Event 5 Champion: Constantinos Psallidas

2014/03/26 9:44am by
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Constantinos Psallidas – known to everyone at Playground as Costa – has emerged victorious in Event 5, a $200 + $20 Pot Limit Omaha 3 Lives tournament. The path through the 99-player field was a challenge, as very quickly three players (which didn’t include Costa) built up dominating stacks leaving everyone else to get relatively shorter stacked relatively early on. Nevertheless Costa was able to make his way through the challenging field and won the Spring Classic bracelet and $4,431 for his efforts.

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Event 5 – Results & Payouts

2014/03/26 8:50am by
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Event 5 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic ($200 + $20 Pot Limit Omaha 3 Lives) had 99 players and generated a prize pool of $19,206. The published payout schedule paid 10 players but the players in this event chose to take $100 from each of the first 4 prizes and add an 11th payout of $400 (bubble save). The following payout list reflects this modification.

Rank First Name Last Name Prize
1 Constantinos Psallidas $4,431.00 plus the Spring Classic bracelet
2 Fation Veizi $3,445.00
3 Shane Brotherwood $2,690.00
4 Christopher Saliba $2,095.00
5 Jino Veizi $1,720.00
6 David Telmosse $1,355.00
7 Martin Dyotte $1,065.00
8 Michael Hunter $835.00
9 Alexandre Morin $655.00
10 Timothy Vukson $515.00
11 Michel Merlitti $400.00
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A couple more photos

2014/03/25 10:50pm by
Tournament:
  • Level: 8
  • Small Blind: 600
  • Big Blind: 1.2K
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 56K
  • Remaining: 53
  • Entries: 99


    • Some more photos from Event 5. This started out as a gallery of some of the larger stacks, but as we toured the tables we had several other requests for photos, so we’ve added them as well!

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    Starting to grow

    2014/03/25 10:20pm by
    Tournament:
  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1K
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 43K
  • Remaining: 69
  • Entries: 99


    • The event is still in the relatively early stages but a few players have already built up stacks greater than 110K.

    • Steve Carrière
    • Martin Dyotte
    • Fation Veizi (aka TTA)
    • Dov Amzallag
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    Event 5 – prize pool and payout structure

    2014/03/25 9:50pm by
    Tournament:
  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 300
  • Big Blind: 600
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 34.5K
  • Remaining: 86
  • Entries: 99


    • Players in Event 5 are back from their first break of the evening and the TD has released the prize pool information for the event. A total of 99 players registered adding up to a total prize pool of $19,206.00 which will be distributed according to the following payout table.

    Finish Prize
    1 $4,531.00
    2 $3,545.00
    3 $2,790.00
    4 $2,195.00
    5 $1,720.00
    6 $1,355.00
    7 $1,065.00
    8 $835.00
    9 $655.00
    10 $515.00
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    Some photos of the early PLO action

    2014/03/25 9:15pm by
    Tournament:
  • Level: 4
  • Small Blind: 200
  • Big Blind: 400
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 32.8K
  • Remaining: 87
  • Entries: 95


    • The players in the PLO 3 Lives event are about 5 minutes from their first break of the evening, by which time they all must use all of their 3 “Life” chips. Registration has grown to 95 players with a few minutes of late registration left.

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    Cards are in the air in Event 5

    2014/03/25 8:05pm by
    Tournament:
  • Level: 1
  • Small Blind: 50
  • Big Blind: 100
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 30K
  • Remaining: 60
  • Entries: 60


    • The TD has made his announcements and cards are in the air in Event 5, a $200 + $20 Pot Limit Omaha 3 Lives event. So far there are 60 players at the tables but more will enter during late registration which lasts until the end of the break after level 4.

    Good luck to the players!

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    Under an hour to Event 5

    2014/03/25 7:00pm by
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    Tonight in the Spring Classic is Event 5, a $200 + $20 Pot Limit Omaha 3 Lives event. This is always a popular format at Playground Poker Club so the event should attract a good-sized field. This is a one-day event.

    “3 Lives” means that players start with 3 “Life Chips” that they can exchange for T10K in tournament chips at any time in the first four levels (until the first break). Players come at this event with several different approaches – some try and run up their first 10K and use the remaining 2 life chips at the break as an add-on, others put all 30K in chips in play from the beginning, and others treat it simply as a virtual rebuy tournament – and the interplay between these different styles is one of the interesting wrinkles in the format.

    Good luck to all of the players!

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    Event 5 Info

    2014/02/05 4:01pm by
    Tournament:

    Pot Limit Omaha 3 Lives, $200 + $20

    One Day Event: Tuesday March 25, 8:00pm

    Download the Rules & Structure PDF for Event 5.

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