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Event #4 final results

2018/12/20 - 14:51 by Playground Poker

Marco Cannizzaro of Montreal, QC has been crowned the Champion of the 8-Year Anniversary edition of the Deepstack. Event #4 attracted a total of 128 players, generating a prize pool of $37,539.

When the tournament was reduced to 7 players, the competitors chose to do an ICM chop (reserving $750 for 1st place). Combined with his guaranteed $3,895, Marco won $4,645.

Rank \| Pos	First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Name	City \| Ville	Prov	Country \| Pays	Prize \| Bourse
1	Marco	Cannizzaro	Montreal	QC	CA	$4,645
2	Christine	Park	Oakville	ON	CA	$5,290
3	Marc	Saddik	Candiac	QC	CA	$3,450
4	Pierre Olivier	Guay	Alma	QC	CA	$5,075
5	David	Beer	Brockville	ON	CA	$3,324
6	Robert	Gosselin	Richelieu	QC	CA	$4,270
7	Joon Seok	Park	Verdun	QC	CA	$4,625
8	Daniel	Pepin	Brossard	QC	CA	$1,190
9	Douglas	Best	Elgin	ON	CA	$890
10	Jean-Francois	Langevin	Varenne	QC	CA	$670
11	Luigi	Fantigrossi	Montreal	QC	CA	$670
12	Denis	Quirion	Saint-Anne-Des-Plaines	QC	CA	$620
13	Stephen	Langlois	Burlington	ON	CA	$620
14	Nadir	Lalji	Toronto	ON	CA	$570
15	Pierre	Sirois	Montreal	QC	CA	$570
16	Marc	Petit	St-Constant	QC	CA	$530
17	Natalia	Nogina	La Prarie	QC	CA	$530

Event #5 in the 8-Year Anniversary series was a Shootout Turbo in which players had to win their initial table before moving on to the final portion of the event. There were a total of 62 players in the event, adding up to a prize pool totalling $6,014.

When the tournament was reduced to 8 players, the competitors chose to do an ICM chop (reserving $120 for 1st place). This deal is reflected in the final results, below.

Rank \| Pos	First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Name	City \| Ville	Prov	Country \| Pays	Prize \| Bourse
1	Eric	Schanck	Lachine	QC	CA	$785
2	James	Brown	Ridgetown	ON	CA	$575
3	Michael	Cohen	Laval	QC	CA	$905
4	Benoit	Leber	Montreal	QC	CA	$950
5	Vera	G	Pierrefonds	QC	CA	$580
6	Brigitte	Korak		QC	CA	$639
7	Andre	Dupuis	Saint-Jerome	QC	CA	$795
8	Patrick	Sullivan	Longueuil	QC	CA	$585
9	Nicolas	Connan	Montreal	QC	CA	$200

Event #6 final results

2018/12/18 - 12:10 by Playground Poker

Event #6 in Playground’s 8-Year Anniversary Series was a $100 + $10 Megastack Turbo Re-entry that attracted a field of 85 players. The top 12 players were paid according to the following payout table.

Rank \| Pos	First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Name	City \| Ville	Prov	Country \| Pays	Prize \| Bourse
1	Minh Chi	Nguyen	Scarborough	ON	CA	$1,985
2	Guillaume	Tremblay	Laval	QC	CA	$1,525
3	Natacha	Partouche	Lachine	QC	CA	$1,165
4	Stephane	Dulmaine	St-Hyacinthe	QC	CA	$910
5	Leo	Hackenbroch	Dollard Des Ormeaux	QC	CA	$700
6	Matthew	Bellemare	Chateauguay	QC	CA	$530
7	Jay	X	Brossard	QC	CA	$410
8	Joey	Boczek	Brockville	ON	CA	$310
9	David	Bonneau	Mascouche	QC	CA	$240
10	Maxime	Coderre-Bernier	Delson	QC	CA	$180
11	Michael	Beauchamp	St Jerome	QC	CA	$180
12	Benjamin	Mathieu-Comtois	St-Bruno	QC	CA	$110

Event #7 final results

2018/12/18 - 10:28 by Playground Poker

Event #7 in the 8-Year Anniversary Series at Playground was a $100 + $20 + $100 6-Max 50/50 Bounty that attracted exactly 200 players. This contributed to a “traditional” prize pool of $18,800 with another $20,000 of the prize pool represented by players’ $100 bounty chips, which are not tracked. The tournament played out over 10 hours and 25 places paid according to the following table. There was a player deal made with 3 remaining which saw them reserve $440 for the winner and locked in $3,000 each. This deal is reflected in the payout table below.

Rank \| Pos	First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Name	City \| Ville	Prov	Country \| Pays	Prize \| Bourse
1	Antoine	Simon	Montreal	QC	CA	$3,440
2	Christopher	Turnbull	Cheadle		GB	$3,000
3	Jonathan	English	St-Eustache	QC	CA	$3,000
4	Jean-Sebastien	Penven	Saint-Bruno	QC	CA	$1,720
5	Anderson	F	Lasalle	QC	CA	$1,290
6	Jean-Francois	Langevin	Varenne	QC	CA	$960
7	Remi	Bourque	Sainte Sophie	QC	CA	$720
8	Nicholas	Soller	Montreal	QC	CA	$540
9	Domenico	Agatiello	Montreal	QC	CA	$410
10	Dominic	Coulibaly	Saint Bruno	QC	CA	$300
11	Daniel	Soussan	Montreal	QC	CA	$300
12	Edward	Hakim	Rigaud	QC	CA	$280
13	Hadi	Ghattas	Gatineau	QC	CA	$280
14	Andres	Nieto	Bolton	ON	CA	$260
15	Tu Kham	Tran	Montreal	QC	CA	$260
16	Yannick	Guerin	Chateauguay	QC	CA	$240
17	Richard	Hamelin	Brossard	QC	CA	$240
18	Anthony-Paul	Belle-Isle	Montreal	QC	CA	$220
19	Antoine	Labrie	Montreal	QC	CA	$220
20	Emile	H	Laval	QC	CA	$200
21	Nadir	Lalji	Toronto	ON	CA	$200
22	Patrick	Fournelle	Sainte Adele	QC	CA	$190
23	Sofiane	Boulila	Montreal	QC	CA	$190
24	Daniel	Tisch	Mont-Royal	QC	CA	$170
25	Andre	Dupuis	Saint-Jerome	QC	CA	$170

Jay X finishes in 7th

2018/12/17 - 19:00 by Playground Poker

Jay X finished in 7th tonight, earning himself $410 in the process. Congrats!

Bird busts in 8th

2018/12/17 - 18:56 by Playground Poker

Guillaume Tremblay has busted the Bird, aka Zee Birdman, aka Joey, aka “Ca-caw!”

After calling a 70,000 raise the flop was dealt . Guillaume checked utg, Birdman shoved and – after a short period of contemplation – Guillaume called.

It was quite a showdown, with Guillaume holding A-Q, and the Bird holding K-Q. The turn and river were of no help, and the crowd shrank by 1.

7 players left!

Final table!

Level: 22
Small Blind: 10K
Big Blind: 20K
BB Ante: 20K
Chip Average: 511K
Remaining: 8
Entries: 85

2018/12/17 - 18:20 by Playground Poker

The final table for the Megastack Turbo is finally here. We are presently in level 22, with blinds at 10K/20K, and while writing this post we have already lost 2 players and are down to 8!

The 10th place finisher was Maxime Coderre-Bernier, taking home $180.

The 9th place finisher was David Bonneau, taking home $240. Congrats to both for making the final table, and good luck to the last 8 players making a push for the 1st place prize!

Megastack Turbo deal adds 12th player to payout list

Level: 21
Small Blind: 8K
Big Blind: 16K
BB Ante: 16K
Chip Average: 425K
Remaining: 10
Entries: 85

2018/12/17 - 18:00 by Playground Poker

The magnanimity of the 12 final players was on full display at the Megastack Turbo event just now. With 12 players left, they were all cognizant that one of them would be leaving empty handed (only 11 were slated to be paid). This didn’t sit well with the group, who didn’t want anyone to feel excluded.

It is unclear who’s idea it was, but in the end they decided that they would all agree to a deal in which the eventual 1st, 2nd and 3rd place players would sacrifice $50, $35 and $20 respectively to allow for the 12th place finisher to collect $110. This was the same amount that 11th place would make.

Only two hands later someone was eliminated, collecting the (newly created) 12th place prize. What a nice group filled with holiday spirit!

Massa leads at the third break

Level: 20
Small Blind: 6K
Big Blind: 12K
BB Ante: 12K
Chip Average: 283K
Remaining: 16
Entries: 85

2018/12/17 - 17:32 by Playground Poker

As we enter level 20, Mademoiselle Massa has taken the lead. Can she stay on top?

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Name	Stack \| Tapis
Natacha Lisa	Partouche	661,000
Leo	Hackenbroch	503,500
Matthew	Bellemare	483,000
David	Bonneau	427,000

Massa eliminates Langevin

Level: 19
Small Blind: 5K
Big Blind: 10K
BB Ante: 10K
Chip Average: 250K
Remaining: 17
Entries: 85

2018/12/17 - 17:16 by Playground Poker

Over the course of only several minutes we have lost another 3 players, and are now down to 17. The latest to go was Jean-Francois Langevin, a victim of the only woman left in the tournament (and possible chip leader) Ayana Massa.

Although we walked by the table only after both players had shoved/called, we saw the following:

Ayana: