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Antoine Simon is the Champion of Event #7
Dec 18, 2018, 4:58 AM
By the time heads up play arrived, both players were quite fatigued and with the deal in place, there was some fight between the two players – Christopher Turnbull and Antoine Simon – but both were equally easygoing about the whole affair. The mood was light, the players were happy, there was a nice small rail consisting of Sergei Gurin, and the stage was set for the final stretch of this terrific event. Chris scored an early double to take the chip lead, but before long Antoine had doubled back and enjoyed a big lead once again. Eventually, with fatigue getting the best of the players, Antoine limped his button holding and Chris decided to shove over the top holding . Antoine called. The window card told most of the tale on the flop: . The on the turn gave Chris a few more outs, but the on the river […]
Minh Chi Nguyen is the Megastack Turbo Champ
Dec 17, 2018, 8:46 PM
With no deal in place to influence the pace of play and reasonable stack sizes and chip differential between the two players, one would have been excused to assume that heads up play would be an extended affair… but it was not – Minh Chi Nguyen and Guillaume Tremblay obviously came to play and weren’t afraid of a little gambling along the way. Before long, Guillaume was left gasping with just 160K left, and though he doubled once after that, within a few minutes both players were again happy with their holdings. Minh Chi: Guillaume: The flop was dealt: . When the came on the turn, Guillaume got out of his chair and on the river he put-on his coat and went for his payout voucher. Event #6 Champion: Minh Chi Nguyen, $1,985 Final Hand of Play 2nd place: Guillaume Tremblay, $1,525
A second jackpot in 3 days!
Dec 17, 2018, 11:20 AM
On the third day of existence of the EGD section at Playground, a second jackpot was hit! On Saturday night at 10:20PM, Lucie Bourcier was playing 0.01$ denominations on Eternal Lotus. The Lotus decided it was her time, and the Fu Gui Rong Hua feature unlocked the jackpot for her! Lucie was the proud winner of $10,243.32! We hope that this nice figure allows her to spoil herself and a few family members during the holidays. Congratulations!
After 15 hours Marco Cannizzaro is declared the champ
Dec 17, 2018, 8:57 AM
Marco Cannizzaro of Montreal, QC has been crowned the Champion of the 8-Year Anniversary edition of the Deepstack! He outlasted 83 players through 27 levels, and a grueling 15 hours of play to emerge victorious. After Marco hit an ace on the river to knock Pierre Guay, the final three competitors continued to grind for dominance. Then Christine Park knocked out Mark Saddik a half-dozen hands later, leaving Marco and Christine to battle it out to the finish. When the tournament was reduced to 7 players, the competitors chose to do an ICM chop (reserving $750 for 1st place). Combined with his guaranteed $3,895, Eric won $4,645. When the final hand of play occurred and both players went all in, Marco was holding while his opponent, Christine, showed . The board ran out and Marco`s pair proved to be the winning hand!
Eric Schanck is declared the champ
Dec 17, 2018, 8:57 AM
Eric Schanck of Lachine, QC has been crowned the Champion of the 8-Year Anniversary edition of the Playground Shootout Turbo! He outlasted 62 players through 25 levels of play to emerge victorious. It wasn’t always easy going for Eric. He had to endure a heads up battle with Ghita Acordunencei just to secure the last spot at the final table. Ghita and Eric went back and forth long after the other eight spots had been secured, but in the end Eric finally prevailed. When the tournament was reduced to 8 players, the competitors chose to do an ICM chop (reserving $120 for 1st place). Combined with his guaranteed $665, Eric won $885. When the final hand of play occurred and all the chips were pushed into the pot, Eric was holding while his opponent, James Brown, held . The board ran out and the pair Eric was holding was potent […]
The first fifteen for MILLIONS
Dec 17, 2018, 6:28 AM
The evening of December 16th was the first $1,500 + $150 MILLIONS Main Event satellite – Step 3 with 15 $10,300 Seats guaranteed for the MILLIONS North America Main Event. Considering that this was the first satellite for the event, we wish to present to you the first 15 players that have booked their ticket for the event to be held in May! Congratulations!
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