Playground Poker Spring Classic

Redraw at 18 players

  • Level: 16
  • Small Blind: 2K
  • Big Blind: 4K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 176.5K
  • Remaining: 18
  • Entries: 127


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    Ari Engel just added another stack of white 5K chips to his collection, as he opened his button and called off the 3bet all-in of Chris Arvanitis worth almost 120,000. Ari tabled 9 of Hearts 9 of Spades and found the win versus the 10 of Diamonds 7 of Diamonds of Chris, bringing his total count up over 570,000 – good for the stranglehold chip lead in this Second Chance Event.

    We also lost Marko a few hands before that, as his Ace of Spades King of Diamonds couldn’t survive the Queen of Clubs Queen of Spades of Kathy.

    There was a redraw with 18 players left in the field, and here are the new seating assignments:

    First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomSeat | Siège
    Jason RHelderTable 62 - Seat 1
    Richard EdwinMaskTable 62 - Seat 2
    BennyChenTable 62 - Seat 3
    PatrickSt-OngeTable 62 - Seat 4
    YannickGauthierTable 62 - Seat 5
    PaulEl-KhouriTable 62 - Seat 6
    Samuel RobertPhillipsTable 62 - Seat 7
    JordanMTable 62 - Seat 8
    KevinO'DonnellTable 62 - Seat 9
    KathySawersTable 66 - Seat 1
    IanTangTable 66 - Seat 2
    HHTable 66 - Seat 3
    AriEngelTable 66 - Seat 4
    LindaHuardTable 66 - Seat 5
    Stephen JamesAngerTable 66 - Seat 6
    DavidAssoulineTable 66 - Seat 7
    FrancoCupelloTable 66 - Seat 8
    PeterChienTable 66 - Seat 9

    Sauvageau climbs to 400K

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 782K
  • Remaining: 16
  • Entries: 417


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    Talented Quebec player Josue Sauvageau started the day as the small stack but has managed to build his holdings back up to the 20bb mark through a series of uncalled shoves and a double through Ronald Laplante. To hit his double he raised all-in from utg and finally got the call from Ronald in the bb.

    Josue: Queen of Clubs Queen of Spades
    Ronald: King of Hearts 9 of Hearts

    The board ran out safely for Josue: 5 of Diamonds 5 of Hearts Ace of Clubs 2 of Spades 4 of Clubs and he has a little breathing room.

    Josue Sauvageau

    Josue Sauvageau

    Morgan flops big, but not big enough

  • Level: 15
  • Small Blind: 1.5K
  • Big Blind: 3K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 159K
  • Remaining: 20
  • Entries: 127


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    Brian Morgan thought he found a dream flop for his King of Clubs Queen of Clubs, but once his all-in was called by two opponents on the flop, he realized he was actually third-best in the hand.

    With the board showing Queen of Diamonds 2 of Clubs 9 of Clubs, Brian’s top-pair and flush draw needed to hit to win versus the top-two of Jordan with Queen of Hearts 9 of Spades, and the top-top of Kathy with Ace of Diamonds Queen of Diamonds. The turn (2 of Spades) and river (7 of Diamonds) were bricks, and Brian saw his chips get divided by his opponents, as Jordan was the shortest stack in the hand.

    Three other quick eliminations occurred to start the day, as we lost Senturan Vijayaratnam, Patrick M and Jason Clarke to bring the field down to 20 players.

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    Ruben takes from Seth

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 781.9K
  • Remaining: 16
  • Entries: 417


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    Ruben Perceval has been very active in the first few hands today and he just took a decent pot from Seth Davies. Seth opened the action from the hijack with a raise to 45K and Ruben called from the sb. The big blind got out of the way and the flop was dealt: 8 of Hearts 7 of Hearts King of Spades.

    Ruben check-called Seth’s bet of 65K and the turn was produced: 8 of Spades. Ruben checked again, and this time Seth checked back. The dealer set out the river: 2 of Spades.

    Now it was Ruben’s turn to lead: he bet 140K. Seth considered his options for some time before making the call – and then mucked immediately after seeing Ruben’s 7 of Clubs 7 of Diamonds for a turned full house.

    Day 2 of the Second Chance is underway

  • Level: 15
  • Small Blind: 1.5K
  • Big Blind: 3K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 132.5K
  • Remaining: 24
  • Entries: 127


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    24 players are back today for the conclusion of Event 14 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net, and there will be no stopping until we have our Second Chance champion!

    2ndD1-9025Leading the field today is 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event winner Ari Engel, who has proven over his many years in the poker world that he a fierce competitor with a strong drive to win. He bagged a massive 417,500 chips last night, and separates himself from second in chips Benny Chen by over 120,000.

    The field includes a few players to watch for, including Linda Huard who is fresh from a WSOP-C side event victory, David Assouline who is an online phenomenon who has proven his place in the live poker world as well, Benny Chen who won the Millionaire Maker WSOP Event in 2013 for – you guessed it – over 1 million dollars, amongst others.

    We are only 9 eliminations away from being in the money, but we know the players here today are all eyeing the $49,585 top prize, which will also be accompanied by a Playground Poker Spring Classic Champion’s Trophy.

    Stay with us on our Playground Poker Blog as we bring you live updates and photographs of the day as it unfolds into a winner.

    Good luck to the players here in Day 2!

    Day 4 begins!

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 781.9K
  • Remaining: 16
  • Entries: 417


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    It’s just after 12:00pm in the Montreal area and play has just resumed in the WPT Canadian Spring Championship! 16 players are left in the event and today play will continue through the establishment of the 10-handed final table all the way to just the official final table made up of 6 players remains.

    Cards are now in the air – good luck to everyone remaining!

    Event 15 Champion: David Guay

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    There were 109 players in Event 15 and the beginning of the tourney everything proceeded at a normal pace – but as the event got deeper, the quicker things started to move. At one point 3 tables broke in the space of just 30 minutes as the bubble approached.

    Once the final table arrived, there were several all in hands with no call and the small stacks doubled or at least increased their holdings for the most part. Then when the tournament got to heads up, both players were evenly matched in terms of chips. Again this time there was a passage of play with no movement… until David Guay shoved for 870K and found a call from Michael Stannard.

    David: 5 of Diamonds 5 of Spades

    Michael: King of Clubs 3 of Clubs

    Board: Queen of Diamonds King of Hearts 7 of Diamonds Ace of Diamonds 6 of Diamonds

    Michael hit his King, but the turn and river runner-runner gave the pot to David and Michael had just 440K left. the very next hand he called off David’s all in with King of Clubs 7 of Diamonds.

    David: 6 of Clubs 7 of Clubs

    Once again the flop was almost perfect for Michael: Ace of Hearts 9 of Hearts King of Spades

    But the runner runner turn 8 of Hearts and river 5 of Clubs gave David the pot – and the Championship!

    Event 15 Champion: David Guay – $7,219

    David Guay

    David Guay

    2nd place: Michael Stannard, $6,500

    Michael Stannard

    Michael Stannard

    Final hand of play

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    Event 15 final results

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    Event 15 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net was a $300 + $30 NL Hold’em Freeze that look place on May 3rd 2016 at Playground Poker Club. There were a total of 109 players in the event which generated a prize pool of $31,719.00. This was distributed according to the following payout table.

    Rank | PosFirst Name | PrénomLast Name | NomPrize | Bourse
    1DavidGuay$7,219.00
    2MichaelStannard$6,500.00
    3DarrylBeal$5,000.00
    4JeffreyCormier$3,500.00
    5ShawnSutton$2,600.00
    6GaetanoDi Maria$2,000.00
    7ElieA$1,500.00
    8Jean-MarcDoucet$1,100.00
    9JosephA$800.00
    10CarloNini$600.00
    11Duc NghiaLe Quang$600.00
    12AdamHamaoui$300.00

    3rd place: Darryl Beal

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 40K
  • Big Blind: 80K
  • Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 1.1M
  • Remaining: 2
  • Entries: 109


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    After several all-in hands with no call, Darryl Beal went all in for 315K from the small blind and found a call from Michael Stannard in the big blind.

    Darryl: 7 of Spades 8 of Spades

    Michael: Queen of Clubs 6 of Clubs

    Board: King of Hearts 6 of Spades Jack of Spades Ace of Clubs 10 of Clubs

    A few hands earlier the players ended a similar hand with a chopped pot, but not this time – Michael’s pair of 6s was enough to give him the hand and Darryl finished in 3rd place.

    3rd place: Darryl Beal, $5,000

    Darryl Beal

    Darryl Beal

    A deal!

  • Level: 22
  • Small Blind: 30K
  • Big Blind: 60K
  • Ante: 5k
  • Chip Average: 726.5K
  • Remaining: 3
  • Entries: 109


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    The original prize payouts in the event were as follows:

    1. $8,200
    2. $6,319
    3. $4,500

    And after some negotiations between the remaining players, they have chosen to modify the payouts as follows:

    1. $7,219
    2. $6,500
    3. $5,000

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