2015 partypoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship

Main Event
Day: 3
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
Total Entries
370
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Players Left 1 / 370
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Engel Turns It Around

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Ari Engel
Ari Engel

Facing a 40,000-chip bet from Eric Afriat with close to 100,000 in the middle on an {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{8-Spades}{J-Clubs} board, Ari Engel fired back with a check-raise to 95,000.

Afriat called, but when the {J-Diamonds} river was revealed and Engel fired out 115,000, he folded, allowing Engel to push back over 500,000 again and turn things around, coming back from his earlier troubles

Tags: Ari EngelEric Afriat

Final 27 Seating Assignments

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

TABLE 30
Seat 1. Samuel Tsehai
Seat 2. Kevin Singh
Seat 3. Gary Lucci
Seat 4. Rene Bourbeau
Seat 5. Kevin MacDonald
Seat 6. Luc Greenwood
Seat 7. Lu Zhang
Seat 8. Robert Logan Dunn
Seat 9. Sheraz Nasir

TABLE 31
Seat 1. John Krpan
Seat 2. Robert Taylor
Seat 3. Glenn Hammers
Seat 4. Eric Afriat
Seat 5. Yves Loiselle
Seat 6. Levi Stevens
Seat 7. Edmund Campion
Seat 8. Will Molson
Seat 9. Ari Engel

TABLE 35
Seat 1. Jonathan Karamalikis
Seat 2. Shaan Siddiqui
Seat 3. Jeff Gross
Seat 4. Senthuran Vijayaratnam
Seat 5. Pascal Lefrancois
Seat 6. Tim Reilly
Seat 7. Noeung Troeung
Seat 8. Dylan Wilkerson
Seat 9. Trevor Delaney

Zhang Bangs Benger; Secures Lead

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Griffin Benger
Griffin Benger

Lu Zhang is firmly in the lead now after knocking out Canadian Griffin Benger moments ago.

She called a flop lead from Benger on a {K-Spades}{3-Spades}{7-Hearts} board, then snapped when he shoved the {Q-Hearts} turn.

Benger held {J-Spades}{9-Spades} and needed a spade or a ten against Zhang's {Q-Clubs}{3-Hearts} turned two pair. The {9-Hearts} river wasn't either and as he hit the rail, Zhang got some separation from the log jam at the top of the counts.

Tags: Griffin BengerLu Zhang

The Final 31 (full)

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Here's how things stand on the leaderboard now into the day's second 90-minute level:

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Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Break!

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

With the first 90-minute level now in the books the 32 players remaining have headed off on a 15-minute break.

Engel's Lead Evaporates

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Lu Zhang
Lu Zhang

Lu Zhang got it in with top-pair top-kicker against an Ari Engel flush draw, fading all his outs to double up once.

A few hands later they were in a battle of the blinds and Zhang was seen leading out on a {9-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{6-Spades} flop. Engel called, but when Zhang bet the {8-Spades} turn, making it 63,000, Engel shoved.

Zhang made the call for her tournament life and a massive pot with {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}, having flopped a set.

Once again, Engel was on the flush draw, showing {A-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}. The river came the {7-Clubs} and Zhang's at the top of the counts now as Engel's stack falls to just a small percentage of what it once was.

Tags: Ari EngelLu Zhang

Gross Busts Mamuzic; Builds Contending Stack

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Jeff Gross
Jeff Gross

A suddenly short Ivan Mamuzic shipped it in with {A-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and ran smack into Jeff Gross' pocket aces.

Aces held to send Mamuzic to the cage and Gross, who made third at WPT Montreal and second at the partypoker Premier League VII right here at Playground in 2013, is starting to look like a contender again.

Tags: Jeff Grossmontrealwpt

Palma Goes Broke

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Nicholas Palma
Nicholas Palma

Gary Lucci took most of Nicholas Palma's chips in a big hand where he flopped trips with {Q-}{10-} and then turned a boat.

Palma, who grabbed the chip lead early yesterday when he took a whole whack off start-of-Day 2 leader Mike Leah, didn't show, then busted his short stack a few hands later.

Tags: Gary LucciNicholas Palma