And the winner of the event is… Jean Rheaume!

The players made a deal with 8 remaining to slightly change the payout structure of the event, which accounts for the difference between the amount awarded to Jean and the amount specified in the original payout table.

1st place: Jean Rheaume, $4,000

The final table for Event 7 is now set! It is interesting to note that this is Michael Hunter’s third final table in this Playground Poker Spring Classic, as he placed 1st in Event 2 (No Limit Hold’em Shootout) and 8th in Event 5 (Pot Limit Omaha). Could he possibly win a second bracelet in this series?

Here are your 10 finalists:

• Seat 1. Long Phi Pham
• Seat 2. Christian Isabelle
• Seat 3. Anish Kumar Sood
• Seat 4. Jeffrey Gross
• Seat 5. Andrew Hum
• Seat 6. Jean Rheaume
• Seat 7. George Papadakis
• Seat 8. Eddie Daldalian
• Seat 9. Robin Clouatre
• Seat 10. Michael Hunter

Best of luck to you gentlemen!

Anish Kumar Sood

Jean Rheaume

Long Phi Pham

Michael Hunter

Andrew Hum

Jeffrey Gross

George Papadakis

Christian Isabelle

Eddie Daldalian

Robin Clouatre

We are getting close to the final table here in Event 7, as only 12 players remain.

Here is how the chips are spread out:

Table 39

• Seat 1. Christian Isabelle – 990K
• Seat 2. Jeffrey Gross – 470K
• Seat 3. Anish Kumar Sood – 415K
• Seat 4. Jean Rheaume – 425K
• Seat 5. Andrew Hum – 180K
• Seat 6. Eddie Daldalian – 120K

Table 38

• Seat 1. Matt Ranger – 180K
• Seat 2. George Papadakis – 430K
• Seat 3. Robin Clouatre – 85K
• Seat 6. Dana Deforge – 610K
• Seat 7. Long Phi Pam – 210K
• Seat 10. Michael Hunter – 830K

The field has dropped down to 23 players here in Event 7, and normally we would be 2 spots away from the bubble, but the players have agreed to take $20 each out of their pockets and pay 22nd and 23rd place with this amount. 22nd and 23rd will now receive a prize of $200, and 20th and 21st place have been bumped up from $210 to $230.

Congratulations on making the money!

41 players remain after 18 levels of play here in Event 7, and the following 3 players are on top of the leaderboards:

1. Jeffrey Gross – 375K
2. George Papadakis – 315K
3. Anish Kumar Suad – 300K

As expected, there has been a lot of movement in these last few levels of this turbo event, and one player in particular has taken a clear lead on the field. Jeffrey Gross (not to be confused with Players Club Member Jeffrey Dale Gross) has reached an astounding 296K in chips, which is more than 4 times the average! Here is an estimate of the top 4 stacks:

1. Jeffrey Gross – 296K
2. Karl Poulin – 190K
3. Gagandeep Singh – 155K
4. Real Jeaurond – 163K

There were exactly 200 players in Event 7 ($100 + $10 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack Turbo) which generated a prize pool of $19,400. The following table describes how these prizes will be distributed barring a player deal that modifies the numbers.

Event 7 is back from the second break of the night, and 4 players have manage to breach the 100K mark in the first 10 rounds of the tournament.

1. Matt Ranger – 132K
2. Charles Beaudry-Prud’homme – 112K
3. Dominic Paul – 107K
4. Robin Clouatre – 103K

There are also a number of players hovering just below 100K, but we expect chips to start flying in the next few levels, as the structure of this turbo tournament doesn’t favour passive play.

Event 7 was able to accommodate a total of 200 players, including 50 alternates. We have reached level 8 of play, and 159 players are still in the running for the $4,475 top prize, which also comes with a Playground Poker Spring Classic champion’s bracelet.

Here area a few photos taken in the early levels of play: