Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015

Senthuran cripples Afriat

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 792.9K
  • Remaining: 14
  • Entries: 370


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    With 241,000 to his name, Senthuran Vijayaratnam was facing an unopened pot on the button and pulled the trigger, announcing all-in. Eric Afriat made the call from the small blind, and Gary Lucci folded his big blind.

    Senthuran: 10 of Hearts 10 of Diamonds

    Eric: Ace of Hearts Jack of Diamonds

    Eric couldn’t catch up on the 2 of Hearts 8 of Hearts King of Diamonds 9 of Clubs 8 of Spades board, and was crippled to 12,000 in the process.

    Eric folded the next hand, losing 3,000 due to the ante, and was all-in on the following hand. His King of Diamonds 5 of Spades made top pair, and was good versus three other opponents to win a pot of 45,000.

    Senthuran Vijayaratnam

    Senthuran Vijayaratnam

    Wilkerson doubles through Zhang

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 792.9K
  • Remaining: 14
  • Entries: 370


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    Dylan Wilkerson opened from the button, and was faced with a 3bet from Lu Zhang to 112,000. Dylan opted for the 4bet all-in, a total of 437,000, forcing Lu into the tank. She made the call after a a little hesitation, and their hands were tabled.

    Dylan: Queen of Hearts Jack of Hearts

    Lu: Ace of Diamonds 10 of Clubs

    Dylan caught just enough on the river to score the double up, as the board read King of Clubs King of Spades 6 of Spades 4 of Diamonds Jack of Diamonds.

    Dylan Wilkerson

    Dylan Wilkerson

    Zhang chips up

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 792.9K
  • Remaining: 14
  • Entries: 370


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    Lu Zhang opened to 45,000 from utg +1, and found a call from Samuel Bisrat Tsehai in the cutoff, and Trevor Delaney in the big blind. Trevor donk-bet 62,000 on the 8 of Hearts 5 of Spades 4 of Clubs flop, and was called only by Lu. Heads-up on the turn, Trevor checked the Queen of Spades, and called the 82,000 bet of Lu. When the river pealed the 6 of Spades, Trevor lead out for 102,000, and quickly called the raise to 327,000 by Lu.

    He mucked his hand when Lu tabled Ace of Clubs 7 of Clubs for the straight, announcing he caught two-pair on the river with 64.

    Lu Zhang

    Lu Zhang

    Gross doubles up

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 740K
  • Remaining: 14
  • Entries: 370


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    Jeff Gross was down to 166,000 when he moved in from middle position. Edmund Campion went all-in over the top from the button, holding a stack of 377,000, and the two found themselves heads-up.

    Jeff: King of Clubs 9 of Clubs

    Edmund: Ace of Hearts Queen of Spades

    Jeff spiked two-pairs on the flop, and went on to double up on the 6 of Spades King of Diamonds 9 of Spades 2 of Hearts 5 of Hearts board.

    Jeff Gross

    Jeff Gross

    WPT Canadian Spring Champions resumes with Day 4

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 740K
  • Remaining: 15
  • Entries: 370


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    Samuel Bisrat Tsehai

    Day 4 is just about set here for the partypoker.net WPT Canadian Spring Championship at Playground Poker Club, and 15 players are back and ready to win! Play will go on until we’ve reached our final table of 6 players, with the conclusion of the Event schedule tomorrow at 12pm.

    Samuel Bisrat Tsehai is returning as the chip leader, as he bagged a total of 1,520,000 chips last night. Still in the mix are WPT Champions Club member Eric Afriat (765,000), WSOP-Bracelet winner and WPT Montreal 2012 runner-up Pascal Lefrancois (538,000) and Playground Players Club member Jeff Gross (299,000), who finished 3rd in the same WPT Montreal 2012. However every player left in the field has proven to have a serious set of skills, and this tournament is really anyones game at the moment.

    The cards will be in the air at 12pm sharp, and we will be bringing you up to date coverage throughout the day.

    Good luck to the remaining players!

    Event 14 – Prize Pool & Payouts

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    Event 14 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic, presented by partypoker.net, is a $300 + $30 No Limit Hold’em Freeze. This one-day tournament began on May 4th, 2015, at 8pm. A total of 100 players took their seats, resulting in a prize pool of $29,100.00, which will be distributed according to the following table.

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    Finish,Prize
    1,”$7,500.00″
    2,”$5,500.00″
    3,”$4,200.00″
    4,”$3,200.00″
    5,”$2,500.00″
    6,”$1,900.00″
    7,”$1,400.00″
    8,”$1,050.00″
    9,”$750.00″
    10,”$550.00″
    11,”$550.00″
    [/eztable]

    Last moments of Day 1

  • Level: 13
  • Small Blind: 1K
  • Big Blind: 2K
  • Ante: 300
  • Chip Average: 111.8K
  • Remaining: 19
  • Entries: 85


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    The clock has almost run out here in Day 1 of the Second Chance Event, and our TD has just announced the last 4 hands of the night. Once all tables have completed these final hands, the remaining players will bag and tag their chips onto Day 2, which is scheduled for 1pm tomorrow afternoon.

    Shortly after all players have bagged, we will be publishing the full list of player-reported chips counts, as well as the official seating assignments for Day 2.

    Photo update

  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1K
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 38.5K
  • Remaining: 65
  • Entries: 100


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    Photographs from levels 8-9:

    Final 3 tables

  • Level: 12
  • Small Blind: 800
  • Big Blind: 1.6K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 78.7K
  • Remaining: 27
  • Entries: 85


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    Players of Event 13 – Second Chance – are shifting seats now, as the field has dropped to it’s final 3 tables, and this brings on a full seating redraw. Here are the new seating assignments:

    Table 53

    Seat 1. Ko Maddock
    Seat 2. Danny Boyaci
    Seat 3. Steven Buckner
    Seat 4. Dejan Kovinic
    Seat 5. Quyen Dao
    Seat 6. Michael Tieu
    Seat 7. Jean-Francois Marin
    Seat 8. Jason Conforti
    Seat 9. Andrew Hinrichsen

    Table 54

    Seat 1. Jeffrey Clouthier
    Seat 2. Nicholas Palma
    Seat 3. Franco Amorelli
    Seat 4. Paul Petten
    Seat 5. Geoffrey McNeely
    Seat 6. Philip Richard Elliot
    Seat 7. Robert Logan Dunn
    Seat 8. Thomas Lefort
    Seat 9. Guillaume Rivet

    Table 57

    Seat 1. Dave Graham
    Seat 2. James Gall
    Seat 3. Charles-Eric Benoit
    Seat 4. Joseph Abou Khalil
    Seat 5. Jason Duval
    Seat 6. Behram Antia
    Seat 7. HongKong Nguyen
    Seat 8. Ratharam Sivignanam
    Seat 9. Chris McClung

    Leaders at the last break of the night

  • Level: 12
  • Small Blind: 800
  • Big Blind: 1.6K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 75.9K
  • Remaining: 28
  • Entries: 85


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    Event 13 is returning from it’s last break of the night, which means players have 2 more 45-minutes levels left to complete before taking a break until tomorrow. 28 players remain, and in one more elimination we will do a full seating redraw.

    Here are the current leaders:

    [eztable width=40% colwidth=60%|40% colalign=left|left]
    Name,Chip Count [attr sort=desc]
    Ratharam Sivagnanam,”162,000″
    Geoffrey McNeely,”200,500″
    Jason Conforti,”114,000″
    Steven Buckner,”128,000″
    Philip Richard Elliot,”105,500″
    Behram Antia,”147,000″
    Andrew Hinrichsen,”117,000″
    Robert Logan Dunn,”159,000″
    [/eztable]