Level 34 Begins (Heads-Up)

The players return from break to begin Level 34, with increased blinds of 125,000-250,000 and a big blind ante of 250,000.

With two players remaining from a field of 596, the average chip stack is about 8,950,000 (36 big blinds). Here is the final table prizepool:

1st:  CAD 155,000*  (~US $123,016*)
2nd:  CAD 102,000  (~US $80,952)

3rd:  Pat Quinn  –  CAD 72,980  (~US $57,921)
4th:  Santiago Plante  –  CAD 56,000  (~US $44,444)
5th:  Ryan Yu  –  CAD 44,000  (~US $34,921)
6th:  Gonzalez Hernan  –  CAD 34,000  (~US $26,984)
7th:  George Grady  –  CAD 26,000  (~US $20,635)
8th:  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  CAD 20,000  (~US $15,873)

* First-prize amount includes a prize package with the winner’s seat into the Season XVIII WPTDeepStacks Championship, which will be held in April at Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento, California.

For worldwide consistency and comparison, the Payouts page here on WPT.com shows the payouts in US dollars, converted at Playground’s current exchange rate of CAD $1.26 = US $1.00.