Players in Day 1b have just begun level 7 (blinds 250/500/a50). The final tally of entries today is 272, which added to the 167 entries yesterday adds up to a grand total of 439 total entries in Event 2 of the 2013 Playground Poker Spring Classic.
Today’s 272 players adds up to 6.8M total chips in play, and the chip average is 30.1K at the moment with 226 players still in contention.
Here are some photos from early in Event 2 Day 1b. We usually put our photos on Facebook but there have been some technical problems with Facebook today.
Day 1b of Event 2 in the 2013 Playground Poker Spring Classic has begun! So far there are 217 players in the field – but as was the case yesterday, late players will continue to jump in the tournament until the first break.
(Click on headings to sort the table using a particular column)
| First Name | Last Name | Seat | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etienne | Leduc | Table 28, Seat 10 | 259300 |
| Michael | Andrew | Table 31, Seat 8 | 251100 |
| Cadillac | Table 30, Seat 7 | 234100 | |
| Raymond | Jaicarran | Table 30, Seat 5 | 221750 |
| Marc-Olivier | Carpentier-Perrault | Table 28, Seat 9 | 210200 |
| Constantinos | Psallidas | Table 30, Seat 9 | 202600 |
| Jonathan | G | Table 30, Seat 2 | 188500 |
| Philippe | Plouffe | Table 28, Seat 7 | 167000 |
| Kieu | Lam | Table 31, Seat 9 | 163500 |
| Thanh Phong | Trieu | Table 31, Seat 3 | 161100 |
| Jeff | Cote | Table 30, Seat 6 | 146800 |
| Sterling | Toth | Table 31, Seat 5 | 132500 |
| Marc-Andre | Racine | Table 28, Seat 1 | 130800 |
| Levon | Demirdjian | Table 31, Seat 4 | 126800 |
| Marc-Andre | Fortin | Table 32, Seat 7 | 124000 |
| Matthew | Grocholsky | Table 30, Seat 10 | 118200 |
| Zao Kang | Peng | Table 32, Seat 8 | 114900 |
| Joey | Silver | Table 32, Seat 2 | 105500 |
| Frederick | Laurin Fortin | Table 28, Seat 4 | 104600 |
| Allan | Puzantian | Table 31, Seat 10 | 100400 |
| Philip | Earle | Table 28, Seat 2 | 81300 |
| Ryan | Higgins | Table 28, Seat 5 | 71900 |
| Robert | Brown | Table 30, Seat 4 | 70100 |
| Nicolas | Aubin | Table 32, Seat 3 | 68600 |
| Christopher | Annouza | Table 32, Seat 4 | 64800 |
| Mathieu | Couture | Table 30, Seat 3 | 60400 |
| Bentino | Salemi | Table 32, Seat 6 | 60200 |
| Spencer | Stacey | Table 30, Seat 1 | 55200 |
| Jean-Sebastien | Picard | Table 28, Seat 6 | 50000 |
| Marie France | DuSablon | Table 30, Seat 8 | 48300 |
| Gregory | Katayama | Table 31, Seat 6 | 45900 |
| Belal | El Bizri | Table 32, Seat 5 | 40600 |
| Michel | Gramigna | Table 31, Seat 2 | 32800 |
| Patrick | Halter | Table 31, Seat 7 | 28000 |
| Denis | Mimeault | Table 32, Seat 1 | 26800 |
| Michael | Lowe | Table 28, Seat 8 | 22300 |
| Melanie | Ares | Table 28, Seat 3 | 8580 |
Congratulations to Fuyuki Ikura, the winner of Event 1 of the 2013 Playground Poker Spring Classic!
The Champion and Runner-up shake hands after the tournament
There was an unscheduled pause a few hands after the tournament became a three-way affair. Deals were discussed, chip stacks were counted, and Playground rules for Event deals were calculated… and finally a deal was agreed to by all three players, who then continued to play for $2000 and the Event 1 bracelet.
Play continued for just a few hands until there was a three-way all in. Ricky Tang, first to act on the button raised all-in with 
. He was quickly called by Fuyuki Ikura in the small blind with 
… and then Nick-Real Seide in the big blind came along for the ride with 
.
The flop was about as definitive as you get: 
. Not only did Nick spike the J to beat Ricky’s AQ, but Fuyuki flopped the set to beat them both and scoop the entire pot. The 
and 
didn’t change anything and just like that the champion was crowned.
The final hand of Event 1 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic 2013
The final prizes were:
A pretty great prize for a tournament players bought into for $150!
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The final three players in Event 1 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic 2013 have made a deal, leaving $2000 and the bracelet in question as play continues. More details to come…
After a gruelling 16 levels of play, the floor has just announced the final 3 hands will be played in Day 1a of the $500 + $50 Deepstack.
We’ll post chip counts and Day 2 seating assignments later on. And players should remember – if you didn’t make it to Day 2 today, you can re-enter and take another shot in Day 1b tomorrow at noon.
