Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015

Event 10 – WPT Canadian Spring Championship

The Champion: Sheraz Nasir!

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, […]

Zhang takes a blow

Lu Zhang just lost a good portion of her stack, as she check-called on three streets from the big blind, only to find out her […]

Short chip-up break

We’re on a short break here as the TDs are racing off the T5,000 chips. Sheraz has regained the lead in this heads-up battle, as he has […]

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Last two levels of play

  • Level: 11
  • Small Blind: 600
  • Big Blind: 1.2K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 60.9K
  • Remaining: 67
  • Entries: 204


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    With the clock running out here in level 11, only two more full levels remain before the surviving players bag and tag their chips onto Day 2. For the time being, it’s Isham Yamani that leads the field, holding a stack just shy of 200,000. Interestingly enough, Khaled Salem is sitting just across the table from him, holding a second place stack of roughly 175,000. With just over an hour left to play, we should see a number of players catch up and surpass these two, as play generally opens up in the last levels of a starting flight.

    Those who have not had the chance to qualify for Day 2 will have two more chances, as Day 1C is on Monday at 7pm, and Day 1D on Tuesday at 7pm.

    Photographs from level 11:

     

    Level 10

  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1K
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 48K
  • Remaining: 85
  • Entries: 204


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    This second flight of Event 1 has reached level ten, and the night is winding down. More than half the field is already gone, and we can expect to see a number of eliminations in the last levels of the day. Anyone who was unfortunate enough to have been eliminated so far will be able to try again in the subsequent flights, as this tournament does allow multiple re-entries (on different flights only).

    Photographs from level 9:

    Second break

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 39.2K
  • Remaining: 104
  • Entries: 204


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    Eight levels have come and gone here in Day 1B, and the players are just finishing up their last break of the night. Only 5 levels remain tonight, and therefore the night should end around 2am, give or take a few minutes for the bagging process.

    We took this time to find our current chip leaders, and here they are:

    1. Michel Bergeron – 106,000
    2. Chico Amorelli – 104,500
    3. Jeff Porter – 97,000
    4. Behrooz Salemi – 89,000

    Update level 7

  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 32.4K
  • Remaining: 126
  • Entries: 204


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    We’ve just passed the half way mark here in Day 1B of the Wild $150, and a number of players are starting to separate themselves from the field by building some already impressive stacks. There will be a break after level 8, during which we will update the leaderboard.

    Photographs from levels 6-7:

     

     

    204 participate in Day 1B

  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 150
  • Big Blind: 300
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 23.4K
  • Remaining: 174
  • Entries: 204


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    Registration is now closed for Day 1B of the Wild $150, and this flight saw a total of 204 players take their seats. This brings the total entries up to 502 after two flights, with two more flights still to go.

    Only three players have breached the 50,000 mark, and they sit atop the leaderboard after 4 levels:

    • Jean Guy Pare – 57,000
    • Siamak Soleimanian – 53,000
    • Ghislain Soucy – 52,500

    After 4 levels

  • Level: 4
  • Small Blind: 100
  • Big Blind: 200
  • Ante: 25
  • Chip Average: 22.5K
  • Remaining: 173
  • Entries: 195


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    We’ve just about completed the first 4 levels of tonights Day 1B, which means late registration is minutes away from closing. The board is currently showing 195 entries for tonights flight, a few of which have already been eliminated.

    Photographs from levels 3-4:

    Some early photos

  • Level: 3
  • Small Blind: 75
  • Big Blind: 150
  • Ante: 25
  • Chip Average: 20.7K
  • Remaining: 175
  • Entries: 181


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    This second flight of The Wild $150 is now into it’s third level of play for the night, and registration has shot up to 181. Registration will remain open for a little over another hour, or roughly 9:15pm.

    Photographs taken during levels 1-2:

     

    Cards are in the air!

  • Level: 1
  • Small Blind: 50
  • Big Blind: 100
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 20K
  • Remaining: 105
  • Entries: 105


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    Our TD just announced the start of the tournament, and with that, the cards are in the air for Day 1B of The Wild $150. So far, the board shows 105 entries, but with a little over 2 hours left until the end of the registration period, we can expect many more players to join us for this series opener.

    Flight B is moments away!

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    The Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015 kicked off it’s 18-day series today, opening with it’s traditional “The Wild $150” multi-flight event which boasts an impressive $100,000 prize pool! This morning’s Day 1A saw 298 players take their seats, and there are still 3 more chances to qualify onto Day 2, with Day 1B scheduled tonight at 7pm, Day 1C Monday night at 7pm, and Day 1D on Tuesday night at 7pm. Those who survive through the 13-levels of scheduled play tonight will bag and tag their chips onto Day 2 on Wednesday at 7pm.

    Tonight should also be an exciting atmosphere here at Playground Poker Club, as all 50+ TVs in the room will be tuned in to watch our hometown heroes as they try to advance into the second round of Playoff Hockey.

    Good luck to everyone playing in tonights flight!