Playground Poker Spring Classic

Event 17 Champion: Joey “Birdman” Boczek

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The road was long for Joey Boczek – with 230 players in the event, it took over 10 hours to play down to a champion in this final event in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net. Joey had a lead for most of the play on the final table and while he had some challenges, in many cases other players eliminated each other on the way to the championship.

Even with blind levels being what they were and the deal in place, the final table still took quite a bit of time to play through and once play got heads up, energy was flagging. So, on the first hand of heads up play the chips found their way to the middle of the felt… and Birdman was able to win his first Championship in a Playground Poker Club festival event! Anyone how knows Joey will know what this means to him.

Congratulations Birdman!

Event 17 Champion: Joey Boczek – $5,075

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2nd place: Derek Lerner – $5,675

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Final hand of play

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Event 17 final results

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Event 17 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net was a $200 + $30 + $100 NL Hold’em Bounty tournament that was held on May 5th, 2016. There were a total of 231 players which generated a “normal” prize pool of $44,814.00 in addition to the $100 Bounty Chips held by each player (which are not tracked). This prize pool was distributed according to the following table.

Note there was a player deal reached at 6 players remaining that set aside $900 and the Champion’s Trophy for the winner and the rest of the available prize pool at that time was distributed via ICM chop. This deal is reflected in the following payouts.

Rank | PosFirst Name | PrénomLast Name | NomPrize | Bourse
1JoeyBoczek$5,074.00
2DerekLerner$5,676.00
3RogerThibault$4,450.00
4KathySawers$6,873.00
5YohannWagner$4,974.00
6KevinDos Santos$4,777.00
7RickyCampanelli$1,750.00
8PeterMeraw$1,300.00
9Alan Yi FanDong$1,000.00
10YanikCharneux$800.00
11BenMenache$800.00
12JimmyLehouiller$700.00
13Jean DanielHogan$700.00
14ChristianBerthelet-Amaral$650.00
15JohnESlaughter$650.00
16MarcelloSimonetti$600.00
17NoyU$600.00
18JanickLarocque$560.00
19JasonConforti$560.00
20PaulEl-Khouri$500.00
21RazvanVintiloiu$500.00
22JamesBelanger$460.00
23MounzerAwada$460.00
24ThierryBlanc$400.00

Roger Thibault, 3rd place

  • Level: 26
  • Small Blind: 50K
  • Big Blind: 100K
  • Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 2.9M
  • Remaining: 2
  • Entries: 231


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    Joey “Birdman” Boczek has amazing momentum and once Roget Thibault went all in, Birdman had so many chips that his hole card holdings weren’t really germane any more… but regardless of this fact, for Roger’s final hand he had the goods.

    Roger: Ace of Hearts 8 of Clubs

    Joey: 10 of Hearts 10 of Spades

    Board: 6 of Hearts 7 of Spades 4 of Clubs 9 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds

    3rd place: Roger Thibault – $4,450

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    Kathy Sawers out 4th

  • Level: 26
  • Small Blind: 50K
  • Big Blind: 100K
  • Ante: 1oK
  • Chip Average: 1.4M
  • Remaining: 3
  • Entries: 231


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    Kathy Sawers was among the leaders in the tournament the entire way along until about half-way through the final table. The size of the blinds had clearly modified the rhythm of the tournament by then and Kathy was somewhat of a victim of this change. It should be noted that Kathy had an excellent Spring Classic from beginning to end – she was the Champion of Event 2 and made several other deep runs.

    Kathy: King of Diamonds 7 of Diamonds
    Roger Thibault: Queen of Diamonds 9 of Spades

    Board: 6 of Clubs Ace of Spades Queen of Clubs Ace of Clubs 9 of Diamonds

    4th place: Kathy Sawers – $6,873

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    5th place: Yohann Wagner

  • Level: 26
  • Small Blind: 50K
  • Big Blind: 100K
  • Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 1.4M
  • Remaining: 4
  • Entries: 231


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    The all-in frenzy continued, and with just 160K in chips, Yohann Wagner’s push was just a formality – particularly after having lost a 1M chip pot a few hands earlier. Derek Lerner made the call.

    Yohann: Queen of Diamonds 3 of Diamonds
    Derek: Ace of Clubs 10 of Hearts

    Community cards: 2 of Clubs 8 of Hearts 10 of Clubs Queen of Clubs 10 of Spades

    5th place: Yohann Wagner – $4,975

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    Kevin Dos Santos 6th

  • Level: 26
  • Small Blind: 50K
  • Big Blind: 100K
  • Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 1.4M
  • Remaining: 5
  • Entries: 231


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    Once the deal was made, the players took a more aggressive approach and Kevin Dos Santos was the first to shove on the very next hand played. Derek Lerner called the 710K shove.

    Kevin: King of Diamonds 3 of Diamonds
    Derek: Ace of Diamonds Jack of Clubs

    Board: Queen of Spades 2 of Clubs 8 of Clubs Ace of Clubs 7 of Spades

    6th place: Kevin Dos Santos – $4,777

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    6-way deal in the Bounty

  • Level: 26
  • Small Blind: 50K
  • Big Blind: 100K
  • Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 1.2M
  • Remaining: 6
  • Entries: 231


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    With just 6 players left, the remaining players decided to reserve $900 and the trophy for the winner and distribute the balance of the remaining prize pool via ICM chop. Players will also retain their own bounty chips.

    • Joey Boczek: 4 175$
    • Derek Lerner: 5 675$
    • Yohann Wagner: 4 974$
    • Roger Thibault: 4 450$
    • Kathy Sawers: 6 873$
    • Kevin Dos Santos: 4 777$

    7th and 8th place

  • Level: 25
  • Small Blind: 40K
  • Big Blind: 80K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 962.5K
  • Remaining: 6
  • Entries: 231


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    Players fold to the cutoff, from where Ricky Campanelli decides to shove for about 150K. Yohann Wagner calls from the bb.

    Ricky: King of Spades 10 of Diamonds
    Yohann: Ace of Hearts Queen of Clubs

    Board: 7 of Hearts 9 of Clubs 9 of Diamonds 8 of Spades 7 of Diamonds

    7th place: Ricky Campanelli –  $1,750

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    A little earlier, when a flop of 9 of Clubs King of Hearts 9 of Hearts was dealt, Peter Meraw checked and Kathy Sawers bet 250K. Peter then pushed for about 300K more. Kathy went in the tank but eventually called off the difference.

    Kathy: Ace of Clubs 2 of Clubs
    Peter: King of Spades 10 of Spades

    Turn: Ace of Hearts
    River: 7 of Diamonds

    Kathy had hit a miracle turn and Peter went to collect his prize.

    8th place: Peter Meraw – $1,300

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    Alan Yi Fan Dong out 9th

  • Level: 25
  • Small Blind: 40K
  • Big Blind: 80
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 962.5K
  • Remaining: 8
  • Entries: 231


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    Alan Yi Fan Dong shoved 160K from utg+2 and Derek Lerner raised from the cutoff to 270K. Kathy Sawers called from the bb. The side pot was approximately 200K, and on the flop 5 of Diamonds 3 of Hearts 9 of Clubs, Kathy shoved and Derek folded.

    Kathy: 7 of Hearts 7 of Spades
    Alan: Ace of Hearts 10 of Clubs

    Turn and river 5 of Clubs 8 of Clubs

    9th place: Alan Yi Fan Dong – $1,000

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    Tonight! The final event of the 2016 Spring Classic!

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    Tonight at 7:30pm is the beginning of the final event in the 2016 Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net. It’s a $200 + $30 + $100 NL Hold’em Bounty tournament in which each player will contribute $200 to the prize pool and another $100 to a bounty chip that they must give to the player who eliminates him or her from the tournament. This festival-closing bounty tournament has become a tradition at Playground Poker Club and is certain to feature a huge field.

    One of the traditional elements in this final tournament is that staff are permitted to play the event. This adds an extra little bit of excitement to the tourney – players can test the abilities of any dealers, floor staff, wait staff, or even Live Event bloggers who join in the fun! It’s also extra value for the rest of the field, because we’ve all been working so hard we’re not necessarily at our “poker best”!

    Blind levels will be 20 minutes long and players start with 25K in tournament chips. Late registration is available until just after 9pm tonight, so expect participation numbers to grow right until the end of late registration.

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