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Event #4 of the Playground 9-Year Anniversary Series was the $200 + $20 PL Omaha Re-entry tournament, always a favourite for those who love action. There was a $7,000 guaranteed prize pool and when the late registration period came to a close, there were 44 entries in total (including 11 re-entries) which allowed the prize pool to grow to $8,536.

Action was the word of the evening as players were getting it in with draws, hoping to hit. The first elimination happened within the first five minutes of play, but with the re-entry format, the players were able to try their luck as often as they pleased. At the first break of the evening Maxime Flibotte-Blanchard took the lead and held on to it through the second break. David St-Louis was also on the first leaderboard and by the second break he was right behind Flibotte-Blanchard, in second place. As the final table approached, St-Louis jumped into the lead and started to crush his opponents. As the final table played on, St-Louis was like a freight train rolling down the tracks as he amassed a huge stack. He never let go of the lead as one by one he took out his opponents. Flibotte-Blanchard never gave up and  stayed in second place, trying his best to overtake St-Louis, but it seemed like tonight was David’s night.

When play went heads-up, St-Louis had a two to one chip lead and as much as Flibotte-Blanchard tried his best to chip up, St-Louis continued his good run. On the final hand of play, Flibotte-Blanchard put his chips into the middle with and was called by St-Louis holding . The dealer fanned out a board, and St-Louis took all of the chips, won the hand and became the champion of Event #4.

Event #4 Champion: David St-Louis, $3,076

Last hand of play:

Second place: Maxime Flibotte-Blanchard, $2,070

Chad Yurkin played a great game and hung in as long as he could, but in the end the blinds were getting to his stack and he succumbed to the fate of David St-Louis who is running great on the final table.

3rd place: Chad Yurkin, $1,390

The tournament is now heads-up between David St-Louis and Maxime Flibotte-Blanchard, with St-Louis still in the lead with 870,000 chips, and Flibotte-Blanchard with 450,000.

Finishing in fourth place is Said Nehme, collecting $940 for his efforts today.

There have been two more eliminations on the final table:

• 5th place: Costa Psallidas, $630
• 6th place: George Whyte, $430

David St-Louis has taken a commanding lead with more than double the amount of chips of the second place runner, Maxime Flibotte-Blanchard.

Here are the final table chip stacks:

Since the final table was formed, the following players have been sent to the rail:

• 7th place: Genevieve Gosselin-Lemesle
• 8th place: Janendra Mahendra Rajah
• 9th place: Goran Brestovac

The tournament has reached the final table and the top six spots will be in the money. Here are the players left in contention:

• Chad Yurkin
• Genevieve Gosselin-Lemesle
• Costa Psallidas
• Janedra Mahendra Rajah
• Maxime Flibotte-Blanchard
• George Whyte
• David St-Louis
• Said Nehme
• Goran Brestovac

The field has now dropped down to 11 players and with an average chip stack sitting at 120,000, Maxime Flibotte-Blanchard is still in the dominant position with just under two and half times the average. The final table will play out once there are two more eliminations, and with the nature of PLO, it will take quite some time to play down to a winner. Stay tuned for more updates.

Here is the latest leaderboard:

The late registration period has finally come to a close and in the end, Event #4 attracted a total of 44 entries (including 11 re-entries), helping to grow the prize pool to $8,536 (the prize pool will be published shortly).

Leading the field is Maxime Flibotte-Blanchard, playing a stack of 93,000 chips, good for 93 big blinds. Maxime was here last night as well playing the Grand Prix Canada Event #1) where he was able to bag the lead in last night’s flight. Let’s see if he can continue his good run and final table again this evening.

Here are the leaders from the break:

Play is now in level four and there have been 31 entries so far (including 4 re-entries) with still another one hour plus to go in the late registration period.

Here are some of tonight’s PLO grinders:

Welcome to Event #4, the $200 + $20 PL Omaha Re-entry tournament for all of the players who love four card poker action! players start with 30,000 chips and play down to a winner through 20-minute levels in this single day event.

This is a re-entry event with unlimited re-entries permitted during the late registration period. Re-entry is permitted for
any player that loses all their chips or chooses to forfeit their stack. Players may enter (or re-enter) the tournament until the beginning of level 7, which is at 10:15pm.

There is a $7,000 guaranteed prize pool so there is great value to be had in this modest $200 + $200 buy in event. This is always a fun, action packed event so why not come and join in on the action.

The players are taking their seats and the floor has just announced “dealers, shuffle up and deal”, so let the action begin.

Good luck to all competitors!

Event #4: $200 + $20 PL Omaha Re-entry

$7,000 Guaranteed