Somewhere near the middle of Day 1, Faisal Khan built an over-average stack, and from that moment on, he never lost control of the tournament. He steadily maintained a spot atop the leaderboard, and only fell below average once heads-up play began. It didn’t take long for him to regain the lead versus heads-up opponent Daniel Strelitz, and inevitably he found himself to be the sole survivor of a starting field of 269 entries.

In the final hand of play, Faisal called the all-in of Daniel on the turn, with a board showing . He tabled for top pair, and had a few outs to fade to win the hand versus Daniel’s . With the river bringing the , Faisal won the pot and the tournament!

Congratulations Faisal!

Event 4 Champion: Faisal Khan – $54,635

Event 4 Runner-up: Daniel Strelitz – $49,985

Last Hand of Play of Event 4

After a short discussion, Faisal Khan and Daniel Strelitz have decided to make a chip-chop, while leaving an additional $7,500 for the eventual winner, who will also take home a Playground Poker Fall Classic bracelet. The deal awards Daniel $49,985, and Faisal $47,135.

Good luck!

After managing to double his short stack several times throughout this Day 3, Jonathan Barrette’s deep run finally came to an end in 3rd place.

After a min-raise from Daniel Strelitz on the button, Jonathan moved in for his last 400,000. Daniel replied with a call, and they tabled their hands.

Jonathan:

Daniel:

Although Jonathan was far ahead preflop, Daniel caught up on the board to score the knock-out.

We are now heads-up, with Daniel and his 4,265,000 leading the 2,460,000 of Faisal.

3rd place: Jonathan Barrette – $27,710

Mike Lafable was gunning for his second bracelet in this Playground Poker Fall Classic, but fell short after being eliminated by Faisal Khan. With a stack of 670,000, Mike moved in from utg, and was followed by a call from Faisal.

Mike:

Faisal:

With no help on the board, Mike was sent to the rail in 4th place for his second big payday this week.

We are now down to three players in Event 4, with Jonathan Barrette on the short side (300,000), and Faisal Khan (2,855,000) and Daniel Strelitz (3,605,000) both holding healthy stacks.

4th place: Mike Lafable – $20,500

On a board showing , Jonathan Barrette and his last 350,000 found themselves all-in versus Faisal Khan.

Jonathan:

Faisal:

After tabling his hand, Jonathan stood up and started calling for the . Interestingly enough, the turn was in fact the ! The river was the , and with that, Jonathan doubled up to over 850,000.

Julien was nursing a short stack when he decided to move in from utg+1, and to his surprise, his 145,000 bet was called by 3 players: Jonathan Barrette, Faisal Khan and Daniel Strelitz.

All three players checked it down to the river, and with the board showing , Julien knew it was nearly impossible that his counterfeited would take the pot down. Faisal tabled for the winning hand, and Julien was eliminated in 5th.

5th place: Julien Fauteux Delorme – $15,390

Graham Lupton open-shoved 435,000 from the small blind in an unopened pot, and Faisal Khan made a tank-call from the big blind.

Graham:

Faisal:

Faisal improved to a set on the board, sending Graham home in 6th place.

6th place: Graham Lupton – $12,310

We’ve seen Jonathan Barrette run his 54,000 stack up to 270,000 before he managed to double it up again. On the last hand, he moved in from early position and was called by Faisal Khan.

Jonathan:

Faisal:

Board:

After 2 levels of play so far on this final table of The $1,100 WPT Warm-up, only 6 players remain. Here is the chip distribution:

Final Table

Seat 1. Faisal Khan – 2,710,000
Seat 2. Daniel Jason Streitz – 1,055,000
Seat 3. Mike Lafable – 1,680,000
Seat 4. empty seat
Seat 5. Julien Fauteux Delorme – 490,000
Seat 6. Jonathan Barrette – 320,000
Seat 7. empty seat
Seat 8. empty seat
Seat 9. Graham Lupton – 350,000
Seat 10. empty seat

With the average stack somewhere around 37 big blinds, we can expect to still see a lot of poker here on this final table.

After some aggressive preflop action between Daniel Strelitz and Mike Lafable, they both found themselves all-in before any community cards were out.

Daniel:

Mike:

The pair of aces was the winning hand on the board, and Daniel doubled his 552,000 stack up to just above the average stack.