The early action has been a little tentative, but Jonathan Bardier, who started the day with just over 1.4M in chips can’t afford to take his time. He has been trying to drive a lot of action so far but unfortunately for him he doubled up Martin Leblanc – the short stack to start today – who came from behind with 
to beat Jonathan’s 
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See the WPT Live Updates account of the hand.
You can follow the chip counts at WPT Live in addition to hand-by-hand commentary.
There’s also a live stream on a 30-minute delay if you prefer!
In just minutes the players will be assembled in the ring and ready to begin play on the Final Table of the PartyPoker.net WPT Canadian Spring Championship.
Everything is ready to go: the live stream crew, the WPT Live Updates team, the Canada Poker team, the Royal Flush Girls, the tournament directors and dealers, and all of Playground Poker is ready for the Final Table to begin.
Announcements are coming soon and cards will be in the air in just a few minutes!
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaspal | Brar | $12,000.00 + Bracelet |
| 2 | Joseph | Hanna | $8,200.00 |
| 3 | Jianchen | Gong | $6,740.00 |
| 4 | Joey | Boczek | $5,300.00 |
| 5 | Tyler | McKendry | $4,000.00 |
| 6 | Steve | Kyle | $3,000.00 |
| 7 | Andrew | Heller | $2,350.00 |
| 8 | Claude | Boulet | $1,800.00 |
| 9 | Douglas | McGinnis | $1,300.00 |
| 10 | Jonathan | Barette | $900.00 |
The winner of Event 9 is Jaspal Brar! Jaspal also went deep in the WPT Canadian Spring Championship, and this is his first Championship at the Playground Poker Spring Classic. In second place was Joseph Hanna, better known around Playground Poker as “Jomaha”. Congratulations to both!
1st place: Jaspal Brar, $12,000 plus the bracelet
2nd place: Joseph Hanna, $8,200
And 3rd place goes to Jianchen Gong!
3rd place: Jianchen Gong, $6,740
Some more players have been eliminated…
4th place: Joey Boczek, $5,300
5th place: Tyler McKendry, $4,000
6th place: Steve Kyle, $3,000
7th place: Andrew Heller, $2,350
8th place: Claude Boulet, $1,800
In 9th position, Douglas McGinnis, and in 10th place Jonathan Barette.
9th place: Douglas McGinnis, $1,300
10th place: Jonathan Barette, $900
Ten players will cash in Event 9, and the bubble has been reached as Ryan Smith (12th place) and Francis Lamothe (11th place) have been eliminated from the tournament.
Ryan Smith deserves special recognition for the fact that overall he has been one of the strongest performers throughout the whole Playground Poker Spring Classic. We’re going to collect more detailed data on this, but from Event 1 to now he has consistently gone deep in event after event.