Event 11 was a $200 + $20 NL Hold’em tournament for players over the age of 50. 133 seniors showed up for the Event, including many known players, including Stan Parkes, André Boyer, Stuart Taylor, Richard Figiel, Bill Kontaratos, Bot T, Debra Ann Holman, and Armand King, who made it to the final table.

Bob T was the champion of last year’s Playground Poker Fall Classic Seniors’ Event. He missed the payouts by about 10 spots. Many players, including Bradley J. Vance who missed the final table by a hair, came to us throughout the night with very good words about the venue, whether it was during a break or after they were eliminated. We thank them for their kindness and wish them good luck in their future competitions.

The final table played for about 2 and a half hours, during which very few hands were played post flop, due to the tough blind augmentations. In the end, the blinds were 50K/100K, and Georges Rombotis made it 300K to go. Éric Guindon announced all-in, and Georges called the bet, holding an ace in his hand. He flopped trips deuces, and so ended the Seniors’ Event (full hand below).

Congratulations to all winners!

Champions of the Seniors’ Event: Georges Rombotis – $4,762.00

Runner-up: Éric Guindon – $3,855.00

Last hand of play:

In a hand that we missed, François Gobeil was taken out, but we know that it was after an ace versus ace battle. François cashes $3,435, the ICM allotted amount.

Shortly after, Wayne Campbell lost a flip with against Georges Rombotis’ . Georges hit both of his cards, and Wayne goes home with $4,160.

Excellent run by both!

Our 5 finalists are back from a short break, are now waiting for some chop numbers. Here are the stack amounts that were sent to the ICM calculator:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège	Stack | Tapis
François	Gobeil	Table 37 - Seat 1	375,000
Georges	Rombotis	Table 37 - Seat 2	860,000
Éric	Guindon	Table 37 - Seat 5	555,000
Wayne	Campbell	Table 37 - Seat 7	725,000
Marcel	Deschamps	Table 37 - Seat 8	145,000

Scott Sisler had a great run, but after a long patch of bad cards, lost a flip when he finally found something worth playing. After a pre-flop 3-bet/call, he was all-in with Georges Rombotis:

Scott Sisler:
Georges Rombotis:

Board:

Georges builds up high, and now rivals Éric Guindon near the 1-million mark.

Roman Domanski, who managed to double not long before his elimination hand with a second-best hand, was the victim of a major cooler. He was big blind, and ended up all-in against the small blind, all pre-flop:

Roman Domanski:
Georges Rombotis:

Roman failed to hit a queen, and he was taken out in 6th place. Scott’s 7th place finish was worth $1,170, while Roman took $1,540 for his 6th position. Congratulations!

Armand King came to the final table as the chip leader, but after Éric Guindon built up his own stack, he doubled through King, which hit him hard. King survived a few all-ins after that, but eventually ended up with the short end of a 3-way all-in:

Armand King:
Bradley Adams:
Wayne Campbell:

Board:

The board hit the best hand, which was also the biggest stack, pretty hard.

Armand King finishes 9th ($670), while Bradley Adams, who tried to isolate King with sevens, takes the 8th place ($890).

Congratulations!