Alexandre Nadeau-Levesque
In a similar fashion to last elimination only moments ago, Eric Nuss opened the action to 200,000, and called off an extra 150,000 when Alexandre Nadeau-Levesque moved in over the top.
Eric: 
Alexandre: 
Board: 
With that pot, Eric has separated himself on the field and now closes on the 2-million chip mark.
7th place: Alexandre Nadeau-Levesque – $980.00
Alexandre Nadeau-Levesque
Kethees Thanabalasingham
Eric Nuss raised to 200,000 from late position, and Kethees Thanabalasingham moved in over the top for just over 400,000 on the button. The blinds folded their cards, and Eric made the call.
Eric: 
Kethees: 
Eric paired on the 
board to earn himself yet another bounty chip, while eliminating a dangerous player from this final table.
8th place: Kethees Thanabalasingham – $730.00
Kethees Thanabalasingham
During the short chip-up break the players just took, we did some chip counting. Here is the current distribution of the chips as play enters level 22:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Michele | Black | 1,175,000 |
| Eric | Nuss | 1,155,000 |
| Nabil | Assaff | 790,000 |
| Darryl | Beal | 710,000 |
| Alan Yi Fan | Dong | 570,000 |
| Kethees | Thanabalasingham | 420,000 |
| Alexandre | Nadeau-Levesque | 340,000 |
| Rene | Berube Sarginson | 295,000 |
Kevin Edward Joudrey
Event 6 saw two quick eliminations happen in the first moments of the final table.
On the first hand, Rene Berube was all-in blind with under 2bb in the big blind position, and doubled through Alan Dong.
On the next hand, action folded around to short-stacked Kevin Edward Joudrey, who shoved from the button. Rene isolated from the small blind, and knocked his opponent out with 
over 
to bring him back in contention.
A few hands later, Placide Junior Sanon opened the action from late position, finding calls from both Kethees in the small blind, and Eric Nuss in the big blind. When the flop brought 
, Eric moved all-in, and was followed by Placide, who had the shorter of the two stacks. After Kethees reluctantly folded, Eric tabled 
, and was trailing the 
of Placide. The 
turn didn’t change much, but the 
on the river gave Eric the win.
10th place: Kevin Edward Joudrey – $410.00
Kevin Edward Joudrey
9th place: Placide Junior Sanon – $550.00
Placide Junior Sanon
Only 10 “Bounty-Hunters” remain here in Event 6, and they have been merged down to one final table. There is a scheduled break in a few short minutes, during which we will bring an update on chip counts, but by glancing over at player stacks it seems to be Eric Nuss who leads with roughly 1.35 million, with Michele Black inches behind and over the 1.2 million chip mark.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Seat | Siège |
|---|---|---|
| Placide Junior | Sanon | Seat 01 |
| Kevin Edward | Joudrey | Seat 02 |
| Rene | Berube Sarginson | Seat 03 |
| Michele | Black | Seat 04 |
| Eric | Nuss | Seat 05 |
| Kethees | Thanabalasingham | Seat 06 |
| Darryl | Beal | Seat 07 |
| Alexandre | Nadeau-Levesque | Seat 08 |
| Alan Yi Fan | Dong | Seat 09 |
| Nabil | Assaff | Seat 10 |
Event 6 is well into the money now, although given the Bounty format some players have already been assured of a cash prize for some time now, as every knockout puts $100 cash in the winner’s pockets.
The current chip leader is Alan Yi Fan Dong, who sit on over 750,000 in chips and a stack of bounty chips. Not far behind is Nabil Assaff, with roughly 700,000.
Only 19 players remain at the moment, seated as follows:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Seat | Siège |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander | Villa | Table 54 - Seat 1 |
| Alan Yi Fan | Dong | Table 54 - Seat 2 |
| Kethees | Thanabalasingham | Table 54 - Seat 3 |
| Adeel Aman | Bangash | Table 54 - Seat 4 |
| Michele | Black | Table 54 - Seat 5 |
| Bill | Kontaratos | Table 54 - Seat 6 |
| Guillaume | Laroche | Table 54 - Seat 7 |
| Eric | Nuss | Table 54 - Seat 8 |
| Darryl | Beal | Table 54 - Seat 9 |
| Placide Junior | Sanon | Table 54 - Seat 10 |
| Rene | Berube Sarginson | Table 53 - Seat 1 |
| Nabil | Assaff | Table 53 - Seat 2 |
| Nick | Nickoletopoulos | Table 53 - Seat 3 |
| Table 53 - Seat 4 | ||
| Michael | Plante | Table 53 - Seat 5 |
| Kevin Edward | Joudrey | Table 53 - Seat 6 |
| Sylvain | Lacasse | Table 53 - Seat 7 |
| Alexandre | Nadeau-Levesque | Table 53 - Seat 8 |
| Tony | Stratopoulos | Table 53 - Seat 9 |
| Michael | Frenkel | Table 53 - Seat 10 |
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 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.
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!
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
