Event 1 Day 1c counts

2014/03/22 8:50pm by
Tournament:

Day 1c saw a total of 396 entrants, which means that through the first three starting flights of Event 1 there have been 1,151 total entries with the final Day 1d running now. After 13 Levels, 110 players remained in today’s flight and the average stack was 71,600. The overall chip leader for the first three flights was among today’s qualifiers.

Day 2 begins tomorrow (Sunday) at 1pm.

Rank First Name Last Name Chip Count
1 Patrick Fortin 272,100
2 Luigi Fantigrossi 197,000
3 Shawn A Martell 174,600
4 Michael Malm 173,300
5 Randy Khalil 170,600
6 Costa Ziakoulis 162,600
7 Justin Bones 156,500
8 David Dastoli 143,600
9 Romy Segal 142,000
10 Roman Ouvarov 131,200
11 Michel Champagne 127,300
12 Eric Schanck 126,300
13 John Clarke 118,700
14 Raphael Clayette 109,100
15 Johnny A Benehoutsos 109,000
16 Richard St-Jean 107,400
17 Ryan Simpson 106,700
18 Timothy Vukson 105,700
19 Jean Benoit Lebel 102,500
20 Gabriel Alarie 98,300
21 Jonathan Poissant 96,800
22 Nicolas Bernatchez 96,500
23 Danny Freitas 96,300
24 Brian Bond 90,900
25 Daniel Charette 90,500
26 Yves Bohemier 89,800
27 Mel Rothman 89,500
28 Eric Labrecque 88,600
29 Nick Petsas 87,100
30 Leandre St-Laurent 86,400
31 Yi Fan Dong 85,700
32 William McElligott 85,100
33 Edmond Dupuis Souliere 84,500
34 Colin Scheckman 83,600
35 Douglas Mcginnis 82,600
36 Martin Beaudry 82,400
37 Dave Brochu 81,400
38 Nicolas Prieur 76,200
39 Francois Lacasse 76,000
40 Michel Merlitti 75,600
41 Samuel Leblanc 74,700
42 Alain Lindsay 72,600
43 Leonard Cruz 72,200
44 Stephen Smith 71,400
45 Jean-Hugo Robitaille 70,700
46 Trevor Vrieling 70,500
47 Andrea Stracuzzi 70,000
48 Nicholas Soller 70,000
49 Daniel Arseneau 69,500
50 Greg Allen 67,900
51 Ramzi Karam 66,900
52 Luc Robillard 66,500
53 Nicolas Leclerc 64,500
54 Martin Messier 64,400
55 Sebastien Allain 63,600
56 Mathieu Paquette 62,500
57 Ian Armorer 62,300
58 Asm Nazmul Huda 61,300
59 Yvan Gravel 58,900
60 Douglas Mackie 57,200
61 Olivier Livernoche 56,900
62 Lily Kornik 56,600
63 Krzysztof Birecki 56,000
64 Matthew Brunskole 55,600
65 Dave Jeanneau-Cyr 55,200
66 Norman Gauthier 55,000
67 Kevin Blais 52,400
68 Yannick Lapointe 52,300
69 David Brunelle 52,000
70 Stephane Madore 51,800
71 Patrick Bergeron 51,600
72 Dominic Sanche 51,100
73 Anothony Ciambella 48,800
74 Aaron Czaja 46,700
75 Michel Leblond 46,500
76 Dany Hamel Boulay 46,400
77 Tedde Ballanger 46,300
78 Jay Doerr 46,000
79 tony Farcy 45,600
80 Martin Grenier 45,400
81 Ryan Levine 44,500
82 Raphael Duval 44,300
83 Marc Guerbilsky 43,400
84 Mathieu Gouin 43,000
85 Steve Toulch 42,400
86 Terrence Davis 42,400
87 Stephane Brisebois 41,300
88 Felix Brochu 39,900
89 Patrice Primeau 38,100
90 Denis Martel 36,700
91 Phil Chaif 35,900
92 Jacques Sigouin 34,500
93 Colin Horner 34,300
94 Timothy Taylor 33,900
95 Richard Alexander Cisneros Campuzano 33,700
96 Stephen David Gordon Stables 33,300
97 Nimer Ltaif 32,200
98 Gabriel Paquin 31,700
99 Denis Quirion 31,500
100 Andrew Dick 29,300
101 Alain Rondeau 28,700
102 Saul Tam 28,600
103 Mathieu Letourneau 26,300
104 Mario Lepine 25,100
105 Alex Guerrera 20,500
106 Sebastien St-Onge 18,600
107 Jean-Bruno Courcelles 18,200
108 Douglas Mcqueer 16,700
109 Andrew Boujaoude 14,500
110 Hope Stacey 7,400
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Day 1c winding down

2014/03/22 7:07pm by
Tournament:
  • Level: 13
  • Small Blind: 1K
  • Big Blind: 2K
  • Ante: 300
  • Chip Average: 64.4K
  • Remaining: 123
  • Entries: 396


    • Our Tournament Director Martin Roy has just announced that Day 1c will end once all the tables have played their final 5 hands of the day, and in a few moments players will beginning bagging their chips.

    Although much can change in these last few hands, here are the three biggest stacks that we came across in this last level of the day. Final chips counts for the day will be made available shortly, once our staff has tabulated all the results.

    1. Shawn Martell – 212K
    2. Patrick Fortin – 196K
    3. Luigi Fantigrossi – 191K
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    A few photos from the later levels

    2014/03/22 6:15pm by
    Tournament:
  • Level: 12
  • Small Blind: 800
  • Big Blind: 1.6K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 49.2K
  • Remaining: 161
  • Entries: 396


    • Level 12 has just begun here in Day 1c of Event 1, and 161 players are still in the field. Here are a few photos from levels 10 and 11:

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    A typical EOD hand…

    2014/03/22 6:15pm by
    Tournament:
  • Level: 13
  • Small Blind: 1K
  • Big Blind: 2K
  • Ante: 300
  • Chip Average: 62.9K
  • Remaining: 126
  • Entries: 396


    • Asm Nazmul Huda just doubled through Dany Hamel Boulay in the kind of hand that’s likely being played throughout the tournament at this stage in the day.

    Blinds were 800/1600/a200 and the button was on seat 4. Dany Hamel Boulay, a respected local player raised in early position to 3.2K, and Alain Rondeau and Terrence Davis both called. Huda had shoved from the Big Blind on the previous and gotten no resistance – but this time there were already 3 players who had expressed an interest in the pot.

    Boulay thought for a few seconds and shoved over the top with his 100K+ stack. Rondeau and Davis both insta-folded and the cards were flipped over. Huda showed Ace of Hearts 7 of Spades while Boulay had 5 of Diamonds 5 of Clubs.

    The board ran out 7 of Hearts 7 of Clubs 2 of Hearts to put Huda well in the lead and the turn 10 of Clubs changed nothing. Boulay didn’t connect on the river either, with the 2 of Spades giving Huda the Boat. Huda took 24K from Boulay on the hand plus the Big Blind, the antes, and the initial 3.2K from each of Rondeau and Davis left him with 58K – which will be a an OK, if below average, starting stack on Day 2.

    Play has now moved into the last level of Day 1c.

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    The leaders after the second break

    2014/03/22 5:00pm by
    Tournament:
  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 34.1K
  • Remaining: 232
  • Entries: 396


    • Day 1c has just returned from it’s second break of the day, leaving five levels of play before the remaining players move on to Day 2 tomorrow at 1:00pm.

    Here are some of the chip leaders in this 9th level of play, as well as their approximate stack sizes:

    • Romy Segal – 140K
    • Michael Malm – 140K
    • Randy Khalil – 103K
    • Eric Schanck – 98K
    • Shawn Martell – 93K
    • Jonathan Poissant – 92K
    • Kyle Catling – 90K
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    Some early big stacks

    2014/03/22 3:31pm by
    Tournament:
  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 26.6K
  • Remaining: 298
  • Entries: 396


    • It’s still early in the day for anyone to have grown a huge stack, but there are a few players whose chip count is starting to set them apart from the field – at least 5 players are up over 60K and two are inching up on 100K!

    Some of the bigger stacks at the moment:

    80K+

    • Kyle Catling
    • Aris L-Dupont

    60K+

    • Randy Khalil
    • Jean-Kristophe Guillette
    • Shawn A Martell
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    Back from break

    2014/03/22 2:41pm by
    Tournament:
  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 150
  • Big Blind: 300
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 23.3K
  • Remaining: 340
  • Entries: 396


    • The players are back from their first break of the day and action continues in Level 5. They’re playing 13 levels total today, so the action should wind up at around 7:30pm this evening.

    The final number of entries in Day 1c after all late registrants were seated is 396, which means that through the first three flights of Event 1 there have been 1,151 total entries.

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    Early Day 1c action

    2014/03/22 1:59pm by
    Tournament:
  • Level: 4
  • Small Blind: 100
  • Big Blind: 200
  • Ante: 25
  • Chip Average: 22.1K
  • Remaining: 346
  • Entries: 382


    • Not that many people seem to have been put off by the snowstorm (or the bridge closure this weekend) and registration is up over 380 entries with some time left to late register.

    Here are some photos of the action today.

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    Today in the Spring Classic (March 22)

    2014/03/22 12:50pm by
    Tournament:

    Spring in the Montreal area is defined by two things: increasingly warm, beautiful weather… and the big spring snowstorm that drops a few inches before melting and clearing the way for the real springtime.

    Today is the day for the big spring snowstorm in Montreal! On my way to Playground this morning I stopped for coffee and in 20 minutes about 2 inches accumulated on the car. Luckily, it has already subsided quite a bit, and the highways are surprisingly clear and safe to travel. If there’s one civic project we get right in this area, it’s roadway snow clearing!

    You’d think this might herald a quiet day for Days 1c and 1d in Event 1, the $135 + $15 No Limit Hold’em Re-entry event that’s on now, but there are already just a shade under 200 players registered today and experience teaches us that this projects out to easily 350 or more runners in today’s daytime flight. We expect a comparable number tonight, which means the prize pool, which has already blown past the guaranteed $100,000, may actually start to edge towards $200,000!

    For a tournament with a total $150 buy-in, that adds up to some pretty great prizes for those who manage to qualify for Day 2 on Sunday and then compete for the win on Monday evening.

    Good luck to everyone today!

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    Day 1c is underway!

    2014/03/22 12:20pm by
    Tournament:
  • Level: 1
  • Small Blind: 50
  • Big Blind: 100
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 20K
  • Remaining: 277
  • Entries: 277


    • So far 277 players have braved the snowy weather to make it out for Day 1c of Event 1 in the 2014 Playground Poker Spring Classic. With late registration open for over two hours more, that number will surely climb.

    After a short delay to allow people a little more travel time to arrive today, the TD has announced “Shuffle up and deal” and play is now underway.

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