The road to victory was long and full obstacles, but after 39 levels of play, Rami Hammoud managed to overcome a field of 1,475 to emerge as the Event 3 Champion!
Rami took over the chip lead mid-way through the night, however when play fell short-handed, he gave it up to Michael Korovine before finally grinding his way back into the lead.
He began heads-up play versus Tomas Larivee Magni with a 2-to-1 chip advantage, but a quick double up by Tomas changed the pace of the match. They agreed to an even chop when stacks were close, leaving behind the required $6,400 for the eventual champion, and then went on to play for over 3 levels before Rami finally got the best of it.
Tomas had just doubled his stack up to 10-million (roughly 1/3 of the chips in play) before he min-raised his button, and called the 3bet all-in of Rami. Tomas tabled 
, while Rami flipped over a trailing 
. The dealer pulled out a flop of 
, and Rami’s rail started calling out the cards he needed… “5!”. The turn came a 
, giving Rami more outs… “3!”. The dealer then pulled out the river 
, and they all went wild! Rami made the runner-runner straight to win the pot, and the tournament with that!
Rami went over to shake Tomas hand, and they both shared a smile for their deep run in this Event 3 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic.
The $250 Frenzy Champion: Rami Hammoud – $50,200
The $250 Frenzy Runner-Up: Tomas Larivee Magni – $44,800
Tomas Larivee Magni
Last hand of play
