Event 7 – WPT Warm-up ($1000 + $100 NL Hold’em) – Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015

Event 7 – Results & Payouts

2015/05/01 - 8:20 by

Event 7 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net was the WPT Warm-up, a $1000 + $100 NL Hold’em tournament. The tournament began on April 29, 2015 at 11:00am and was a two-day event. There were a total of 190 players in the event, which generated a prize pool of $184,300.00. This was be distributed according to the following table.

[eztable width=100% colwidth=10%|35%|35%|20% colalign=center|left|left|left]
Rank [attr sort=asc],First Name,Last Name,Prize
1,Philippe,Belley,”$44,500.00″
2,Andrew,Graham,”$31,300.00″
3,Alexander James,Allison,”$20,050.00″
4,Joshua Keith,Tucker,”$14,850.00″
5,Michael,Wang,”$11,150.00″
6,Kane,Kalas,”$8,920.00″
7,Alex,Fortin Demers,”$7,400.00″
8,Joe,Gualtieri,”$5,930.00″
9,Peter,Papadakos,”$4,440.00″
10,Daniel,Leduc,”$3,240.00″
11,Gregory,Katayama,”$3,240.00″
12,Jonathan,Duhamel,”$3,240.00″
13,Alan,Ryan,”$2,670.00″
14,Griffin,Benger,”$2,670.00″
15,Grant,Fallis,”$2,670.00″
16,Ami,Alibay,”$2,260.00″
17,Chanracy,Khun,”$2,260.00″
18,Robert,Taylor,”$2,260.00″
19,Geoffrey Robert,McNeely,”$1,990.00″
20,Gagandeep,Singh,”$1,990.00″
21,Joseph,Andres,”$1,990.00″
22,Victor,Artemenko,”$1,760.00″
23,Jean-Sebastien,Gratton,”$1,760.00″
24,Jeremy,Lyons,”$1,760.00″
[/eztable]

The WPT Warm-Up Champion: Philippe Belley

2015/04/30 - 21:42 by Playground Poker

Event 7 Champion: Philippe Belley

After knocking out 3rd place finisher Alexander Allison, Philippe took over the chip lead going into heads-up play versus Andrew Graham. It only took a few hands back and forth before we saw an all-in and a call, as Andrew opened from the small blind to 100,000, and then made the call after Philippe 3bet shoved from the big blind. Andrew was the preflop favourite, holding , however Philippe had live cards, as he tabled . The flop was huge for Philippe, as he picked up straight and flush draws on the board. He made his flush with the turn, and only had to face 4 full-house outs to win the hand. The river brought the , which sealed the deal.

With that hand, Philippe was crowned our champion of Event 7 – WTP Warm-up, collecting a sweet $44,500 prize, as well as a Playground Poker Spring Classic bracelet! Andrew pocketed a consolation prize of $31,300 for his second place finish.

Congratulations!

Event 7 – WPT Warm-Up – Champion: Philippe Belley – $44,500

Event 7 Runner-Up: Andrew Graham – $31,300

Andrew Graham

Last hand of play of Event 7

Heads-Up: Andrew Graham vs Philippe Belley

Level: 27

Small Blind: 25K

Big Blind: 50K

Ante: 5K

Chip Average: 2.4M

Remaining: 2

Entries: 190

2015/04/30 - 21:22 by Playground Poker

With the recent elimination of Alexander James Allison in 3rd place, Event 7 – WPT Warm-Up – has reached heads-up play! The match-up is between Andrew Graham (1,265,000) and Philippe Belley (3,485,000), and they are playing for a first prize of $44,500, as well as a Playground Poker Spring Classic bracelet!

Good luck!

: Philippe Belley

: Andrew Graham

Allison runs into a brick wall

Level: 27

Small Blind: 25K

Big Blind: 50K

Ante: 5K

Chip Average: 2.4M

Remaining: 2

Entries: 190

2015/04/30 - 20:57 by Playground Poker

Alexander James Allison thought he was setting a trap when he limp-shoved from the small blind, after Philippe Belley opened his big blind. He found a snap-call from his opponent though, and was in a world of trouble.

Alexander:

Philippe:

The board ( ) brought no help, and Alexander “@Cheese9” was sent home in 3rd place, while Philippe added around 1,400,000.

With that, we are now heads-up between Andrew Graham and Philippe Belley!

3rd place: Alexander James Allison – $20,050

Alexander James Alliso

Update on counts

Level: 26

Small Blind: 20K

Big Blind: 40K

Ante: 5K

Chip Average: 1.6M

Remaining: 3

Entries: 190

2015/04/30 - 20:40 by Playground Poker

Peeking over the shoulders of the remaining three players, we estimate their current stack sizes as the following:

Tucker ends his run in 4th place

Level: 26

Small Blind: 20K

Big Blind: 40K

Ante: 5K

Chip Average: 1.6M

Remaining: 3

Entries: 190

2015/04/30 - 20:14 by Playground Poker

Andrew Graham was sitting in the small blind when he pulled the trigger on Joshua Keith Tucker in the big blind, forcing him to a decision. Joshua, with a stack of roughly 600,000, made the call, and they were off to the races!

Andrew:

Joshua:

Andrew made two-pair on the board to bring us down to our final 3!

4th place: Joshua Keith Tucker – $14,850

Joshua Keith Tucker

Michael Wang eliminated in 5th

Level: 26

Small Blind: 20K

Big Blind: 40K

Ante: 5K

Chip Average: 1.2M

Remaining: 4

Entries: 190

2015/04/30 - 20:12 by

Michael Wang had fallen on hard times, in terms of his stack, and while he hovered near the 300K mark he was doing everything he could to pick up blinds and antes and try to rebuild his stack to something more playable. For the 3rd orbit in a row he opened all-in utg – but this time Alex Allison chose to go all-in himself to isolate, which was successful. The players were heads up.

Michael:
Alex:

The flop was all Alex: . The turn was just a tease for Michael – the on the river ended his day.

5th place: Michael Wang, $11,150

Michael Wang

Kane Kalas takes 6th place

Level: 25

Small Blind: 15K

Big Blind: 30K

Ante: 5K

Chip Average: 95-K

Remaining: 5

Entries: 190

2015/04/30 - 19:56 by

Kane Kalas has been eliminated in 6th place by Alexander James Allison. Alex raised to 65K from the cutoff and it folded around to Kane in the big blind, so proceeded to go all in for his last 305K. Alex quickly called and the cards were turned on their backs.

Kane:
Alex:

Everything looked great for Kane to double up until Alex spiked the famous on the river – and just like that, Kane went to pick up his prize coupon.

6th place: Kane Kalas, $8,920

Kane Kalas

Chip counts at the break

Level: 25

Small Blind: 15K

Big Blind: 30K

Ante: 5K

Chip Average: 791.7K

Remaining: 6

Entries: 190

2015/04/30 - 19:13 by Playground Poker

Here are the chips counts of the remaining 6 players, as they enter level 25:

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First Name,Last Name,Seat [attr sort=”asc”],Count
Andrew,Graham,Seat 1,”1,430,000″
Kane,Kalas,Seat 3,”385,000″
Michael,Wang,Seat 4,”270,000″
Joshua Keith,Tucker,Seat 5,”835,000″
Alexander James,Allison,Seat 7,”840,000″
Philippe,Belley,Seat 8,”1,000,000″
[/eztable]

Demers is the next to fall

Level: 24

Small Blind: 12K

Big Blind: 24K

Ante: 4K

Chip Average: 791.7K

Remaining: 6

Entries: 190

2015/04/30 - 19:05 by

Alex Fortin Demers has been the next player eliminated in Event 7. He leaves the tournament in 7th place, good for $7,400. Alex had been short for a few hands and even his triple up didn’t help that much – he was at just 84K when he put all his chips in the middle. Action folded around to Kane Kalas in the big blind – which is now 24K – and despite the fact that Kane has an under-average stack he had to make the call.

Alex:
Kane:

The flop was OK for Jack-high: but the on the turn was bad and the on the river was worse.

7th place, Alex Fortin Demers, $7,400.00

Alex Fortin Demers