Event 15 - $300 + $30 NL Hold'em Freeze | Playground Poker Spring Classic

Event 15 Champion: David Guay

2016/05/04 - 4:26 by

There were 109 players in Event 15 and the beginning of the tourney everything proceeded at a normal pace – but as the event got deeper, the quicker things started to move. At one point 3 tables broke in the space of just 30 minutes as the bubble approached.

Once the final table arrived, there were several all in hands with no call and the small stacks doubled or at least increased their holdings for the most part. Then when the tournament got to heads up, both players were evenly matched in terms of chips. Again this time there was a passage of play with no movement… until David Guay shoved for 870K and found a call from Michael Stannard.

David:

Michael:

Board:

Michael hit his King, but the turn and river runner-runner gave the pot to David and Michael had just 440K left. the very next hand he called off David’s all in with .

David:

Once again the flop was almost perfect for Michael:

But the runner runner turn and river gave David the pot – and the Championship!

Event 15 Champion: David Guay – $7,219

David Guay

2nd place: Michael Stannard, $6,500

Michael Stannard

Final hand of play

Event 15 final results

2016/05/04 - 4:25 by Playground Poker

Event 15 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net was a $300 + $30 NL Hold’em Freeze that look place on May 3rd 2016 at Playground Poker Club. There were a total of 109 players in the event which generated a prize pool of $31,719.00. This was distributed according to the following payout table.

Rank \| Pos	First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Prize \| Bourse
1	David	Guay	$7,219.00
2	Michael	Stannard	$6,500.00
3	Darryl	Beal	$5,000.00
4	Jeffrey	Cormier	$3,500.00
5	Shawn	Sutton	$2,600.00
6	Gaetano	Di Maria	$2,000.00
7	Elie	A	$1,500.00
8	Jean-Marc	Doucet	$1,100.00
9	Joseph	A	$800.00
10	Carlo	Nini	$600.00
11	Duc Nghia	Le Quang	$600.00
12	Adam	Hamaoui	$300.00

3rd place: Darryl Beal

Level: 23

Small Blind: 40K

Big Blind: 80K

Ante: 10K

Chip Average: 1.1M

Remaining: 2

Entries: 109

2016/05/04 - 3:49 by

After several all-in hands with no call, Darryl Beal went all in for 315K from the small blind and found a call from Michael Stannard in the big blind.

Darryl:

Michael:

Board:

A few hands earlier the players ended a similar hand with a chopped pot, but not this time – Michael’s pair of 6s was enough to give him the hand and Darryl finished in 3rd place.

3rd place: Darryl Beal, $5,000

Darryl Beal

A deal!

Level: 22

Small Blind: 30K

Big Blind: 60K

Ante: 5k

Chip Average: 726.5K

Remaining: 3

Entries: 109

2016/05/04 - 3:29 by

The original prize payouts in the event were as follows:

$8,200
$6,319
$4,500

And after some negotiations between the remaining players, they have chosen to modify the payouts as follows:

$7,219
$6,500
$5,000

Jeffrey Cormier out 4th

Level: 22

Small Blind: 30K

Big Blind: 60K

Ante: 5K

Chip Average: 726.7K

Remaining: 3

Entries: 109

2016/05/04 - 3:20 by

In the second hand after their return from break, Jeffrey Cormier went all in for 290K. Darryl called from the big blind holding .

Jeffrey:

Community cards:

Jeffrey couldn’t make a miracle happen and finished 4th.

4th place: Jeffrey Cormier – $3,500

Counts for the “Fantastic 4”

Level: 22

Small Blind: 30K

Big Blind: 60K

Ante: 5K

Chip Average: 545K

Remaining: 4

Entries: 109

2016/05/04 - 3:10 by

Players are on break for 15 minutes while the tournament staff removes the T1,000 chips. Here are updated counts for the 4 remaining players.

David Guay: 689,000
Michael Stannard: 663,000
Darryl Beal: 450,000
Jeffrey Cormier: 334,000

: David Guay

: Michael Stannard

: Darryl Beal

11 players, and we are in the money

Level: 18

Small Blind: 8K

Big Blind: 16K

Ante: 2K

Chip Average: 218K

Remaining: 10

Entries: 109

2016/05/04 - 1:44 by Playground Poker

Event 15 has just reached the money, and we now have 11 players left all competing for the Playground Poker Spring Classic Champion’s Trophy!

Here they are with their chip counts:

Michael Stannard: 391,000
David Guay: 381,000
Shawn Sutton: 312,000
Jeffrey Cormier: 230,000
Gaetano Di Maria: 225,000
Carlo Nini: 172,000
Darryl Beal: 160,000
Jean-Marc Doucet: 144,000
Elie A: 79,000
Duc Nghia Le Quang: 43,000
Mazaltov: 40,000

Good luck!

Three-way all-in

Level: 16

Small Blind: 5K

Big Blind: 10K

Ante: 1K

Chip Average: 136.3K

Remaining: 16

Entries: 109

2016/05/04 - 0:45 by

Three players were all in and Nicholas Palma had a stack that covered the other two. Joey Cournoyer was the small stack and was eliminated in the hand while Elie A won a side pot of 33,500 chips from Nicholas.

Joey:
Elie:
Nicholas:

Board:

Down to 4 tables in Event 15

Level: 12

Small Blind: 1.5K

Big Blind: 3K

Ante: 400

Chip Average: 66.1K

Remaining: 33

Entries: 109

2016/05/03 - 23:24 by

A rash of quick eliminations has brought the tournament to its final 4 tables. Two players were all in preflop and the small pair caught to make a set, eliminating the larger pair, and another elimination came about due to a rivered nut flush against the nut straight.

There are still 33 players in the action and we’re keeping an eye on the players and stack sizes as the tournament moves into level 13 shortly.

More Photos from Event 15

Level: 10

Small Blind: 800

Big Blind: 1.6K

Ante: 200

Chip Average: 41.9K

Remaining: 52

Entries: 109

2016/05/03 - 22:42 by

There are now 53 players remaining of the 109 who started tonight’s tournament. 11 players will be paid in the tourney with a huge $8,200 up top for first place!

Photos taken during levels 9 and 10.