Justin opened to 9,000 from under the gun, and Luca Boemio followed up with an all-in for 29,300. It folded around to Robert Notkin in the big blind, who moved all-in for over 100,000. Justin tanked for a moment, but inevitably folded, leaving the two others to battle it out heads-up.
Luca: 
Robert: 
With no help on the 
board, Luca was our first casualty of this final table.
9th place: Luca Boemio – $200
Luca Boemio
On a flop showing 
, Bill Kontaratos was all-in and ahead of opponent Luca Boemio. Bill tabled 
, and needed to fade a few outs to win against the 
of Luca. When the running cards came 
and 
, Bill slid forward his stack of 119,300 to be doubled up, and is now the chip leader early on this final table. Luca has a little less than 30,000 left after the hand.
Event 12 is a $135 + $15 ‘Shootout’ No Limit Hold’em tournament, part of the Playground Poker Spring Classic series. The tournament began on May 3rd, 2015, at 6pm, and is a 1-day event. With a total of 74 entries, the prize pool for the event was of $9,690.00, and will be distributed according to the following table.
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Finish,Prize
1,”$3,340.00″
2,”$2,000.00″
3,”$1,350.00″
4,”$1,000.00″
5,”$700.00″
6,”$500.00″
7,”$350.00″
8,”$250.00″
9,”$200.00″
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The first round of the Shootout is now complete, which means we have our final table! The TD made a last minute decision based on the attendance to only open 9 tables, and therefore our final table will consist of 9 players, each starting with 150,000. The first level of blinds will be 1K/2K/a200 (level 12).
Final Table
Seat 1. David Dusome
Seat 2. Robert Notkin
Seat 3. Justin Dean
Seat 4. Luca Boemio
Seat 5. Garry Thompson
Seat 6. Alexandre Nadeau-Levesque
Seat 7. Melanie Ares
Seat 8. Bill Kontaratos
Seat 9. Hiyaw Gebreyohannes
Here is a look at some of the players in the field of Event 12 – Shootout, taken in the early levels of play:
Event 12 is just about ready to commence here at the Playground Poker Spring Classic, and as this tournament follows a ‘Shootout’ formula, players will have to win their table in Round 1 in order to move on to Round 2, which will be the final table. The tournament is capped at 100 entries, although there is still room to register. Late registration will be available until the end of the first break (roughly 7:30pm), or until the tournament sells out, however all stacks will be live from the start of the tournament, and blinded out accordingly.
Good luck to all the players in this event!
Tonight’s event – the $135 + $15 NL Hold’em Shootout – has become one of the most popular events among all of the side events we offer. The shootout format is slightly different than a normal poker tournament. Each player will start on a table and must WIN that table to move on in the tournament. In a way, a shootout tournament is among the “purest” of tournament forms – you have to be successful in a full ring format and then, as players are eliminated, you have to be pretty good at shorthanded poker as well, until finally you are heads-up against your opponent – another distinct test of poker skills.
The action gets underway at 6pm – and be sure to register early, because these events have often sold out in the past.
