Event 3, Final Payouts

Rank First Name Last Name Prize
1 Zeng Yi Xie $12695.00 + bracelet
2 Danny Boyaci $10160.00
3 Alberto Melendez $9145.00
4 Donna Stewart $5000.00
5 Dan Szul $3500.00
6 Raffi Ghazarian $2500.00
7 Georges Hallak $2000.00
8 Simon Quintal $1600.00
9 Michael G Smith $1300.00
10 Marc Andre Payette $1000.00
11 Mikael Abittan $1000.00
12 Levon Demirdjian $1000.00
13 Tuoyu Wang $850.00
14 Maxime Carriere $850.00
15 Bob Taylor $850.00
16 Omid Shahbazian $750.00
17 Steve Toulch $750.00
18 Jonathan Blanchard $750.00
19 Long Pham $650.00
20 Husam Ramadan $650.00
21 James Chauvin $650.00
22 Noeung Troeung $650.00
23 Chris Arvanitis $650.00
24 Alex Rath $650.00
25 Spencer Stacey $600.00
26 Constantinos Psallidas $600.00
27 David Hamel $600.00

Note: Three way deal, players continued to play for $1500 plus the bracelet. The top three payouts reflect the deal that was agreed upon by the players.

We have a winner!

After about 40 minutes of play following the chip chop, we have a winner in Event 3 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic! Alberto Melendez went out in 3rd place, followed by Danny Boyaci who took 2nd. That leaves Zeng Yi Xie as the Champion.

Zeng Yi Xie, the winner of Event 3 $300 + $30 No Limit Hold'em 6 Max in the 2013 Playground Poker Spring Classic.

Zeng Yi Xie, the winner of Event 3 $300 + $30 No Limit Hold’em 6 Max in the 2013 Playground Poker Spring Classic.

Players have a deal

The remaining three players have made a deal based on a chip chop. The prize money will be shared as noted below and play will continue for the remaining $1500 plus the Event 3 bracelet.

Seat 2, Zeng Yi Zi, $11,195.00

Seat 2, Zeng Yi Zi, $11,195.00

Seat 5, Danny Boyaci, $10,160.00

Seat 5, Danny Boyaci, $10,160.00

Seat 3, Alberto Melendez, $9,145.00

Seat 3, Alberto Melendez, $9,145.00

Three remain

4th place: Donna Stewart, $5000

4th place: Donna Stewart, $5000

Still Four Left

Blinds are now at 30K/60K/a5K as 4 players continue to compete for the remaining $37,000 in the prize pool.

  • Seat 1: Donna Stewart
  • Seat 2: Zeng Yi Xie
  • Seat 3: Alberto Melendez
  • Seat 5: Danny Boyaci

Casualties

5th place: Dan Szul, $3500

5th place: Dan Szul, $3500

6th place: Raffi Ghazarian, $2500

6th place: Raffi Ghazarian, $2500

7th place: Georges Hallak, $2000

7th place: Georges Hallak, $2000

Blinds frozen

Blinds have been frozen at level 25 as the chip average dipped below the 15 BB threshold we maintain at the end stages of tournaments. Blinds are 25K/50K/a5K.

 

Final Table!

Event 3 has reached the final table of 7 players! The final table bubble player was Simon Quintal, who went out while two tables were playing 4-handed. Then the 7 remaining players were brought together on Table 57 to play out the rest of the tournament.

The final table participants are:

  • Donna Stewart
  • Zeng Yi Xie
  • Alberto Melendez
  • Danny Boyaci
  • Raffi Ghazarian
  • Georges Hallak
  • Dan Szul

The tournament is in level 24 (blinds 20K/40K,a4K).

8th place: Simon Quintal, $1600

8th place: Simon Quintal, $1600

Event 3 – Prizes

Finish Prize
1 $15000.00
2 $10000.00
3 $7000.00
4 $5000.00
5 $3500.00
6 $2500.00
7 $2000.00
8 $1600.00
9 $1300.00
10-12 $1000.00
13-15 $850.00
16-18 $750.00
19-24 $650.00
25-27 $600.00

Fast and furious

Action is just as fast as you’d expect in a 6-max tourney. Of the 211 total players who started the event 131 remain – and some pretty big stacks are starting to build. The current chip average is 40.3K and in level 8 blinds are 500/1K/a100.

Prize pool info coming in a few minutes.