The first event of the Playground Poker Spring Classic is over, and after 34 levels of play spread across 3 days of poker, it was finally Tina who emerged as The Wild $150 Champion! She navigated her way across a massive 1,168 player field to find herself as the last one standing, and earned herself a sweet $24,950 cash prize as well as a Playground Poker Spring Champion’s Trophy!
She arrived at the final table 2nd in chips, and although she slid down the leaderboard a few levels in, she kept her composure and fought her way back up. When play fell 3-handed, a deal was proposed, however given she was the short-stack and the ICM deal only offered her a little more than the already locked-in 3rd place amount, she refused the deal and play resumed. It didn’t take her long to take over the chip lead, as only a few orbits following the deal she won a huge pot versus chip leader at-the-time David St-Louis.
After David’s elimination in 3rd place, Tina found herself heads-up versus Martin Lapostolle with even chip stacks. The two players agreed to an even-chop, leaving the required $3,000 for the eventual winner. After nearly a full level of heads-up play, Tina raised with a pair in hand, and called off the limp-shove of Martin in the small blind. Tina’s 
won the race versus her opponent’s 
, crowning her as The Wild $150 champion!
Congratulations!
The Wild $150 Champion: Tina – $24,950.00
The Wild $150 Runner-up: Martin Lapostolle – $21,949.00
Martin Lapostolle
Last hand of play
, and his pair held versus the 
of David on a 
board.
board, and took a pot worth almost 12-million, putting her in charge with 3 players left.
, Kevin check-shoved following a c-bet worth 500,000. David did some quick math in his head, and eventually made the call for Kevin’s total bet of 1,775,000.
and the 
board, bringing the field down to 4 players.
board, and Alexandre went down in 6th place.
, and Martin increased his chip lead on the final table, as he now hangs around the 7.5 million chip mark.
