Johnny Mazzaferro won a $1.1K event in the 2013 Playground Poker Spring Classic but fell just short of winning an event at the same buy-in this year. Still, his 4th place was worth more in cash than his win last year – this was a Main Event with three starting days and a million dollar guaranteed prize pool!

It took a few hands to eliminate Johnny, and it all got started when his weak Ace couldn’t outflop Jason’s pocket Tens, and ended with another $59,762.00 in his poker bankroll.

4th place: Johnny Mazzaferro, $59,762.00

Action on the final table hasn’t been characterized by bustouts or huge double-ups but that’s not to say that it has been static or slow – chips have been moving around very fluidly throughout the day.

In that context Alexander got it in on the flop which had appeared but was instantly called by Daniel Gagne who held for top two pairs.

5th place: Alexander Wong, $44,586.00

Mario Lim had a tough start to the day as we wrote earlier, and although he fought hard to rebuild his stack and had some success at doing so, eventually he ran out of luck.

In his elimination hand, Mario open shoved and it folded around to Johnny Mazzaferro who didn’t seem thrilled but made the call anyhow.

Mario:
Johnny:

The flop brought a sweat for Johnny – but the turn and river – bricked and Mario was eliminated.

6th place: Mario Lim, $36,108.00

Players in today’s final table are playing on an RFID-equipped table encircled by 6 cameras that are putting together the images and backstage are host Tony Dunst and poker legend Mike Sexton providing the sound in the form of excellent commentary on the action as it unfolds.

The Live Stream has begun now and will remain on a 30-minute delay so if you don’t want “spoilers” in advance while you’re watching the stream you should close your other news sources.

Mario Lim started the day with a healthy stack but has taken a beating in two hands and is now the short stack at the table.

In one hand he doubled up Jason Comtois when his flush draw couldn’t drop to beat Jason’s pocket Queens. Just a few hands later he then doubled John Paul Tabago who shoved and hit a 4 on the flop to make the best hand.

Playground Poker MC Pierre-Luc Siméon has made the required introductions and the traditional announcement to the dealer to “shuffle up and deal” and cards are in the air at the final table of the 2014 Partypoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship!

There will be a Live Stream of today’s action that you can access via the World Poker Tour website. The Live Stream will start in about 30 minutes and be on a 30 minute delay throughout the day.

The WPT Canadian Spring Championship – Event 6 in the 2014 Playground Poker Spring Classic – is set to embark on its final leg in just over half an hour as the final 6 players in the tournament play down to an eventual champion.

Yesterday’s Day 3 was a gruelling day of poker as the field narrowed from the 39 who started the day to the eventual final table and then the final six who will play on the official WPT Live Stream final table today.

The final seating re-draw in the event took place at 10 players remaining, so play today will continue with players in the same relative positions as yesterday.