Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015

partypoker.net WPT Canadian Spring Championship – Results & Payouts

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The WPT Canadian Spring Championship was 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 was 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 was distributed according to the following table. Note that the winner also received an entry to the WPT World Championship Event, worth US$15,400.

[eztable width=100% colwidth=10%|35%|35%|20% colalign=right|left|left|left]
Rank [attr sort=asc],First Name,Last Name,Prize
1,Sheraz,Nasir,”$237,390.00″ + entry to WPT World Championship
2,Lu,Zhang,”$166,402.00″
3,Levi,Stevens,”$106,820.00″
4,Gary,Lucci,”$79,130.00″
5,Trevor,Delaney,”$59,340.00″
6,Dylan,Wilkerson,”$47,470.00″
7,Pascal,Lefrancois,”$39,560.00″
8,Senthuran,Vijayaratnam,”$31,650.00″
9,Robert,Taylor,”$23,730.00″
10,Jonathan,Karamalikis,”$17,290.00″
11,John,Krpan,”$17,290.00″
12,Samuel Bisrat,Tsehai,”$17,290.00″
13,Jeff,Gross,”$14,130.00″
14,Eric,Afriat,”$14,130.00″
15,Edmund John,Campion,”$14,130.00″
16,William,Molson,”$12,090.00″
17,Alan Ryan,Engel,”$12,090.00″
18,Yves,Loiselle,”$12,090.00″
19,Noeung,Troeung,”$10,620.00″
20,Robert Logan,Dunn,”$10,620.00″
21,Lucas,Greenwood,”$10,620.00″
22,Shaan,Siddiqui,”$9,490.00″
23,Kevin,MacDonald,”$9,490.00″
24,Kevin K,Singh,”$9,490.00″
25,Rene,Bourbeau,”$8,360.00″
26,Timothy,Reilly,”$8,360.00″
27,Glen,Hammers,”$8,360.00″
28,Dean,Murphy,”$7,340.00″
29,Bryon,Springer,”$7,340.00″
30,Griffin,Benger,”$7,340.00″
31,Justin,Rabba,”$7,340.00″
32,Elizabeth,Bennett-Martin,”$7,340.00″
33,Guillaume,Rivet,”$7,340.00″
34,Benoit,Jean,”$7,340.00″
35,Michael Paul,Stone,”$7,340.00″
36,Thomas,Lefort,”$7,340.00″
37,Ivan,Mamuzic,”$6,330.00″
38,Mitchell,Dredge,”$6,330.00″
39,Arthur,W,”$6,330.00″
40,Nicholas,Palma,”$6,330.00″
41,Darryll,Fish,”$6,330.00″
42,George,James,”$6,330.00″
43,Vlad,Faubert,”$6,330.00″
44,Stephen,Buckner,”$6,330.00″
45,Levon,Dedeyan,”$6,330.00″
[/eztable]

One double, one elimination

  • Level: 19
  • Small Blind: 4K
  • Big Blind: 8K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 264.3K
  • Remaining: 42
  • Entries: 370


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    As predicted, things have moved very quickly to start the day. In the first hand played we caught one elimination and one double up.

    Levon Dedeyan was eliminated from the bb after calling Logan Dunn’s all in bet from utg. Ivan Mamuzic tanked for a while before folding – but he found the fold and Levon called off the rest of his chips with a weak Ace compared with Logan’s KQoff. Logan outdrew Levon on the flop and his pair held up to eliminate the local player.

    One table over, Vlad Faubert went all in from middle position for just under 50K and Guillaume “GRiver” Rivet called from the big blind. Both players had strong hands. Vlad held Ace of Spades Ace of Hearts and Guillaume was a the underdog with Queen of Clubs Queen of Spades. Vlad’s Aces held up for the double through GRiver on the 3 of Diamonds Jack of Spades 8 of Spades 8 of Hearts 4 of Diamonds board.

    UPDATE:

    Vlad’s double still left him short and he was eliminated shortly following to exit in 43rd place.

    Day 3 starts in 5 minutes

  • Level: 19
  • Small Blind: 4K
  • Big Blind: 8K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 246.7K
  • Remaining: 45
  • Entries: 370


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    The remaining 45 players in the partypoker.net WPT Canadian Spring Championship are making their way into the Tournament Hall, ready to resume action in this $3,200 + $300 WPT Tour event. Last night’s last elimination was also the player on the bubble, so everyone starting today is officially “in the money”!

    Ari Engel is the big chip leader at this stage in the event, with a 200,000 chip cushion between he and Trevor Delaney in 2nd place.

    There are also 6 players starting today with under 70,000 in chips – which is to say, less than 10 BB – so action should be hot right off the bat.

    Play will continue today for 4 90-minute levels today. Good luck to all who remain in the event!

    partypoker.net WPT Canadian Spring Championship Day 3 Seating Chart (with counts)

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    This is the official seating chart for Day 3 of the partypoker.net WPT Canadian Spring Championship, Event 10 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic.

    151 players started play on Day 2 in level 11 and play continued through 8 levels. The bubble (45 places pay in the event) was reached just as scheduled end of day was reached, and everyone who returns for Day 3 is in the money in the tournament. Play resumes at 12pm tomorrow, Monday May 4th.

    [Click or tap on a column header to re-sort this table]

    [eztable width=”100%” colwidth=”25%|25%|30%|20%” colalign=”left|left|left|center”]
    First Name,Last Name,Seat [attr sort=”asc”],Chip Count
    Ari,Engel,Table 35 – Seat 7,”1,014,000″
    Trevor,Delaney,Table 35 – Seat 4,”804,000″
    Eric,Afriat,Table 31 – Seat 7,”570,000″
    Jonathan,Karamalikis,Table 31 – Seat 3,”538,000″
    Gary,Lucci,Table 32 – Seat 3,”473,500″
    Dylan,Wilkerson,Table 32 – Seat 2,”424,000″
    Noeung,Troeung,Table 31 – Seat 5,”418,500″
    Senthuran,Vijayaratnam,Table 31 – Seat 4,”409,500″
    Benoit,Jean,Table 36 – Seat 3,”390,500″
    Shaan,Siddiqui,Table 31 – Seat 2,”362,500″
    William,Molson,Table 35 – Seat 9,”329,000″
    Michael Paul,Stone,Table 32 – Seat 7,”325,000″
    Nicholas,Palma,Table 32 – Seat 5,”322,000″
    Kevin,MacDonald,Table 31 – Seat 6,”320,000″
    Robert,Taylor,Table 36 – Seat 7,”291,000″
    Kevin,Singh,Table 40 – Seat 8,”278,000″
    Levi,Stevens,Table 35 – Seat 2,”273,500″
    Rene,Bourbeau,Table 40 – Seat 5,”262,000″
    Dean,Murphy,Table 40 – Seat 6,”240,000″
    Jeff,Gross,Table 40 – Seat 2,”228,000″
    Lucas,Greenwood,Table 32 – Seat 1,”222,000″
    John,Krpan,Table 36 – Seat 1,”180,000″
    Yves,Loiselle,Table 31 – Seat 8,”171,000″
    Timothy,Reilly,Table 32 – Seat 8,”165,000″
    Sheraz,Nasir,Table 32 – Seat 4,”159,500″
    Samuel Bisrat,Tsehai,Table 36 – Seat 6,”150,000″
    Steven,Buckner,Table 35 – Seat 3,”142,500″
    Bryon,Springer,Table 40 – Seat 1,”138,500″
    Griffin,Benger,Table 35 – Seat 1,”134,000″
    Thomas,Lefort,Table 32 – Seat 9,”128,500″
    Glen,Hammers,Table 35 – Seat 5,”125,500″
    Guillaume,Rivet,Table 36 – Seat 5,”124,000″
    Lu,Zhang,Table 35 – Seat 6,”114,500″
    Elizabeth,Bennett-Martin,Table 31 – Seat 9,”112,000″
    Ivan,Mamuzic,Table 40 – Seat 9,”108,000″
    Pascal,Lefrancois,Table 36 – Seat 2,”104,500″
    George,James,Table 31 – Seat 1,”89,500″
    Darryll Scott,Fish,Table 36 – Seat 4,”85,000″
    Robert Logan,Dunn,Table 40 – Seat 4,”75,000″
    Levon,Dedeyan,Table 40 – Seat 3,”69,000″
    Edmund John,Campion,Table 40 – Seat 7,”66,000″
    Mitchell,Dredge,Table 35 – Seat 8,”60,500″
    Justin,Rabba,Table 32 – Seat 6,”60,000″
    Arthur,W,Table 36 – Seat 9,”51,500″
    Vlad,Faubert,Table 36 – Seat 8,”46,500″
    [/eztable]

    In the money; Day 2 is a wrap

  • Level: 18
  • Small Blind: 3K
  • Big Blind: 6K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 246.7K
  • Remaining: 45
  • Entries: 370


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    Jeff Gross

    On the 10th hand of hand-for-hand, we saw Daniel Leduc 4bet shove his remaining 56,500 after an open from Sheraz Nasir from under the gun, and a 3bet from Trevor Delaney in early position. Sheraz folded his hand, later showing AK, and Trevor made the call for a few thousand more.

    Daniel turned over King of Hearts King of Spades, and was far ahead of Trevor’s Ace of Clubs Jack of Clubs, especially with an ace being folded by Sheraz. The window card however was an ace, but in the same time Daniel spiked the case king on the Ace of Diamonds King of Hearts Queen of Hearts flop to stay ahead in the hand. The turn 9 of Diamonds changed nothing, however the river brought the 10 of Clubs, giving Trevor a straight, and in the process eliminating Daniel on the bubble.

    There was only 5 minutes left to the last level of the day, and so after this hand, the TD called for the last 3 hands of play for Day 2. Players are now bagging and tagging their chips onto Day 3, which will be played out at 12pm tomorrow, May 4th. Alan ‘Ari’ Engel was the only player to bag over 1 million in chips, and is returning to Day 3 as the chip leader with 1,014,000. Trevor Delaney bagged 804,000, good for second in chips, while the rest of the field falls below the 600,000 mark.

    We will be publishing the full list of player reported chip counts shortly, as well as the official seating assignments for Day 3.

    Photographs taken during levels 17-18:

    Hand-for-hand

  • Level: 18
  • Small Blind: 3K
  • Big Blind: 6K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 241.3K
  • Remaining: 46
  • Entries: 370


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    The WPT Canadian Spring Championship is now being played hand-for-hand, as only 46 players remain. With 1 more elimination, this Main Event will be in the money, and the remaining players will pocket a minimum of $6,330, with a whopping $237,390 going to the eventual winner!

    Dinner break chip counts

  • Level: 17
  • Small Blind: 2.5K
  • Big Blind: 5K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 194.7K
  • Remaining: 57
  • Entries: 370


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    Ari Engel

    Below you’ll find an update on the leaderboard, as we did some chip counts during the dinner break following level 16. For the time being, it’s Alan ‘Ari’ Engel who is leading the field, and has a stack worth more than 3.5 times the average! Eric Afriat is still amongst the leaders, and Garry Lucci has added himself to the list recently.

    [eztable width=40% colwidth=60%|40% colalign=left|left]
    Name,Chip Count [attr sort=desc]
    Trevor Delaney,”410,000″
    Garry Lucci,”426,000″
    Michael Paul Stone,”296,000″
    Eric Afriat,”577,500″
    Ari Engel,”693,000″
    Robert Taylor,”334,000″
    Kevin Singh,”385,000″
    Nicholas Palma,”378,000″
    Dylan Wilkerson,”340,000″
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    Here are a few other chip counts of players still in the field:

    [eztable width=40% colwidth=60%|40% colalign=left|left]
    Name,Chip Count [attr sort=desc]
    Lucas Greenwood,”175,000″
    Laurence Grondin,”38,500″
    Shaan Siddiqui,”189,000″
    Pascal Lefrancois,”275,000″
    Jeff Gross,”132,500″
    Timothy Reilly,”44,500″
    Diana Shamshoum,”175,000″
    Guillaume Rivet,”106,500″
    Vlad Faubert,”118,500″
    Darryll Scott Fish,”157,500″
    Will Molson,”264,000″
    Jason Duval,”137,000″
    Griffin Benger,”224,000″
    Ami Alibay,”177,000″
    [/eztable]

    Ari Engel

    Ari Engel

    Level 16

  • Level: 16
  • Small Blind: 2K
  • Big Blind: 4K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 165.7K
  • Remaining: 67
  • Entries: 370


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    Guillaume Rivet

    Level 16 began not long ago, and Eric Afriat and Ari Engel are currently sharing the chip lead, holding stacks of approximately 550,000 each. Play is scheduled for another 3 levels, or until the end of level 18, unless the money bubble has not been reached. In this case, play will continue until we are in the money, and then pause until Day 3.

    Photographs from level 15:

    Eric Afriat in charge after 14 levels

  • Level: 15
  • Small Blind: 1.5K
  • Big Blind: 3K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 138.8K
  • Remaining: 80
  • Entries: 370


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    Eric Afriat

    We’ve just come back from break here in Day 2 of the WPT Canadian Spring Championship, and here is an update on the current leaderboard:

    [eztable width=40% colwidth=60%|40% colalign=left|left]
    Name,Chip Count [attr sort=desc]
    Laurence Grondin,”255,000″
    Eric Afriat,”582,000″
    Dylan Wilkerson,”278,000″
    Nicholas Palma,”411,000″
    Kevin Singh,”366,000″
    Senthuran Vijayaratnam,”357,000″
    Rene Bourbeau,”342,000″
    Ari Engel,”412,000″
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    A few other stacks worth noting:

    [eztable width=40% colwidth=60%|40% colalign=left|left]
    Name,Chip Count [attr sort=desc]
    Ami Alibay,”174,000″
    Pascal Lefrancois,”216,000″
    Jason Duval,”85,500″
    Guillaume Rivet,”74,000″
    Timothy Reilly,”137,000″
    Vlad Faubert,”103,500″
    Jeff Gross,”138,000″
    Lucas Greenwood,”90,000″
    Darryll Scott Fish,”70,500″
    Ratharam Sivagnanam,”155,000″
    Will Molson,”142,000″
    Marvin Rettenmaier,”158,000″
    Griffin Benger,”165,000″
    [/eztable]

    Photographs from level 14:

    A few more photos

  • Level: 14
  • Small Blind: 1.2K
  • Big Blind: 2.4K
  • Ante: 400
  • Chip Average: 126.1K
  • Remaining: 88
  • Entries: 370


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    Here are some photos from level 14. Eric Afriat continues to be the chip leader and has pierced the half-million-chip mark, while Ratharam Sivagnanam is also building up a considerable stack.