Just 24 players will return to Playground Poker Club on Wednesday afternoon to fight for a top prize of $200,000 and Champion's trophy of the partypoker LIVE Playground1000.
Day 4 is set to kick off at 1 p.m. and holding the reigns on the field heading into play is Aaron Czaja. Czaja rocketed up the leaderboard during the latter half of Day 3 and will open a bag full of 9,030,000 chips.
Joining Czaja at the top of the leaderboard are Alexander Puchalski (8,100,000), Kyle Janisse (6,505,000), Fakher Alizai (5,470,000), and Maurice Simard (4,885,000). partypoker Team Pro Natalia Breviglieri (1,300,000) is also in the hunt though she returns as the second shortest stack.
Once the final table is set, players will move up to the stage and a cards-up live stream will kick off on a slight delay. Stay tuned to the blog for more details.
Here is a look at the prizes still left to fight for:
Place
Prize (CAD)
1
200,000 CAD
2
120,000 CAD
3
80,000 CAD
4
54,500 CAD
5
40,000 CAD
6
30,000 CAD
7
22,500 CAD
8
15,000 CAD
9
10,000 CAD
10-12
8,500 CAD
13-15
7,750 CAD
16-18
7,000 CAD
19-24
6,250 CAD
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On a board reading , Kevin Rivest had about 900,000 behind in the big blind and got his remaining stack in the middle against Maurice Simard on the button.
Rivest tabled for top pair, but ran into Simard's for a set of threes. The turn was the to give Rivest some outs to survive, but the river was the to send him to the rail.
After Aaron Czaja opened to 225,000, Francesco Maltese moved all-in for 1,035,000 and Charles La Boissonniere four-bet jammed over the top forcing Czaja to fold.
Maltese:
La Boissonniere:
Maltese was racing and things appeared to be on his side as a king in the door of a flop. Sadly, for Maltese, there was an eight right behind it. The on the turn gave Maltese some outs but a blank on the river eliminated him in 16th place.
Charles La Boissonniere raised to 430,000 from middle position and action folded to partypoker Team Pro Natalia Breviglieri on the button. She had just 1,380,000 chips left and decided to move them in the middle. La Boissonniere thought for a few seconds and called.
Natalia Breviglieri:
Charles la Boissonniere:
The flop came and Breviglieri extended her lead by pairing her ace while La Boissonniere picked up a straight draw. The turn was the to give La Boissonniere a pair of queens for more outs to improve but the river was the and the Brit doubled through after patiently waiting to pick her spot.
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, Kevin Rivest had about 900,000 behind in the big blind and got his remaining stack in the middle against Maurice Simard on the button. 
for top pair, but ran into Simard's 
for a set of threes. The turn was the 
to give Rivest some outs to survive, but the river was the 
to send him to the rail.
and Magni open-shoved and Lacasse had a decision to make for his last 1,600,000. Eventually, he called.
, up against Magni's 
. When Lacasse saw what he was up against he said, "Pocket dame (queen)? F***!"
to give Lacasse a straight draw but the river was the 
and Lacasse was eliminated.
flop. Sadly, for Maltese, there was an eight right behind it. The 
on the turn gave Maltese some outs but a blank 
on the river eliminated him in 16th place.
, up against Czaja's 
. 
and Abdelhamid was drawing dead to the 
. He was right, as Dansereau showed 
