Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015 News

The Champion: Sheraz Nasir!

2015/05/06 - 19:41 by

The blind levels had reduced to 30 minutes heads up as per the published event rules, and during the 3rd level of heads up play, Lu’s stack had dwindled to as low as 13 bb.

In the ultimate hand of the event, Lu opened preflop to 525K and Sheraz called. The flop was dealt: . Sheraz checked and Lu checked behind. The turn was the . Sheraz led out with a 500K bet, and Lu responded by going all in for her last 1,750,000 chips… Sheraz made a quick call.

Lu:
Sheraz:

The river was a – and Sheraz’s 2 pair were good! Sheraz Nasir is the champion of the partypoker.net WPT Canadian Spring Championship for 2015!

Sheraz won $237,390.00 PLUS a WPT World Championship entry (worth US$15,400), and the exclusive Playground Champion’s Belt! In addition, his name will be inscribed for all time on the WPT Champion’s Trophy.

For her runner up finish, Lu “Chanel” Zhang wins $166,402.00.

Congratulations to both Sheraz and Lu on their results today!

partypoker.net WPT Canadian Spring Champion: Sheraz Nasir – $237,390

WPT CSC Runner-up: Lu Zhang – $166,402

Lu Zhang

Last hand of play

The Final Table Set-Up

2015/05/06 - 12:47 by Playground Poker

partypoker.net WPT Canadian Spring Championship - Final Table

partypoker.net and the WPT have done a fantastic job once again with their final table set-up for this WPT Canadian Spring Championship! There is a live-stream available as well for those who wish to follow the action from home, just note there is a 30-minutes delay on the video feed, but hole cards will be exposed! You can find the live stream at the top of the blog, by clicking on the “Live Stream” link. We’ve also placed a link at the bottom of this post for your convenience.

There is a section in the tournament hall here at Playground Poker Club which is reserved for the audience, and anyone wishing to come a watch the final table live is welcome to do so!

Live stream of the partypoker.net WPT Canadian Spring Championship

partypoker.net WPT Canadian Spring Championship – Final Table

The Official Final Table of the partypoker.net WPT Canadian Spring Championship

Level: 25

Small Blind: 15K

Big Blind: 30K

Ante: 5K

Chip Average: 1.9M

Remaining: 6

Entries: 370

2015/05/05 - 16:40 by Playground Poker

Trevor Delaney

The official final table of the partypoker.net WPT Canadian Spring Championship is now set! Trevor Delaney leads the final 6, who will be back tomorrow at 12pm for the conclusion of this Event. Here are the official chip counts:

Final Table

Seat 1. Dylan Wilkerson – 740,000
Seat 2. Levi Stevens – 765,000
Seat 3. Gary Lucci – 1,205,000
Seat 4. Trevor Delaney – 3,190,000
Seat 5. Sheraz Nasir – 2,685,000
Seat 6. Lu Zhang – 2,500,000

We will have up-to-date coverage of the final table on our blog, so tune in to follow the action! There will also be a live-stream (with a 30-minutes delay) available.

: Dylan Wilkerson

: Levi Stevens

: Gary Lucci

: Trevor Delaney

: Sheraz Nasir

: Lu Zhang

Down to 18

Level: 14

Small Blind: 1.2K

Big Blind: 2.4K

Ante: 400

Chip Average: 118.1K

Remaining: 18

Entries: 370

2015/05/05 - 13:51 by

Joseph Abou Khalil has been eliminated in 19th place by Jason Conforti. This brings the event to 18 players and there will now be a full seating redraw.

Here is the new seating chart:

Table 62

Andrew Hinrichsen
Dave Graham
Robert Logan Dunn
Guillaume Rivet
Nicholas Palma
Ratharam Sivagnanam
Philip Richard Elliot
Charles-Eric Benoit
Thomas Lefort

Table 66

Steven Buckner
James Gall
Ko Maddock
Paul Petten
Danny Boyaci
Jason Conforti
Behram Antia
Geoffrey McNeely
Michael Tieu

Event 14 Champion: Roman Ouvarov

2015/05/05 - 8:27 by

It took 10 full hours to play out, but by the end of the tournament, one player emerged as the champion of Event 14 in the partypoker.net Playground Poker Spring Classic – Roman Ouvarov! In winning the event, Roman managed to outlast an experienced field of visitors and locals alike. Roman won $7,500.00 and the Spring Classic Champion’s bracelet for his efforts in the tournament!

Event 14 Champion: Roman Ouvarov

Roman Ouvarov

Roman Ouvrov

Last hand of play

Event 12 Champion: Alexandre Nadeau-Levesque

2015/05/04 - 1:57 by Playground Poker

Somewhere near the middle of this final table, Alexandre Nadeau-Levesque went on a heater, and never looked back. Combine this with his good decision making and excellent reads, and it is no doubt that he was the last man standing in this ‘Shootout” event!

In the last hand of play versus heads-up adversary Robert Notkin, who won last year’s Canada Cup Main Event for $366,660, Alexandre opened from the small blind to 65,000, and was followed by a call from Robert. On a flop of , Robert check-shoved his ~300,000 stack, which Alexandre called off.

Holding , Robert needed some help to survive versus the of Alexandre, however the running was not enough to double him up, and he was eliminated in the process. With that win, Alexandre pocketed $3,340, as well as a Playground Poker Spring Classic bracelet!

Congratulations!

Event 12 Champion: Alexandre Nadeau-Levesque – $3,340

Event 12 Runner-Up: Robert Notkin – $2,000

Robert Notkin

Last hand of play of Event 12

Molson is making a game of it

2015/05/03 - 14:02 by

After an early double-up at the expense of Kane Kalas, Will Molson continues to chip up and is now sitting on a stack north of 85,000. He started the day with just 14K!

Event 11 Champion: Johnson Bui!

2015/05/03 - 6:06 by Playground Poker

Event 11 Champion: Johnson Bui

Everything seemed to have fallen into place tonight for Johnson Bui, as he entered this final table a little below the average, but consistently increased his stack as the tournament progressed. When play fell 3-handed, he was in the chip lead over opponents David Dusome and Peter Katsoulis.

In the final hand of the tournament, Johnson found himself the favourite in a three-way all-in, as he tabled a pair of , and only had a few cards to fade to overcome the of David and the of Peter. If this wasn’t enough, he even flopped a set of kings on the board to seal the deal, and take home the bracelet! He was also credited with a $6,000 cash prize for his win, while runner-up Peter took home $4,412, and third place finisher David pocketed $3,300.

Congratulations!

Event 11 Champion: Johnson Bui – $6,000

Event 11 Runner-Up: Peter Katsoulis – $4,412

Peter Katsoulis

3rd place: David Dusome – $3,300

David Dusome

Dinner break promotions with partypoker.net

2015/05/02 - 19:31 by Playground Poker

While players of the WPT Canadian Spring Championship were on dinner break, partypoker.net had an exciting surprise organized in honour of the Mayweather vs Pacquiao match tonight, as they brought some oversized boxing gloves and matched up some of the players from the field against each other! We saw Maximilian Droeger, Marvin Rettenmaier, Maxime Swennen and Gary Josefczyk take turns against each other. Once the players were done battling it out, some of the Royal Flush girls couldn’t help themselves but jump in and throw some swings at each other as well!

At the end of the dinner break, partypoker.net also announced the current chip leader of Day 1B, and it was Dave Graham and his 127,000 in chips who claimed this title, earning himself a pair of partypoker.net Monster DNA headphones! Congratulations!

Dave Graham wins a pair of partypoker.net Monster DNA headphones

Win a pair of partypoker.net Monster DNA headphones!

2015/05/02 - 15:11 by

A reminder to all of the players in Day 1b: if you’re the chip leader at the dinner break (after level 6), you’ll win a pair of Partypoker-branded Monster DNA headphones (courtesy of partypoker.net)! It took yesterday’s winner over 140K in chips to gain the prize – how big a stack will it take tonight?