Event 7 Champion: Alex Shing

Stephane Fortin was in the process of making a comeback in heads-up play with Alex Shing, but was stumped when he fell into Alex’s preflop trap. Sitting on the big blind, Alex completed the 100,000 blind, to which Stephane replied with a shove of 890,000. Alex snap called, and turned over his premium:

Alex: Queen of Hearts Queen of Spades

Stephane: 6 of Diamonds 6 of Spades

The board ran in favour of Alex’s queens, showing 10 of Hearts 8 of Diamonds 8 of Hearts 7 of Hearts King of Clubs, awarding him the pot and the win. He takes home $5,000 for his victory, as well as a Playground Poker Fall Classic bracelet!

Congratulations!

Event 7 Champion: Alex Shing – $5,000

Event 7 Champion: Alex Shing

Event 7 Champion: Alex Shing

Event 7 Runner-up: Stephane Fortin – $3,600

Stephane Fortin

Last hand of play of Event 7

Last Hand of Play in Event 7

3rd place: Terry Papadopoulos

  • Level: 27
  • Small Blind: 40K
  • Big Blind: 80K
  • Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 1.3M
  • Remaining: 2
  • Entries: 100


Terry Papadopoulos raised to 240,000 from the small blind, and went heads-up to the flop with Alex Shing. With 5 of Clubs Jack of Hearts 4 of Diamonds showing, Terry moved in his remaining 605,000, which was followed by Alex.

Terry: King of Diamonds 6 of Diamonds

Alex: Queen of Diamonds Jack of Diamonds

The Queen of Hearts and Ace of Hearts running cards ensured Alex the pot, sending Terry out in 3rd place.

3rd place: Terry Papadopoulos – $2,900

Terry Papadopoulos

4th place: Alexandar Copovic

  • Level: 27
  • Small Blind: 40K
  • Big Blind: 80K
  • Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 833.3K
  • Remaining: 3
  • Entries: 100


With 325,000 left, Alexandar Copovic moved in from utg, and was called by Alex Shing in the big blind.

Alexandar Copovic: Ace of Spades 9 of Spades

Alex Shing: Ace of Clubs 10 of Diamonds

With no help on the 3 of Diamonds 7 of Clubs 2 of Spades 6 of Diamonds Queen of Diamonds board, Alexandar’s run finished in 4th place.

4th place: Alexandar Copovic – $2,200

Aleksandar Copovic

5th place: Jano Salbzian

  • Level: 26
  • Small Blind: 30K
  • Big Blind: 60K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 625K
  • Remaining: 4
  • Entries: 100


Terry Papadopoulos has been on a rampage here on the final table of Event 7, as he just stacked another player to increase his lead over the field. In this last hand, he moved in from the small blind, and Jano Salbzian made the call from the big blind.

Terry: King of Clubs Queen of Diamonds

Jano: Ace of Diamonds 10 of Hearts

Terry outflopped Jano, taking his remaining ~350,000 on a board showing 6 of Diamonds King of Hearts Jack of Diamonds 9 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds. He now sits on just under 1.1M.

5th place: Jano Salbzian – $1,650

Jano Salbzian

6th place: Adam Farnley

  • Level: 25
  • Small Blind: 25K
  • Big Blind: 50K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 500K
  • Remaining: 5
  • Entries: 100


After losing 80% of his stack one hand earlier, Adam Farnley only had 50,000 left when he moved in from the small blind on Terry Papadopoulos’ big blind.

Adam: King of Diamonds 8 of Diamonds

Terry: 4 of Spades 5 of Spades

Terry rivered just enough to eliminate Adam on the Ace of Hearts 7 of Clubs Ace of Clubs 9 of Clubs 5 of Clubs board.

6th place: Adam Farnley – $1,250

Adam Farnley

7th place: Pierre Routhier

  • Level: 25
  • Small Blind: 25K
  • Big Blind: 50K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 416.7K
  • Remaining: 6
  • Entries: 100


After doubling up through Jano Salbzian two hands earlier, and then stealing the blinds the next hand, Terry Papadopoulos eliminated Pierre Routhier, as his Ace of Clubs 8 of Hearts won versus Pierre’s Ace of Diamonds 2 of Spades on a Jack of Clubs King of Clubs Queen of Hearts 5 of Diamonds 8 of Clubs board.

7th place: Pierre Routhier – $900

Pierre Routhier

Update on chip counts

  • Level: 25
  • Small Blind: 25K
  • Big Blind: 50K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 371.1K
  • Remaining: 7
  • Entries: 100


The players are on a short break, and will be returning to level 25 momentarily. Here is an update on the chips counts of the remaining 7 players:

Final Table

Seat 1. Aleksandar Copovic – 330,000
Seat 2. Pierre Routhier – 220,000
Seat 3. Adam Farnley – 280,000
Seat 4. Terry Papadopoulos – 175,000
Seat 5. Jano Salbzian – 305,000
Seat 6. empty seat
Seat 7. empty seat
Seat 8. Alex Shing – 505,000
Seat 9. Stephane Fortin – 665,000
Seat 10. empty seat

8th place: Santos Ciulla

  • Level: 24
  • Small Blind: 20K
  • Big Blind: 40K
  • Ante: 4K
  • Chip Average: 357.1K
  • Remaining: 7
  • Entries: 100


Santos Ciulla opened the action from the button by placing a raise to 113,000, and called off his 321,000 stack when Stephane Fortin moved in from the big blind.

Santos: Ace of Hearts King of Hearts

Stephane: 7 of Clubs 7 of Spades

Board: 3 of Diamonds Jack of Clubs 2 of Diamonds 4 of Spades 9 of Diamonds

8th place: Santos Ciulla – $700

Santos Ciulla

9th place: Rocco Z

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 15K
  • Big Blind: 30K
  • Ante: 4K
  • Chip Average: 312.5K
  • Remaining: 8
  • Entries: 100


Rocco Z had just doubled up Adam Farnley before he moved in his last few big blinds from the small blind. Aleksandar Copovic was in the big blind, and felt priced in enough to make the call rather light.

Rocco: 10 of Clubs 10 of Diamonds

Aleksandar: King of Diamonds 6 of Diamonds

Aleksandar flopped big on the 6 of Clubs 6 of Hearts Ace of Hearts 9 of Clubs 5 of Clubs board, sending Rocco to the cashiers in 9th place.

9th place: Rocco Z – $500

10th place: Ramesh Puradchithasan

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 15K
  • Big Blind: 30K
  • Ante: 4K
  • Chip Average: 277.7K
  • Remaining: 9
  • Entries: 100


After losing a big pot to Aleksander Copovic a few hands earlier (10 of Clubs Jack of Clubs < Ace of Hearts Queen of Clubs, all-in preflop), Ramesh Puradchithasan had very few chips left to work with. He got them in versus versus Alex Shing, and needed some help to win the pot.

Ramesh: 9 of Spades 5 of Hearts

Alex: Ace of Spades Jack of Diamonds

He couldn’t improve enough to win on the 2 of Spades King of Spades 5 of Clubs 2 of Clubs Jack of Clubs board, and was eliminated in 10th place.

10th place: Ramesh Puradchithasan – $350

Ramesh Puradchithasan