Playground Poker

After eight hours and 21 levels of play, the competitors at the 8-Year Anniversary Shootout Turbo have agreed to an ICM chop. They have divided up the winnings and have agreed to continue playing for bragging rights and a pot of $120.

The following table reveals each players guaranteed prize.

Congratulations to all!

Mr. Jean-Francois Langevin was eliminated in 10th place, earning himself $670. Congratulations on making the final table!

Preflop, big blind, Michael Cohen raised to 25,000 and Benoit Leber called. When the dealer revealed the flop, , Benoit Leber checked. Michael immediately raised to 25,000. But when Benoit raised to 80,000, Michael mucked his cards.

Just as we passed the 12-hour mark on the day’s $300 + $30 Deepstacks tournament the players finally reached the final table. And they did so in a dramatic fashion, thanks to the action over on table 30!

At first it was looking like it was going to be another short stack vs. short stack battle, with Denis Quirion shoving his $175,000 in the middle preflop. He found a caller in Luigi Fantigrossi, who called with a stack just about the same size.

The other players at the table folded one by one, but the last player, Pierre Guay, decided to use his stack’s considerable heft to try the classic “double take down”. And it worked!

The board was dealt , and Pierre’s took down both players’ stacks in one bite.

Denis had Luigi covered A-J vs A-10, not that it mattered at this late stage in the game.

Denis finished in 12th for a $620 prize, and Luigi finished in 11th for $670.

Mr. Nadir Lalji just busted out on table 31, earning himself 14th place and $570.

Right after that on table 30 Stephen Langlois lost his last hand of the night, placing 13th and bagging $620.

Slowly but surely we move towards the final table. Congratulations to both players on a decent finish, and good luck to the rest!

Preflop, after Patrick Sullivan raised to 15,000, Michael Cohen raised to 35,000.  Patrick hesitated, but eventually called.

When the dealer revealed the first three cards on the board, , both players checked. When the turn card was dealt, , the duo tapped the felt again. But when the river card was flipped, , Patrick pushed all of his 65,500 chips into the pot. Michael immediately called.

Michael revealed , but when when Patrick turned over , it became clear that Michael`s chances of winning the hand were sunk on the river when Patrick hit his full house.

After losing a big hand in the recent past, Pierre Sirois was left with less than 2 big blinds in his stack. As the clock wound down on level 20 he was effectively forced all in preflop, even though his cards left much to be desired. As the timer beeped indicating the end of the level, he shoved.

Ultimately his 8-3 couldn’t compete with his opponent’s K-J.

When the board came down his night was over, but he takes home $570 for his trouble!

Preflop, Benoit Leber raised to 12,000 and Eric Schanck called. When the first three community cards were dealt , Eric bet 17,000. Without hesitation, Benoit pushed all his chips into the pot. Eric asked the dealer to count Benoit`s stack. As the dealer counted out the 57,500 chips, Eric placed an order with the waitress, hemmed and hawed, and finally peeked at his hole cards before he called.

Benoit turned over his and Eric reveal and . Before the turn and the river were dealt, Benoit`s pair of tens bettered Eric`s pair of sixes.

The dealer did Eric no favor when he flipped a on the turn and on the river.

Short-stacked Marc Petit threw caution to the wind now that we are in the money and went all in with his pocket pair of 3’s. He was up against the other short stack at the table, Luigi Fantigrossi’s pair of 8’s. Because they were covered so easily, Joon Park’s also joined the action with an A-6 just for fun.

The board was dealt a , meaning that Luigi tripled up and Marc Petit was out in 16th.

The game battles on…

Eric Schanck knocked Nicolas Connan out of the 8-Year Anniversary Shootout Turbo when both players went all in. Nicolas, who was the first player to win a seat at the final table, was also the first player to be eliminated from the the final nine who made to the money.