Placide Junior Sanon just arrived at Playground Poker Club minutes ago, however his stack has been active since the start of Day 3 roughly 50 minutes ago, and unfortunately his short 430,000 stack was blinded out moments before his arrival.
22nd place: Placide Junior Sanon – $825.00
Placide Junior Sanon
George Caragiorgas
George Caragiorgas
George: 
Martin: 
The board run out of 
brought no relief for George and he was eliminated in 24th place.
24th place: George Caragiorgas, $825
Sebastien Lapierre
Evgeni: 
Sebastien 
Evgeni flopped a set, and by the end of the hand saw the end of Sebastien’s evening.
23rd place: Sebastien Lapierre, $825
Richard Lord
Richard Lord was the first casualty of the night, as he 3bet his short-stack from the small blind facing a late-position open from Maxime Theroux. Maxime committed the extra chips, and both players tabled their hands.
Maxime: 
Richard: 
Richard has some outs on the flop, but Maxime’s hand prevailed on the 
to send Richard home in 27th place.
27th place: Richard Lord – $775.00
Paul El-Khouri
Paul El-Khouri was down to only 4 big blinds when an ace appeared is his hands in middle-position. With the pot still unopened, he opted to move-all in, and found a call from Martin Lapostolle in late position.
Paul: 
Martin: 
With no help on the 
board, Paul was eliminated in 26th place.
26th place: Paul El-Khouri – $775.00
Isham Yamani
Isham Yamani moved all-in for his last 180,000, and found himself up against two opponents – Martin Lapostolle and Patrick Trinh. When the flop brought the 
, Martin fired a small bet, and Patrick got out of the way.
Martin tabled for a set, and Isham and his : 
needed some serious help. The running 
and 
were not what he was hoping for, as his Day 3 was cut short.
25th place: Isham Yamani – $775.00
As you might predict at this stage in the tourney there has been a ton of early action as short-stacked players try and chip up and the leaders try and take the lead.
In a hand on table 39, Patrick Trinh and Alexandre Blanc tangled, blind on blind. We arrived at the table on a flop of 
and Patrick bet 40K, and Alexandre made the call. The on the turn brought check-check from the two players, and the on the river induced another bet from Patrick – 75K. Alexandre threw in a chip to make the call but instantly mucked upon seeing Patrick’s and Patrick raked a modest pot.
Just seconds later on table 36 found Billy Kurniawan all-in for his last ~370K and called by Michael Malm.
Billy: 
Michael:
The board brought good things for both players: 
but hope faded a little on the turn. It wasn’t a diamond but the that saved Billy on the river, and he doubled up to stay alive.
The conclusion of The Wild $150 takes place tonight, as 27 players return to battle it out on the felts for the sweet $28,000 top prize, which is accompanied by a Playground Poker Spring Classic Champion’s Trophy.
Two players return sharing the chip lead, as both David St-Louis and William Barcomb bagged an impressive 2,015,000 last night. Kevin Daily also had a powerful Day 2, and being on the wining end of a set-over-set situation near the end of last night propelled him into 3rd place, as he starts the night tonight with 1,950,000.
WSOP-Bracelet winner Michael Malm, who also has 4 final tables here in past series events (including a victory in the $500 + $50 Deepstack Event in the 2014 Playground Poker Spring Classic), is amongst the final 27, as he brings back an above-average stack to the tables, as well as a ton of tournament poker experience.
Isham Yamani is back for his 5th Day 3 in a multi-day $135 + $15 event such as this one, and we can expect him to be a potential threat to his opponents, even if he is on the shorter end of the leaderboard.
“Marathon” George Caragiorgas is one of the shorter stacks coming into Day 3, however we can expect his years of experience to help him navigate his short stack through this dangerous field.
The final 27 includes many experienced players, with both local and international results, and we can therefore expect tonight to be quite the match-up! With $28,000 on the line, everyone will surely be bringing their A-game to the tables tonight…
Good luck!
[Click or tap on a column header to re-sort this table or search for your name using the box provided]
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Seat | Siège | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mustafa | Erzincanli | Table 36 - Seat 1 | 550,000 |
| Olivier | Courcelles | Table 36 - Seat 2 | 230,000 |
| Simon Pier | Belair-Grondin | Table 36 - Seat 3 | 610,000 |
| Tina | S | Table 36 - Seat 4 | 1,065,000 |
| Jonathan | Borne | Table 36 - Seat 5 | 295,000 |
| Robert | Ouellet | Table 36 - Seat 6 | 1,510,000 |
| Billy | Kurniawan | Table 36 - Seat 7 | 140,000 |
| David | St-Louis | Table 36 - Seat 8 | 2,015,000 |
| Michael | Malm | Table 36 - Seat 9 | 1,330,000 |
| Placide Junior | Sanon | Table 39 - Seat 1 | 430,000 |
| Martin | Lapostolle | Table 39 - Seat 2 | 1,315,000 |
| William | Barcomb | Table 39 - Seat 3 | 2,015,000 |
| Patrick | Trinh | Table 39 - Seat 4 | 1,215,000 |
| Alexandre | Blanc | Table 39 - Seat 5 | 565,000 |
| George | Kazarian | Table 39 - Seat 6 | 355,000 |
| George | Caragiorgas | Table 39 - Seat 7 | 255,000 |
| Paul | El-Khouri | Table 39 - Seat 8 | 265,000 |
| Isham | Yamani | Table 39 - Seat 9 | 505,000 |
| Alexandre | Baron | Table 40 - Seat 1 | 870,000 |
| Sebastien | Lapierre | Table 40 - Seat 2 | 865,000 |
| Thierry | Blanc | Table 40 - Seat 3 | 1,485,000 |
| Maxime | Theroux | Table 40 - Seat 4 | 1,145,000 |
| Richard | Sysko | Table 40 - Seat 5 | 485,000 |
| Richard | Lord | Table 40 - Seat 6 | 385,000 |
| Kevin | Daily | Table 40 - Seat 7 | 1,950,000 |
| Evgeni | Ozadovski | Table 40 - Seat 8 | 620,000 |
| Bharat | Shetty | Table 40 - Seat 9 | 880,000 |
As The Wild $150 draws to a close, the curtain lifts on the rest of the Playground Poker Spring Classic schedule – and the next event out of the blocks is Event 2, a $200 + $20 NL Hold’em Freeze that gets underway at 7:30pm tonight!
As a freezeout tournament, this kind of event is tournament poker in it’s classical form – one buy-in per player, no rebuys, no re-entry. Players each start with a 20K stack and the only way to accumulate more chips is to win them from opponents in the tourney.
Late registration in the event is open until the end of the break following level 4, which is to say that you can join the fun all the way until 9:00pm tonight. Based on past history, players will be joining the event right until the end of late reg, so even if participation numbers are modest in level 1, it’s almost certain that the final count of participants has contributed to a very healthy prize pool.
Good luck to everyone tonight!
These are the official results of Event 1 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net. This was a $135 + $15 NL Hold’em Re-entry tournament known as “The Wild $150” that featured 4 Day 1s and continued through Day 2. The final 27 returned for Day 3 to play down to a winner.
Event 1 had a total field of 1,168 entries, which generated a prize pool of $152,949.00. In addition to the prize money listed, the winner also received a Playground Poker Spring Classic Champion’s trophy. The prize money was distributed according to the following table.
| Rank | Pos | First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Prize | Bourse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tina | S | $24,950.00 |
| 2 | Martin | Lapostolle | $21,949.00 |
| 3 | David | St-Louis | $13,250.00 |
| 4 | Kevin | Daily | $10,750.00 |
| 5 | Mustafa | Erzincanli | $7,850.00 |
| 6 | Alexandre | Baron | $6,000.00 |
| 7 | William | Barcomb | $4,200.00 |
| 8 | Patrick | Trinh | $3,050.00 |
| 9 | Thierry | Blanc | $2,270.00 |
| 10 | SimonPier | Belair-Grondin | $1,700.00 |
| 11 | Robert | Ouellet | $1,700.00 |
| 12 | Richard | Sysko | $1,700.00 |
| 13 | Jonathan | Borne | $1,400.00 |
| 14 | Maxime | Theroux | $1,400.00 |
| 15 | Bharat | Shetty | $1,400.00 |
| 16 | Evgeni | Ozadovski | $1,080.00 |
| 17 | Alexandre | Blanc | $1,080.00 |
| 18 | Olivier | Courcelles | $1,080.00 |
| 19 | Michael | Malm | $910.00 |
| 20 | Billy | Kurniawan | $910.00 |
| 21 | George | Kazarian | $910.00 |
| 22 | PlacideJunior | Sanon | $825.00 |
| 23 | Sebastien | Lapierre | $825.00 |
| 24 | George | Caragiorgas | $825.00 |
| 25 | Isham | Yamani | $775.00 |
| 26 | Paul | El-Khouri | $775.00 |
| 27 | Richard | Lord | $775.00 |
| 28 | Jeff | Rosenblatt | $725.00 |
| 29 | Peter | Mott | $725.00 |
| 30 | Alexandre | Bergeron-Cyr | $725.00 |
| 31 | Michel | Lacroix | $675.00 |
| 32 | Richard | Johansen | $675.00 |
| 33 | Samuel | Duplantie | $675.00 |
| 34 | Jean-Marc | Doucet | $625.00 |
| 35 | Alexandru | Codau | $625.00 |
| 36 | Jean-Claude | Salame | $625.00 |
| 37 | Rameez | Saleem | $575.00 |
| 38 | Dominique | Prefontaine | $575.00 |
| 39 | Mathieu | Boulanger-Vaugeois | $575.00 |
| 40 | Elaine | Rawn | $575.00 |
| 41 | Eric | Charette | $575.00 |
| 42 | Denise | Berkowitz | $575.00 |
| 43 | Anthony | Khoury | $575.00 |
| 44 | Marc | Touloute | $575.00 |
| 45 | Leo | Hackenbroch | $575.00 |
| 46 | Michel | Merlitti | $520.00 |
| 47 | Greg | Arevian | $520.00 |
| 48 | Antonia | Vasilakos | $520.00 |
| 49 | Franco | Cupello | $520.00 |
| 50 | Derek | Primeau | $520.00 |
| 51 | RandyGuy | Vermette | $520.00 |
| 52 | Marc | Guerbilsky | $520.00 |
| 53 | Michael | Moussis | $520.00 |
| 54 | Patrick | Langlois | $520.00 |
| 55 | AnishKumar | Sood | $470.00 |
| 56 | Roger | Thibault | $470.00 |
| 57 | Chris | Arvanitis | $470.00 |
| 58 | Alexandre | Gauthier | $470.00 |
| 59 | Arthur | W | $470.00 |
| 60 | AdamKennedy | Galbraith | $470.00 |
| 61 | JeanSebastien | Dore | $470.00 |
| 62 | Benoit | Martineau | $470.00 |
| 63 | Dominique | Morin | $470.00 |
| 64 | Genia | Frenkel | $420.00 |
| 65 | Patrick | M | $420.00 |
| 66 | Tanvir | Ahmed | $420.00 |
| 67 | Tina | Frascarelli | $420.00 |
| 68 | Kelly | Cameron | $420.00 |
| 69 | Mario | Lepine | $420.00 |
| 70 | Kenneth | Guitard | $420.00 |
| 71 | Massimo | Romanelli | $420.00 |
| 72 | Gabriel | Lessard | $420.00 |
| 73 | Daniel | Gagnon | $380.00 |
| 74 | Tony | Stratopoulos | $380.00 |
| 75 | Richard | Gagnon | $380.00 |
| 76 | Philip | Jalbert | $380.00 |
| 77 | Imran | Hussain | $380.00 |
| 78 | Sebastien | Fortier | $380.00 |
| 79 | Marc-Andre | Racine | $380.00 |
| 80 | PaulThomas | Scott | $380.00 |
| 81 | Name | Withheld | $380.00 |
| 82 | Pascal | Rochon | $350.00 |
| 83 | Steven | White | $350.00 |
| 84 | Denis | Scott | $350.00 |
| 85 | Stephane | Sevigny | $350.00 |
| 86 | Dominic | Chagnon | $350.00 |
| 87 | Qiang | Dong | $350.00 |
| 88 | Scott | Worsley | $350.00 |
| 89 | Mike | Saragossi | $350.00 |
| 90 | Hapet | Tutunjian | $350.00 |
| 91 | Jennifer | Brooks | $320.00 |
| 92 | Vital | Cleary | $320.00 |
| 93 | Jonathan | Leblanc | $320.00 |
| 94 | Nicolas | Amiot | $320.00 |
| 95 | Martin | Masse | $320.00 |
| 96 | Rejean | Viens | $320.00 |
| 97 | Ludovic | Doucet | $320.00 |
| 98 | Sebastien | Proulx | $320.00 |
| 99 | Benoit | Leber | $320.00 |
| 100 | Melanie | Viens | $300.00 |
| 101 | Renato | Bastianello | $300.00 |
| 102 | Janna | Pedicelli | $300.00 |
| 103 | Stephane | Nadeau | $300.00 |
| 104 | KyleJordan | Kaus | $300.00 |
| 105 | Dominic | Belanger | $300.00 |
| 106 | Hugues | Belzile | $300.00 |
| 107 | Omar | Kamal | $300.00 |
| 108 | Mario | Chevrette | $300.00 |
| 109 | Charles-Eric | Benoit | $280.00 |
| 110 | Jeremy | Leduc-Lefebvre | $280.00 |
| 111 | Alain | Rondeau | $280.00 |
| 112 | Fabian | Lacroix | $280.00 |
| 113 | Yann | Filion | $280.00 |
| 114 | Ron | Farber | $280.00 |
| 115 | Joe-Elie | Assio | $280.00 |
| 116 | Mathieu | Ouellette | $280.00 |
| 117 | Jean-Paul | Collin | $280.00 |
Play has been completed in Day 2 of The Wild $150, Event 1 in the 2016 Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net. After fewer than 13 levels of play today, just 27 players remain in contention for the big prizes in the event.
The following is the official seating chart for Day 3, which will resume at 7:00pm on Thursday April 21st. Play resumes in level 26, and will continue until a champion is crowned in the event.
Note that these are player-recorded chip count totals. The actual chips have been sealed in bags which will be opened by the players to be returned to play on Day 3.
[Click or tap on a column header to re-sort this table or search for your name using the box provided]
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Seat | Siège | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mustafa | Erzincanli | Table 36 - Seat 1 | 550,000 |
| Olivier | Courcelles | Table 36 - Seat 2 | 230,000 |
| Simon Pier | Belair-Grondin | Table 36 - Seat 3 | 610,000 |
| Tina | S | Table 36 - Seat 4 | 1,065,000 |
| Jonathan | Borne | Table 36 - Seat 5 | 295,000 |
| Robert | Ouellet | Table 36 - Seat 6 | 1,510,000 |
| Billy | Kurniawan | Table 36 - Seat 7 | 140,000 |
| David | St-Louis | Table 36 - Seat 8 | 2,015,000 |
| Michael | Malm | Table 36 - Seat 9 | 1,330,000 |
| Placide Junior | Sanon | Table 39 - Seat 1 | 430,000 |
| Martin | Lapostolle | Table 39 - Seat 2 | 1,315,000 |
| William | Barcomb | Table 39 - Seat 3 | 2,015,000 |
| Patrick | Trinh | Table 39 - Seat 4 | 1,215,000 |
| Alexandre | Blanc | Table 39 - Seat 5 | 565,000 |
| George | Kazarian | Table 39 - Seat 6 | 355,000 |
| George | Caragiorgas | Table 39 - Seat 7 | 255,000 |
| Paul | El-Khouri | Table 39 - Seat 8 | 265,000 |
| Isham | Yamani | Table 39 - Seat 9 | 505,000 |
| Alexandre | Baron | Table 40 - Seat 1 | 870,000 |
| Sebastien | Lapierre | Table 40 - Seat 2 | 865,000 |
| Thierry | Blanc | Table 40 - Seat 3 | 1,485,000 |
| Maxime | Theroux | Table 40 - Seat 4 | 1,145,000 |
| Richard | Sysko | Table 40 - Seat 5 | 485,000 |
| Richard | Lord | Table 40 - Seat 6 | 385,000 |
| Kevin | Daily | Table 40 - Seat 7 | 1,950,000 |
| Evgeni | Ozadovski | Table 40 - Seat 8 | 620,000 |
| Bharat | Shetty | Table 40 - Seat 9 | 880,000 |
Jeff Rosenblatt was our most recent casualty in The Wild $150, and with his elimination in 28th place, Event 1 is now set to move on to the next and final stage – Day 3.
27 players have just bagged and tagged their chips for tomorrow’s final episode, where our first champion of this Playground Poker Spring Classic will be crowned! Two players currently share the lead, as both David St-Louis and William Barcomb bagged 2,015,000 to end the night, while Kevin Daily rounds the top 3 with 1,950,000. The tournament staff is currently tallying up the chip counts, and in a matter of minutes we will publish the full list of player-reported chip counts, as well as the seating assignments for tomorrow’s Day 3, set for tomorrow night at 7pm.
You can follow up-to-date coverage and photos of Day 3 via our Playground Poker Club Blog, or you can also come down to the club and witness the action first-hand!
See you tomorrow!
The players who qualified for Day 3:
Day 2 of The Wild $150 is but 1 elimination away from completion, as only 28 players remain.
Day 3 will take place tomorrow night at 7pm, and will play down until a winner is crowned. Shortly after the completion of Day 2, we will publish the full list of player-reported chip counts, as well as the new seating assignments for Day 3 tomorrow.
Photographs from levels 25 and 26:
