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Gunther atop the leaderboard with 27 remaining

Level: 13
Small Blind: 2K
Big Blind: 4K
Ante: 0
Chip Average: 112K
Remaining: 27
Entries: 151

2017/05/02 - 23:59 by Playground Poker

Manfred Gunther and Hans Carcenac are neck-to-neck for the chip-lead as the PLO 50/50 Bounty enters level 13. There are still 27 players left in action, of which 13 will lock in a prize in the payouts – although many players have already pocketed some cash due to the $100 bounty structure. Below are the top counts at the 3rd break of the night:

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Manfred	Gunther	305,000
Hans	Carcenac	295,000
Steve	Ulloa-Torres	255,500
Joey	Boczek	211,500
Leor	Wasserman	195,500
Mike	Fraser	161,000
Brian	Morgan	159,000
Robert	Cicchelli	137,500

Photographs from levels 11-12:

Event #3 prize-pool and payouts

2017/05/02 - 23:14 by Playground Poker

Event #3 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic was a $100 + $20 + $100 Pot Limit Omaha 50/50 Bounty tournament that attracted a total of 151 entries, including 30 re-entries. This generated a prize pool of $14,647, plus an an additional $15,100 in bounty prizes. The payout structure for this event is included in the table below.

Rank \| Pos	Prize \| Bourse
1st	$3,440.00
2nd	$2,707.00
3rd	$2,000.00
4th	$1,550.00
5th	$1,200.00
6th	$900.00
7th	$650.00
8th	$500.00
9th	$400.00
10th-11th	$350.00
12th-13th	$300.00

4 tables remain

Level: 11
Small Blind: 1.2K
Big Blind: 2.4K
Ante: 0
Chip Average: 95K
Remaining: 32
Entries: 151

2017/05/02 - 23:12 by Playground Poker

Event #3 is down to 32 players spread across four 8-handed tables, listed below. The top 13 players will secure a cash prize of at least $300, with the winner set to take home $3,440. In addition to the payouts, players earn a $100 bounty for every player they eliminated.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Seat \| Siège
Alain	Jobin	Table 53 - Seat 1
Michel	M	Table 53 - Seat 2
Irene	Tzanetopoulos	Table 53 - Seat 3
Jonathan	Hebert	Table 53 - Seat 4
Michele	Belliveau	Table 53 - Seat 5
Steve	Ulloa-Torres	Table 53 - Seat 6
Ivan	Driard	Table 53 - Seat 7
Arthur	W	Table 53 - Seat 8
Christopher	Scrimshaw	Table 54 - Seat 1
Yacoub	Alaqeel	Table 54 - Seat 2
David	Dusome	Table 54 - Seat 3
Alexandre	Vendette	Table 54 - Seat 4
Mike	Fraser	Table 54 - Seat 5
Simon	Pin-Disle	Table 54 - Seat 6
Isham	Yamani	Table 54 - Seat 7
Jeremy	Chandler	Table 54 - Seat 8
Leor	Wasserman	Table 56 - Seat 1
Mohammad	Hariri	Table 56 - Seat 2
Issie Emin	Yuzgulec	Table 56 - Seat 3
Ryan	Fisher	Table 56 - Seat 4
Normand	Rheaume	Table 56 - Seat 5
Terry	Thomas	Table 56 - Seat 6
Robert	Cicchelli	Table 56 - Seat 7
Brian	Morgan	Table 56 - Seat 8
Andy	D'Alessandro	Table 57 - Seat 1
Joey	Boczek	Table 57 - Seat 2
Matthew	Grocholsky	Table 57 - Seat 3
Hans	Carcenac	Table 57 - Seat 4
Sean	Raboy	Table 57 - Seat 5
Manfred	Gunther	Table 57 - Seat 6
Sako	Marashlian	Table 57 - Seat 7
Goran	Brestovac	Table 57 - Seat 8

Ulloa-Torres leads the PLO Bounty into level 9

Level: 9
Small Blind: 800
Big Blind: 1.6K
Ante: 0
Chip Average: 67K
Remaining: 45
Entries: 151

2017/05/02 - 22:29 by Playground Poker

45 players remain at the start of level 9 in the PLO 50/50 Bounty Event, part of the Playground Poker Spring Classic, and leading the field is Steve Ulloa-Torres, who has turned his 20,000 starting stack into an army of 213,000. Issie Emin Tuzgulec occupies second place on the leaderboard with 174,200, and Brian Morgan holds third with 172,400.

The table below includes the top stacks as play returns from break into level 9:

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Steve	Ulloa-Torres	213,000
Issie Emin	Yuzgulec	174,200
Brian	Morgan	172,400
Michel	M	154,700
Joey	Boczek	154,400
Yaqoub	Alaqeel	138,200
Arthur	W	116,400
Leor	Wasserman	116,200
Matthew	Grocholsky	116,100
Manfred	Gunther	116,100
Marko	X	111,000
Hans	Carcenac	108,800

Photographs from levels 7-8:

Grand Prix Canada Champion: Cassidy Battikha

2017/05/02 - 5:50 by Playground Poker

Event 1 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker LIVE was the $200 + $20 Grand Prix Canada, which featured a massive $500,000 guarantee. Through a total of 28 starting flights, including 17 online at partypoker.net and 11 live at Playground Poker Club, the combined number of entries was of 2,570, creating a prize pool slightly over the guarantee.

269 players returned to the felts on Sunday for Day 2 of this multi-flight event, all of which had already collected a min-cash of $400. 14 levels of play filtered the field down to just 38 finalists, who bagged and tagged their chips onto Day 3.

Leading the field at the start of Day 3 was pro Mike Leah, who was also one of 11 remaining players holding a Golden Chip, a promotion held for online qualifiers. The last player standing with a Golden Chip was awarded a cash bonus of $20,000, and the race was close all the way to the finish as 2 players amongst the final 4 were in contention.

Once the official 8-handed final table was formed, it was Cassidy Battikha who held the chip lead. Dilovan Hussein was the first eliminated from the final table, falling to the hands of Mike Leah. He was followed by Emmanuel Kyrkinis, who ran his pair of 6s into the pair of Kings of Kevin Zeidler. Shahar Ohaion picked up a 5-figure score after going down with Ace-King versus the pocket Kings of Cassidy.

5-handed action went on for the better part of two levels before Leandre St-Laurent hit the rail to the hands of Mike Leah. Cassidy was on the shorter end of the spectrum 4-handed, however he found a double up from Mike before taking him out a few hands later.

With Mike elimination in 4th place, Kevin Zeidler was awarded the $20,000 Golden Chip last longer. At this point the final 3 players then paused the clock and negotiated an ICM deal, leaving an additional $20,000 behind for the eventual winner. In the deal, Cassidy locked in $64,050, while Karim took $62,500 and Kevin $53,450.

Shortly after the deal, Cassidy scored a big double-up versus Karim with pocket Tens winning over pocket Sixes. Karim was crippled in the process, but before he found a hand to move his short stack in a huge pot occurred between his two opponents. Cassidy and Kevin formed 63-million chip pot, which represented roughly 80% of the chips in play. Cassidy had an Ace-high flush draw, and was up against a pair and a lower flush draw. The turn was a brick, but the river brought and Ace to give Cassidy a higher pair and the win. Kevin was eliminated, and heads-up play began with Cassidy holding a 10-to-1 chip advantage.

A few hands into heads-up play, Cassidy open-shoved with and Karim called with . Cassidy found a pair on the to win the pot, eliminate Karim and claim victory in the Grand Prix Canada!

Congratulations!

Grand Prix Canada Champion: Cassidy Battikha – $84,050.00

Grand Prix Canada Runner-Up: Karim Abdelhamid – $62,500.00

Last hand of Play

3rd place: Kevin Zeidler

Level: 38
Small Blind: 500K
Big Blind: 1M
Ante: 100K
Chip Average: 38M
Remaining: 2
Entries: 2570

2017/05/02 - 5:42 by Playground Poker

Following a 3-way deal, Cassidy Battikha found a big double-up through Karim with over to take over the chip lead. Moments later, Cassidy and Kevin found themselves in the biggest pot of the tournament.

With the board showing , a raising war occurred resulting in a pot of roughly 63-million chips, or 80% of the chips in play! Cassidy tabled for the nut-flush draw, while Kevin turned over for a pair and a smaller flush draw. The brought no change on the turn, however Cassidy took the lead on the river to win the pot, and eliminate Kevin in 3rd place.