Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015

Event 3 Day 3 – seating draw

  • Level: 27
  • Small Blind: 25K
  • Big Blind: 50K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 975K
  • Remaining: 22
  • Entries: 1076


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    This is the official seating chart for Day 3 of The $250 Frenzy, Event 3 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net.

    There were 217 players still in the event to start Day 2, and after 12 levels of play, just 22 players remain in contention for the $44,030.00 top prize. Play resumes in level 27 at 7pm on Tuesday April 28th.

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    [eztable width=”100%” colwidth=”25%|25%|30%|20%” colalign=”left|left|left|center”]
    First Name,Last Name,Seat [attr sort=”asc”],Chip Count
    Behram,Antia,Table 31 – Seat 7,”1,100,000″
    Chris,McClung,Table 31 – Seat 8,”1,600,000″
    Francois,Bernier,Table 32 – Seat 6,”1,060,000″
    Frederic,Mercier,Table 36 – Seat 4,”495,000″
    Gerald,Macleod,Table 36 – Seat 6,”615,000″
    Geri,Casey,Table 31 – Seat 2,”425,000″
    Glen,Hammers,Table 36 – Seat 7,”1,465,000″
    Guillermo,Pureza,Table 31 – Seat 3,”305,000″
    James,Slotegraaf,Table 32 – Seat 3,”865,000″
    Jimmy,Setna,Table 32 – Seat 4,”2,120,000″
    Joseph,Abou Khalil,Table 32 – Seat 7,”535,000″
    Ko,Maddock,Table 36 – Seat 3,”1,335,000″
    Marc,Guerbilsky,Table 32 – Seat 2,”590,000″
    Matt,Ranger,Table 31 – Seat 5,”1,615,000″
    Matthew,Ballsmith,Table 36 – Seat 5,”895,000″
    Nick,Petsas,Table 31 – Seat 4,”960,000″
    Randy,Khalil,Table 31 – Seat 6,”1,165,000″
    Richard,Figiel,Table 31 – Seat 1,”530,000″
    Rick,Shamshoum,Table 32 – Seat 5,”1,200,000″
    Samuel Louis,Gagnon,Table 36 – Seat 2,”1,290,000″
    Senthuran,Vijayaratnam,Table 36 – Seat 1,”590,000″
    Steven,Wilson,Table 32 – Seat 1,”635,000″
    [/eztable]

    Final 3 tables

  • Level: 26
  • Small Blind: 20K
  • Big Blind: 40K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 797K
  • Remaining: 27
  • Entries: 1076


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    With our most recent elimination, the field of The $250 Frenzy has been reduced to 27 players, which brings on a full seating redraw. Players are now moving to their designated places before resuming the final 24 minutes left to this last level of the night. Here is the new seating assignment:

    Table 53

    Seat 1. Alex Chiasson
    Seat 2. Glen Hammers
    Seat 3. Behram Antia
    Seat 4. Dalton Dawkins
    Seat 5. Jimmy Setna
    Seat 6. Samuel Louis Gagnon
    Seat 7. Richard Sysko
    Seat 8. Ko Maddock
    Seat 9. Nick Petsas

    Table 54

    Seat 1. Marc Guerbilsky
    Seat 2. Rick Shamshoum
    Seat 3. Frederic Mercier
    Seat 4. Joseph Abou Khalil
    Seat 5. Chris McClung
    Seat 6. Guillermo Pureza
    Seat 7. Gerald Macleod
    Seat 8. Matt Ranger
    Seat 9. Richard Figiel

    Table 61

    Seat 1. Francois Bernier
    Seat 2. Geri Casey
    Seat 3. James Slotegraaf
    Seat 4. Steven Wilson
    Seat 5. Raphael Ohayon
    Seat 6. Senthuran Vijayaratnam
    Seat 7. Nicolas Bastien
    Seat 8. Randy Khalil
    Seat 9. Matthew Bellsmith

    Jimmy Setna is currently the chip leader, and has grown a stack upwards of 2,100,000. Shortly after the completion of this level, once players have bagged their chips, we will be posting the player-reported chip counts, as well as the seating assignments for Day 3, held tomorrow at 7pm.

    Photographs from level 25:

    Last two levels of the night

  • Level: 25
  • Small Blind: 15K
  • Big Blind: 30K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 652.1K
  • Remaining: 33
  • Entries: 1076


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    Action has been fast and furious here in these past two levels of The $250 Frenzy, partly due to the “make it or break it” stage of the tournament, but also partly due to the combinations of hands that have been coming out. It’s been premium versus premium everytime we peak at the action on a table!

    Level 25 has just begun, which means Day 2 will be over in under an hour. The remaining players will return tomorrow to crown a champion.

    Photographs from levels 23-24:

    The leaders entering level 23

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 352.8K
  • Remaining: 61
  • Entries: 1076


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    Here is an update on the leaderboard heading into level 23:

    [eztable width=40% colwidth=60%|40% colalign=left|left]
    Name,Chip Count [attr sort=desc]
    Randy Khalil,”976,000″
    Alexandre Henry,”605,000″
    Shaan Siddiqui,”608,000″
    Joseph Abou Khalil,”605,000″
    Stephen Nguyen-Pham,”852,000″
    Andrew Humphrey,”736,000″
    Richard Sysko,”862,000″
    James Slotegraaf,”572,000″
    Cuong Khac Dinh,”622,000″
    [/eztable]

    Randy Khalil is currently the chip leader

    Randy Khalil

    Randy Khalil

    Level 22 update

  • Level: 22
  • Small Blind: 8K
  • Big Blind: 16K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 316.5K
  • Remaining: 68
  • Entries: 1076


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    Level 22 has just begun here in Day 2 of The $250 Frenzy, and the field has been reduced down to 8 tables. Players will be going on a short break following this level, during which we will bring you some chip counts of the top stacks. For the time being, it seems to still be Randy Khalil who is in the chiplead, sitting on roughly 850,000. Daniel Boisvert is right on his tail though, as his stack has just recently crossed the 800,000 mark as well.

    After the break, play will continue for 4 more levels before the remainder of the field bag their chips onto Day 3, scheduled tomorrow at 7pm.

    Photographs from level 21:

    Green lights everywhere!

  • Level: 20
  • Small Blind: 5K
  • Big Blind: 10K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 244.5K
  • Remaining: 88
  • Entries: 1076


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    On the back of the dealer chairs, you will notice a set of LED lights that are used for various reasons to communicate with the rest of the staff. The yellow light means a waitress is being called, the red light is used to call the floor over in emergency situations, and the green one is to signal a player has been eliminated. Since the money has bubble has burst here in Event 3, we’ve seen green lights being turned on left and right, as numerous players have recently been eliminated. This is often the case following the money-bubble, as some players become very passive leading up to the money, to assure they don’t walk out empty handed, and this results in many short stacks being created. Once the tournament falls into the money, these players are relieved of some pressure and open up their game dramatically.

    In the money!

  • Level: 19
  • Small Blind: 4K
  • Big Blind: 8K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 199.2K
  • Remaining: 108
  • Entries: 1076


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    On the third hand of hand-for-hand, we saw Wesley Mark Thompson open from utg to 25,000 on table 66. It folded around to Patrick Boisvert on the button, who elected to 3bet his last 103,000. This put Wesley into the tank for a few minutes, as it represented around 60% of his total chips, and after a few moments he opted for the call. Patrick turned over Jack of Diamonds Jack of Hearts, and Wesley turned over King of Hearts 6 of Hearts, murmuring “Well, I have 1 over”.

    Wesley found some luck on the board though, as the window card was in fact his 1 over, and he scored the knockout on the Ace of Clubs 4 of Hearts King of Diamonds 2 of Clubs 3 of Clubs board to bring Event 3 into the money!

    Congratulations to the players who are still in!

    Chipleaders at the bubble

  • Level: 19
  • Small Blind: 4K
  • Big Blind: 8K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 197.4K
  • Remaining: 109
  • Entries: 1076


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    Players are on a short break following level 18, and by coincidence, the tournament has fallen to 109 players, which means we are on the money bubble! Play will be hand-for-hand until we have an elimination. Here are the top stacks during this break:

    1. Randy Khalil – 786,000
    2. Daniel Boisvert – 611,000
    3. Behram Antia – 609,000
    4. Richard Hardy – 440,000
    5. Nick Petsas – 439,000
    6. Maurice Simard – 429,000
    7. Christopher McClung – 428,000

    It is interesting to point out the wide gap between 3rd in chips and 4th, as more than 150,000 separate the two! The top three have really jumped ahead of the rest of the field, with Randy holding nearly 4 times the average stack.

    Photographs taken just before the break:

    The money bubble looms

  • Level: 18
  • Small Blind: 3K
  • Big Blind: 6K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 168.1K
  • Remaining: 128
  • Entries: 1076


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    We are approaching that milestone moment in a tournament that determines who will be walking out with money, and who will be going home empty-handed: the money bubble. With 129 players left in contention, the pressure of the bubble is here, as only 108 will walk out with a prize. Stay tuned to find out who makes the cut, and who doesn’t!

    Photographs from level 17:

    Early Day 2 photos

  • Level: 16
  • Small Blind: 2K
  • Big Blind: 4K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 128.1K
  • Remaining: 168
  • Entries: 1076


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    208 players came back tonight for Day 2 of The $250 Frenzy, and 108 of them will be walking out with a cash prize of at least $490. We’re mid-way through the second level of the night, and have already seen 40 players hit the rail so far. The bubble is still relatively far, but will surely be making it’s presence felt very soon.

    Photographs from levels 15-16: