Registration just closed in Event 14, and a total of 100 players made their way down to Canada’s premier poker destination to try and win themselves a Playground Poker Spring Classic bracelet, and of course the cash prize that accompanies it.
We will be publishing the prize pool information and payout structure shortly.
Registration has climbed up to 90 players here in Event 14 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic, and registration is still open for another 30 minutes or so.
Photographs from levels 2-3-4:
Here is an update on the leaderboard of the Second Chance Event, as play is on break between levels 9 and 10:
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Name,Chip Count [attr sort=desc]
Steven Buckner,”94,000″
Nicholas Palma,”129,000″
Geoffrey McNeely,”134,000″
Behram Antia,”92,500″
Danny Boyaci,”107,000″
Robert Logan Dunn,”93,500″
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Photographs from levels 8-9:
The TD here at Playground Poker Club has just announced the start of Event 14, a $300 + $30 Freeze No Limit Hold’em tournament which is part of the Playground Poker Spring Classic.
This is a one-day bracelet event with 20-minute levels, and players will receive 25,000 to start. Late registration will be available through until the end of the first break, or roughly 9:55pm tonight.
Good luck to everyone playing in this event!
Pascal Lefrancois
We’ve just completed the last level of Day 3, and the 15 remaining players are currently bagging their chips onto Day 4, scheduled tomorrow at 12pm. Samuel Besrat Tsehai is coming back as the tournament chip leader, as he bagged 1,520,000 in chips. Not far behind are Sheraz Nasir (1,207,000) and Trevor Delaney (1,141,000).
The tournament will play down until we have our WPT Canadian Spring Championship final table of 6 players during Day 4, and those 6 will return for the conclusion on Day 5.
In a few moments we will publish the full list of player-reported chip counts, as well as the new seating assignment for Day 4.
Photographs from level 22:
492k back tomorrow with 15 left #WPTCSC
— Ed Campion (@EdCampion1) May 4, 2015
15 players left, on to day 4. #WPTMontreal
— Dylan Wilkerson (@DylanWilkerson) May 4, 2015
538k at 10k- 20k, 15 left #WPTMontreal #fiscalisation
— Pascal Lefrancois (@Pass_Lefrancois) May 5, 2015
Will Molson was under 10BB when he was dealt 
in middle position. He decided to move in with the hand, but he was quickly followed by an all-in from John Krpan, one seat to his left. Everyone else got out of the way, and Will saw he was in big trouble once the hands were tabled, as he was up against the 
of John.
The board ( 
) didn’t bring any help to Will, who was eliminated in 16th place.
16th place: Will Molson – $12,090
Johnathan opened from middle position, and was 3bet to 84,000 by Gary Lucci in the small blind. He opted for the 4bet all-in for 414,000, forcing Gary into the tank. After a moment, the call was made, and the hands were tabled.
Johnathan: 
Gary: 
Johnathan had a strong flop, and rivered the nuts as the board read 
, leaving Gary with around 400,000 behind.
Former chipleader and 7-time WSOP-Ring winner Ari Engel was just knocked out of the WPT Canadian Spring Championship in 17th place by Samuel Bisrat Tsehai.
Ari raised from the cutoff to 36,000, and was face with a 3bet to 101,000 from Samuel in the small blind. Ari replied with a 4bet to 310,000, and the made the call for the rest of his chips after Samuel 5bet shoved.
Ari: 
Samuel: 
Ari couldn’t catch up on the 
board, ending his run in 17th place.
17th place: Ari Engel – $12,090
Ari Engel
Yves Loiselle moved all-in for 103,000 from early position, and Senthuran Vijayaratnam made the call from middle position. Jeff Gross, next to act, reraised all-in for a total of 175,000, and play folded around back to Senthuran, who called the difference.
Yves: 
Senthuran:
Jeff: 
Yves was chanting for a queen or an ace after the dealer brought a flop of 
, but the running cards brought two bricks, a 
and a 
, eliminating Yves in 18th place. Jeff climbed to over 475,000 after the hand, bringing him back in contention in this WPT Canadian Spring Championship.
18th place: Yves Loiselle – $12,090
Late registration is now closed in the Second Chance event, and a total of 85 players took their seats to participate in this star-studded event. We will release the prizepool information very shortly, as well as the payout structure.
Here are the current chip leaders after 6 levels of play:
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Name,Chip Count [attr sort=desc]
Franco Amorelli,”103,000″
Quyen Dao,”74,000″
Paul Petten,”89,500″
Joseph Abou Khalil,”78,000″
Chris McClung,”75,000″
Thomas Lefort,”62,000″
Geoffrey McNeely,”62,500″
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