2015 partypoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2015 partypoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
22
Prize
237,390 CAD
Event Info
Buy-in
3,200 CAD
Prize Pool
1,148,480 CAD
Entries
370
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000

Jaffe Doubles

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante
Jonathan Jaffe
Jonathan Jaffe

Limping into post-dinner break play with a short stack, 2014 WPT Montreal winner Jonathan Jaffe just found the much-needed double up.

He got in a raising war with a fellow on his right on a {7-Hearts}{2-Spades}{9-Spades}{6-Clubs} board with around 7,000 already in the middle and called a three-bet shove for his tournament life with {6-Spades}{10-Spades}.

He might of thought he needed help, but didn't against his opponent's {a-Clubs}{8-Clubs}. Jaffe doubled after the {2-Clubs} river showed up.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Jaffe us
Jonathan Jaffe
60,000
23,000
23,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Jonathan Jaffe

Across The Pond

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante
James Fornby
James Fornby

Liverpool, UK's James Fornby qualified for the 2015 partypoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship in a $1 partypoker satellite online.

And oh boy is he enjoying his first trip to Canada. He's been grinding it up all day and managed to make the nut flush against one opponent's straight to push up close to 100,000 and suddenly into contention.

Player Chips Progress
James Fornby
James Fornby
95,000
95,000
95,000

Tags: James Fornbywpt

Montreal's Finest

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante
Laurence Grondin
Laurence Grondin

Local rounder and former World Series of Poker final tablist Laurence Grondin has moved into the top spot on the leaderboard this level.

She three-bet aces from the big blind, flopped a set, rivered a boat and simply had to call when one over aggressive opponent pushed all in behind her.

He didn't show but claimed a cooler as Grondin climbed the ranks.

Player Chips Progress
Laurence Grondin ca
Laurence Grondin
145,000

Tags: Laurence Grondin

The Chip Leaders

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante

Dave Graham has the post-dinner break chip lead and a brand new pair of partypoker-branded Monster DNA Headphones because of it.

Below you'll see how the rest of the early big stacks are faring as Level 7 moves along:

Player Chips Progress
Dave Graham us
Dave Graham
127,000
-18,000
-18,000
Kyle Chang ca
Kyle Chang
121,000
19,000
19,000
Kevin Singh
Kevin Singh
100,000
20,000
20,000
Senthuran Vijayaratnam ca
Senthuran Vijayaratnam
97,000
12,000
12,000
Marc Katz
Marc Katz
90,000
-9,000
-9,000
Jean-Louis Cyr
Jean-Louis Cyr
85,000
John Pentefountas
John Pentefountas
77,000
-41,000
-41,000
Eric Afriat ca
Eric Afriat
63,000
-25,000
-25,000
WPT 3X Winner
Swennen Maxime
Swennen Maxime
60,000
20,000
20,000
Darryll Fish us
Darryll Fish
58,200
13,200
13,200
WPT 1X Winner
Tam Ho ca
Tam Ho
55,000
-3,000
-3,000
Jonathan Jaffe us
Jonathan Jaffe
37,000
-25,000
-25,000
WPT 1X Winner
Griffin Benger ca
Griffin Benger
30,000
-1,575
-1,575
Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
16,325
-8,675
-8,675
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Steve Joudry
Steve Joudry
Busted
Valerie Ross
Valerie Ross
Busted

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

Remko Report Episode #11: High-Stakes Heads-Up with Dong Kim

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Dong Kim
Dong Kim

On Episode 11 of the Remko Report, Dong 'donger kim' Kim joined Remko Rinkema in Seoul, South Korea, to talk about the local culture, competing against the best heads-up players in the world, and much more.

You can subscribe to the entire iBus Media Network on iTunes here, or you can access the RSS feed here. The PokerNews family of podcasts is now available on Stitcher.

Tags: Dong KimRemko RinkemaRemko Report

Dinner Break!

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

With six levels now in the books the players are off on a 45-minute dinner break.

Play will resume at approximately 6:20 p.m. local time.

Graham Crackers

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Dave Graham
Dave Graham

Owen Sound, Ontario's Dave Graham is making a run at the dinner break chip leader spot.

He's got the biggest stack in the room right now after making a set against top two to push over 100,000. He's also managed to make big slick hold in a big pot and is now pushing 150,000.

With just a few minutes left in Level 6 it looks like Graham is the man right now.

Player Chips Progress
Dave Graham us
Dave Graham
145,000

Tags: Dave Graham

The Quick and Dirty Version

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Marc Katz
Marc Katz

Toronto's Marc Katz priced himself in with a three-bet on a {9-}{9-}{7-} flop with one spade and was almost forced to call with just {k-Spades}{8-Spades} when his opponent shoved.

He then went runner-runner to make a spade flush and crack his opponent's three nines. Not much later, someone tried to bluff him off top two and failed miserably.

Katz is now up among the leaders.

Player Chips Progress
Marc Katz
Marc Katz
99,000
99,000
99,000

Tags: Marc Katz

Cyr Gets Serious

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Jean-Louis Cyr
Jean-Louis Cyr

Jean-Louis Cyr told PokerNews he's won about 85 per cent of the hands he's played today.

This included making a set of kings, the nut flush and two pair more than twice.

The Maritimer is now on around 85,000 and among the leaders.

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Louis Cyr
Jean-Louis Cyr
85,000

Tags: Jean-Louis Cyr