Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015

Event 4 Champion: Rejean Grenier!

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Event 4, a $100 + $10 Deepstack Turbo 1-day event that started this afternoon, attracted a total of 136 players, which is not bad for a Monday afternoon! When all was said and done, it was Rejean Grenier who was crowned champion, as he overcame heads-up opponent Jody Miall to take down the Playground Poker Spring Classic bracelet, and the $2,893 prize that came along with it!

Congratulations!

Event 4 Champion: Rejean Grenier – $2,893

PPSC-E4-3931 PPSC-E4-3932

Event 4 Runner-Up: Jody Miall – $2,497

Jody Miall

Jody Miall

Last hand of play:

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Just 8 remain

  • Level: 24
  • Small Blind: 25K
  • Big Blind: 50K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 425K
  • Remaining: 8
  • Entries: 136


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    There are just 8 players left in Event 4, the $100 + $10 Deepstack Turbo event that started today at noon. Play has been very quick for some time now, and players are now returning from what is certain to be their final break of the day.

    There has been no discussion about a deal of any kind since the bubble save agreement, so play will continue as the blinds continue to grow.

    1. Kerwin Bentley – 460K
    2. Frederic Lasalle – 265K
    3. Tedde Ballanger – 275K
    4. Rejean Grenier – 365K
    5. Seat Open
    6. Seat Open
    7. Imrain Hussain – 905K
    8. Daniel Gagnon – 375K
    9. Victor Artemenko – 415K
    10. Jody Miall – 275K

    Bubble save

  • Level: 22
  • Small Blind: 15K
  • Big Blind: 30K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 261.5K
  • Remaining: 13
  • Entries: 136


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    It’s relatively irregular in an event such as this, but when the players reached the money bubble an agreement was quickly reached to take $182 off the first prize to award to the player exiting in 15th place. The entire discussion and decision – even across 2 tables – took less than 2 minutes and play continued.

    Down to 20 and beyond

  • Level: 17
  • Small Blind: 12K
  • Big Blind: 24K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 200K
  • Remaining: 17
  • Entries: 136


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    The field in Event 4 has gone down to just 20 players, who were seated around 2 tables – and very quickly the field lost 3 more players as we approach the money, which will be reached when 14 players remain. There will be a full redraw before the final table of 10 players.

    [eztable width=40% colwidth=60%|40% colalign=left|left]
    Name,Seat
    ,Table 53 – Seat 1
    Vickie Manuge,Table 53 – Seat 2
    Daniel Gagnon,Table 53 – Seat 3
    Darrell Brown,Table 53 – Seat 4
    Michael Hunter,Table 53 – Seat 5
    Tianshu Liu,Table 53 – Seat 6
    Douglas Mackie,Table 53 – Seat 7
    Fred Lam,Table 53 – Seat 8
    Imran Hussain,Table 53 – Seat 9
    Frederic Lasalle,Table 53 – Seat 10
    Ryan Sgrignuoli,Table 57 – Seat 1
    Kerwin Bentley,Table 57 – Seat 2
    Steve Argiropoulos,Table 57 – Seat 3
    Tedde Ballanger,Table 57 – Seat 4
    ,Table 57 – Seat 5
    Douli Elie Rizkalla,Table 57 – Seat 6
    Jody Miall,Table 57 – Seat 7
    Laurent Kochenburger,Table 57 – Seat 8
    ,Table 57 – Seat 9
    Rejean Grenier,Table 57 – Seat 10
    [/eztable]

    Full speed ahead in Event 4

  • Level: 19
  • Small Blind: 8K
  • Big Blind: 16K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 136K
  • Remaining: 25
  • Entries: 136


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    The players in Event 4 are taking another break as tournament staff removes the blue T500 chips from play. The last session saw the field drop more than half of the players still active at that time, and there are just 25 players remaining including quite a few short stacks.

    At the head of the leaderboard is Daniel Gagnon, who at one point was down to as few as 2400 chips (from a 25K starting stack). Daniel has had remarkable success in daily tournaments at Playground Poker Club and is a fixture atop the Tournament Leader Board, a promotion that runs every month for tournament players.

    1. Daniel Gagnon – 352K
    2. Erick-Yanick Bergeron – 233K
    3. Tedde Ballanger – 215K
    4. David Moron-Gilbert – 210K
    5. Kerwin Bentley – 191K

    Photos from level 18

    Photos and a new leaderboard

  • Level: 14
  • Small Blind: 2.5K
  • Big Blind: 5K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 60.7K
  • Remaining: 56
  • Entries: 136


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    Everything happens quickly in a Turbo event, and even though the last break seems like it just wrapped up, the players have now taken their third break. We have refreshed the leaderboard and taken some new photos of the event since the last update.

    1. Martin Charbonneau – 152K
    2. Scott Poirier – 151K
    3. William Blais – 139K
    4. Douglas Mackie – 107K
    5. Charles La Boissonniere – 101K

    Photos from level 13:

    Leaders at the 2nd break

  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 1K
  • Big Blind: 2K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 38.6K
  • Remaining: 88
  • Entries: 136


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    Players in today’s Deepstack Turbo (Event 4) have taken their second break of the day and as expected, a few of them have managed to build up some pretty huge stacks. No one has broken the 100K mark, but the leaders are right on the edge of this threshold.

    1. Ryan Wolters – 98K
    2. Michael Hunter – 96K
    3. Martin Charbonneau – 93K
    4. Joey Boczek – 92K

    Event 4 – Prize Pool & Payout Structure

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 800
  • Big Blind: 1.6K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 35.4K
  • Remaining: 96
  • Entries: 136


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    Event 4 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic sponsored by partypoker.net was a $100 + $10 NL Hold’em Deepstack Turbo tournament. The tournament began on April 27, 2015 at 12pm and is a one-day event. There were a total of 136 players in the event, which adds up to a prize pool of $13,192.00. This will be distributed according to the following table.

    [eztable width=”40%” tablesorter=”0″ colalign=”center|center”]
    Finish,Prize
    1,”$3,182.00″
    2,”$2,390.00″
    3,”$1,810.00″
    4,”$1,370.00″
    5,”$1,040.00″
    6,”$790.00″
    7,”$595.00″
    8,”$455.00″
    9,”$340.00″
    10,”$260.00″
    11,”$260.00″
    12,”$240.00″
    13,”$240.00″
    14,”$220.00″
    [/eztable]

    Photos before the break

  • Level: 6
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 28.2K
  • Remaining: 117
  • Entries: 132


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    Players in Event 4 are about to take their first break of the day. Here are some photos we took early in the tournament.

    Photos from levels 3-4:

    Alternates now being seated!

  • Level: 4
  • Small Blind: 200
  • Big Blind: 400
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 25.4K
  • Remaining: 116
  • Entries: 118


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    Event 4 has proved to be very popular as the published capacity for this afternoon’s tournament (100) was reached shortly after the event began. Tournament staff has already opened an additional table so just about everyone is being seated now, and as usual we will do everything we can to accommodate everyone who wishes to play today.