For a lot of people, Playground Poker Club is best known for our great tournaments and poker festivals – that’s what gets all of the media coverage and that’s where we get amazing stories like Jonathan Roy’s victory over friend and fellow Quebec pro Pascal Lefrançois in the first WPT Montreal, or Derrick Rosenbarger’s two-barrelled win at the 2013 WPT Montreal, where he not only won the tournament but also won the heart of his girlfriend and got engaged.

Like any other poker room, though, it’s the cash games where most of the day-to-day excitement happens, and one of the coolest things about cash games at Playground is that you never know who you’ll be playing with. Local media stars? Sports stars? Or maybe a poker pro like Gavin Smith!

Gavin was spied on a $1-$2 table tonight trying to spin up his small stack while ordering a great tableside meal from The Rail Coal Fire Bistro!

As if Day 1a of the WPT Canadian Spring Championship and the kickoff of the final table of Event 4 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic weren’t enough, today just after 3pm the record-setting Primary Bad Beat Jackpot was won on Table 13, a $1-$2 No Limit Hold’em cash table!

The table had 9 people playing when the Jackpot hand was hit. The button was on Seat 5. Action folded to the player in Seat 1, who raised to $16. The player in Seat 2 called, as did the player on the button in Seat 5.

The flop was dealt: . Seats 1 and 2 both checked and Seat 5 led out for $11. Both players called. The turn came and again Seats 1 and 2 both checked. Seat 5 bet again – $20 this time, and both players called. The river was the and Seat 1 led out with an all-in bet of approximately $104. Seat 2 called and Seat 5 thought for a few seconds before folding.

The players immediately flipped over their hands:

Seat 1:
Seat 2:

Quads over quads and the player in Seat 2 – Dimitri Morcos – won the hand while the player in Seat 1 – Richard Figiel – lost the hand… but won the Jackpot!

The hand loser’s share of the Jackpot is a staggering $157,865 while the winner of the hand also had a great payday, winning $78,955. The other 7 players at the table each win $11,279 while every other player on a cash table at the time each wins $500!

The Primary Jackpot now resets to $103,888 – so there’s still a lot of jackpot money to be won at Playground Poker Club!