Playground Poker Spring Classic

First casualty

  • Level: 27
  • Small Blind: 25K
  • Big Blind: 50K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 1M
  • Remaining: 25
  • Entries: 1245


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    Robert Gariepy

    Robert Gariepy

    Robert Gariepy

    Robert Gariepy was our first player eliminated in this Day 3 of The $250 Frenzy, as he shoved his short stack in from early position on one of the first hands of the night. His Ace of Diamonds 6 of Diamonds fell short to the Ace of Spades Queen of Diamonds of Rene Berube who called from the big blind.

    Otherwise there have been several “all-in / call ” situations, however the short stacks have been on the winning side for the most part. Real Cantin doubled through Marco Lang; Richard Myron won his all-in versus Rene Berube; and Joey Boczek found a double from Simon Pin-Disle.

    The biggest pot so far tonight happened when Jean-Manuel Estrala doubled his 1.3 million through Duy Toan Pham – who recovered not long after by cracking Azim Lavji’s Ace of Spades Ace of Hearts with Ace of Clubs 3 of Clubs on a board with 3 clubs, winning a pot north of 2 million.

    26th place: Robert Gariepy – $1,425.00

    Tonight! Event 6, the $220 50/50 Bounty

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    Tonight in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net is the first of 3 Bounty tournaments in this year’s festival, the $100 + $20 + $100 50/50 Bounty tournament. As the name and the way the buy-in is expressed indicates, this is a special kind of bounty tourney in which half of a player’s buy-in goes to the prize pool to be awarded at the end of the evening, while the other half goes to a $100 bounty chip that each player keeps with his or her stack. When a player is eliminated, they lose not only their stack but this bounty chip as well. Players can thus accumulate bounty chips throughout the tournament, one per player they knock out of the tourney – and at $100 each, it can add up!

    Bounty tournaments are very popular here at Playground Poker Club, and the exaggerated bounty in this version of the format only seems to make it more popular. Late registration is open until the end of the break following level 4, which means that players can buy-in and receive a full stack until just around 9:00pm tonight.

    Players start with 20K in tournament chips and blind levels are 20 minutes long. This is a one-day tournament, so whatever happens, it will wrap up in the early morning hours of the 27th with a champion.

    Good luck!

    The $250 Frenzy champion will be crowned tonight!

  • Level: 26
  • Small Blind: 20K
  • Big Blind: 40K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 960K
  • Remaining: 26
  • Entries: 1245


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    We have reached Day 3 in Event 3 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic, and 26 players are back tonight all trying to become our next The $250 Frenzy Champion. The winner is set to take home a cool $50,000 cash prize, in addition to a Playground Poker Spring Classic Champion’s Trophy. Full payouts can be viewed here.

    Coming in as chip leader is local hero Tomas Larivee Magni, who knows his way around these final stages of a multi-day tournament. He is hoping to improve on his runner-up finish in our previous edition of The $250 Frenzy back in November of 2015. Marco Lang started Day 2 as the tournament chip leader, and managed to hold onto his spot amongst the leaders for most of the day, finishing the night second in chips. George Kazarian and Thierry Blanc are back for their second Day 3 in this series, as both made a deep run in the kickoff event – The Wild $150. Here is the full list of chip counts for the start of Day 3.

    The field includes several solid local and travelling players, and the path to victory will not be made easy for anyone.

    Follow us tonight as we bring you up-to-date coverage and photos of the event via our Playground Poker Blog, and good luck to the players here in Day 3!

    Sébastien Proulx THE leader

  • Level: 15
  • Small Blind: 2K
  • Big Blind: 4K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 101.5K
  • Remaining: 33
  • Entries: 134


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    The players have just taken another break as tournament staff removed the T100 chips from play, and we found several players had taken quite a lead on the field as we slowly start to approach the money bubble. Sebastien Proulx is the leader with over 3x the chip average. He and Kathy Sawers have both been among the chip leaders for most of the day.

    1. Sébastien Proulx: 315,000 chips
    2. Andreas Kanakis: 273,500 chips
    3. Kathy Sawers: 197,500 chips
    4. Yohann Wagner: 189,000 chips
    5. Christopher Willis Jackson: 183,500 chips

    Some shots from level 13

  • Level: 14
  • Small Blind: 1.5K
  • Big Blind: 3K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 83.8K
  • Remaining: 40
  • Entries: 134


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    Photos taken during level 13

    Big hand before the break (plus counts taken during break)

  • Level: 12
  • Small Blind: 1K
  • Big Blind: 2K
  • Ante: 300
  • Chip Average: 62K
  • Remaining: 54
  • Entries: 134


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    Just as the recent break approached we witnessed a huge hand between three players. Richard Edwin Mask went all-in for his last 15K and was called by Wayne Ward. Action was on Tony Stratopoulos, who thought for a few moments and then shoved over the top for around 80K. Wayne spent some time in the tank… and made the call for the rest of his 50K stack.

    Tony Stratopoulos: King of Clubs King of Hearts

    Wayne Ward: 10 of Clubs 10 of Spades

    Richard Edwin Mask: Ace of Diamonds King of Spades

    The flop was a disaster for Tony: Ace of Hearts 10 of Diamonds 4 of Diamonds – not only did Richard’s Ace get there, but Wayne’s pocket Tens REALLY got there… and the turn and river 5 of Hearts Ace of Clubs didn’t provide any respite from the bad news. Wayne scooped the main pot and the side pot between he and Tony, who fell to around 30K in chips. Richard hit… but hit the rail nevertheless.

     

    Wayne is now among the leaders in the tourney, though he’s still behind a few other players including Kathy Sawers who continues to lead overall.

    1. Kathy Sawers: 197,000 chips
    2. Francesco Maltese: 168,000 chips
    3. Sébastien Proulx: 164,000 chips
    4. Wayne Ward: 149,900 chips
    5. Yohann Wagner: 129,000 chips
    Wayne Ward

    Wayne Ward

    Players in the $550 Freeze

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1K
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 46.5K
  • Remaining: 72
  • Entries: 134


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    A small album of photos from level 9

    Kathy Sawers takes the lead

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1K
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 41.9K
  • Remaining: 80
  • Entries: 134


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    Kathy Sawers was the champion of Event 2 in this year’s Spring Classic, but that’s clearly not enough for her – she has now taken a nice lead on the field in Event 5 with a 40K chip lead on her nearest competitor.

    1. Kathy Sawers: 134,400 chips
    2. Peter Labib: 90,900 chips
    3. Andreas Kanakis: 87,000 chips
    4. Samuel Louis Gagnon: 85,100 chips
    5. Alexandre Audy: 73,200 chips

    Event 5 prize pool & payout structure

  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 300
  • Big Blind: 600
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 33.5K
  • Remaining: 100
  • Entries: 134


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    Late registration is over and Event 5 has officially achieved 134 total players, which has produced a prize pool totaling $64,990.00. 14 players will cash in this tournament, and the prizes will be distributed according to the following table.

    1. $15,555.00
    2. $11,775.00
    3. $8,925.00
    4. $6,770.00
    5. $5,130.00
    6. $3,890.00
    7. $2,950.00
    8. $2,240.00
    9. $1,695.00
    10. $1,285.00
    11. $1,285.00
    12. $1,195.00
    13. $1,195.00
    14. $1,100.00

    The winner will also receive the Event 5 Champion’s Trophy!

     

    Tough table!

  • Level: 6
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 31.7K
  • Remaining: 105
  • Entries: 133


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    There’s a proverb that says, “you can’t choose your parents” and in poker we might say, “you can’t choose your table…” On table 67 there is a group of tremendously talented players, each with an impressive history behind them. Here’s a look at this “feature table”

    1. Patrice Mailloux
    2. Rodney Ramalho
    3. Kim Kilroy
    4. Alexandre Lavigne
    5. Shaun Bowring
    6. Mike Lafable
    7. Ruben Perceval
    8. Sausha Mohammadi
    9. Jean-Philippe Piquette

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