Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015

Racine out on the bubble

  • Level: 19
  • Small Blind: 5K
  • Big Blind: 10K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 225.5K
  • Remaining: 13
  • Entries: 124


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    After 20 hands of hand-for-hand play, Olivier Racine has been eliminated in 14th place, and consequently the rest of the players are in the money.

    Olivier’s stack had been severely depleted by the time his final hand came along, but even though he was playing no more than a 3 big blind stack, he managed to fold both his big and small blinds. On the button, however, he held Ace of Hearts 6 of Hearts – enough to get it in.

    Mike Fraser – who no longer has a dominant stack in the tourney – found a call from the big blind, but was holding just 4 of Spades 9 of Diamonds.

    The flop was Queen of Clubs 10 of Hearts 7 of Diamonds – there was not much for anyone in it, and Ace-high probably seemed pretty safe, considering the circumstances. The turn, however, was a Jack of Spades and suddenly Mike was open-ended. The 8 of Diamonds on the river sealed the deal, and Olivier was eliminated.

    The bubble hand of Event 5

    The bubble hand of Event 5

    Hand for hand

  • Level: 17
  • Small Blind: 3K
  • Big Blind: 6K
  • Ante: !K
  • Chip Average: 177.1K
  • Remaining: 14
  • Entries: 124


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    A few quick eliminations in succession have brought Event 5 to 14 players remaining – the bubble! Play is now hand for hand on the two remaining tables.

    Recent eliminations: Ben Menache, Shaun Bowring, Patrick Braga, Philip Richard Elliot.

    Event 5: Full counts

  • Level: 17
  • Small Blind: 3K
  • Big Blind: 6K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 137.8K
  • Remaining: 18
  • Entries: 124


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    There are 18 players remaining in Event 5 and during the break we got full chip counts for the players remaining in the tournament. Remember that the tournament pays 13 players, so effectively the tournament has reached the bubble phase of the event.

    Table 62

    1. Sammy Lafleur – 182K
    2. Jean-Philippe Piquette – 129K
    3. Patrick Braga – 138K
    4. Dustin Melanson – 228K
    5. Francois Goulet – 230K
    6. Alexandre Fortin – 119K
    7. Tommy Boily – 83K
    8. Seat Empty
    9. Ben Menache – 88K
    10. Isham Yamani – 77K

    Table 66

    1. Olivier Racine – 92K
    2. Gregory Katayama – 142K
    3. Philip Richard Elliot – 71K
    4. Mike Fraser – 167K
    5. John Paul Tabago – 85K
    6. Seat Empty
    7. John Power – 182K
    8. Shaun Bowring – 31K
    9. Charles-Eric Benoit – 259K
    10. Gagandeep Singh – 182K

    Two tables

  • Level: 16
  • Small Blind: 2.5K
  • Big Blind: 5K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 130.5K
  • Remaining: 19
  • Entries: 124


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    Event 5 has just lost the the player in 21st place, so the tournament is now down to two tables. There will be a redraw at 10 players remaining (final table).

    Since starting this post we have also lost the player in 20th place, Rube Goldberg, so the tournament is down to 19 players.

    Here are the players remaining:

    Table 62

    1. Sammy Lafleur
    2. Jean-Philippe Piquette
    3. Patrick Braga
    4. Dustin Melanson
    5. Francois Goulet
    6. Alexandre Fortin
    7. Tommy Boily
    8. Stephane Richer
    9. Ben Menache
    10. Isham Yamani

    Table 66

    1. Olivier Racine
    2. Gregory Katayama
    3. Philip Richard Elliot
    4. Mike Fraser
    5. John Paul Tabago
    6. Seat Empty
    7. John Power
    8. Shaun Bowring
    9. Charles-Eric Benoit
    10. Gagandeep Singh

    Three over 200K

  • Level: 15
  • Small Blind: 2K
  • Big Blind: 4K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 103.3K
  • Remaining: 24
  • Entries: 124


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    Tournament staff just removed the black T100 chips from play and during the break we updated the counts of the large stacks. We found just three players with stacks of around double the chip average:

    1. Alexandre Fortin – 255K
    2. Mike Fraser – 215K
    3. Dustin Melanson – 200K

    There are quite a few short stacks around the tables at this point, so the tournament will in all likelihood get a little deeper than it is right now as these shorties either double or are eliminated.

    Chip leaders into level 13

  • Level: 13
  • Small Blind: 1.2K
  • Big Blind: 2.4K
  • Ante: 400
  • Chip Average: 62K
  • Remaining: 40
  • Entries: 124


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    Here are the current top five stacks as level 13 begins.

    1. Mike Fraser – 205K
    2. Gagandeep Singh – 163K
    3. John Power – 152K
    4. Alexandre Fortin – 144K
    5. Jean-Philippe Piquette – 134K

    Third break; 40 left

  • Level: 12
  • Small Blind: 1K
  • Big Blind: 2K
  • Ante: 400
  • Chip Average: 62K
  • Remaining: 40
  • Entries: 124


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    There are just 40 players remaining in Event 5 and they have left the tables for their 3rd break of the day. We’ll update the leaderboard during the break – in the mean time, here are a few recent photos we snapped.

    Leaders at the 2nd break

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1K
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 36.5K
  • Remaining: 68
  • Entries: 124


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    The players in Event 5 are taking their second break of the day while tournament staff removes the green T25 chips from play. There are 68 players remaining in the event on 7 tables, and three players have built up stacks that move them to the front of the pack.

    1. Gagandeep Singh – 118K
    2. Andrew Lalonde – 93K
    3. Tommy Boily – 92K

    Event 5 – Prize Pool & Payout Structure

  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 300
  • Big Blind: 600
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 28.2K
  • Remaining: 88
  • Entries: 124


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    Event 5 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net is a $500 + $50 NL Hold’em Freeze tournament. The tournament began on April 28, 2015 at 11am and is a one-day event. There were a total of 124 players in the event, which adds up to a prize pool of $60,140.00. This will be distributed according to the following table.

    [eztable width=”40%” tablesorter=”0″ colalign=”center|center”]
    Finish,Prize
    1,”$15,000.00″
    2,”$11,000.00″
    3,”$8,500.00″
    4,”$6,500.00″
    5,”$4,700.00″
    6,”$3,600.00″
    7,”$2,740.00″
    8,”$2,100.00″
    9,”$1,600.00″
    10,”$1,200.00″
    11,”$1,200.00″
    12,”$1,000.00″
    13,”$1,000.00″
    [/eztable]

    First leaderboard of Event 5

  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 200
  • Big Blind: 400
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 23.6K
  • Remaining: 105
  • Entries: 124


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    The first leaderboard of the event is pretty short – just one player has managed to build up a stack that clearly puts him in the lead in the tournament. In addition there are several players in the 38K to 46K range, which will give these players a good platform to build as the tournament continues.

    1. Julio Cacoilo – 73K

    Players will be back from their first break of the day in just 2 minutes and at that time we’ll have an update of the final registration number and shortly thereafter we’ll publish the prize pool.