Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015

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

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Finish,Prize
1,”$44,500.00″
2,”$31,300.00″
3,”$20,050.00″
4,”$14,850.00″
5,”$11,150.00″
6,”$8,920.00″
7,”$7,400.00″
8,”$5,930.00″
9,”$4,440.00″
10,”$3,240.00″
11,”$3,240.00″
12,”$3,240.00″
13,”$2,670.00″
14,”$2,670.00″
15,”$2,670.00″
16,”$2,260.00″
17,”$2,260.00″
18,”$2,260.00″
19,”$1,990.00″
20,”$1,990.00″
21,”$1,990.00″
22,”$1,760.00″
23,”$1,760.00″
24,”$1,760.00″
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Chip leaders at the 2nd break

Level: 7

Small Blind: 250

Big Blind: 500

Ante: 75

Chip Average: 33,7K

Remaining: 141

Entries: 190

2015/04/29 - 16:07 by

Players in Event 7 have just returned from their second break of the day. While they were absent from the tables, we found the current leaders in the tournament. Here are the top 6:

Faisal Khan – 111K
Joshua Abiscott – 99K
Alan Ryan Engel – 95K
Tam Ho – 92K
Alex Fortin Demers – 89K
Jeff Rosenblatt – 87K

Registration is now closed in the tournament – the final number of players today is 190. We’ll make full prize pool information available shortly.

A few more photos of the Warm-up

Level: 5

Small Blind: 150

Big Blind: 300

Ante: 50

Chip Average: 29.1K

Remaining: 159

Entries: 185

2015/04/29 - 15:05 by

Event 7 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net is now into level 5 and registration is up to 185 players.

Here are some more shots of the field in today’s event, taken during levels 4-5.

: Gerald Macleod

: Thanh Phong Trieu

: JF Marin

: Ami Alibay

: Andrew Graham

: Samuel Louis Gagnon

: Gagandeep Singh

: Ruben Perceval

: Rodney Ramalho

: Anushan Nitheyanantharajah

: Olivier Racine

: Griffin Benger

: Edward Hislop

: Geoffrey Robert McNeely

: Samuel Bisrat Tsehai

: Jason Duval

: Sorel Mizzi

: Benoit Jean

: Rayan Chamas

: AJ Gambino

: Francois Goulet

: Dany Hamel Boulay

: Vlad Faubert

: TJ Ulmer

: Bradley Leblanc

A couple of early leaders

Level: 4

Small Blind: 100

Big Blind: 200

Ante: 25

Chip Average: 27.2K

Remaining: 150

Entries: 163

2015/04/29 - 13:35 by

The players have taken their first break of the day and we have taken the opportunity to find out who are the early leaders just 3 levels into the event.

Looking around the room, there are just two players with stacks beyond a simple double-up – Randy Khalil with 82K and Jeff Rosenblatt with 70K. Randy has already had a fantastic series, having placed 5th in the $250 Frenzy last night.

Meanwhile the numbers in the event continue to grow – there are now 163 players in the field with another 2 hours and 25 minutes of late reg available.

Some notables in the field

Level: 3

Small Blind: 75

Big Blind: 150

Ante: 25

Chip Average: 27.1K

Remaining: 143

Entries: 155

2015/04/29 - 13:12 by

As the field in Event 7, the WPT Warm-up, continues to grow, we’ve noticed that quite a few notable players have entered the fray.

Jonathan Duhamel
Griffin Benger
TJ Ulmer
Eric Afriat
Matt Marafioti
Jason @bebe_chien Duval
Sorel Mizzi
Carter Swidler
Chris McClung

In addition to the above, there are quite a few players who have had notable runs in past events we’ve hosted here at Playground Poker Club and who we’re always happy to see back in the Tournament Hall.

Ami Alibay
Andrew Graham
Faisal Khan
Isham Yamani
Gerald Macleod
Gary Lucci
Justin Miller
Geoffrey Robert McNeely

Warm-up photos

Level: 3

Small Blind: 75

Big Blind: 150

Ante: 25

Chip Average: 25.2K

Remaining: 136

Entries: 137

2015/04/29 - 12:37 by

Jonathan Duhamel

Here are some photos from level 2 in today’s Day 1 of the WPT Warm-up.

Photos from level 2

: Jonathan Duhamel

: Carter Swidler

: Joseph James John Jasin

: Daniel Schreiber

: Julien Fauteux Delorme

: Alexandre Lavigne

: Gary Lucci

: Jeff Rosenblatt

: Bruce Furtney

: Chris McClung

: Chanso Munn

: Jeffrey Cormier

: Eric Afriat

: Jeremie Bilodeau

: Ben Menache

: Michael Mellor

: Dean Murphy

: Charles La Boissonniere

: Joe Gualtieri

: Luciano Iacovella

: Isham Yamani

: Dustin Melanson

: Robert Taylor

: Randy Khalil

: Victor Adams

: Jie Gao

: Ramon De La Cruz

Into level 2

Level: 2

Small Blind: 75

Big Blind: 150

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 25K

Remaining: 121

Entries: 121

2015/04/29 - 11:57 by

Play in the WPT Warm-up has moved into level 2 and registration numbers keep climbing. There are now 121 players in the tournament, and there are still 4 hours left to late register so this total will definitely keep climbing, likely all the way to the end of late reg.

Event 6 – Results & Payouts

2015/04/29 - 11:53 by

Event 6 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net was a 50/50 Bounty ($100 + $20 + $100 NL Hold’em) tournament. The tournament began on April 28, 2015 at 7:30pm and was a one-day event. There were a total of 236 players in the event, which adds up to a prize pool of $22,892.00. This will be distributed according to the following table. These payouts to not include any bounties that the players may have won. Bounties were awarded directly to the player who eliminated them from the tournament and are not tracked.

Note that a player deal was reached with 6 players remaining. The 6 players agreed to reserve $442.00 plus the Spring Classic bracelet for the winner and divided up the rest of the prize pool roughly according to chip counts at the time. The final payout figures in this table reflect the agreed-upon prizes.

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Rank [attr sort=asc],First Name,Last Name,Prize
1,Daniel,Kwon,”$3,342.00″
2,Alexandre,Douville,”$2,900.00″
3,Vo Victor,Ly,”$2,850.00″
4,Julio,Abrantes,”$2,450.00″
5,Robin,Clouatre,”$2,400.00″
6,Sean,Windover,”$2,400.00″
7,James Bernard,Sullivan,”$890.00″
8,Levi,Stevens,”$670.00″
9,Kliment,Tarmakov,”$510.00″
10,Francois,Cardinal,”$380.00″
11,Kerwin,Bentley,”$380.00″
12,Jimmy,Levesque,”$350.00″
13,Cristian,Radita,”$350.00″
14,Patrice,Primeau,”$320.00″
15,David,Cadoch,”$320.00″
16,Joey,Boczek,”$300.00″
17,Francis,Le Quere,”$300.00″
18,Garry,Thompson,”$280.00″
19,Stephane,Chartrand,”$280.00″
20,Albert,Mate,”$260.00″
21,Shane,Brotherwood,”$260.00″
22,Jeremy,Chandler,”$240.00″
23,Carl,Verret,”$240.00″
24,Sammy,Chao,”$220.00″
[/eztable]

And away we go!

Level: 1

Small Blind: 50

Big Blind: 100

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 25K

Remaining: 76

Entries: 76

2015/04/29 - 11:13 by

The early-bird players (the ones who are on time) have taken their seats, the TD has made the opening announcements, and with that the $1,000 + $100 WPT Warm-up has begun!

This tournament is Event 7 in the 2015 Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net. It’s a NL Hold’em Freezeout that is scheduled to play out over two days. Day 1 today will play through 16 45-minute levels, following which the remaining players will bag their chips and return for Day 2, which will begin tomorrow (Thursday April 30th) at 12pm (noon).

Late registration in the event is available until the end of the break following level 6 today. That makes a total of 5 hours of late registration – so players can arrive at Playground any time until 4pm and register and receive a full stack of 25,000 tournament chips.

There are 76 players already at the tables and we expect that a lot of players will take advantage of late reg, so that number is likely to climb pretty significantly.

Good luck!

Event 6 champion: Daniel Kwon

2015/04/29 - 5:29 by Playground Poker

Event 6 Champion: Daniel Kwon

Daniel Kwon came close to winning a bracelet just a few nights ago, as he placed 3rd in Event 2 of this Playground Poker Spring Classic. He was disappointed in not taking it home back then, and it was quite evident that he was determined to not let that happen again tonight. When play was 4-handed, he found himself 1 card away from victory, as he held all three other players on the brink of elimination with his pocket pair of KK. Unfortunately for him, Alexandre Douville ran a flush to win the pot, bringing the tournament down to heads-up.

Daniel started the heads-up match holding only 15% of the chips in play, but quickly took over the chip lead to eventually knock Alexandre out, making him our Event 6 champion! This victory credited him a total 1st prize of $3,342, and also awarded him the Playground Poker Spring Classic bracelet he was so determined to win!

In addition to his win, Daniel was also our “Bounty Hunter” of the night, as he collected the most bounties of the night, racking in a total of 11 bounty chips (including his own, which he gets to cash in as well), worth an extra $1,100 in cash! Sean Windover, who was part of the 6-way deal, was second in bounty chips, as he collected 9 of them to pocket $900 cash.

Congratulations!

Event 6 Champion: Daniel Kwon – $3,342