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Joel doubles through Tony

Level: 26

Small Blind: 20K

Big Blind: 40K

Ante: 5K

Chip Average: 2.1M

Remaining: 6

Entries: 417

2016/05/05 - 13:06 by

There has been a lot of action early but not many big double ups and no eliminations yet. One of the first doubles of the afternoon started with a raise to 90K from utg+1 by Tony Dunst only to run into Joel Miller’s shove for 725K. Tony made the call and the cards were exposed.

Tony:
Joel:

It was a classic flip, but missing the flop ( ) put Tony well behind and the on the turn and river couldn’t reverse the situation. Tony is down to about 1.48M and Joel is now playing a similar stack size.

The WPT Canadian Spring Championship Final Table is on now!

Level: 26

Small Blind: 20K

Big Blind: 40K

Ante: 5K

Chip Average: 2.1M

Remaining: 6

Entries: 417

2016/05/05 - 12:08 by Playground Poker

The final 6 players making up the official final table of the WPT Canadian Spring Championship are at their seats and ready to begin what should be an epic conclusion to this Main Event in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net.

Cards are now officially in the air here at Playground Poker Club, and if you wish to come and grab a bite, have a drink and watch this final table live you are more than welcome to join the growing rail we have here in the tournament hall. You can also follow all the action from the comfort of your home or office, by either watching the live stream (which will be on a 30 minute delay, with hole cards shown – starts at 12:30pm), or by following the updates on our own Playground Poker Blog or via the WPT Live Updates.

Good luck to the final 6 players!

Event 16 Champion: Michael Gabrial

2016/05/05 - 5:04 by

By the time the cashier closed to new registrations, there were 197 players ready to fight for the Champion’s trophy in Event 16 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net. Over the course of the next 8 hours play continued along, moving into high gear once the bubble burst – and by the time the final table arrived, there was a player down approximately every orbit – blinds were high and the average stack was short.

Heads up play lasted just one single hand. Michael Gabrial had built up a stack quite early in the tournament and managed to keep up the pace the whole way. Several times he stayed out of trouble because he was stuck between two larger stacks and took a calculated risk… but other times by exhibiting caution – perhaps too much on occasion.

Congratulations to the Champion!

Event 16 Champion: Michael Gabrial – $4,814

2nd place: Presten Cloutier – $4,252

Last hand of play

Event 16 final results

2016/05/05 - 5:03 by Playground Poker

Event 16 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic was a $200 + $20 NL Hold’em 8-Max event that took place on May 4th, 2016 at Playground Poker Club. There were 197 players in the tournament which added up to a prize pool of $38,218.00. This was distributed according to the following table.

Note there was a player agreement made with 7 players remaining. They chose to reserve a small portion of the prize and the trophy for 1st place and distribute the remaining prize pool based on ICM Chop numbers. This deal is reflected in the following payout table.

Rank \| Pos	First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Prize \| Bourse
1	Michael	Gabrial	$4,814.00
2	Presten	Cloutier	$4,252.00
3	Manfred	Gunther	$4,873.00
4	Yohann	Wagner	$4,930.00
5	Marcello	Simonetti	$3,340.00
6	Miguel	Goncalo	$4,611.00
7	Chris	Tatakis	$3,248.00
8	Marc	Lacroix	$1,170.00
9	Alec	Brandstatter	$880.00
10	Leo	Mantas Ragusa	$660.00
11	Yannick	Labattaglia	$660.00
12	Christian	Barbeau	$610.00
13	Daniel	Grenier	$610.00
14	Tom	Danielidis	$560.00
15	Gheorghe	Priala	$560.00
16	Matthieu	Lepine	$520.00
17	Si Hong	Wang	$520.00
18	Eric	Bergeron	$480.00
19	Alex	Chiasson	$480.00
20	Malik	Lefty	$220.00
21	Loic	Virapin-Apou	$220.00

3rd and 4th place

Level: 23

Small Blind: 40K

Big Blind: 80K

Ante: 10K

Chip Average: 2M

Remaining: 2

Entries: 197

2016/05/05 - 4:46 by

4th place: Yohann Wagner: $4,930

Manfred Gunther enjoys playing an aggressive style of poker when the chance presents itself, and tonight was a good opportunity for his preferred style of play. On the flop of was dealt, Manfred and Michael Gabrial had both hit a piece and got their chips in the middle.

Manfred:
Michael:

Michael didn’t make his flush – but he did make a higher pair than Manfred, which was plenty.

3rd place: Manfred Gunther – $4,873

Simonetti 5th and Goncalo 6th

Level: 23

Small Blind: 40K

Big Blind: 80K

Ante: 10K

Chip Average: 985K

Remaining: 4

Entries: 197

2016/05/05 - 4:26 by

Marcello Simonetti:

Michael Gabrial:

Board:

5e place: Marcello Simonetti – $3,340

6th place: Miguel Goncalo – $4,611

The players have a deal

Level: 22

Small Blind: 30K

Big Blind: 60K

Ante: 5K

Chip Average: 788K

Remaining: 7

Entries: 197

2016/05/05 - 4:07 by

The players have decided to reserve $751 and the trophy for the champion and distribute the remaining prize pool via ICM chop. Here are the payouts that have been agreed to.

Marcello Simonetti: $3,340
Manfred Gunther: $4,873
Michael Gabrial: $4,063
Miguel Goncalo: $4,611
Presten Cloutier: $4,252
Chris Tatakis: $3,248
Yohann Wagner: $4,930

Event 16: Leaders after 9 levels

Level: 10

Small Blind: 800

Big Blind: 1.6K

Ante: 200

Chip Average: 43.8K

Remaining: 90

Entries: 197

2016/05/04 - 22:58 by

The players in the 8-Max have returned and during the break we were able to find out who’s taken the lead in the event. The green T25 chips have disappeared… and so have half of the players who started the tourney tonight!

Leo Mantas Ragusa: 128,100
Richard Johansen: 127,200
Tom Danielidis: 111,200
Joseph Abou Khalil: 108,100
Glen Hammers: 96,100