March Power Weekend News

Event #6 champion: Jean-Francois M

2018/03/27 - 4:21 by Shawn McCrory

Event #6 capped off the March Power Weekend with yet another big turnout. The final tournament of the series, the $200 + $30 + $100 NL Hold’em 6-Max Bounty, brought out 131 players, enough to easily surpass the $30,000.00 guarantee.

The early levels played out like many bounty tournaments: the action was loose and aggressive as players tried their best to capture as many $100 bounty chips as possible. Following the first break, the tournament took on a different character altogether – the deep stacks and huge prize pool encouraged players to control the size of the pots in their efforts to make a deep run into the money. This trend continued all the way to the money bubble when play slowed down dramatically.

The hand-for-hand play on the bubble lasted for nearly an hour as the short stacks in the field were doubled up when facing elimination on four separate occasions. The long bubble seemed to exhaust the players’ patience because immediately after it burst there was a quick succession of bust outs that brought about the final table faster than anyone expected.

Upon reaching the final table, the players agreed to an ICM chop of the prize pool that secured everyone a healthy profit for the evening. From there, the action went crazy as players moved all-in, blind in some cases, happy to flip for the remaining $500.

The dynamics changed once again when all but two players, Jean-Francois M and Cedric Quenneville, had been eliminated. The two finalists changed gears and played a brief heads-up match until two strong hands clashed and a winner was ultimately decided.

Event #6 champion: Jean-Francois M – $5,500

Last hand of play:

The Playground 200 Champion: Grant Ellis

2018/03/27 - 2:51 by Jôle Simard

After five days of intense poker action, the Playground 200 came to a close. The tournament was the showcase event of the March Power Weekend, and was a tremendous success. The $100,000 guarantee promised 500 entries, but after the online Day 1 and all 3 live day 1s were completed, a total of 750 entries had taken place, building a prize pool of almost 50% over the expectation.

Day 2 started at 12:00pm on Sunday with 157 players at the tables. 94 of them were to get paid, and after ten 40-minute levels, 23 players were bagging their chips onto tonight’s Day 3.

The evening started with Joël Giguère in the lead. Giguère did not see many good hands, and although his stack was slowly growing, the average was catching up to him. He lost his lead pretty early when Dan Edery enjoyed a sudden boost. Edery kept the lead for a while, until Karl Sahyouni took it on the final table from him with a set of aces.

This was the first of a series of blows that caused the fall of Dan Edery. Joël Giguère was opposed to deal-making, and when he was eliminated in 5th place, the last 4 quickly started talking. They came to an agreement and adjusted the remaining payouts, and when Alex Barbosa left in 4th, the last 3 chopped the pool evenly, keeping 3K aside for the winner.

After that, play loosened up considerably, displaying all kinds of wild action, including playing blind, and looking at only one card. This state of things got Makan Salimi to punt quite a bit of chips, and he went out in 3rd, good for $16,160.

Salimi was the one who introduced the blind action to the table, but his legacy survived him. Grant Ellis and Karl Sahyouni, happy with their secured amount, were willing to roll the dice for the extra money, and they did. In the end, Ellis got all the chips, and took the extra pay.

Congratulations to all!

Our Playground 200 Champion: Grant Ellis – $19,160.00

Runner-up: Karl Sahyouni – $16,160.00

3rd place: Makan Salimi – $16,160.00

Last hand of play:

The Seven Survivors

2018/03/26 - 19:20 by

After just over 6 hours of play, and with a hint of contention as players asked for – and others refused – deals at the final table, the 7 survivors have emerged in the March edition of the Playground Power Weekend’s Event #5. The tournament was a $70 + $10 NL Hold’em Survivor event that attracted 62 players and generated a prize pool of $4,210.00. This meant that everyone took home $601 for the efforts on the day.

Here are your final 7 survivors.

Rank \| Pos	First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Name	Prize \| Bourse
1	Luc	Aube	$601.00
1	Jonathan	Brown	$601.00
1	Maxime	Laberge	$601.00
1	Gilles	Monahan	$601.00
1	Michael	Monteleone	$601.00
1	Randy	Ordway	$601.00
1	Samuel	Pouliot	$601.00

Event #4 champion: Robert Ouellette

2018/03/26 - 5:45 by Shawn McCrory

Tonight’s edition of the 50/50 Bounty, Event #4 of the March Power Weekend, lived up to its billing and was a huge success. This tournament brought out 195 runners, building a prize pool that easily surpassed the $20,000 guarantee.

Tonight’s action went through two distinct phases; the first can be simply described as bounty hunting. In the early levels, the players were taking every opportunity to chase down their opponents and the all-ins provided more incentive to call than to fold, regardless of the hole cards involved. The second phase offered a stark contrast; it was all about laddering up. With 25 places paid, there was a huge gap between top and bottom of the prize list so throughout the final three tables the players tightened up and held on to every chip dearly in their efforts to get close to the big money.

Tonight’s champion, Robert Ouellette, went on a magical run this evening. His timing was exceptional, allowing him to get maximum value and multiple bounty chips on numerous occasions, giving him the chip lead most of the evening. After the final 6 players agreed to an ICM chop at the final table, Ouellette took the largest share of the prize pool and he soon found himself heads-up against Michael Fitzpatrick. They had a back-and-forth heads-up battle, but it didn’t take long for Ouellette to finally dispatch his last opponent.

Ouellette’s own words foreshadowed the end result: “It’s my night!”

Event #4 Champion: Robert Ouellette – $3,900

Last hand of play:

Day 2: all qualifiers merge

2018/03/25 - 11:54 by Jôle Simard

Today is a very exciting day at Playground Poker Club. In a few minutes, Day 2 of the Playground 200 will get underway, with qualifiers from 4 Day 1s merging in the tournament hall. These runners will battle it out for a share of the amazing $145,932 prize pool that was generated by the 750 entries that were placed in this edition of the Playground 200.

157 players will be at the starting line today, and with 94 payouts, nearly two thirds of these runners will get paid. Ten levels of 40 minutes are on today’s schedule, after which the survivors will bag their chips and return tomorrow night at 7:00pm for Day 3 and the conclusion of The March Power Weekend.

Here is a look at the payout structure:

Rank \| Pos	Prize \| Bourse
1st	$26,262.00
2nd	$18,490.00
3rd	$11,920.00
4th	$8,810.00
5th	$6,730.00
6th	$5,330.00
7th	$4,410.00
8th	$3,510.00
9th	$2,640.00
10th-12th	$2,180.00
13th-15th	$1,740.00
16th-18th	$1,440.00
19th-21st	$1,180.00
22nd-24th	$1,000.00
25th-27th	$840.00
28th-36th	$680.00
37th-45th	$600.00
46th-54th	$530.00
55th-63rd	$480.00
64th-72nd	$440.00
73rd-81st	$400.00
82nd-90th	$360.00
91st-94th	$320.00

Playground 200 Day 2 seating draw (with counts)

2018/03/24 - 20:05 by

With a total of 750 entries, the Playground 200 in the March Power Weekend blew past the $100,000 guarantee by a full 50%, setting up a terrific Day 2 and Day 3 in the tournament. Of the 750 entries, 157 players are still in the tournament and will begin play at 12:00pm tomorrow – High Noon – to continue play. The prize pool hasn’t been released yet by tournament staff, but it’s a sure thing that the money bubble will be reached tomorrow on Day 2, as play will continue for 10 40-minute levels tomorrow.

The chip leader to start the day is the leader from Day 1A, Jerry Joseph Jaber, and is followed by Anderson Frank-Graham, from the same flight. The online Day 1 leader, Mat Aymerich, will start in 12th position by chip count on Day 2.

Good luck to everyone on Day 2!

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Seat \| Siège	Stack \| Tapis
Normand	Loyer	Table 49 - Seat 1	97,500
Mingzhe	Zhang	Table 49 - Seat 2	83,500
Joakim	Beaupre	Table 49 - Seat 3	43,500
Claire	Ferdinando	Table 49 - Seat 4	13,500
Rasvan	Rimniceanu	Table 49 - Seat 5	44,500
Anthony	Khoury	Table 49 - Seat 6	76,000
Konstantinos	Fotopoulos	Table 49 - Seat 7	146,500
Alex	Barbosa	Table 49 - Seat 8	150,000
Kurtis Lee David	Brooks	Table 49 - Seat 9	206,500
Michael	Cohen	Table 50 - Seat 1	127,500
Martin	Gelinas	Table 50 - Seat 2	65,000
Makan	Salimi	Table 50 - Seat 3	181,500
Paul	El-Khouri	Table 50 - Seat 4	56,500
Robert	Cohen	Table 50 - Seat 5	215,500
Ken	Ransom	Table 50 - Seat 6	102,500
Miguel	Goncalo	Table 50 - Seat 7	202,000
Maxime	Flibotte-Blanchard	Table 50 - Seat 8	4,000
Antoine	Sankari	Table 50 - Seat 9	71,500
Paul	Bertrand	Table 51 - Seat 1	180,500
Alexandre	Boyer	Table 51 - Seat 2	80,500
Joseph	Macaluso	Table 51 - Seat 3	90,500
Anderson	Frank-Graham	Table 51 - Seat 4	293,000
Eric	Ranger	Table 51 - Seat 5	58,500
Elvira	Popescu	Table 51 - Seat 6	33,000
Bao Ngoc	Phu	Table 51 - Seat 7	145,000
Rottanak	Ly	Table 51 - Seat 9	126,000
Michael	Tremblay	Table 52 - Seat 1	80,500
Richard	Moreau	Table 52 - Seat 2	271,000
Justin	Gibson	Table 52 - Seat 3	81,000
Alberto	Scuderi	Table 52 - Seat 4	140,000
Monica	Du	Table 52 - Seat 5	93,000
Mathieu	Aymerich	Table 52 - Seat 6	232,000
Randy L	Ordway	Table 52 - Seat 7	169,000
Raphael	Bernard	Table 52 - Seat 8	70,500
Veasna	Nun	Table 52 - Seat 9	48,000
Joel	Giguere	Table 53 - Seat 1	251,000
Franco	Sicondolfi	Table 53 - Seat 2	199,000
Brent A	Bidan	Table 53 - Seat 3	118,000
Rocky	Orton	Table 53 - Seat 4	57,000
Vsevolod	Malamud	Table 53 - Seat 5	222,000
Jean-Francois	Lescadres	Table 53 - Seat 6	132,500
Ryan	Jensen	Table 53 - Seat 7	95,500
Nabil	Nahoul	Table 53 - Seat 8	124,000
Bill	Kontaratos	Table 53 - Seat 9	91,000
Evgenij	Berezov	Table 54 - Seat 1	215,500
Donald	Abdelhay	Table 54 - Seat 2	89,000
Christopher	Auger Bergeron	Table 54 - Seat 3	200,000
Albert	Nguyen	Table 54 - Seat 4	116,500
Tanvir	Ahmed	Table 54 - Seat 6	211,000
Kiril Martinov	Gelev	Table 54 - Seat 7	60,000
Andrii	Grynechko	Table 54 - Seat 8	31,500
Jean Maurice	Lauzon	Table 54 - Seat 9	66,000
Denis	Quirion	Table 55 - Seat 1	171,000
Azizul	Haque	Table 55 - Seat 2	180,000
Marcello	Simonetti	Table 55 - Seat 3	62,500
Michel	St-Jean	Table 55 - Seat 4	113,500
Pierre	Gauthier	Table 55 - Seat 5	87,500
Marilou	Groulx-Vermeulen	Table 55 - Seat 6	53,500
Serge	Grenier	Table 55 - Seat 7	46,000
Rohit	K	Table 55 - Seat 8	106,000
Sebastien	Brazeau	Table 55 - Seat 9	164,500
Marcel Andre	Peroval	Table 56 - Seat 1	95,000
Mark	Guerbilsky	Table 56 - Seat 2	69,000
Fadi	Haddad	Table 56 - Seat 3	46,500
Jacob Daniel	Lafleur	Table 56 - Seat 4	190,000
Chen	Turjeman	Table 56 - Seat 5	222,000
Daniel	Leddy	Table 56 - Seat 6	128,500
Ibrahim Sami	Kaddour	Table 56 - Seat 7	220,500
James	Reinhart	Table 56 - Seat 8	53,000
Shailesh	Patel	Table 56 - Seat 9	140,000
Jerry Joseph	Jaber	Table 57 - Seat 1	316,000
Karim	Hamdani	Table 57 - Seat 2	81,500
Pierre	Lauze	Table 57 - Seat 3	117,000
George	Ciucuireanu	Table 57 - Seat 4	264,500
Sebastien	Drolet-Poitras	Table 57 - Seat 5	170,000
Tommy	Coulombe	Table 57 - Seat 6	190,000
Patrick	Charron	Table 57 - Seat 7	71,000
Nadiya	Aifaoui	Table 57 - Seat 8	67,500
Jonathan	Cote	Table 57 - Seat 9	70,000
Priam	Syllion	Table 58 - Seat 1	166,000
Jean-Pascal	Gauthier	Table 58 - Seat 2	209,000
Andy	D'Alessandro	Table 58 - Seat 3	48,500
Brent	McCue	Table 58 - Seat 4	111,000
Daune	Fernandez	Table 58 - Seat 5	45,000
Arman	Bosnakyan	Table 58 - Seat 6	64,000
Karl	Sahyouni	Table 58 - Seat 7	248,500
David	Lejeune	Table 58 - Seat 8	149,100
Ayo	Smith	Table 58 - Seat 9	57,000
Co	Tran	Table 61 - Seat 1	207,500
Dan	Edery	Table 61 - Seat 2	290,500
Jean	Morency	Table 61 - Seat 3	84,500
Richard	Barlow	Table 61 - Seat 4	22,000
Sherif	Saad	Table 61 - Seat 5	174,000
Stephen	Caplan	Table 61 - Seat 6	95,500
Michael	Mckinnon	Table 61 - Seat 7	71,500
Cristian	Radita	Table 61 - Seat 8	52,000
Rene	Fortin	Table 61 - Seat 9	166,500
Maxime	Laberge	Table 62 - Seat 1	262,500
Darryl	Mah	Table 62 - Seat 2	53,000
Tam	Ho	Table 62 - Seat 3	277,500
Colin	Scheckman	Table 62 - Seat 4	94,500
Eric W	Davis	Table 62 - Seat 5	88,500
Jocelyn	Poirier	Table 62 - Seat 6	142,500
Mitcheal	Ferguson	Table 62 - Seat 7	79,000
Pascal	Monarque	Table 62 - Seat 8	285,000
Eric	Moniquier	Table 62 - Seat 9	98,500
Jason	So	Table 64 - Seat 1	52,000
Daniel	Le	Table 64 - Seat 2	91,500
Catherine	Graves	Table 64 - Seat 3	230,000
Brigitte	Metivier	Table 64 - Seat 4	172,500
Jeremy	Bertrand	Table 64 - Seat 5	61,500
Dario	S	Table 64 - Seat 6	123,000
Vasile	Cozma	Table 64 - Seat 7	145,000
Robert	Riendeau	Table 64 - Seat 8	77,500
Andrew	Dufresne	Table 64 - Seat 9	62,500
Yannick	Labattaglia	Table 65 - Seat 1	75,000
Michael	Monteleone	Table 65 - Seat 2	72,500
Eric	Despres	Table 65 - Seat 3	114,500
Andre	Vezina	Table 65 - Seat 5	46,500
Adam	Cader	Table 65 - Seat 6	62,000
Robert	Mcknight	Table 65 - Seat 7	38,000
Majid	Khajed Hosseini	Table 65 - Seat 8	116,500
Tommy	Dion	Table 65 - Seat 9	72,000
Gregory	Feuz	Table 66 - Seat 1	70,000
Joey	Mccomber	Table 66 - Seat 2	201,500
Pauline	Briand	Table 66 - Seat 4	66,000
Frederic	Normand	Table 66 - Seat 5	29,500
Jean-Philippe	Lehoux	Table 66 - Seat 6	49,500
Gabriel	Lessard	Table 66 - Seat 7	89,500
Eric	Leblond	Table 66 - Seat 8	130,500
Brenda Mary	Blackburn	Table 66 - Seat 9	92,500
Patrick	Williams	Table 68 - Seat 1	58,000
Mina	Mourad	Table 68 - Seat 2	61,000
Isham	Yamani	Table 68 - Seat 3	229,000
Romeo	Godin	Table 68 - Seat 4	122,500
Hassan	Mohammad	Table 68 - Seat 6	126,500
Kevin Mark	Proctor	Table 68 - Seat 7	94,500
Maxime-Olivier	Sevegny	Table 68 - Seat 8	67,000
David	Jalbert	Table 68 - Seat 9	123,000
Simon	Rochefort	Table 69 - Seat 1	123,500
Robert	Dagenais	Table 69 - Seat 2	137,000
Cole	Cross-Lusignan	Table 69 - Seat 3	167,000
Benjamin	Lauzon	Table 69 - Seat 4	95,500
William	Wammes	Table 69 - Seat 5	74,000
Vincent Attilio	Laise	Table 69 - Seat 6	66,000
Julien	Landry	Table 69 - Seat 7	48,500
James	Cooke	Table 69 - Seat 8	90,000
Joseph	Crivello	Table 69 - Seat 9	33,500
Grant	Ellis	Table 70 - Seat 1	239,000
Gabriel	Desrochers-Tasse	Table 70 - Seat 2	73,000
Etienne	Lanteigne	Table 70 - Seat 3	175,000
James	Fry	Table 70 - Seat 4	93,000
Robert	Di Trapani	Table 70 - Seat 5	191,000
Yves	Plante	Table 70 - Seat 6	55,500
Vera	G	Table 70 - Seat 7	95,500
Joseph	Sabbah	Table 70 - Seat 8	151,500
Jean-Francois	Stoycheff	Table 70 - Seat 9	83,500