With the pressure of the increasing blinds, combined with the late hour, the three remaining players in Event 6 agreed to split the remainder of the prize-pool according to their stack sizes.
Congratulations!
Event 6 winners: Fadi Haddad (left), Bradley Leblanc (middle) and Philippe Drouin (right)
Event 6 winners: Fadi Haddad (left), Bradley Leblanc (middle) and Philippe Drouin (right)
Once Event 4 fell to heads-up play, the two remaining players, Malik Lefty and Rejean Grenier, agreed to an even-chop of the remaining prize pool. They collected $1,364 each for their run.
Congratulations!
Event 4 – Rejean Grenier and Malik Lefty – Heads-up chop – $1,364
Event 4 Champions: Rejean Grenier and Malik Lefty – even-chop
After dropping to 24,000 just past the bubble, where the big blind was worth 10,000, Michael Korovine was able to rebuild his stack and drive it to victory. Heads-up play with Jean-Philippe Lehoux proved to be somewhat of a challenge, as chips went back and forth for nearly an hour and a half, but in the end they all ended up on Michael’s end of the table.
In the last hand of play, Michael check-called 200,000 on a 
flop, and then check-called the all-in when the 
came on the turn. He tabled 
for the nut-straight, and only had to fade 3 outs to win against the 
of Jean-Philippe. The river was a brick (
), and that sealed the win for the local hero, who collected a cool $11,500 for his victory.
Congratulations Michael!
Event 4 Champion: Michael Korovine – $11,500
Event 4 Champion: Michael Korovine
Last Hand of Play
Last Hand of Play in Event 4
Event 4 Runner-up: Jean-Philippe Lehoux – $8,490
Jean-Philippe Lehoux
Jean-Francois came to Day 3 as the chip leader, and although his stack fluctuated throughout the night, at times falling well below the average stack, he managed to close the deal and win the opening event of this year’s Playground Winter Festival!
It took 31 hands of heads-up versus his opponent Francis Dery, and they started the battle fairly even in stacks. On the 6th hand, Jean-Francois took a chunk out of Francis, as he 4bet shoved on the flop versus a 6-million chip 3bet to get a fold out of Francis. After that, Francis was playing catchup, but never managed to rebuild his stack.
In the last hand, Francis limped from the small blind, and the two players went to see a flop. With the board showing 
, Jean-Francois check-raised all-in and found a snap call. He tabled 
, and needed some help to overcome Francis’s 
. The 
on the turn changed nothing, however the 
on the river gave Jean-Francois a straight, awarding him the pot, and the first place prize!
Congratulations!
Event 1 Champion: Jean-Francois Marin – $20,709
Last Hand of Play:
2nd place: Francis Dery – $17,000
Francis Dery
Event 2 has come to a conclusion, as the 4 remaining players have agreed to a chip-chop. Here are the final payouts:
Congratulations!
Winners of Event 2 – Escalator $135 + $15
Here is the commercial that has been airing on TV to introduce the Playground Winter Festival.
There are just 8 minutes left before the beginning of The Wild $150, the first event in the Playground Winter Classic. Players are streaming into the Tournament Hall and each is taking his or her seat at one of the 20 tables that are open to start the day. There are already well over 100 players registered for this first of four starting flights in the event – and with late registration available for over 2 more hours, it looks like this will be a very busy start to what promises to be a fantastic festival.
So… welcome to all of the players, and good luck!
There’s a new festival on the agenda at Playground Poker Club
designed to liven up the winter with some hot poker action! The
Playground Winter Festival gets underway on February 27th with a
4-Day-1 Re-entry event ($100K Guaranteed), to be followed by 14
other events including the $1,100 Main
Event with a $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool!
The Main Event starts on Friday, March 6th and features 2 Day
1s (Next-Day Re-entry) and will play out though Day 4 on Tuesday
March 10th when a winner will be crowned. Other events in the
festival include a $300 + $30 2-Day event, a mixed Hold’em/Omaha
event, and a $200 + $20 Survivor tourney. The festival wraps up
with a $90 + $10 + $25 Bounty event on March 10th.
Live satellites at Playground start on February 8th and
continue every Sunday at 8pm until the festival opens. Rotating
between a $50 + $10 Rebuy/Add-on format and a $100 + $10 Re-entry
format, each Sunday satellite will guarantee 3 seats! There will
also be satellites at 8pm on Thursday nights starting on February
12th, each with 3 seats guaranteed.
During the festival there will be 6 additional Main Event
Satellites, including three on Thursday March 5th alone, the day
before the Main Event gets underway. The 8pm Satellite is
particularly interesting for players – there are an incredible 20
seats guaranteed!
