Spring Classic 2017

Playground Poker

St-Laurent adds to his lead

  • Level: 25
  • Small Blind: 25K
  • Big Blind: 50K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 1.5M
  • Remaining: 52
  • Entries: 2570

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Leandre St-Laurent returned from break into level 25 as the chip leader, and has recently added some ammunition to his already healthy armory.

Mina Mourad opened to 126,000 from early position, and Eric Bigras 3-bet all-in next to act. When action folded around to Leandre, he asked for a count and then moved into the tank. The 1.6 million chip bet was nearly half of his current stack, but Leandre’s hand was too strong to fold, and he isolated by moving all-in himself. Mina quickly mucked his hand, and the two players tabled their hands.

Eric: Ace of Clubs King of Diamonds
Leandre: Queen of Diamonds Queen of Clubs

Although the hand was a flip to start, Leandre found a set in the window and held for the win on the 9 of Clubs 2 of Clubs Queen of Spades 4 of Spades 8 of Spades board. With that pot he well surpassed the 5-million chip mark, further securing his chip lead.

St-Laurent tops the final 60

  • Level: 25
  • Small Blind: 25K
  • Big Blind: 50K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 1.3M
  • Remaining: 60
  • Entries: 2570

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After a huge few levels, Leandre St-Laurent has become the chip leader deep in Day 2 of the Grand Prix Canada, and he returns to level 25 with 3,665,000 in chips. Kyle Chang is second in chips at the moment with 3,030,000, while Mike Leah sits in a comfortable third place with 2,841,000. The leaderboard entering level 25 is found in the table below.

Only 2 more levels remain before the completion of Day 2, after which the remaining players will bag onto Day 3, scheduled at 7pm tomorrow night.

First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
LeandreSt-Laurent3,665,000
KyleChang3,030,000
MikeLeah2,841,000
TimothyDeering2,805,000
BenjaminBracken2,581,000
DanielLeduc2,333,000
EliIsrael2,301,000
RobertLeboeuf2,241,000
JoelSheres1,960,000
CassidyBattikha1,871,000
EricBigras1,838,000
MichaelPitcher1,801,000
GabrielSamson1,696,000
DavidBolduc Hamel1,679,000
ScottMontgomery1,679,000
FrancoSicondolfi1,649,000
EricLeblond1,633,000
AndreFrechette1,610,000

Photographs from level 24:

Chang leads at the third break of Day 2

  • Level: 22
  • Small Blind: 12K
  • Big Blind: 24K
  • Ante: 2.5K
  • Chip Average: 820K
  • Remaining: 94
  • Entries: 2570

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A short break has just passed us in Day 2 of the Grand Prix Canada, and play is now into level 22, leaving just 6 more levels of play before the tournament goes on break until tomorrow’s Day 3.

Kyle Chang is the current big stack with almost 2.5 million, while Victor Artemenko maintains a spot atop the leaderboard with just over 2.1 million. Below are the top counts following level 21:

First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
KyleChang2,450,000
VictorArtemenko2,112,500
RobertLeboeuf1,998,000
MikeMirfaizy1,855,000
MathieuDucharme1,778,000
LeandreSt-Laurent1,579,500
EricBigras1,577,500
MichaelPitcher1,534,500
AndreFrechette1,479,500
EliIsrael1,440,000
KarimAbdelhamid1,417,000
DanielLeduc1,257,000
ShaharOhaion1,220,000
DilovanHussein1,190,000
Jean-SebastienDubois1,184,500
MikeLeah1,165,000
TonyDunst1,095,000
JoelSheres1,088,000
ClaudeSavard1,084,500
MichelineRoberge1,078,000
HeldarJunior1,044,000
EricLeblond1,025,000

Photographs from level 21:

The top 5%

  • Level: 20
  • Small Blind: 8K
  • Big Blind: 16K
  • Ante: 1.5K
  • Chip Average: 616K
  • Remaining: 125
  • Entries: 2570

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The Grand Prix Canada field has been whittled down to 125 players from a total of 2,570 total entries, and therefore only the top 5% of the field remains in play. Nearly 8 levels have already been completed today in Day 2, and another 6 full levels lie ahead. Once completed, the tournament will go on break until tomorrow evening at 7pm, where action will play down until we have our event champion.

Photographs from level 20:

Updated leaderboard – Level 19

  • Level: 19
  • Small Blind: 6K
  • Big Blind: 12K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 504K
  • Remaining: 153
  • Entries: 2570

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Players are back from a short chip-up break, where the tournament staff raced off the T100 chips. Francois Allard continues to hold the biggest stack as the board indicates 153 players remaining. A number of new faces have recently joined the leaderboard, which can be found in the table below.

8 levels separate players from the end of Day 2, and once the clock runs out the survivors will bag and tag their chips onto tomorrow’s Day 3, where they will play down to a winner.

First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
FrancoisAllard1,707,500
VictorArtemenko1,465,500
TylerSt Clair1,440,000
MathieuDucharme1,446,000
RobertLeboeuf1,411,000
ShaharOhaion1,244,500
MikeMirfaizy1,162,000
LeandreSt-Laurent1,135,500
ClaudeSavard1,115,000
ChristopherTaylor1,060,000
MikeLeah1,040,00
MikeVesia1,026,000
MichaelMoussis993,000
LyleHenderson989,000
SteveCotton984,500
KyleChang972,000
MichaelPitcher962,500
Jean MichelMazingarbe950,000
DanielLeduc935,000
EricAfriat933,500
MichelineRoberge911,000

Photographs from levels 17-18:

A few more shots of the field

  • Level: 17
  • Small Blind: 4K
  • Big Blind: 8K
  • Ante: 800
  • Chip Average: 405K
  • Remaining: 190
  • Entries: 2570

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The pace is picking up here in Day 2 of the Grand Prix Canada, and the average stack is slowly dipping as the levels climb. With the set-back in blinds for the start of Day 2, players were treated to a very deep beginning to the re-start of the event, with the average stack near 100bb deep during the first level of the day. The average is now closer to 50bb, which is still very reasonable at this late stage of the tournament.

We are now mid-way through level 17, and another break is scheduled after level 18, at which point we will publish another update to the leaderboard.

Photographs from levels 16-17: