Event 3 - The $250 Frenzy ($225 + $25 NL Hold'em) | Playground Poker Spring Classic

The $250 Frenzy Champion: Jaroslaw Zbigniew Jaskiewicz

2016/04/27 - 2:24 by Playground Poker

The $250 Frenzy in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net has just come to a close after 35 levels spanning over 3 days of poker. At the end of it all, the last man standing was Jaroslaw Zbigniew Jaskiewicz!

Jaroslaw remained near the top of the leaderboard for most of the later parts of Day 2, and came into Day 3 as a top 5 stack. He scored a big double up with pocket kings early in the night, and used that momentum to carry him onto the final table – where he put on an impressive game.

A total of 1,248 entries took place over 6 Day 1 starting flights, and once play fell 3-handed, an ICM chip-chop was proposed – and accepted. The payout awarded $37,477 to Simon Pin-Disle for his chip-lead stack, while Jaroslaw ($31,884) and Zheng-Yi Xie ($31,640) took an almost even share. The tournament set aside an extra $5,000 for the eventual winner, along with a Playground Poker Spring Classic Champion’s Trophy, and play remained very solid amongst the final three even with the deal locked in.

Jaroslaw eventually built some momentum, and along with his mountains of chips, he began heads-up with a commanding lead – to cruise his way to victory.

Congratulations!

The $250 Frenzy Champion: Jaroslaw Zbigniew Jaskiewicz – $36,884.00

The $250 Frenzy Runner-Up: Simon Pin-Disle – $37,477.00

Simon Pin-Disle

Last Hand of Play

Event 3: Results

2016/04/27 - 2:18 by Playground Poker

Event 3 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net is a $225 + $25 NL Hold’em Re-entry tournament known as “The $250 Frenzy”. It featured 6 Day 1s and continued through Day 2 and Day 3.

There were a total of 1,248 entries in the tournament, leading to a prize pool of $272,376.00. This table contains the official results of the tournament.

Note there was a player deal reached at 3 players remaining. The players agreed to reserve $5,000 and the Champion’s Trophy for the winner and divide the remaining prize pool according to an ICM chop. The final results reflect this player agreement.

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Heads-up: Simon Pin-Disle vs Jaroslaw Zbigniew Jaskiewicz

Level: 35

Small Blind: 150K

Big Blind: 300K

Ante: 50K

Chip Average: 12.5M

Remaining: 2

Entries: 1245

2016/04/27 - 2:09 by Playground Poker

Jaroslaw Zbigniew Jaskiewicz

Heads-up play is underway here in The $250 Frenzy, and the two finalists are Simon Pin-Disle and Jaroslaw Zbigniew Jaskiewicz.

They already have a cash prize locked in from a 3-way deal, with Simon guaranteed $37,477 and Jaroslaw $31,884, and are now playing for the extra $5,000 prize, as well as the Playground Poker Spring Classic Champion’s Trophy.

Jaroslaw has over a 4-to-1 chip advantage for now, but nothing is set in stone in this game we love so much.

Good luck!

: Simon Pin-Disle

: Jaroslaw Zbigniew Jaskiewicz

3rd place: Zheng-Yi Xie

Level: 35

Small Blind: 150K

Big Blind: 300K

Ante: 50K

Chip Average: 12.5M

Remaining: 2

Entries: 1245

2016/04/27 - 1:54 by Playground Poker

Zheng-Yi Xie

Zheng-Yi, better know as Ziggy in these parts, has just been eliminated from this final table of The $250 Frenzy. He collected $31,640 in the 3-way deal that happened earlier.

His downfall came in two hands. On the first hand, his A8-suited fell second best to the AT-off of Simon, who ran a straight on the K98 6 7 board. Ziggy saw nearly 5-million of his chips get shifted to Simon.

Shortly after, he pushed all-in from the button and found himself heads-up once again versus Simon.

Ziggy:

Simon:

Board:

3rd place: Zheng-Yi “Ziggy” Xie – $31,640.00

Zheng-Yi Xie

Final 3 negotiate a deal

Level: 34

Small Blind: 125K

Big Blind: 250K

Ante: 25K

Chip Average: 8.3M

Remaining: 3

Entries: 1245

2016/04/27 - 1:06 by Playground Poker

The final 3 players in The $250 Frenzy have negotiated a deal based on their current chip counts. The tournament requires $5,000 to be held back for the eventual champion, who will also take home the Playground Poker Spring Classic Champion’s Trophy, and the rest of the prize pool was divided based on an ICM chip-chop.

Here are the numbers that were agreed-upon, with and extra $5,000 going to the eventual winner.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis	Prize \| Prix
Simon	Pin-Disle	11,775,000	$37,477
Jaroslaw Zbigniew	Jaskiewicz	6,650,000	$31,884
Zheng-Yi	Xie	6,475,000	$31,640

Congratulations!

4th place: Maxime Theroux

Level: 34

Small Blind: 125K

Big Blind: 250K

Ante: 25K

Chip Average: 8.3M

Remaining: 3

Entries: 1245

2016/04/27 - 0:55 by Playground Poker

Maxime Theroux

When action folded around to shortest stack Maxime Theroux in the small blind, he put the pressure on the other short stack Ziggy in the big blind by moving all-in. Ziggy looked down at a pair and made the call.

Maxime:

Ziggy:

Board:

Ziggy nearly doubled up on the hand, as play fell 3-handed.

4th place: Maxime Theroux – $18,000.00

Maxime Theroux

“Let’s play”

Level: 34

Small Blind: 125K

Big Blind: 250K

Ante: 25K

Chip Average: 6.2M

Remaining: 4

Entries: 1245

2016/04/27 - 0:51 by Playground Poker

“Let’s play”… the words muttered by chip leader Simon Pin-Disle when he didn’t get the $40,000 he wanted in the deal – which proposed him $38,171.

Play continues in level 34…

Theroux runs it up; Clock is paused as players negotiate a deal

Level: 34

Small Blind: 125K

Big Blind: 250K

Ante: 25K

Chip Average: 6.2M

Remaining: 4

Entries: 1245

2016/04/27 - 0:43 by Playground Poker

After short stacked Maxime Theroux won two consecutive double-ups, the final 4 decided to pause the clock to negotiate a potential deal. Here are the stacks as they stand at the turn of level 33:

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Simon	Pin-Disle	12,550,000
Jaroslaw Zbigniew	Jaskiewicz	5,975,000
Zheng-Yi	Xie	3,300,000
Maxime	Theroux	3,150,000

: Simon Pin-Disle

: Jaroslaw Zbigniew Jaskiewicz

: Zheng-Yi Xie

: Maxime Theroux

Pin-Disle takes the chip lead

Level: 33

Small Blind: 100K

Big Blind: 200K

Ante: 25K

Chip Average: 6.2M

Remaining: 4

Entries: 1245

2016/04/27 - 0:25 by Playground Poker

Simon Pin-Disle

Simon Pin-Disle defended his big blind facing a button min-raise from Maxime. He lead out 550,000 on a flop, and Maxime replied with a raise to 1,325,000. Simon 3bet his over 5-million chip stack, and Maxime double-checked his cards before making a quick call.

Simon:

Maxime:

Simon let out a sigh when he saw he was in bad shape, but the running and gave him a full house to win the hand over Maxime’s flopped flush. He now holds a little over 11.5 million chips, good for the lead, while Maxime is down to about 700,000.

Theroux on the good end of a cooler

Level: 33

Small Blind: 100K

Big Blind: 200K

Ante: 25K

Chip Average: 6.2M

Remaining: 4

Entries: 1245

2016/04/27 - 0:13 by Playground Poker

Shortly after seeing a large part of his stack get passed along to Jaroslaw with versus , Maxime Theroux found himself on the stronger end of a cooler in 4-handed action.