We are only minutes away from kicking off the WPT Canadian Spring Championship Main Event here at Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake! Players are quicky filling up the tournament hall for this 1M$ guaranteed event, and in just a few moments we should be hearing Mike Sexton announce the traditional “Shuffle up and deal!”. So far 141 players have already registered today, but players will be allowed to enter through the first six 45 minutes levels.
Good luck to everyone in today’s Day 1!
David Baba was eliminated one spot shy of the final table of Event 4. Jason Griffith open the action preflop to 40K from early position, and Kelly Smith moved all-in next to act. David Baba then announced he was also all-in, but his stack was considerably smaller than the other two. Jason hesitated for a minute before completing both all-ins, and all three were off to the flop.
Jason Griffith: 
Kelly Smith: 
David Baba: 
The board of 
was what Jason was hoping for, as it paired his ace (and his queen), good enough to scoop the pot. Kelly was left with a mere 48K, but will be back tomorrow for the final table.
With that elimination, Day 2 of Event 4 is now complete, and the final table will be played out tomorrow afternoon at 3:00pm (Thursday March 27th).
11th place: David Baba, $1,745
Michael Malm is trying to make his second final table in this Playground Poker Spring Classic, and has just increased his stack by over 200K by eliminating Faizel Satchu in 13th place.
Michael raised to 37K from UTG, and was faced with a decision when Faizel went all-in from the big blind for around 230K. He finished by making the call, but needed to improve if he was to win the hand.
Michael: 
Faizel: 
The flop was good for Michael, and the turn even better as it assured him the win on a board of 
.
13th place: Faizel Satchu, $1,605
Kelly Smith has definitely been the most active player on table 65, and in the last few orbits we’ve seen her stack go on a virtual roller-coaster ride. She managed to grind her stack up to over 400K before sending around 250K over to Jason Griffith in a hand that made it to the river, but didn’t showdown. She then proceeded to move all-in preflop several times in the next few hands, all of which were uncalled, and picked up some valuable blinds.
Holding a little over 300K, she 3-bet jammed Jerome St-Onge’s preflop open to 40K from early position, and got the call. Her 
and was up against 
, but the board of 
ran in favour of Jerome, who doubled to over 500K, leaving Kelly with only 54K.
The very next hand she was all-in (blind) with 
versus Jason’s , and doubled her stack up on a 
board.
A few hands later, she found herself all-in again, this time with versus the 
of Trieu Dung Hong. She paired her ace on a 
, and climbed up to 295K. A few hands later she 3-bet jammed again over Jerome’s 40K UTG raise, and this time managed to make him fold. She is now nearing the 400K mark again.
Here are the approximate chip counts of the 13 players remaining during the current break.
Table 64
Table 65
We just saw a big hand develop between Trieu Dung Hong and Jonathan Theriault that resulted in a pot exceeding 800K. Jonathan raised UTG to 25K, and was called only by Trieu from the big blind. The flop showed 
, and Trieu check-raised Jonathan’s 40K bet up to 120K. Jonathan then announced he was all-in, which put Trieu into the tank. After a few moments, Trieu announced the call, and both players tabled their hands.
Jonathan:
Trieu: 
The turn and river 
kept Trieu ahead, and he picked up a pot that propelled him into the chip lead. Jonathan was left with around 80K left, but has picked up a few blinds since and is still in contention with roughly 10BB.
We are back from a short break in Event 4, with 21 players still remaining. Here is an update on their approximate chip counts:
Table 61
Table 64
Table 65
With the field dropping down to 27 players in Event 4, a new seating assignment has been introduced. Here is how the remaining players are seated:
| First Name | Last Name | Seat |
|---|---|---|
| Alex | Fiorani | Table 65 – Seat 1 |
| Benoit | Jean | Table 64 – Seat 5 |
| Daniel | Smouha | Table 61 – Seat 4 |
| David | Baba | Table 61 – Seat 5 |
| Faizel | Satchu | Table 64 – Seat 4 |
| Gary | Yeghiayan | Table 65 – Seat 6 |
| Jason | Griffith | Table 65 – Seat 5 |
| Jeff | Cote | Table 61 – Seat 2 |
| Jeffrey | Cormier | Table 65 – Seat 3 |
| Jerome | St-Onge | Table 61 – Seat 7 |
| Johnathan Neil | Hansmeyer | Table 65 – Seat 8 |
| Jonathan | Theriault | Table 65 – Seat 9 |
| Jordan | Martin | Table 65 – Seat 4 |
| Justin | Leeson | Table 64 – Seat 1 |
| Karo Lyne | Dufour | Table 64 – Seat 9 |
| Kelly | Smith | Table 65 – Seat 2 |
| Kevin | MacDonald | Table 65 – Seat 7 |
| Kyle | Hartree | Table 61 – Seat 6 |
| Larry | Farr | Table 64 – Seat 2 |
| Mark | Fitzpatrick | Table 61 – Seat 8 |
| Michael David | Yeomans | Table 61 – Seat 9 |
| Michael | Malm | Table 64 – Seat 3 |
| Peter | Kavouras | Table 61 – Seat 3 |
| Peter | Labib | Table 64 – Seat 6 |
| Ruben | Perceval | Table 61 – Seat 1 |
| Trieu Dung | Hong | Table 64 – Seat 8 |
| Yannick | Labattaglia | Table 64 – Seat 7 |
Below is a panoramic photograph of the final 4 tables of the Event, taken during level 17:
Event 4 is coming back from a short break, and with 29 players remaining, here is how the chips are spread out:
Table 60
Table 61
Table 64
Table 65
There will be a full seating redraw at 27 players.
Event 4 has been reduced to just 4 tables, which means that the bubble is fast approaching. With 32 players left in the field, 23 of them will make the money, while the rest will be sent home empty handed.
Here is a gallery from last level, when the field was still 50 players:
