We just saw Ruben Perceval pick up a big pot with a tricky play. Early position opened to 16K, and Reuben flat called from the cut-off. The button then announced he was all-in for his remaining 70K, and the original raiser isolated for roughly 240K. Ruben snap called and turned over AA, which held versus the short stack’s 66 and the original raiser’s KQ off-suit. He now stands at almost 600K, which should put him amongst the chipleaders.
Ruben Perceval joins the leaders
2014/03/30 4:02pm by
Moving day?
2014/03/30 3:54pm by
At the last break just over one level ago, there was one player over 500K in chips and 2 or 3 within 40K of that watershed count – but in just one level we now find at least 6 other players have joined Josh Kimmel over 500K and with the bubble starting to get closer there will definitely be lots of opportunity for other healthy stacks to chip up in the next little while.
Some of the players over the 500K mark now are Amir Babakhani, Eric Afriat, William R Mullen, and Sammy Chao.
Ironically, Josh had to win a big hand to get back over the 500K mark after having lost a couple of pots recently. We arrived on the river and André Turcotte in Seat 1 had bet 30K on a board that read 
and Josh raised to 75K. André thought for a few minutes but then made a frustrated fold.
A few Tweets in Day 2
2014/03/30 3:31pm by
We’ve seen a few players be quite active on their Twitter accounts in Day 2. Here are a few messages we’ve come across:
AK<AJ did not go as planned. Out of the @WPT Canadian Spring Championship. @888poker pic.twitter.com/ZwszPR4izp
— Xuan Liu (@xxl23) March 30, 2014
Got a full double with set over set, then hit trips on top pair: 380k going into 2.5k-5k blinds.
— Tony Dunst (@Bond_18) March 30, 2014
Still distinctly average #wptmontreal #averageupdates #partypoker @BJNemeth
— Kara Scott (@KaraOTR) March 30, 2014
Pre-tournament Tweets:
Day 2 @PLAYGROUNDPOKER about to start. I have just below aver at 90k (amount I had after 1st hr yesterday). Need another ‘Carl Lewis’ start.
— Mike Sexton (@MikeSexton_WPT) March 30, 2014
Winds almost blew me off the road heading to play Day 2 today, but they’ll have to try harder than that. Happy Sunday everybody! @888poker
— Xuan Liu (@xxl23) March 30, 2014
Playing day 2 of #wptmontreal today for @partypoker. I have just over average chips & a dream. Let’s go Canada!
— Kara Scott (@KaraOTR) March 30, 2014
Current chipleaders
2014/03/30 2:55pm by
We’ve played three levels so far in day two, and with only 200 remaining, some players are starting to build empires with their chips.
Here is a look at the current chip leaders going into level 17:
- Josh Kimmel – 515K
- Ricky Tang – 465K
- Sammy Chao – 445K
- William R Mullen – 435K
- Maxime Theroux – 415K
William R Mullen
MAxime Theroux
Ricky Tang
Josh Kimmel
Sammy Chao
A few shots early in Day 2
2014/03/30 1:49pm by
Players to watch: Regs
2014/03/30 1:14pm by
There are many Playground regulars still in the field and among them are a few players who due to their history or their chip stack deserve the “player to watch” label.
Ryan Higgins
Ryan is a full-time poker player who could just as easily fall under the “Team Quebec” label and is just one or two breakthrough results away (if that). Primarily an online player, Ryan also has a final table in a WSOP-C event under his belt as well as several deep runs in big events here at Playground.
Louis-Alexandre Cabana
Louis-Alexandre has made himself known in local poker rooms for a couple of years now with regular appearances in daily tourney final tables and winner’s photographs. A former dealer, Louis-Alexandre more than held his own on Day 1c on a table that featured, at different points, Mike Sexton, Antonio Esfandiari, and Gavin Smith.
Josh Kimmel
Josh is another local player who’s often found on final tables in Playground events and made a deep run in the inaugural WPT Montreal in 2012, finishing 54th. A film producer by trade, Josh has several poker productions under his belt and comes to Day 2 with a solid stack.
Marc-André Racine
Marc-André has become more of a cash player than a tournament player recently, but that doesn’t change the fact that he has had a lot of success in events big and small at Playground. No one is eager to see him move to their table in a tournament, that’s for sure.
Ami Alibay
Ami is a local restaurant and nightclub owner who may not play as many daily tournaments as many of the others in this list, but has thrived in big events both here and in the US. Just in the past year Ami barely missed the final table of a 6-Max event at the WSOP in Las Vegas and later in the summer made a deep run (125th) in the WSOP Main Event.
Noy
Noy is a known for a carefree attitude and his unconventional betting lines, but no one who plays in local tourneys at any buy-in takes him lightly. Last year he final tabled a $1K side event in the 2013 Spring Classic and though be began very short stacked managed to ratchet up a few positions to finish 6th.
Eric Afriat
Last but most definitely not least is Eric Afriat, who is the only player in the field who can say he played a WPT Final Table against Phil Ivey (in the 2010 WPT Championship at Bellagio). More recently Eric won a $5K Bellagio Cup event in 2012 and made a deep run in last summer’s Little One for One Drop.
Players to watch: Team Quebec
2014/03/30 12:45pm by
Samuel Chartier
Although he’s not Quebec’s highest profile player, Samuel Chartier has built up an extremely impressive resumé including success in events all over the world, including wins in the 2009 WSOP-C Championship and a PCA side-event win.
Philippe Boucher
Philippe Boucher is a well-respected Quebec pro who boasts a WSOP bracelet from a PLO Event at the WSOP-E in Cannes in 2009 and other results from events around the globe since 2004.
Laurence Grondin
Laurence, known universally by her Twitter handle @LadyLuckPoker, is primarily an online pro but she has also had a lot of live success over the years. In addition to playing poker, Laurence is currently a TV Poker analyst at RDS (a French-language sports channel).
Jean-Philippe Piquette
Playground Players Club member JP Piquette is an online and live poker pro whose claim to fame here at the Club is having won the Main and High Roller Events at the first Playground Poker Classic festival, taking home the first two Championship Belts that were ever awarded by Playground Poker Club. Piquette is a dedicated tournament and cash game player and managed to cash in 6 of 8 events he entered in the 2013 EPT Prague festival.
Patrick Braga
Patrick Braga may not consider himself a poker pro, but he has enough results to be put on any Team Quebec list. Patrick’s biggest result to date is his win in the 2013 FPS Deauville Main Event.
Players to watch: “Name” pros
2014/03/30 12:35pm by
Mike Sexton
Mike Sexton, a member of the Poker Hall of Fame, is not only the announcer for the World Poker Tour, but also a seasoned poker player that has been on the circuit for years. With over $5.4M in poker earnings, this WSOP bracelet winner ($1.5K Seven-Card Stud Split – 1989) is often referred to as “the ambassador of poker”.
Mike Leah
Mike Leah, known online as “GoLeafsGoEh”, is said to be one of the most accomplished mixed game players on the poker circuit. He is fresh off four recent wins in 2014, with a 1st place finish in a $1.1K event at the Fallsview Poker Classic last month, a win in a $5.3K turbo event in the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure, and two WSOP Circuit Event wins in Los Angeles (a $365 and a $580 event), which currently puts him in 29th place for the 2014 Player of the Year race.
Tony Dunst
Anthony George Dunst, who won his first WPT Title last November when he took down the $3,500 WPT Caribbean Main Event, has been working for the World Poker Tour as a live stream host and commentator for three years now. With over $1M in earnings, he is not to be taken lightly.
Kara Scott
Best known as the host of several poker TV programs, Kara Scott is not to be taken lightly as a player in her own right. Kara is a partypoker Team Pro and has several notable accomplishments on her resume including deep runs in back to back WSOP Main Events in 2008 and 2009 and over $600K in lifetime earnings.
Xuan Liu
Xuan Liu is perennially considered one of Canada’s players to watch, but by most measures she has already arrived. The WPT Season XI One To Watch has over $1.4M in lifetime live poker winnings including a 3rd place finish in the 2007 EPT San Remo Main Event.
Cards are in the air!
2014/03/30 12:32pm by
The 311 players took their seats and play began in Day 2 about 10 minutes ago. In that time there have already been 10 players who have busted and a table has already broken!
Between this Event Blog and the awesome job the WPT Live Updates team is doing, you can follow all the action from the comfort of your living room couch!
WPT CSC – prize pool and payout table
2014/03/30 12:24pm by
Event 6 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic was the $1000 + $100 partypoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship, a next-day re-entry event with three starting flights that had a total of 1079 entries over all three flights. This generated a total prize pool of $1,046,630.00 which will be awarded according to the following payout table.
| Finish | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $178,114.00 |
| 2 | $124,758.00 |
| 3 | $80,904.00 |
| 4 | $59,762.00 |
| 5 | $44,586.00 |
| 6 | $36,108.00 |
| 7 | $29,933.00 |
| 8 | $23,863.00 |
| 9 | $17,792.00 |
| 10-12 | $13,292.00 |
| 13-15 | $10,675.00 |
| 16-18 | $9,210.00 |
| 19-21 | $8,268.00 |
| 22-24 | $7,326.00 |
| 25-27 | $6,384.00 |
| 28-36 | $5,442.00 |
| 37-45 | $4,709.00 |
| 46-54 | $3,977.00 |
| 55-63 | $3,349.00 |
| 64-72 | $2,930.00 |
| 73-81 | $2,511.00 |
| 82-90 | $2,197.00 |
| 91-99 | $1,883.00 |
| 100-126 | $1,569.00 |
