PartyPoker’s Kara Scott has written a very nice blog post about Montreal and Playground Poker:
I love Montreal. I’ve only been there twice, but it is rapidly rising in the ranks of my ‘favourite places to play poker’ list.
Kara Scott with some nice words…
2013/05/14 11:05am by
Media roundup
2013/05/13 4:13pm by
Here is a sampling of the articles about the WPT Canadian Spring Championship and the Playground Poker Spring Classic from around the web.
Event 11, Final Payouts
2013/05/11 9:44am by
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randy | Khalil | $8,100.00 plus bracelet |
| 2 | Ti | S. | $3,600.00 |
| 3 | Karl | Morency | $3,600.00 |
| 4 | Stephane | Arbour | $3,600.00 |
| 5 | Adel | Boukhari | $3,600.00 |
| 6 | Shawn | Spiegel | $1,700.00 |
| 7 | Rich | Hastings | $1,300.00 |
| 8 | Patrick | St-Onge | $1,050.00 |
| 9 | Andre | Vezina | $850.00 |
| 10 | Ramesh | Arya | $750.00 |
| 11 | Danny | Tran | $650.00 |
| 12 | Marie-Josee | Leduc | $650.00 |
| 13 | Garen | Galanti | $550.00 |
| 14 | Marc-Andre | Doucet | $550.00 |
| 15 | Pablo | Mariz | $475.00 |
| 16 | Jeremy | Chandler | $475.00 |
| 17 | Ryan | Smith | $400.00 |
| 18 | Justin George | Baxter | $400.00 |
Note: a deal was reached at 5 players. They agreed to set aside $4,500 plus the bracelet to continue to play for and an even chop of the remaining prize pool. This deal is reflected in these final payout numbers.
Event 11 Champ!
2013/05/11 1:30am by
Event 11 had 180 total entries and the size of the field, the quality of the players, plus the 30-minute blind levels added up to a marathon tournament that took well over 13 hours to play down to a winner.
But eventually there was a winner, and the winner had amassed a dominant chip stack relatively early in the event and nurtured and grew it all the way to the end.
1st place: Randy Khalil, $8,100 plus the bracelet
Final 5 Deal
2013/05/11 1:15am by
There’s a deal in place between the final 5 players in the marathon that Event 11 has become.
The five remaining players have decided to reserve $4,500 plus the bracelet for the winner and evenly divide the rest of the outstanding prize pool ($3,600 each).
Eliminated after the deal:
- 2nd place: Ti S., $3,600
- 3rd place: Karl Morency, $3,600
- 4th place: Stephane Arbour, $3,600
- 5th place: Adel Boukhari, $3,600
6th and 7th
2013/05/11 12:56am by
Two more players have been eliminated:
- 6th place: Shawn Spiegel, $1,700
- 7th place: Rich Hastings, $1,600
6th place: Shawn Spiegel, $1,700
First FT eliminations
2013/05/11 12:30am by
The final table has lost its first three players:
- 10th place: Ramesh Arya, $750
- 9th place: André Vezina, $850
- 8th place: Patrick St-Onge, $1,050
More eliminations
2013/05/11 12:19am by
The tournament has reached the final table. The eliminations that got us there:
- 14th place: Marc-André Doucet, $550
- 13th place: Garen Galanti, $550
- 12th place: Marie-Josée Leduc, $650
- 11th place: Danny Tran, $650
Final Table
2013/05/10 11:49pm by
Here is the final table for Event 11:
- Seat 1: Rich Hastings
- Seat 2: Ti S
- Seat 3: Patrick St-Onge
- Seat 4: Ramesh Arya
- Seat 5: Shawn Spiegel
- Seat 6: Andre Vezina
- Seat 7: Adel Boukhari
- Seat 8: Stephane Arbour
- Seat 9: Karl Morency
- Seat 10: Randy Khalil
Through the bubble and beyond…
2013/05/10 11:04pm by
The bubble ended up taking a while to play but it finally burst and the next 4 players were eliminated in short order.
- 18th place: Justin George Baxter, $400
- 17th place: Ryan Smith, $400
- 16th place: Jeremy Chandler, $475
- 15th place: Pablo Mariz, $475