Playground Poker Fall Classic Comes to an End; Pascal Lefrancois Wins High Roller for $128,000

The final three events of the 2016 Playground Poker Fall Classic concluded early Friday morning, closing out the festival with a bang. Event #14: $1,650 NL Hold’em Second Chance, Event #15: $10,400 NL Hold’em High Roller, and Event #17: $330 NL Hold’em Bounty each crowned a winner as the last champion’s trophies found their home.

Event #14: $1,650 NL Hold’em Second Chance:

Day 2 began with the bubble looming as 21 hopefuls returned, but only the top 17 left with a prize. With several notables in the mix, Christopher Fisher navigated the field best and walked away with a cool $37,295 and the champion’s trophy.

Samuel Tsehai and David Jeanneau-Cyr were among the first to exit followed by bubble buster Farzad Zare, leaving the remaining players in the money. Thomas Lefort would soon fall in 15th before the elimination ofHarley S in 11th paved the way for the final table.

Fisher found himself in the middle of the pack as play at the final table resumed. Erik Lemarquand was crippled by Francois Bergeron and moments later became the first casualty. A very short-stackedOlivier Boyer departed next in ninth. Fisher picked up a big pot while busting Marton Szlavy, his ace-king outdrawing Szlavy’s pocket queens.

Jordan Saccucci had Terry Flood all in and dominated to bring the event to six-handed. Bergeron was the next player at risk, needing to win a race holding ace-queen to Saccucci’s two fives. Bergeron hit an ace on the flop but a five came as well and Bergeron bowed out in sixth. Paul Petten got it in bad against Theodore Doukas and wasn’t able to improve, falling in fifth. Start of day chip leader Kenneth Lindgren couldn’t get much going at the final table and fell victim to Fisher, hitting the rail in fourth place.

The final three players paused the clock to discuss numbers and came to terms on a deal splitting the prize pool based on ICM, leaving $4,000 aside for the eventual champ. With almost all the money already locked up, play loosened up and soon after, Saccucci was eliminated, setting up a heads-up battle for $4,000 and the trophy.

With Fisher in the lead, Doukas found a couple double ups and was looking good to score a third straight when he got his chips in the middle, having the best of it with king-six. Fisher had two live cards holding ten-seven of spades, and as the flop spread out revealing two sevens, Fisher took the lead and faded the turn and river to capture the title.

Final table results:

Event #15: $10,400 NL Hold’em High Roller:

Pascal Lefrancois

has gone wire-to-wire en route to claiming the prestigious Fall Classic High …

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