Quickly to a conclusion!

Once Owen Snow was eliminated, the Win the Button tournament sped up to a blistering pace with 4 players remaining. First to go out was Sebastian Pasternak, who was eliminated in 4th place.

Once Sebastian was out, the remaining 3 players decided to make a deal for the remaining prize pool. The initial agreement between them was to award both 3rd and 2nd place $900 each, leaving $1,177 for the player who would eventually finish in first place. This deal was arrived at very quickly – 3rd place money on the payout chart was just $690 – and just as quickly, Alissa Ann Allen was headed to the Tournament Desk to collect her payout coupon.

When heads-up play began, the two remaining players, Jean Philippe Pepin and Giovanni Petrella, decided to further modify the remaining prize pool, settling on $977 for 2nd and $1,100 for first. But after just a few minutes of heads up play, the two players chose to divide the remaining prize money evenly between them ($1,039 each) and the tournament was over.

Note that in many of our festivals and series, players are obligated to play to a winner in every event, including reserving a portion of the prize pool for the player in 1st place. This is NOT the case in these Playground Anniversary Series tournaments – players are free to divide up the prize pool any way they please (and that everyone playing agrees to), up to and including chopping the prizes and stopping play immediately.

Anniversary Series Win the Button Champions: Giovanni Petrella and Jean Philippe Pepin, $1,039 each