2nd place: Jason Griffith, $15,355

The pace and style of play changed considerably once the deal had been made, and in the hand that saw Justin Leeson’s elimination, Justin limped, Jason Griffith in the Small Blind called, and Michael Malm in the Big Blind opted to check.

The flop came and the players checked it around. The turn was the . This time Michael responded to the two early position checks by leading out to 150K. Justin immediately shoved over the top for his whole stack. Michael took a couple of seconds to verify that Justin’s stack was the size he had thought… and called.

Michael:
Justin:

Justin had quite a few outs to make his flush and beat Michael’s top pair, but only one card to come, which turned out to be the .

3rd place: Justin Leeson, $16,480

In the first hand following the deal, we saw Michael David Yeomans and Justin Leeson get all their chips in the middle on a board that read: .

Michael:

Justin:

The turn and river brought no help to Michael, and his deep run in this event came to an end.

4th place: Michael David Yeomans, $13,250

The remaining 4 players have decided to make a chip-chop deal. The guidelines of this tournament require that in case of a deal, at least $2,700 must be left aside for the eventual winner, who will also be taking home a Playground Poker Spring Classic bracelet.

Here is what each player has guaranteed themselves:

• Michael Malm – $17,375
• Justin Leeson – $16,480
• Jason Griffith – $15,355
• Michael David Yeomans – $13,250

Larry Farr had managed to grind his stack up to over 700K before 3-betting all-in from the big blind on Michael Malm’s button-raise. Michael, who was holding , made the call, and was far ahead of Larry’s .

The flop was very good to Michael, as the window card gave him a set, and he managed to fade the straight draw that Larry picked up on the turn to take the pot on a board. He now sits on nearly 2 million in chips for the chip lead.

5th place: Larry Farr, $7,470

We just saw Trieu Dung Hong get eliminated in 6th place here on this final table of Event 4, as he moved his remaining 255K into the middle from UTG, and was called by Jason Griffith next to act.

Trieu Dung:

Jason:

The board gave Trieu Dung all kinds of possibilities, showing , but Jason’s 9s managed to hold against the draws, sending him over the 1.1M mark in chips.

6th place: Trieu Dung Hong, $5,580

Larry Farr has been very quiet on this final table, folding most of his hands preflop. In fact, we’ve only really seen him play in two pots, but both of them ended up going his way.

He began the day with roughly 250K, and got blinded down to 120K in the first 2 levels before finally getting it in from UTG at the end of level 25. He was called by Michael Malm in the small blind, and then Michael David Yeomans moved all-in for over a million from the big blind. Michael Malm regrettably folded his hands, and Larry was heads-up with Michael Yeomans.

Michael David Yeomans:

Larry Farr:

The board of gave Larry the win, who tripled up to over 360K.

A few more orbits went by and Larry went back to folded the majority of his hands, that is until he picked up a monster in the big blind. Jason Griffith opened the pot from the cut-off to 90K, and called Larry’s all-in from the big blind for 225K.

Larry:

Jason:

The queens held on the board of , and Larry’s patience brought his stack up to a high of over 450K.

Daniel Smouha has been eliminated by Jason Griffith in 7th place, taking home a prize of $4,165.00.

The fateful hand occurred after a few hands in a row of blind on blind action in which the Small Blind open shoved and provoked folds from the Big Blind. In this case Daniel opened all-in for about 475K from the Button and Jason quickly called. The Big Blind elected to fold.

Daniel:
Jason:

Daniel was facing a stiff uphill battle, and the board of offered no relief.

7th place: Daniel Smouha, $4,165.00