{"id":35862,"date":"2014-04-01T10:01:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T09:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=35862"},"modified":"2019-10-31T12:31:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:31:16","slug":"wpt-national-canadian-spring-championship-live-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wpt-national-canadian-spring-championship-live-stream.html","title":{"rendered":"Jason Comtois Wins The WPT National Canadian Spring Championship &#8211; Re-watch the LIVE STREAM Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have a new winner! Jason Comtois is the winner of the partypoker.net WPT National: Canadian Spring Championship! After less than 5 hours of play, Jason emerged victorious over the other final table players alongside his large group of friends and family who were there to support and cheer him on. Tony Dunst and Mike Sexton provided commentary during the live streamed final table which you can rewatch right here:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Live Stream<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f44SOj6UOqQ?rel=0\" height=\"720\" width=\"1280\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mario Lim 6th (CAD $36,108)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Johnny Mazzaferro min-raised to 400,000, Mario Lim moved all in for about 2.2 million, and Mazzaferro called with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ah.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/js.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Lim turned over <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, and he needed to improve to stay alive. The board came out to <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/td.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, and Mazzaferro won the pot with his ace to eliminate Mario Lim in sixth place during level 33. Mario Lim took home CAD $36,108.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u00a0Alexander Wong\u00a05th (CAD $44,586.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The next elimination didn\u2019t happen until about two hours later. Alexander Wong min-raised to 650,000, and Daniel Gagne called. The flop came out to <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, Wong bet 550,000, Gagne raised to 1,200,000, and Wong moved all in for 4,975,000. Gagne showed <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ks.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> for top two pair, and Wong turned over <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Wong needed to improve to stay alive. The turn was the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/js.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, the river was the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, and Gagne won the pot with two pair to eliminate Alexander Wong in fifth place. Alex took home CAD $44,586.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Johnny Mazzaferro 4th (CAD $59,762)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Johnny Mazzaferro exited the tournament next. Jason Comtois raised to 750,000, Johnny Mazzaferro moved all in, and Comtois called with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ah.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Mazzaferro turned over <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, and he needed to improve to stay alive. The board came out to <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, and Comtois won the pot with a pair of queens and his ace kicker to eliminate Mazzaferro in fourth place. Mazzaferro took home CAD $59,762.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Daniel Gagne 3rd (CAD $80,904)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Daniel Gagne was the next to bust out. Daniel Gagne raised to 850,000, John Paul Tabago re-raised to 2,000,000, and Gagne thought about it for a bit before he called. Both players checked to the turn on a board of <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, Tabago bet 2,000,000, Gagne raised to 4,000,000, and Tabago moved all in. Gagne called with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/td.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> for a king-high straight, and Tabago turned over <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> for a set of nines. Gagne needed his hand to hold to stay alive. The river card paired the board with the 3s, and Tabago won the pot with a full house, nines full of threes, to eliminate Daniel Gagne in third place. Daniel took home CAD $80,904.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u00a0John Paul Tabago 2nd (CAD\u00a0$124,758) Jason Comtois 1st (CAD $178,114)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The last elimination of the night happened less than an hour later. Jason Comtois raised to 925,000, John Paul Tabago re-raised to 2,600,000, and Comtois moved all in. Tabago called all in with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qs.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, but he needed to improve to stay alive against the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ac.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> of Comtois. The board came out to <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, and Comtois won the pot \u2013 and the WPT National title \u2013 with two pair, kings and threes. John Paul Tabago finished as the runner-up, earning CAD $124,758. Jason Comtois won, earning CAD $178,114, a trophy, and a Playground Poker Club championship belt.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Another One For Quebec!<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Comtois, who is from Chateauguay, a suburb of Montreal, also picked up the WPT crystal trophy<\/strong> and the coveted <strong>Playground Poker Champion&#8217;s belt<\/strong> around his waist. He was also not alone in celebrating his win with a\u00a0 big noisy rail which cheered each of his double ups with great enthusiasm but saved the loudest ovation for the final hand of the night!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cI\u2019m happy to keep the WPT title in Quebec,\u201d said emotional 27-year-old Comtois who has been playing poker for just two years and lives just minutes from the host venue. \u201cIt was great to have such great support \u2013 I really think my friends carried me through at times.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<strong>Tough Field<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There were 1,079 entries into this bumper event that took place March 27 \u2013 April 1 at Playground Poker Club in Montreal and like the corresponding event in 2013, it was Canadian and specifically the Quebec contingent who dominated the final stages. The popular event had a CAD $1,100 buy-in, three starting flights and next-day re-entry for all players. Amongst those failing to make the latter stages were Team partypoker.net\u2019s Kara Scott as well as Playground Players Club members Antonio Esfandiari, Jeff Gross, Chanracy Khan and Gavin Smith<strong>. Team partypoker Mike Sexton and the WPT\u2019s Tony Dunst <\/strong>commentated on the live stream.<\/p>\n<p>The event was part of the <strong>Playground Poker Spring Classic<\/strong> featuring 10 additional events. Last year\u2019s event was won by Toronto\u2019s Amir Babakhani who triumphed over an all Canadian final table while Quebec featured prominently on the final tables of the last two partytpoker.net WPT Montreals, including inaugural winner Jonathan Roy. \u00a0The record breaking partypoker.net WPT Montreal will return to Playground Poker Club in late November this year. We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a new winner! Jason Comtois is the winner of the partypoker.net WPT National: Canadian Spring Championship! After less than 5 hours of play, Jason emerged victorious over the other final table players alongside his large group of friends and family who were there to support and cheer him on. Tony Dunst and Mike<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wpt-national-canadian-spring-championship-live-stream.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":35863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[2182,300],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35862"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35862"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35891,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35862\/revisions\/35891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35862"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=35862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}