for Day 2 and would come back to play knowing that all were already “in the money.” The tournament featured a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool however with the 1,054 runners who entered the event, the prize pool swelled to over $100,000! Day 2 saw many of the short stacks exit the tournament early from failed shove attempts to double-up. There were many solid players who chipped up nicely but in the end, one by one, many of them were sent to the rail and would not see the final table. Once the final …

Event #4 of the July Power Weekend, the $100 + $10 Deepstack Re-entry, proved to be a tremendously popular event. The field of 147 entries (including 28 re-entries) built a prize pool that greatly exceeded the $5,000 guarantee and filled the tournament hall with energized tournament players on the hunt for a big payout. The early levels saw a steady flow of players moving in and out of the tournament, many of whom made their way back to the cage to re-enter. In most cases, the players sprinted out of the gate this afternoon and never looked back, keeping up the high-paced action all the way to the late stages. The only time things slowed down was for the money bubble when 20 players remained. The hand-for-hand play lasted for more than an entire blind level, as several short stacks managed to win their all …

Both Kevin Bergeron and William Molson had an excellent tournament, with Kevin amassing 5,495,000 chips over the course of the day to William’s 7,510,000. As soon as it was down to the final two, both players were happy to agree to a chop whereby Kevin would receive a guaranteed $20,450, and William $22,500. $2,500 was put aside for the winner, and we didn’t have to wait long to find out who it would be! Exactly one hand in, Kevin opened with a bet of 475,000, which was raised by William to 1,400,000. Kevin shoved over the top and was called, and they flipped over their cards. Molson: Bergeron: The board came down , and William bagged the well-deserved win. All told, William Molson comes away with a cool $25,000 for his efforts along with bragging rights for being the Playground 500 champion. Congratulations go out …

The 8-Max Re-entry got the July Power Weekend off to a flying start this afternoon. A total of 66 entries made their way in to this event, enough to surpass the prize pool guarantee of $5,000. Things started off slowly this afternoon, as players managed their chips carefully during the early levels. There was a flurry of action shortly before the first break, as the late registration and re-entry period was nearing its end, which brought forth several re-entries during the break. From there, the pace of play undulated from slow to fast and back again until the late stages of the tournament. Once the field was down to three tables, things shifted into another gear, quickly reducing the field to the final table. And the break-neck pace continued at the final table with five eliminations during the first two orbits of play. The four …