Event 10 – Results & Payouts

Event 10 of the 2014 Playground Poker Spring Classic was a $70 + $10 No Limit Hold’em All-in or Fold Re-entry tournament that had 107 total entries which added up to a prize pool of $7,265. This prize pool was distributed according to the following table. Note that a player deal was made at 4 players remaining. The players chose to reserve $500 and the Spring Classic bracelet for the winner and to divide the remaining prize pool evenly amongst them. The following table reflects the post-deal (actual) payouts.

Rank First Name Last Name Prize
1 Shane Brotherwood $1,650.00
2 Jean-Francois Morabito $1,150.00
3 Francis Farley $1,150.00
4 Tommy Fortin-Poitras $1,150.00
5 Eric Bienenstock $635.00
6 Marc-Olivier Crête $450.00
7 Matthew Wordsworth $360.00
8 Akbar Mohammadi Mahvel $290.00
9 Alek Stasiak $215.00
10 G-Man $215.00

The Champion of Event 10

After a short, wild event, Shane Brotherwood has emerged champion of Event 10 in the 2014 Playground Poker Spring Classic! Shane was with us at Playground for most of the Spring Classic and had several deep runs in events but this was his first victory. Congratulations!

1st place: Shane Brotherwood, $1,650

Event 10 Champion Shane Brotherwood

Event 11 – Results & Payouts

Event 11 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic was a $135 + $15 + $50 No Limit Hold’em Bounty tournament with $50 Bounties on each player. It attracted a total field of 255 players generating a prize pool of $33,392.

The following payout chart gives details on how this prize money was awarded. Note there was a player deal at 10 players remaining that served to modify (flattened) the prizes for the first ten players on the list. The results of this player agreement are reflected in these results.

Rank First Name Last Name Prize
1 Johnathan Neil Hansmeyer $6,000.00
2 Mike Fraser $4,442.00
3 Matthieu Boisvert $3,000.00
4 Germain Steve $3,000.00
5 Charan Malhotra $3,000.00
6 Dale Chalifoux $1,650.00
7 Tyson Erback $1,500.00
8 Jacques St-Amour $1,500.00
9 Joshua Caballero-Kowarsky $1,500.00
10 Richard Figiel $1,500.00
11 Karim Idrissi $550.00
12 Andrew Johnson $500.00
13 Daniel Peloquin $500.00
14 Fation Veizi $450.00
15 Steven Chodjai $450.00
16 Tyler Thomas $400.00
17 Daniel Bisonnette $400.00
18 Tahsinul Hasan $400.00
19 Frederic Bunchan $400.00
20 Miguel Goncalo $350.00
21 Glen Dmytrowich $350.00
22 Giovanni Massa $350.00
23 Sebastien Morin $350.00
24 Elie Akl $300.00
25 Nyl Provencher $300.00
26 Dejan Kovinic $250.00

Event 11 Champion: Johnathan Neil Hansmeyer

After an epic night of poker that took a full 12 hours to play to a conclusion, Johnathan Neil Hansmeyer has emerged victorious in Event 11, a $135 + $15 + $50 No Limit Hold’em Bounty tournament.

The field in the event ballooned up to 255 players and to get through the entire field took Johnathan from 8pm right through until 8:15 this morning.

Johnathan has played in several events in the Spring Classic – congratulations on this win in the final event of the series!

1st place: Johnathan Neil Hansmeyer, $6,000.00

1st place: Johnathan Hansmeyer

Photos!

To be perfectly frank, photographs cannot fully capture the pure insanity of the All-in or Fold event. As predicted, it was mayhem from start to… well, it’s still going. Put it this way – the first table broke just 6 minutes into the event. The chip leader – G-Man – is chip leader because he convinced is whole table (NOT the one that broke first) to go all-in blind and he won with Ace of Diamonds 10 of Diamonds.

So far, a huge success.

Win bounties in Event 11

The final event of the 2014 Canadian Spring Championship starts at 8pm tonight, and as we have often done in the past, the series will conclude with a Bounty tournament. This time it’s a $135 + $15 + $50 No Limit Hold’em Bounty ($50 Bounties).

If you’re not familiar with this format, in a bounty tournament there is a prize pool like in any tournament but in addition to this, each player has a chip that you get if you are the player to eliminate them from the event. Each bounty chip is worth $50, so there are two ways to collect: by finishing in the money, and by busting other players!

April Fools?

The second-to-last event in the 2014 Playground Poker Spring Classic goes tonight at 7:30pm and it’s going to be a spectacle! The event is a $70 + $10 No Limit Hold’em All-in or Fold tournament.

It’s just as crazy as it sounds. Players are limited to two possible actions – go all-in, or just fold the hand. And if someone is all-in before you, you can’t just call – you MUST go all-in over the top! And if that’s not crazy enough… it’s a re-entry tournament, meaning players who bust early can re-enter during the first four levels of play.

We’ve never tried this format here at Playground before, and it’s sure to be a wild ride.

The winner and new WPT Canadian Spring Champion!

Jason Comtois has outlasted a very tough field of 1079 entries to emerge the winner of the 2014 partypoker Canadian Spring Championship!

After just 18 hands of heads up play against the second place finisher, John Paul Tabago, Jason managed to get a call to his 4-bet shove holding Ace of Clubs King of Diamonds. JP held just Queen of Spades 4 of Spades and would need a lot of help. The flop of King of Hearts 4 of Diamonds 3 of Spades gave each of them a piece though Jason had the most of it, and the turn and river 7 of Hearts 3 of Diamonds kept Jason in the lead and gave him the championship.

1st place: Jason Comtois, $178,114.00

Jason Comtois

2nd place: John Paul Tabago

The runner up in the 2014 partypoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship is John Paul Tabago of Mississauga, ON. Congratulations JP!

2nd place: John Paul Tabago, $124,758.00

John Paul Tabago

Heads up action!

  • Level: 36
  • Small Blind: 200K
  • Big Blind: 400K
  • Ante: 50K
  • Chip Average: 15.1M
  • Remaining: 2
  • Entries: 1079


  • The final two players in the 2014 partypoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship are now in action heads up. John Paul Tabago starts the final session with about a 2:1 chip advantage over his opponent, Jason Comtois, but depending on their relative experience in this format, skill, and good old-fashioned luck, anything could happen when play is two-way.

    Good luck to both players!

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