Stefano De Bellis raised in early position and Nabil Mardelli, seated on his direct left and who was nursing a smaller stack, moved all in. It folded back around to De Bellis who snap-called.
De Bellis: 
Mardelli: 
Mardelli’s timing could not have been worse as he walked into pocket aces. The board runout was of no help and he became the first casualty of the final table.
10th place: Nabil Mardelli, $610
After an extended period of play on the final table bubble, after the elimination of Bill Kontaratos in 11th place ($610), the final table has been formed.
The payouts are as follows:
| Rank | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $7,852 |
| 2nd | $5,930 |
| 3rd | $4,460 |
| 4th | $3,350 |
| 5th | $2,520 |
| 6th | $1,900 |
| 7th | $1,430 |
| 8th | $1,070 |
| 9th | $810 |
| 10th | $610 |
The players (in order of seat #):
With only 11 players still left in the room, the tournament has been on the bubble of the final table for the last 25 minutes. There is a six-handed and a five-handed table right now; once the next elimination takes place, the final table will begin.
Recent eliminations:
12th place: Dave Graham, $550
13th place: Ben Menache, $550
14th place: Blake Hyland, $500
With an average stack of 380K, John Hosegrove leads the pack with 745,000 chips, equal to 37 big blinds.
| First Name | Last Name | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| John | Hosegrove | 745,000 |
| Robert | Amireault | 597,000 |
| Wafic | Fala | 575,000 |
| Nabil | Mardelli | 470,000 |
Recent eliminations include:
15th place: Lee Bechard, $500
16th place: Jean-Rene Gonzolez, $460
17th place: Normand Rheaume, $460
18th place: Corrado Carabetta, $420
19th place: Dwayne Mattice, $420
Once the tournament reached the money there were bustouts happening both left and right. The following players have left the tournament in the money:
20th place: Sylvain Malboeuf, $380
21st place: Robert Black, $380
22nd place: Charles Purchase, $340
23rd place: Malcom Park, $340
24th place: Torben Lassen, $320
25th place: Jean Roy, $320
26th place: Andrew Molotchko, $290
27th place: Masi Vito, $290
Play has been hand-for-hand for at least 15 minutes now and the floor stopped the action to allow the players to go on break. After the next elimination, the rest of the field will be in the money, with a min-cash in 27th paying $290, and $7,852 up top for the event champion.
With an average stack at 190,100 chips, Stefano de Bellis is in the lead with 439,000 chips, good for 44 big blinds. John Hosegrove follows in second with 402,000 chips.
Here are the top stacks in play:
| First Name | Last Name | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Stefano | De Bellis | 439,000 |
| John | Hosegrove | 402,000 |
| Nabil | Mardelli | 357,000 |
| Marcello | Rosa | 349,000 |
| Jean-Rene | Gonzalez | 330,000 |
The players just had a 15-minute break and have returned to level 16 with 49 players still left in the running. Blind levels are 30 minutes in length and play will slow down a bit as the structure allows the players to find the right spots to make their moves.
The average is just over 108K (22 big blinds) and Marcello Rosa has taken over the lead, the only player with a stack north of 300K; he is currently sitting on 318,000 chips, good for 63 big blinds.
Here is the newest leaderboard as level 16 commences:
| First Name | Last Name | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Marcello | Rosa | 318,000 |
| Stefano | De Bellis | 288,000 |
| John | Hosegrove | 245,500 |
| Jean | Roy | 199,500 |
As play continues in level 14, here are the players with the top four stacks in the room right now:
Players are back from the break for level 13 where the blinds have now increased to 30-minutes long. All 79 remaining players are able to earn points for the series leaderboard in hopes of qualifying for the Championship event later this year.
Stephane Houle has moved up the leaderboard from third place to first with a huge stack of 194,000 which is currently worth 80 big blinds. In a very strange coincidence the competitor in second place is also named Stephane Houle and he has a stack of 191,500.
It will be interesting to see if Stephane Houle can surpass Stephane Houle.
| First Name | Last Name | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Stephane | Houle | 194,000 |
| Stephane | Houle | 191,500 |
| Alain | Corriveau | 180,700 |
| Jean | Roy | 178,000 |
The field has been narrowed to 92 players as level 12 begins. This is the last level that will be played with 20-minute blinds. Level 13 will move to 30-minutes until heads-up play begins when play will be reverted to 20-minute blinds once again. Several competitors have built up a wall of chips but the majority of the field sits around the current chip average of 57,800.
Here’s a look at some of the remaining players:
Event #1 of the $200 + $20 Seniors’ Series 2020 attracted a total of 213 entries, including 26 re-entries, to significantly increase the $10,000 prize pool guarantee to $37,062. The top 26 players will reach the money with a top prize of $7,852 and a min-cash of $290.
Take a look at the full prize pool:
| Rank | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $2,276 |
| 2nd | $1,610 |
| 3rd | $1,130 |
| 4th | $800 |
| 5th | $560 |
| 6th | $400 |
| 7th | $280 |
154 competitors have returned to the field after the first break of the day. There were a total of 213 entries before late registration closed at 2:15pm which put a whopping 5,325,000 chips into play! The 213 entries were able to smash the $10,000 guarantee prize pool for a new total of $37,062. Stay tuned for the full prize pool to be announced shortly.
Danielle Dussault has taken the early lead with a stack of 108,500 which more than triples the current chip average of 34,000. Marcello Rosa is not too far behind in second with 95,300 in chips, currently good for 158 big blinds.
Here’s a look at the full leaderboard:
| First Name | Last Name | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Danielle | Dussault | 108,500 |
| Marcello | Rosa | 95,300 |
| Stephane | Houle | 80,000 |
| Alain | Corriveau | 75,900 |
| Leonard Roy | Danforth | 75,000 |
