

The $1,100 No Limit Hold'em Playground1000 $1,000,000 guaranteed final table is set!
Leading the way is Donghai Lu with 21,710,000 chips, good for just shy of a quarter of the total chips in play. Partypoker Team Pro Natalia Breviglieri is in the middle of the pack with 7,855,000 and has cashed for her third partypoker $1 million guaranteed tournament in a row. She also holds the record for most partypoker live cashes with a total of 10 so far including this event.
Here is a look at how the final table stacks up:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Removed:533] | Canada | 14,630,000 |
| 2 | Aaron Czaja | Canada | 1,690,000 |
| 3 | Donghai Lu | Canada | 21,710,000 |
| 4 | Jason Mandanici-Turcot | Canada | 11,000,000 |
| 5 | Garrett Dansereau | Canada | 12,500,000 |
| 6 | Marc Guerbilsky | Canada | 6,400,000 |
| 7 | Natalia Breviglieri | United Kingdom | 7,855,000 |
| 8 | Alexander Puchalski | Canada | 2,365,000 |
| 9 | Carlos Gerones | Canada | 8,380,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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21,710,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
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14,630,000
2,490,000
|
2,490,000 |
|
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12,500,000
1,550,000
|
1,550,000 |
|
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11,000,000
2,070,000
|
2,070,000 |
|
|
8,380,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
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7,855,000
2,355,000
|
2,355,000 |
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6,400,000
2,690,000
|
2,690,000 |
|
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2,365,000
4,135,000
|
4,135,000 |
|
|
1,690,000
1,710,000
|
1,710,000 |
Kyle Janisse moved all-in preflop for 3,400,000 and Donghai Lu called to put him at risk.
Janisse: ![]()
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Lu: ![]()
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board was spread and Janisse bubbled the final table, exiting in 10th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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21,600,000
3,500,000
|
3,500,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 31
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Michael Khan moved all-in for 3,150,000 from the cutoff and Garrett Dansereau moved in over the top from the small blind.
"You moved all-in too quick. That's not good" said Khan as he tabled ![]()
. He was right, as Dansereau showed ![]()
to have him dominated.
The board ran out ![]()
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and Khan was eliminated in 11th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,950,000
4,595,000
|
4,595,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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Donghai Lu opened to 580,000 from early position and tank-called a three-bet shove from Dave Jeanneau-Cyr out of the big blind for 3,670,000.
Jeanneau-Cyr: ![]()
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Lu: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Jeanneau-Cyr failed to improve, dropping in 12th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,100,000
4,680,000
|
4,680,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Aaron Czaja opened to 550,000 from under-the-gun and called a three-bet jam of 3,895,000 from Carlos Gerones out of the big blind.
Gerones: ![]()
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Czaja: ![]()
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Gerones was dominated and in trouble but like many domination-nation all-in pots so far today, the board ran out ![]()
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and the worst hand pre came from behind and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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8,100,000
3,175,000
|
3,175,000 |
|
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3,400,000
4,450,000
|
4,450,000 |
Karim Abdelhamid was all-in from the hijack for his last 1,660,000 chips and Aaron Czaja moved in over top from the cutoff.
Abdelhamid was at risk and well behind with ![]()
, up against Czaja's ![]()
.
The flop came ![]()
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and Czaja flopped a set to take an overwhelming lead. The turn was the
and Abdelhamid was drawing dead to the
on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,850,000
2,360,000
|
2,360,000 |
|
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Busted |
Level: 30
Blinds: 120,000/240,000
Ante: 240,000
The remaining 13 players are on another 15-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,420,000
5,620,000
|
5,620,000 |
|
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12,140,000
1,110,000
|
1,110,000 |
|
|
10,210,000
2,810,000
|
2,810,000 |
|
|
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|
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8,930,000
670,000
|
670,000 |
|
|
6,500,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
6,355,000
4,405,000
|
4,405,000 |
|
|
5,490,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
5,310,000
1,240,000
|
1,240,000 |
|
|
4,925,000
5,175,000
|
5,175,000 |
|
|
3,710,000
1,810,000
|
1,810,000 |
|
|
3,650,000
1,150,000
|
1,150,000 |
|
|
3,215,000
685,000
|
685,000 |
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|
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1,650,000
1,850,000
|
1,850,000 |