Spring Classic 2017

Jôle Simard

Ian Modder leads the 8-max

  • Level: 14
  • Small Blind: 3K
  • Big Blind: 6K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 118.4K
  • Remaining: 53
  • Entries: 251

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The 8-max tournament, Event 6 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic, now counts 6 tables. Players just took a short break, and are now back at the tables on level 14. 20% of the field remains, and it is now natural to start thinking about the Champion’s Trophy and the big prizes, although not recommended.

Ian Modder (title picture) has the biggest stack at this point of the tournament, sitting on 241K, which is more than twice the average. Here is a top 12, put together during the break:

First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
IanModder241,000
IllankumaranKandiah231,500
JamesSt-Armand209,000
DenisWard207,000
JimmySetna197,500
FadiHaddad180,500
StuartTaylor172,500
MichaelLawson172,000
GuyLebrun164,500
GabrielCouture156,500
MitchaelFerguson156,000
IzhakLevy150,500

251 players showed up for the 8-max

  • Level: 11
  • Small Blind: 1K
  • Big Blind: 2K
  • Ante: 300
  • Chip Average: 57.6K
  • Remaining: 109
  • Entries: 251

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Event 6 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic attracted a total of 251 players, a very nice crowd! 26 players will get paid tonight, with $15,531.00 reserved for the winner.

During the second break, we walked around and found the top 4 stacks:

  • Yonathan Moryoussef   – 178,500
  • Won Taek Lim                – 139,000
  • Illankumaran Kandiah – 131,000
  • Luciano Iacovella           – 121,500

We will publish a more detailed leaderboard in about an hour, once the third break allows us to collect the counts. In the meantime, here is the payout table, followed by some pictures taken early in the Event.

Rank | PosPrize | Bourse
1st$15,531.00
2nd$11,640.00
3rd$8,790.00
4th$6,630.00
5th$5,010.00
6th$3,780.00
7th$2,850.00
8th$2,150.00
9th$1,620.00
10th-11th$1,220.00
12th-13th$1,110.00
14th-15th$1,020.00
16th-17th$920.00
18th-19nd$840.00
20th-21st$770.00
22nd-23rd$710.00
24th-25th$640.00
26th$580.00

Second Chance top dogs among the best in the world

  • Level: 15
  • Small Blind: 1.5K
  • Big Blind: 3K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 143.8K
  • Remaining: 16
  • Entries: 92

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Martin Finger is a super high stakes tournament player, with $6,790,644 in live earnings. He won a £48,500 + 1,500 No Limit Hold’em – Super High Roller Event in London in 2013 for £821,000, and a €25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold’em – High Roller 8Max Event in Barcelona in 2015 for €865,900. He is considered to be one of the best European tournament players. He currently has a little over 400K in chips, which is twice as much as his closest rival.

In second place, with about 200K in chips, is Jonathan Duhamel, local pro and former World Champion. He has $17,650,458 in live earnings. His greatest feat is obviously his win at the 41st World Series of Poker Main Event in 2010, where he pocketed $8,944,310 and the World Championship title. Since then, he also won the $111,111 No Limit Hold’em High Roller for One-Drop Event at the WSOP for $3,989,985, as well as other money finishes, some of which were from super high stakes tournaments.

These are our 2 Second Chance chip leaders right now… right here at Playground Poker Club. There are now 2 tables left, one for each of our top dogs, and 30 minutes left to this day.

A list of Day 2 qualifiers with counts will be published shortly after this level.

Second Chance resumes after last break of the day – Full counts

  • Level: 13
  • Small Blind: 1K
  • Big Blind: 2K
  • Ante: 300
  • Chip Average: 92K
  • Remaining: 25
  • Entries: 92

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The Second Chance Event is now on its last stint of the day, and will resume tomorrow at 12pm. We used the break to bring you full counts for all 27 players. Martin Finger has a whopping 363K, or 4 times the 27-player average. To have a visual of how big his stack his, you can sort the following table by stack size by clicking on the column header. His closest rival is none other than former world champion Jonathan Duhamel, with 181,500, or half of Finger’s chips!

First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomSeat | SiègeStack | Tapis
ThomasLefortTable 33 - Seat 169,000
DavidValcourt-DubéTable 33 - Seat 283,500
AlexanderVillaTable 33 - Seat 3112,500
PaulPettenTable 33 - Seat 441,000
SalimHarjiTable 33 - Seat 548,000
NickNickoletopoulosTable 33 - Seat 633,500
PeterChienTable 33 - Seat 748,000
MartinFingerTable 33 - Seat 8363,000
Anne-MarieFindlayTable 33 - Seat 979,500
Pierre-PaulPaulinTable 34 - Seat 132,500
AndreLettauTable 34 - Seat 226,500
RyanGodsonTable 34 - Seat 329,000
BronsonTranTable 34 - Seat 467,000
OrenHazizaTable 34 - Seat 5153,000
JakeLabontéTable 34 - Seat 651,500
JonathanVanfleetTable 34 - Seat 784,500
EricLemarquandTable 34 - Seat 824,000
MarcoSousaTable 34 - Seat 922,000
JonathanDuhamelTable 35 - Seat 1181,500
RyanTack YuTable 35 - Seat 2123,000
FeizalSatchuTable 35 - Seat 3108,000
AndrewMason DixonTable 35 - Seat 436,500
KhalyDangTable 35 - Seat 535,500
HarpreetSingh GillTable 35 - Seat 6142,000
AndrewMacdonaldTable 35 - Seat 792,000
FrankSzelepcsenyiTable 35 - Seat 865,000
BarryKrugerTable 35 - Seat 9141,500

3 tables left in the Second Chance

  • Level: 12
  • Small Blind: 800
  • Big Blind: 1600
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 85.2K
  • Remaining: 27
  • Entries: 92

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Only 27 players still have chips in the Second Chance Event, which prompted the tournament staff to perform a 27-player redraw. Here are the new seating assignments:

First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomSeat | Siège
ThomasLefortTable 33 - Seat 1
DavidValcourt-DubéTable 33 - Seat 2
AlexanderVillaTable 33 - Seat 3
PaulPettenTable 33 - Seat 4
SalimHarjiTable 33 - Seat 5
NickNickoletopoulosTable 33 - Seat 6
PeterChienTable 33 - Seat 7
MartinFingerTable 33 - Seat 8
Anne-MarieFindlayTable 33 - Seat 9
Pierre-PaulPaulinTable 34 - Seat 1
AndreLettauTable 34 - Seat 2
RyanGodsonTable 34 - Seat 3
BronsonTranTable 34 - Seat 4
OrenHazizaTable 34 - Seat 5
JakeLabontéTable 34 - Seat 6
JonathanVanfleetTable 34 - Seat 7
EricLemarquandTable 34 - Seat 8
MarcoSousaTable 34 - Seat 9
JonathanDuhamelTable 35 - Seat 1
RyanTack YuTable 35 - Seat 2
FeizalSatchuTable 35 - Seat 3
AndrewMason DixonTable 35 - Seat 4
KhalyDangTable 35 - Seat 5
HarpreetSingh GillTable 35 - Seat 6
AndrewMacdonaldTable 35 - Seat 7
FrankSzelepcsenyiTable 35 - Seat 8
BarryKrugerTable 35 - Seat 9

It’s time for Event 6: $300 + $30 NL Hold’em 8-Max Freeze

  • Level: 1
  • Small Blind: 25
  • Big Blind: 50
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 25K
  • Remaining: 147
  • Entries: 147

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It is in a busy tournament hall that 8-max players will battle it out tonight. Day 3 of the Million is unfolding in the back of the left side on 8 tables including the featured table on stage, which is streamed online with a 30-minute delay. The Second Chance Event will keep at it until the end of level 15 in the other end.

These tournaments will halt in a few hours, at which point the 8-max Event will rule the hall for the remainder of the night. Players start with 25K in chips, and will play 20-minute levels until the Champion’s Trophy is awarded. The structure copies the regular schedule’s Wednesday night tournament, which is one of our most popular events, except the buy-in is inflated. For 300$ + 30$, players have a shot at a very nice prize pool guaranteed at 40K, playing on 8-handed table. Lots of room, lots of money on the line, lots of fun!

Already 147 players have already registered for Event 6. You have until 21h30 to join them and show what you can do!