Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015

Here is the current chip distribution, as play enters level 24.

Final Table

Seat 1. Martin Gelinas – 45,000
Seat 2. David Dusome – 1,065,000
Seat 5. Stephane Roquebrune – 105,000
Seat 6. Johnson Bui – 330,000
Seat 7. Ramesh Puradchithasan – 605,000
Seat 8. Peter Katsoulis – 220,000
Seat 9. Richard Pothier – 975,000
Seat 10. Shane Spear – 320,000

Fernando Morgado open-shoved for around 300,000 from early position, and Richard Pothier went over the top from the button.

Fernando:

Richard:

Richard’s pair of queens held on the board, eliminating Fernando in the process.

9th place: Fernando Morgado – $600

Fernando Morgado

Ramesh Puradchithasan has been rivered a few times in the last few levels, doubling up shorter stacks in the process. This time however, he was on the winning end of spectrum, as he open-shove 465,000 from middle position to go heads-up with Martin Gelinas, who isolated from late position.

Ramesh:

Martin:

Community cards:

Martin was crippled in the process, and is down to less than 2BB.

Lukasz Hmura arrived at this final table with just over 1BB to his name, and had the misfortune of being seated under the gun on the first hand. He left go of the first hand he was dealt, but was forced all-in on the second, as the big blind was upon him. Action folded around to Fernando Morgado in the small blind, who made the call to put Lukasz at risk.

Lukasz:

Fernando:

Lukasz had all kinds of outs to win the hand, flopping flush and straight draws, however none of them came, and the board was his last of the night.

10th place: Lukasz Hmura – $500

Lukasz Hmura

David Dusome just eliminated Jean Patrick Emard on the bubble, bringing us into the money here in Event 11! A number of short stacks were formed leading up to the bubble, and with the ever increasing blinds, we are bound to see a series of all-ins in the hands to come.

Congratulations to those who cashed!

Table 37

Seat 1. Fernando Morgado
Seat 2. Shane Spear
Seat 3. Lukasz Hmura
Seat 4. Jean Guy Pare
Seat 5. empty seat
Seat 6. empty seat
Seat 7. David Dusome
Seat 8. empty seat
Seat 9. empty seat
Seat 10. Shane Mackinnon

Table 38

Seat 1. empty seat
Seat 2. empty seat
Seat 3. empty seat
Seat 4. Ramesh Puradchithasan
Seat 5. Stephane Roquebrune
Seat 6. Johnson Bui
Seat 7. Richard Pothier
Seat 8. Martin Gelinas
Seat 9. Peter Katsoulis
Seat 10. Daniel Notice

Only 18 players remain in this ‘3 Lives’ Event, and these are the current chip leaders:

1. David Dusome – 496,000
2. Richard Pothier – 405,000
3. Stephane Roquebrune – 293,000
4. Ramesh Purachithasan – 280,000

David Dusome