Event 5 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net was a $500 + $50 NL Hold’em Freeze the began on April 26th, 2016 at 11am. It was a 1-day event with a total of 134 players that contributed to a final prize pool of $64,990.00. This prize pool was distributed according to the following table.
Note there was a player agreement reached at 5 players remaining that reserved $1,300 and the trophy for the winner and the remaining prize pool was distributed via modified (negotiated) ICM chop. The final prize numbers reflect this deal – this accounts for why the player in 3rd place won the most money – he was a big chip leader at the time of the deal.
| Rank | Pos | First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Prize | Bourse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rong | Xu | $10,425.00 |
| 2 | Neal | Thornton | $9,125.00 |
| 3 | Rodney | Ramalho | $11,740.00 |
| 4 | Yohann | Wagner | $9,125.00 |
| 5 | Kliment | Tarmakov | $7,740.00 |
| 6 | Christopher | Willis Jackson | $3,890.00 |
| 7 | Julien Baptiste Roger | Arneodo | $2,950.00 |
| 8 | Sebastien | Proulx | $2,240.00 |
| 9 | Adrian Dominik | Jandziszak | $1,695.00 |
| 10 | Ramesh | Puradchithasan | $1,285.00 |
| 11 | Mehdi | M | $1,285.00 |
| 12 | James Marvin | Loder | $1,195.00 |
| 13 | Francesco | Maltese | $1,195.00 |
| 14 | Dany | Pacitti | $1,100.00 |
