The time has come! Players have taken their seats, the tournament director has made his announcements, and with the formalities out of the way… cards are in the air!
There are 48 players at the tables to start things off this morning, but players should remember that late registration is available for 6 full levels today (plus a 15-minute break after level 4), and players will join throughout the late registration period.
Good luck to everyone today!
In just 35 minutes, play will get underway in Event 7 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net. But that introduction is altogether too dry for the tournament that’s about to begin – it’s a $500 + $100 + $500 NL Hold’em 50/50 Bounty event. You read it correctly – each player in this amazing bounty tournament will be given a $500 Bounty Chip that they must cede to the player that eliminates them from the tournament! Not $25, not $100… Five hundred dollars!
This is undoubtedly one of the larger events on this year’s Spring Classic schedule, and given the sometimes wild dynamics of any bounty tournament, it’s certain to be one of the most fun events on the schedule as well! Not only will the “traditional” prize pool be impressive, but the prizes locked up on players’ bounty chips is HUGE!
This is a one-day event and blinds throughout will be 30 minutes in length and players start with a 25K stack. As is the case for all events with a buy in of greater than $500, late registration will be available through the first 6 levels of the tournament, which means that players have until 2:15pm to join in the fun – and we expect to draw new players right until the end of late reg.
So – it’s time to jump in to your beautiful Audi R8 and make your way to Playground Poker Club to play in this amazing event! See you soon!
Our 6th champion in this Playground Poker Spring Classic has just been crowned! After nearly 9 hours of play, it was Darryl Beal who emerged as our 50/50 Bounty winner, collecting 13 bounty chips worth $100 each along the way.
Darryl built a monster stack as the tournament was approaching the bubble, and although he lost good portion of it to Eric Nuss shortly before the final table, he remained patient and never gave up hope. He grinded a short stack in the late levels of the final table before finally finding himself heads-up versus Michele Black, who was on her quest for a second trophy here at Playground. Although Michele had the chip advantage, the two players agreed to share the prize pool evenly, leaving behind the require 5% extra for the eventual winner. The winner was now set to take home just over $5K, and the runner-up a touch over $4.6K.
Darryl doubled-up in one of the first hands of heads-up play to even the match, and the two went back and forth for a few orbits until a huge hand occurred. Michele played a flush draw very aggressively on the turn, and with all the chips in play, she missed the river and lost to the top two-pairs of Darryl, who took most of her chips in the hand. With only 1 big blind behind, she wasn’t ready to give up just yet – and was determined to become the 3rd female champion of 6 events in this series so far. She went on to double up 4 times, and rebuilt a stack worth 25% of the chips in play. On her fifth all-in, she tabled 
, and was up against Darryl’s 
. They both connected on the 
flop, however Darryl got the best of it when the running cards brought a 
and a 
to give him two-pairs.
With that hand, Michele was knocked out in 2nd place, and Darryl was crowned our Event 6 champion, taking home the biggest share of the prize pool, as well as a Playground Poker Spring Classic Champion’s Trophy.
Congratulations!
Event 6 Champion: Darryl Beal – $5,148.00
Event 6 Runner-Up: Michele Black – $4,620.00
Michele Black
Last Hand of Play
Event 6 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net was a $100 + $20 + $100 NL Hold’em 50/50 Bounty tournament that attracted a massive field of 274 players, adding up to a prize pool of $26,578.00 – irrespective of bounty chips which are not tracked. This prize pool was distributed according to the following table.
Note that a player deal was reached with 2 players remaining. They chose to reserve $428.00 and the Champion’s Trophy for the winner of their heads up battle and divide the remaining prize pool evenly. The final results reflect this player deal. Also note once again that this results table reflects the distribution of the “traditional” prize pool. Players may have also won one or more bounty chips which are not tracked in any way – players cash out their own bounty chips with the cashier following the end of their tournament.
| Rank | Pos | First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Prize | Bourse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darryl | Beal | $5,148.00 |
| 2 | Michele | Black | $4,620.00 |
| 3 | Eric | Nuss | $3,090.00 |
| 4 | Rene | Berube Sarginson | $2,320.00 |
| 5 | Nabil | Assaff | $1,740.00 |
| 6 | Alan Yi Fan | Dong | $1,310.00 |
| 7 | Alexandre | Nadeau-Levesque | $980.00 |
| 8 | Kethees | Thanabalasingham | $730.00 |
| 9 | Placide Junior | Sanon | $550.00 |
| 10 | Kevin Edward | Joudrey | $410.00 |
| 11 | Adeel Aman | Bangash | $410.00 |
| 12 | Alexander | Villa | $410.00 |
| 13 | Tony | Stratopoulos | $360.00 |
| 14 | Michael | Frenkel | $360.00 |
| 15 | Guillaume | Laroche | $360.00 |
| 16 | Bill | Kontaratos | $320.00 |
| 17 | Michael | Plante | $320.00 |
| 18 | Sylvain | Lacasse | $320.00 |
| 19 | Nick | Nickoletopoulos | $280.00 |
| 20 | Nimer | Ltaif | $280.00 |
| 21 | Andre | St-Jean | $280.00 |
| 22 | Louis | Collette | $250.00 |
| 23 | Mariam | Staples | $250.00 |
| 24 | Patrick David | Hu-A-Kam | $250.00 |
| 25 | Nicholas | Vonapartis | $220.00 |
| 26 | Maxime | Macdougall | $220.00 |
| 27 | Rene | Lemay Fournier | $220.00 |
| 28 | Michael H | Dunn | $190.00 |
| 29 | Eddie | Daldalian | $190.00 |
| 30 | Therlegrand | Faustin | $190.00 |
Event 6 is down to heads-up play, and it’s Michele Black (4,000,000) versus Darryl Beal (1,480,000).
Good luck!
Eric Nuss
Darryl Beal took Eric Nuss’s chips from him in two hands.
In the first hand, Darryl doubled through Eric with 
over 
, leaving Eric with very few chips behind. On the second hand, his 
held against 
to score him the bounty chip.
3rd place: Eric Nuss – $3,090.00
Eric Nuss
Rene Berube Sarginson
Rene Berube started the final table with almost no chips, and built himself up to chip leader fairly quickly. He opened his game up after accumulating a big stack and raised most hands, but somehow Michele kept coming over the top of him and stealing his steals.
In the most recent hand, Michele opened to 500,000 from under the gun, and Rene 3bet his 1.5 million chip stack. Michele made a quick call, and Rene found himself at risk and behind yet again.
Michele:
Rene: 
Michele’s hand held this time around, as the board ran 
, and she added another bounty to her pile.
4th place: Rene Berube Sarginson – $2,320.00
Rene Berube Sarginson
Nabil Assaff
With no action before him, Nabil Assaff moved in from the button for just under 10bb, and was looked up by Michele Black in the big blind.
Nabil: 
Michele: 
Michele asked for a 4, and surely enough one appeared on the turn of a 
board to give her the knockout, and bring us down to our final 4 players.
5th place: Nabil Assaff – $1,740.00
Nabil Assaff
Alan Yi Fan Dong
Rene Berube is running hot – after doubling up three times already on this final table, he just went on to eliminate Alan Yi Fan Dong in 6th place to climb up near 1.5 million chips.
Rene limped 80,000 from under the gun, and quickly called when Alan moved all-in for 550,000 from the small blind.
Rene: 
Alan: 
Board: 
6th place: Alan Yi Fan Dong – $1,310.00
Alan Yi Fan Dong
Rene Berube is using up all his run-good on this final table, as he just got it in twice in three hands versus Michele Black to run his stack up to nearly 1 million.
In the first hand he shoved for 150,000 with , and was isolated by Michele and her 
. Rene made a straight on the 
board to build up to over 400,000. Two hands later he shoved once again, and once again was isolated by Michele. He tabled 
, and ran another straight on the board to beat Michele’s 
.
