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.
There has been a full seating redraw as the tournament has gone to two tables.
| First Name | Last Name | Seat |
|---|---|---|
| Karo Lyne | Dufour | Table 64 – Seat 6 |
| Jonathan | Theriault | Table 65 – Seat 1 |
| Faizel | Satchu | Table 64 – Seat 3 |
| David | Baba | Table 65 – Seat 8 |
| Justin | Leeson | Table 64 – Seat 2 |
| Trieu Dung | Hong | Table 65 – Seat 9 |
| Jeff | Cote | Table 64 – Seat 8 |
| Michael | Malm | Table 64 – Seat 5 |
| Jason | Griffith | Table 65 – Seat 6 |
| Jordan | Martin | Table 64 – Seat 1 |
| Kelly | Smith | Table 65 – Seat 7 |
| Larry | Farr | Table 64 – Seat 7 |
| Michael David | Yeomans | Table 65 – Seat 2 |
| Mark | Fitzpatrick | Table 64 – Seat 4 |
| Jerome | St-Onge | Table 65 – Seat 3 |
| Daniel | Smouha | Table 64 – Seat 9 |
| Jeffrey | Cormier | Table 65 – Seat 4 |
| Peter | Kavouras | Table 65 – Seat 5 |
Final two tables of play in Event 4:
Event 4 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic was a $500 + $50 No Limit Hold’em tournament being held over three days from March 25 to 27, 2014. A total of 221 players registered for the event building a prize pool of $107,185.00 which was distributed according to this table.
The payouts in this table reflect a player deal that was made at 4 remaining. The players chose to reserve $2,700 and the bracelet for first and divide the rest of the remaining prize pool by chip chop.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | Malm | $20,075.00 and the Spring Classic bracelet |
| 2 | Jason | Griffith | $15,355.00 |
| 3 | Justin | Leeson | $16,480.00 |
| 4 | Michael David | Yeomans | $13,250.00 |
| 5 | Larry | Farr | $7,470.00 |
| 6 | Trieu Dung | Hong | $5,580.00 |
| 7 | Daniel | Smouha | $4,165.00 |
| 8 | Karo Lyne | Dufour | $3,115.00 |
| 9 | Jerome | St-Onge | $2,335.00 |
| 10 | Kelly | Smith | $1,745.00 |
| 11 | David | Baba | $1,745.00 |
| 12 | Mark | Fitzpatrick | $1,605.00 |
| 13 | Faizal | Satchu | $1,605.00 |
| 14 | Jonathan | Theriault | $1,475.00 |
| 15 | Jordan | Martin | $1,475.00 |
| 16 | Jeff | Cote | $1,370.00 |
| 17 | Jeffrey | Cormier | $1,370.00 |
| 18 | Peter | Kavouras | $1,260.00 |
| 19 | Ruben | Percival | $1,260.00 |
| 20 | Alex | Fiorani | $1,155.00 |
| 21 | Benoit | Jean | $1,155.00 |
| 22 | Gary | Yeghiayan | $1,070.00 |
| 23 | Jonathan Neil | Hansmeyer | $1,070.00 |
The first few players since the money bubble burst have been eliminated from the tournament.
19th place: Ruben Percival, $1,260.00
20th place: Alex Fiorani, $1,155.00
21st place: Benoit Jean, $1,155.00
22nd place: Gary Yeghiayan, $1,070.00
23rd place: Jonathan Neil Hansmeyer, $1,070.00
Alex’s elimination was a cooler – after having recently lost a pot to reduce him from his high point of over 350K, Jordan Martin raised preflop to 25K from middle position and Jonathan Theriault called from the button in Seat 9. Alex raised all-in and put his 100K+ stack at risk, only to be called by Jordan. Jonathan folded.
Alex turned over 
while Jordan held 
. The flop had “a little something” for both of them: 
for set over set, and the turn 
and river 
didn’t save Alex. Even more “coolerish” about it is that after the hand one of the other players reported folding a Jack, meaning that Jordan’s top set was possible only due to the case Jack on the flop.
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
In the seventh hand of hand-for-hand action, Kyle Hartree open raised all-in to 31K and it folded around to Daniel Smouha who called from the Big Blind. Kyle turned over 
while Daniel held 
.
The flop was pretty good for Kyle: 
and the on the turn didn’t hurt either. However the that came on the river gave Daniel a better pair than Kyle, who was eliminated in 24th place.
The rest of the players stand to make a minimum of $1,070 and play continues.
The bubble is approaching quickly and the players know – and can feel – that the impact of their every action is amplified. Luckily for everyone the pace of play has remained relatively quick – no 5-minute tanking – but big decisions are being made every hand.
A hand just played out between two of the players who have been among the chip leaders the whole way. Mark Fitzpatrick raised to 15K from the cutoff and Jeff Cote re-raised from the big blind to 36K. Mark decided to flat call and we saw a flop.
Flop: 
.
Jeff led out for 27K and Mark again called. The turn brought the 
and the players both checked. The river was the and Jeff chose to check to Mark, who bet 56K. Jeff thought for about 30 seconds before he made the call.
Mark called out “two pair” and tabled and Jeff showed the and mucked.
Immediately after that hand a player busted on another table and the tournament is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble.
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.
