The winner of Event 6 – $300 + $30 Pot Limit Omaha 8 or Better is Alan James Percal!
1st place: Alan James Percal, $6,000
Event 5 Champion: Luigi Fantigrossi
2013/11/26 6:10am by
After an intense heads-up match between Gary Lucci and Luigi Fantigrossi, where there were several turns in the chip lead, it was finally Luigi that came out the winner.
On the last hand, Luigi put in a small raise from the small blind, and snap called Gary when he went all-in from the big blind. Gary knew he was in trouble when he heard the call, and needed some help if he was to crack Luigi’s 
with his 
. The board showed 
, and Luigi won the pot, the first prize money and the Fall Classic Playground Poker Bracelet!
Congratulations Luigi!
1st place: Luigi Fantigrossi, $15,545
2nd place: Garry Lucci, $11,605
Champion’s Photos!
2013/11/26 12:39am by
Day 3 of Event 2 has come to an end, and after nearly two hours of heads-up play, Marko has come out as our tournament champion! He will collect $20,309 and a Playground Poker Fall Classic bracelet for his first place finish!
Congratulations Marko! Playground Poker Club truly is ‘For Players, By Players’!
Event 2 Champion: Marko, $20,309
2nd place: Troy Hamilton, 17,665$
How much? About three fifty…
2013/11/24 9:11pm by
The prize pools have been committed and/or paid out for the first 4 events of the Playground Poker Fall Classic, and so far the total of the prize pools awarded (Events 2 and 4 are still being played) adds to an impressive $349,685 – which is even more impressive considering that the largest buy-in for any event so far has been $220 (total).
We’ll be keeping a running tally of the overall prizes awarded in the Fall Classic – they’re only going up from here!
PartyPoker Premier League VII: Heat 5
2013/11/24 4:33pm by
Heat 5 of the PartyPoker Premier League VII is on today, and features the following 8 players.
- Antonio Esfandiari
- Dan Shak
- Daniel Cates
- Dan Colman
- Jeff Gross
- Phil Laak
- Brian Rast
- Jason Koon
There is one more heat left tomorrow before the final.
Event 3 – Final Payouts
2013/11/24 10:16am by
This is the final payout table for Event 3 – $100 + $10 No Limit Hold’em Win the Button, an event in the 2013 Playground Poker Fall Classic.
Note that two players were eliminated during the same hand while the tournament was being played hand-for-hand on the money bubble. These players shared the 16th place prize.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marc-Andre | Thiffeault | $3,641 |
| 2 | Alain | Jobin | $2,720 |
| 3 | Jean Sebastien | Dore | $2,050 |
| 4 | James | Reid | $1,545 |
| 5 | Jeffrey Scott | Burgner | $1,165 |
| 6 | Kevin | Bijian | $875 |
| 7 | David | Chartre | $660 |
| 8 | Peter | Shaw | $500 |
| 9 | Gary | Lucci | $375 |
| 10 | Chin | Hour | $285 |
| 11 | Pascal | Beaulieu | $285 |
| 12 | Chrisian | Proulx | $260 |
| 13 | Punisher | Chiniara | $260 |
| 14 | Michel | Decarie | $240 |
| 15 | Constantinos | Psallidas | $240 |
| 16 | Eric | Bouchard | $112.50 |
| 16 | Scott | Leslie | $112.50 |
PartyPoker Premier League VII: Heat 4
2013/11/23 5:53pm by
Heat 4 of 6 of the PartyPoker Premier League VII is under way at Playground Poker Club tonight. Today’s heat features the following 8 players:
- Antonio Esfandiari
- Daniel Cates
- Sorel Mizzi
- Johnathan Duhamel
- Phil Laak
- Vanessa Selbst
- Dan Colman
- Scott Seiver
Event 1 Champion: Mathieu Tanguay!
2013/11/23 4:00am by
Event 1 has come to an end, and Mathieu Tanguay has come out as our first Playground Poker Fall Classic champion of 2013! Congratulations on your $30,320 prize!
Event 1 Champion: Mathieu Tanguay, $30,320
Event 1: Final Payouts
2013/11/22 12:38pm by
This is the final payout table for Event 1 – $135 + $15 No Limit Hold’em Re-entry, an event in the 2013 Playground Poker Fall Classic that was held between November 18-23. There were a total of 1400 entries in the event spread over three Day 1s.
The following results reflect a deal made with two players remaining. The players agreed to reserve $3,500 plus the bracelet for the winner and split the remaining prize pool evenly.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathieu | Tanguay | $30,320 plus the championship bracelet |
| 2 | Mehdi | Alami | $26,820 |
| 3 | Martin | Giguele | $15,820 |
| 4 | Marilyn | Joanette | $11,640 |
| 5 | Simon Pier | Belair-Grondin | $8,575 |
| 6 | Phannasophea | Muong | $6,320 |
| 7 | Mathieu | Leclerc | $4,655 |
| 8 | Erica | Freeman | $3,425 |
| 9 | Felix | Sides | $2,525 |
| 10 | Mark | Howie | $1,865 |
| 11 | Philippe | Chapdelaine | $1,865 |
| 12 | Antoine | Poirier | $1,865 |
| 13 | David | Guay | $1,575 |
| 14 | Joey | Silver | $1,575 |
| 15 | Mohamad | Mahbouba | $1,575 |
| 16 | Stephen | Baker | $1,335 |
| 17 | Patrick David | Hu-A-Kam | $1,335 |
| 18 | Alexandre | Boyer | $1,335 |
| 19 | Andrew | Helleur | $1,135 |
| 20 | George | Kazarian | $1,135 |
| 21 | Antoine | Simon | $1,135 |
| 22 | Jeffrey | Goldstein | $970 |
| 23 | Kevin | Cote | $970 |
| 24 | Angelo | Simard | $970 |
| 25 | Philippe | Mercier | $820 |
| 26 | Benoit | Mathieu | $820 |
| 27 | Makan | Salimi | $820 |
| 28 | Matthieu | Boisvert | $695 |
| 29 | Andy | D'Alessandro | $695 |
| 30 | Ricky | Campanelli | $695 |
| 31 | Mathieu | Boulanger-Vaugeois | $695 |
| 32 | Lim | Dayaly | $695 |
| 33 | Christos | Zavouris | $695 |
| 34 | Yohann | Malo-Brumet | $695 |
| 35 | Linda | Huard | $695 |
| 36 | Vincent | Martin-Bouthillette | $695 |
| 37 | Steve | Cotton | $620 |
| 38 | alexandre | Chapdelaine | $620 |
| 39 | Julien | Boisclair | $620 |
| 40 | Samuel | Juneau | $620 |
| 41 | Samuel | Barre | $620 |
| 42 | Jonathan | Gauthier | $620 |
| 43 | Nicolas | Lavoie | $620 |
| 44 | Daniel | Arsenault | $620 |
| 45 | Joe | Berlangieri | $620 |
| 46 | Luigi | Fantigrossi | $545 |
| 47 | Christien | Beaudoin | $545 |
| 48 | Daniel | Johnston | $545 |
| 49 | Sako | Marashlian | $545 |
| 50 | Greg | Arevian | $545 |
| 51 | Aberdeen | Parro | $545 |
| 52 | Che | Zhao | $545 |
| 53 | Name | Withheld | $545 |
| 54 | Hichem | Rais | $545 |
| 55 | Guillaume | Malette Vanier | $490 |
| 56 | Ian | Robillard | $490 |
| 57 | Adam | El Bied | $490 |
| 58 | Benoit | Vaillancourt | $490 |
| 59 | Phil | Breault | $490 |
| 60 | Tanveer | Dhanjal | $490 |
| 61 | Allin | jobin | $490 |
| 62 | Jean-Hugo | Robitaille | $490 |
| 63 | Kyle | Hartree | $490 |
| 64 | Derek | Sproul | $435 |
| 65 | Nicolas | Aubin | $435 |
| 66 | Cory | Maize | $435 |
| 67 | Stephen | Kline | $435 |
| 68 | Maxime | Siegmann | $435 |
| 69 | Matthew | Brunskole | $435 |
| 70 | Marc | Allard | $435 |
| 71 | Tristan | Bergeron | $435 |
| 72 | Roger | Robitaille | $435 |
| 73 | Alexandre-Olivier | Gamache | $380 |
| 74 | MATHIEU | JAWIRNYCKI | $380 |
| 75 | Louis Philippe | Martin | $380 |
| 76 | Normand | Deguire | $380 |
| 77 | Vincent | Benoit | $380 |
| 78 | Dany | Madri | $380 |
| 79 | Anthony | Tavani | $380 |
| 80 | Michael | Singh | $380 |
| 81 | Kevin | Blais | $380 |
| 82 | Gregory | Katayama | $345 |
| 83 | Dimitry | Dombrovskiy | $345 |
| 84 | Darren | Phipps | $345 |
| 85 | Justin | Miller | $345 |
| 86 | Andrew | Boujaoude | $345 |
| 87 | Jeffrey | Bartlett | $345 |
| 88 | Arthur | W | $345 |
| 89 | Evgeni | Ozadovski | $345 |
| 90 | Asm | Nazmul Huda | $345 |
| 91 | Jonathan | Borne | $310 |
| 92 | Ali | Khan | $310 |
| 93 | Franco | Amorelli | $310 |
| 94 | Normand | Loyer | $310 |
| 95 | Name | Withheld | $310 |
| 96 | Marc | Brisson | $310 |
| 97 | Real | Villeneuve | $310 |
| 98 | Eric | Schanck | $310 |
| 99 | Edward | McDonnell | $310 |
| 100 | Oscar | Ojeda Gomez | $275 |
| 101 | Sebastien | Laviolette | $275 |
| 102 | Francois | Cholette | $275 |
| 103 | Giovanni | Petrella | $275 |
| 104 | Alex | Fiorani | $275 |
| 105 | Charles – Eric | Benoit | $275 |
| 106 | John Allan | Bushey | $275 |
| 107 | Pierre | Gauthier | $275 |
| 108 | Tinh | Phan | $275 |
| 109 | James | Kiernan | $275 |
| 110 | Louka | Strongylos | $275 |
| 111 | Marc | Blanchette | $275 |
| 112 | Jose | Pereira | $275 |
| 113 | Myriam | Campanelli | $275 |
| 114 | Eric | Benhamron | $275 |
| 115 | Jordan | Frechette | $275 |
| 116 | Anthony | Bakopoulos | $275 |
| 117 | Vince | Dwyer | $275 |
| 118 | Caroline | Trinque | $275 |
| 119 | Alain | Boucher | $275 |
| 120 | Stephane | Durocher | $275 |
| 121 | Yannick | Morin | $275 |
| 122 | Patrick | Langlois | $275 |
| 123 | Martin | Casaubon | $275 |
| 124 | Marie | Tran | $275 |
| 125 | Christopher | Saliba | $275 |
| 126 | Tony | Laughing | $275 |
| 127 | Vijay | Oberoi | $235 |
| 128 | Eduard | Goutnik | $235 |
| 129 | Josee | Thauvette | $235 |
| 130 | Billy | Gerontakos | $235 |
| 131 | Jean Bernard | Audet | $235 |
| 132 | Pirooz | Bayat | $235 |
| 133 | Eric | Doyle | $235 |
| 134 | Janet Lee | Cowper | $235 |
| 135 | Andrew | Hansen | $235 |
| 136 | Vincent | Miceli | $235 |
| 137 | Patrick | Longpre | $235 |
| 138 | Louis | Neamtan-Lapalme | $235 |
| 139 | Hugo | Marquis | $235 |
| 140 | David | Barabe | $235 |
| 141 | Marc | Lacroix | $235 |
| 142 | Jonathan | Dsouza | $235 |
| 143 | Dimitri | Tchakarov | $235 |
| 144 | William | Groot | $235 |
| 145 | George | Caragiorgas | $235 |
| 146 | Glenn | Gumbley | $235 |
| 147 | Peter | Marco | $235 |
| 148 | Christos | Tohtamis | $235 |
| 149 | Guy | Lebrun | $235 |
| 150 | Nathalie | Iezzi | $235 |
| 151 | Keith | Lacasse | $235 |
| 152 | Andre | Parent | $235 |
| 153 | Derek | Watanabe | $235 |
| 154 | Samuel | Samson | $220 |
| 155 | Ahmad | Akkaoui | $220 |
| 156 | Yann | Filion | $220 |
| 157 | Riyaz | Abdulla | $220 |
| 158 | Charli-Lou | Durand | $220 |
| 159 | Yan | Touchette | $220 |
| 160 | Stefano | Visintin | $220 |
| 161 | Gabriel | Garzon | $220 |
| 162 | Francis | Larose | $220 |
Phil Laak Puts on His Poker Goggles!
2013/11/21 11:18pm by
How would you feel if you were facing this at your next poker game?
