In a battle of the blinds, Action folded to Steve Cordeiro in the small blind who raised it up from 80,000 to 265,000, only to have jean-Pascal Gauthier move all in from the big blind. Cordeiro tanked for the better part of a minute, before announcing “fold” as he showed an ace.
Gauthier is chipping up nicely.
9th Place: Benoit Martineau, $2,480
With the elimination of Peter Liakopoulos in 10th place, the final table has been formed.
Here are the final nine players:
The final table prize pool:
| Rank | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $24,500 |
| 2nd | $17,088 |
| 3rd | $11,190 |
| 4th | $8,230 |
| 5th | $6,280 |
| 6th | $5,000 |
| 7th | $4,140 |
| 8th | $3,300 |
| 9th | $2,480 |
Peter Liakopoulos’s stack had an up and down run on Day 3 and as he was getting super short, he put his chips in with ten-seven and was called by Frederick Gagnon holding ace-ten. The board was of no help to Liakopoulos and he exits in 10th place.
10th Place: Peter Liakopoulos, $2,050
Another player has been sent to the rail to collect their payout.
11th Place: Saman Saryazdi, $2,050
Two more eliminations have just taken place:
The following players have been eliminated:
The short stacks were active right from the start and a few players picked up hands that were bested by their opponents. In the first hour of play, 7 players have been sent to the rail.
This is it! Day 3 of the Playground 200 is starting now! Day 2 saw 152 players return from the 697 entries through the five Day 1 starting flights. The returning players on Day 2 played though 10 40-minute levels and at the end of it all, there were 23 players left standing who have returned tonight to play down to a winner.
The chip leader going into Day 3 is Jean-Pascal Gauthier, bagging 1,365,000 chips (57 big blinds), followed by Roberto Parent with 1,260,000 chips (52 big blinds) and in third is Benoit Martineau with 1,235,000 chips (51 big blinds).
Play is starting in level 25 with the blinds at 15,000/30,000, with the chip average at 757,000.
The cards are in the air; good luck to all of the players!
Here is the seating draw with chip counts for Day 3 of the Playground 200.
Day 3 takes place Monday, February 2, at 7:00pm.
Good luck to all Day 3 qualifiers.
| First Name | Last Name | Seat | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian | Portmann | Table 20 - Seat 1 | 480,000 |
| Alexandre | Patry | Table 20 - Seat 2 | 825,000 |
| Frederic | Gagnon | Table 20 - Seat 3 | 650,000 |
| Steve | Pouliot | Table 20 - Seat 4 | 605,000 |
| Steve | Cordeiro | Table 20 - Seat 5 | 915,000 |
| Roberto | Parent | Table 20 - Seat 6 | 1,260,000 |
| Simon | Bissonnette-Du-Cap | Table 20 - Seat 7 | 1,080,000 |
| Sebastien | Drolet-Poitras | Table 24 - Seat 1 | 510,000 |
| Joseph | Mariutti | Table 24 - Seat 2 | 770,000 |
| Eric | Ranger | Table 24 - Seat 3 | 670,000 |
| Michael | Fitzpatrick | Table 24 - Seat 4 | 1,080,000 |
| Kassandra | Pouliot | Table 24 - Seat 5 | 250,000 |
| Adam | Strulovitch | Table 24 - Seat 6 | 975,000 |
| Benoit | Martineau | Table 24 - Seat 7 | 1,235,000 |
| Jeremi | Kielian | Table 24 - Seat 8 | 510,000 |
| Sebastien | Proulx | Table 28 - Seat 1 | 335,000 |
| Saman | Saryazdi | Table 28 - Seat 2 | 805,000 |
| Paul-Olivier | Couvrette | Table 28 - Seat 3 | 365,000 |
| Peter | Liakopoulos | Table 28 - Seat 4 | 670,000 |
| Charles | Letendre | Table 28 - Seat 5 | 595,000 |
| Jean-Pascal | Gauthier | Table 28 - Seat 6 | 1,365,000 |
| Steve | Fournier Bernier | Table 28 - Seat 7 | 625,000 |
| Haile Rafik | Kuo | Table 28 - Seat 8 | 595,000 |
Day 2 of the Playground 200 has just come to an end. There were a total of 152 players out of the 697 entries who returned today with the top 88 making it into the money. As soon as the first hand was dealt, the room saw the first elimination. By the end of the first level of play, 17 players had already been sent to the rail.
At the first break, Adam Strulovitch had bolted into the lead with an outstanding 702,000 chips. At the second break Roberto Parent lead the field with 966,000 chips while Strulovitch stayed on the leaderboard, although his stack remained constant for the next few levels. Steve Cordeiro had a well timed triple-up while he was still short stacked and was able to survive to the end, bagging 915,000 chips. Sebastien Proulx then took the top spot and stayed there for many levels but lost steam late in the day and was only able to bag 335,000 chips.
The chip leader going into Day 3 is Jean-Pascal Gauthier, bagging 1,365,000 chips (57 big blinds), followed by Roberto Parent with 1,260,000 chips (52 big blinds) and in third is Benoit Martineau with 1,235,000 chips (51 big blinds).
Play will resume for Day 3 action tomorrow night at 7:00pm, with 10 minutes left in level 23 with the blinds at 12,000/24,000. Day 3 will play down to a winner.
All players have now secured a payout of $940 but are of course looking for the top prize of $24,500 and the Power Weekend Champion ring.
Click here to see the Day 3 seating draw with chip counts.
Good luck to all players!
Play is in the last level and there was just a seating re-draw as only 24 players remain in contention. There have been some large swings and chips are moving back and forth across the tables.
Some of the recent eliminations include: Shailesh Patel, Behrooz Salemi, Ian Armorer, Julien Lemay, Maxime Theroux, Dominic Tossings and Danick Morin.
