Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015

Eric Afriat finishes atop Day 1B

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After all was said and done in Day 1B of the WPT Canadian Spring Championship, 102 players bagged chips onto Day 2. Sitting atop the leaderboard for the day is Eric Afriat, who bagged 212,200 chips for the day. His stack trails the leaders of Day 1A, and so it is still Mike Leah (265,300 in chips) who is in charge overall heading into Day 2.

Jason Duval also accumulated a healthy stack, as he will be bringing 188,400 back to the tables tomorrow. Not far behind are Kevin Singh (187,700), Kevin Lee Sharp (159,000), Nicholas Naccarato (141,900), Louis Boutin (135,300), Darryll Fish (130,200), Marvin Rettenmaier (134,700), Vlad Faubert (126,800) and Laurence Grondin (126,400).

We will be publishing the full list of player-reported chip counts, as well as the seating assignments for Day 2, in a matter of moments.

Just as a reminder, Day 2 is scheduled for 12pm tomorrow, May 3rd.

Day 1B nearing it’s end

  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1K
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 67.5K
  • Remaining: 104
  • Entries: 234


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    Day 1B of the WPT Canadian Spring Championship is nearing it’s end, as the board only shows a few minutes left to this last level of the day. There are many familiar faces atop the leaderboard, as Jason Duval, Laurence Grondin, Vlad Faubert, Eric Afriat, Darryll Fish and Marvin Rettenmaier, amongst others, have managed to accumulate impressive stacks so far today.

    Shortly after the players have bagged and tagged their chips, we will be publishing the full list of player-reported chip counts, as well as the seating assignments for tomorrow’s Day 2, which is scheduled at 12pm.

    WPT Canadian Spring Championship – Prize Pool & Payout Structure

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    The WPT Canadian Spring Championship is a $3,200 + $300 No Limit Hold’em Event, and is the feature event of the Playground Poker Spring Classic, presented by partypoker.net. The tournament began on May 1st, 2015 at 11am, and is a 5-day tournament with two starting flights, ending on May 6th, 2015. There were a total of 370 players across the two starting flights, adding up to a total prize pool of $1,148,480.00! This will be distributed according to the following table. Note that the winner will also be receiving an entry to the WPT World Championship Event, worth US$15,400.

    [eztable width=”40%” tablesorter=”0″ colalign=”left|right”]
    Finish,Prize
    1,”$237,390.00″ + entry to WPT World Championship
    2,”$166,402.00″
    3,”$106,820.00″
    4,”$79,130.00″
    5,”$59,340.00″
    6,”$47,470.00″
    7,”$39,560.00″
    8,”$31,650.00″
    9,”$23,730.00″
    10,”$17,290.00″
    11,”$17,290.00″
    12,”$17,290.00″
    13,”$14,130.00″
    14,”$14,130.00″
    15,”$14,130.00″
    16,”$12,090.00″
    17,”$12,090.00″
    18,”$12,090.00″
    19,”$10,620.00″
    20,”$10,620.00″
    21,”$10,620.00″
    22,”$9,490.00″
    23,”$9,490.00″
    24,”$9,490.00″
    25,”$8,360.00″
    26,”$8,360.00″
    27,”$8,360.00″
    28,”$7,340.00″
    29,”$7,340.00″
    30,”$7,340.00″
    31,”$7,340.00″
    32,”$7,340.00″
    33,”$7,340.00″
    34,”$7,340.00″
    35,”$7,340.00″
    36,”$7,340.00″
    37,”$6,330.00″
    38,”$6,330.00″
    39,”$6,330.00″
    40,”$6,330.00″
    41,”$6,330.00″
    42,”$6,330.00″
    43,”$6,330.00″
    44,”$6,330.00″
    45,”$6,330.00″
    [/eztable]

    ‘3 Lives’ sees 123 entries

  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 200
  • Big Blind: 400
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 31.5K
  • Remaining: 117
  • Entries: 123


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    Late registration is now closed, and Event 11 saw a total of 123 players take their seats in this 1-day tournament.

    Photographs from levels 3-4:

    Leaders after 8 levels

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 52.8K
  • Remaining: 133
  • Entries: 234


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    TJ Ulmer

    While the players were on a short break following level 8, we did some quick chips counts to find our leader board. Here are the (approximate) chips counts of the current leaders:

    [eztable width=40% colwidth=60%|40% colalign=left|left]
    Name,Chips [attr sort=desc]
    Laurence Grondin,”136,000″
    Dave Graham,”133,000″
    Kyle Chang,”125,000″
    Francis Billard,”120,000″
    Kevin Lee Sharp,”112,500″
    Jason Duval,”112,000″
    Michael Paul Stone,”112,000″
    Tanveer Dhanjal,”110,000″
    Garry Lucci,”104,000″
    Guillaume Rivet,”102,500″
    Ian Crnogorac,”102,000″
    Etienne Leduc,”100,000″
    [/eztable]
    Photographs from levels 7-8:

    ‘3 Lives’ Event kicks off!

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    Event 11 – $200 + $20 ‘3 Lives’ No Limit Hold’em – has just begun, and as this follows a ‘3 Lives’ formula, players will be given 3 tokens at the start of the tournament, each worth $T 10,000. They can then chose how many of them they want to start with, and will have up to the first break to use them as they see fit. At any point in between hands, they can exchange them for chips, that is until the first break arrives, where the remaining tokens are forced into play.

    Late registration will remain open through until the end of the first break, or roughly 9:35pm.

    See you on the felts!

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    Dinner break promotions with partypoker.net

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    While players of the WPT Canadian Spring Championship were on dinner break, partypoker.net had an exciting surprise organized in honour of the Mayweather vs Pacquiao match tonight, as they brought some oversized boxing gloves and matched up some of the players from the field against each other! We saw Maximilian Droeger, Marvin Rettenmaier, Maxime Swennen and Gary Josefczyk take turns against each other. Once the players were done battling it out, some of the Royal Flush girls couldn’t help themselves but jump in and throw some swings at each other as well!

    At the end of the dinner break, partypoker.net also announced the current chip leader of Day 1B, and it was Dave Graham and his 127,000 in chips who claimed this title, earning himself a pair of partypoker.net Monster DNA headphones! Congratulations!

    Dave Graham wins a pair of partypoker.net Monster DNA headphones

    Dave Graham wins a pair of partypoker.net Monster DNA headphones

    Leah in the lead with one level to go

  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1K
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 72.9K
  • Remaining: 56
  • Entries: 136


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    Mike Leah

    Mike Leah has been steadily chipping up his stack throughout this Day 1A of the WPT Canadian Spring Championship, and is currently sitting atop the leaderboard entering this last level of play of the day, holding a stack slightly above the 250,000 mark.

    Shortly after players have bagged and tagged their chips, we will be publishing the full list of player-report chip counts from this flight.

    Mike Leah

    Mike Leah

    Mclaughlin springs up the leaderboard

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 64.8K
  • Remaining: 63
  • Entries: 136


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    Marc Etienne Mclaughlin

    We just witnessed a hand that put Marc Etienne Mclaughlin amongst the chipleaders.

    It all started with a raise from Diana Shamshoum to 2,200 from under the gun. Marc Etienne made the call from the cutoff, and Quyen Dao then 3bet to 9,000 from the small blind. Diana got out of the way, and Marc Etienne put in a 4bet to 18,500. Quyen threw in some calling chips, and they were heads-up to the flop.

    Flop: 3 of Diamonds 2 of Hearts 8 of Diamonds

    Quyen, first to act, check-called Marc Etienne’s bet of 15,500.

    Turn: 6 of Hearts

    Quyen checked, and this time Marc Etienne wagered the rest of his chips, a total of 53,500. Quyen tanked for a few minutes, murmuring to himself, before finally committing the chips.

    Marc Etienne: Ace of Clubs Ace of Diamonds

    Quyen: Jack of Hearts Jack of Diamonds

    Quyen had but two outs that could save him, but the river Ace of Spades only improved Marc Etienne’s hand, who collected a pot worth almost 180,000!

    Marc Etienne Mclaughlin

    Marc Etienne Mclaughlin

    Last break of the day

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 55.9K
  • Remaining: 73
  • Entries: 136


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    The players are taking their last break of the day, and will play for two more 1-hour levels before bagging and tagging for Day 2. We took this time to update the leaderboard, and here are the current leaders:

    [eztable width=40% colwidth=60%|40% colalign=left|left]
    Name,Chips [attr sort=desc]
    Danny Lauzon,”110,500″
    Robert Petronio,”97,500″
    Sheraz Nasir,”94,000″
    Quyen Dao,”119,000″
    Marc Etienne Mclaughlin,”89,000″
    Ratharam Sivagnanam,”126,000″
    Matthew Bugley,”90,000″
    Angelo Cusinato,”152,000″
    Jason James,”90,500″
    Ping Lin,”97,000″
    Mike Leah,”124,000″
    [/eztable]

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    Angelo Cusinato