Spring Classic 2017

Jôle Simard

79 players in Day 1E

  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 37K
  • Remaining: 64
  • Entries: 79

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Jason Conforti

The first break is now passed, and with it the end of late registration. A total of 79 players found their way to Playground Poker Club to compete in Day 1E of the Grand Prix Canada Event. This means that 8 players will qualify for Day 2. We will therefore form a final table, and play will go on until 2 finalists are eliminated.

After 6 levels of play, it is no surprise that Jason Conforti towers above the field, having built a 80K stack. The day is still young, but this player sure knows how to put chips to work!

Images of Day 1E

  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 34.6K
  • Remaining: 65
  • Entries: 75

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Players are shooting chips in a relaxed fashion, in a tournament hall that displays the typical week-day afternoon calm… for the last time in this Event. Entries are building up nicely, having reached 75, with just under an hour left to late registration.

Photographs from level 3:

 

 

Day 1C is in the books

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Our 10 qualifiers for Day 1C were decided moments ago, when Michael Moussis opened to 50K and Florin Barburasa went all-in for about 100K. As he called, Moussis tabled King of Diamonds Jack of Hearts, and realized he was not too far behind when Barburasa showed his Ace of Diamonds 3 of Hearts. The board came: 9 of Clubs Ace of Hearts Queen of Clubs 10 of Clubs 9 of Hearts. The turn put an end to this flight, and offered even more chips to Moussis, who was already very well off. His finishing stack counts more than twice as many chips as any other.

This concludes our third Live flight of the Grand Prix, as Day 1D gets underway. Below is a list of our Day 1C qualifiers and their stacks, and you can consult the combined qualifiers list here.

First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
MichaelMoussis711,700
MohamedBen Yahia331,600
LaurenceLouie306,400
MichelFoisy291,000
MichaelPitcher275,700
Van Nghiem Nguy275,000
RobertCohen238,800
VictorRusu186,500
JackCurley94,200
JamesBélanger79,100

Michael Moussis leads the 13-player field

  • Level: 19
  • Small Blind: 6K
  • Big Blind: 12K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 214.6K
  • Remaining: 13
  • Entries: 93

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With only 3 eliminations to go before the end, Michael Moussis leads his table and the tournament with 532K. Laurence Louie is taking really good care of his own table, with 465K to his name. Their closest rivals have around 300K, but as we know, things change fast when blinds are this high, especially when short-handed play is involved. A list of Day 1C qualifiers will be published shortly after our 11th place bubble is decided.

Leaders:

 

Final 2 tables

  • Level: 17
  • Small Blind: 4K
  • Big Blind: 8K
  • Ante: 800
  • Chip Average: 164K
  • Remaining: 16
  • Entries: 93

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The last 2 tables have formed, and with 10 players qualifying today, half of the survivors will get to make it to Day 2. Tonight’s flight starts in one hour, and will most likely the biggest Live Day 1 so far, so come down to your favorite poker club and earn your seat!

Here is the seating chart for the last 2 tables, along with some photos:

Seat | SiègeFirst Name | PrénomLast Name | Nom
Table 66 - Seat 1VanNghiem Nguy
Table 66 - Seat 2SeanRaboy
Table 66 - Seat 3MichaelPitcher
Table 66 - Seat 5JuneRoberts
Table 66 - Seat 6JackCurley
Table 66 - Seat 7MarcelSamson
Table 66 - Seat 8MichaelMoussis
Table 66 - Seat 9FlorinBarburasa
Table 66 - Seat 10PhilippeLauzon
Table 70 - Seat 1RogerBoyer
Table 70 - Seat 2MichelFoisy
Table 70 - Seat 3MohamedBen Yahia
Table 70 - Seat 4FrançoisSemaan
Table 70 - Seat 5MathieuBrunet
Table 70 - Seat 6LaurenceLouis
Table 70 - Seat 7VictorRusu
Table 70 - Seat 8RobertCohen
Table 70 - Seat 9BilalAbbas
Table 70 - Seat 10JamesBélanger

Leaderboard

  • Level: 13
  • Small Blind: 1.5K
  • Big Blind: 3K
  • Ante: 300
  • Chip Average: 73.4K
  • Remaining: 36
  • Entries: 93

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Day 1c of the Grand Prix Canada Event is passed the half-way mark, and some players have already gathered some nice stacks. It is so for David Bonneau (pictured in front), who leads the way with 150,500. However, quite a few players are gnawing at him, standing close-by. Lavoie Jobin’s great start crumbled and he was unfortunately eliminated, only to be replaced in the lead by Bonneau, another frequent local achiever.

The table below shows all players with more than 100K in chips, and is followed by photographs of levels 11 and 12.

First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
DavidBonneau150,500
BilalAbbas145,500
LindaRioux135,500
FlorinBarburasa126,500
JeanCrête120,000
MohamedBen Yahia111,500
MichaelMoussis108,500
JamesBélanger104,500
EricRanger102,500