The Wild $150 Champion: Tina

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!