TonyBet Power Weekend

The final 5 players strike a deal!

Following Sean Dave Mc Nally’s elimination in 6th place, the final 5 players of the $100K Gtd decided to pause the clock and look at the numbers for a deal.

After some deliberation, an offer was proposed that seemed to please all the parties. Given that Ruben had the dominant chip lead at the time, and the other 4 players were all within a similar range in chips, Ruben took home $21,000, while the others collected between $11,638 and $12,500.

Congratulations!

Here are the final payout:

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Prize \| Prix
Ruben	Perceval	$21,000
Daniel	Le	$12,500
Sebastien	Fortier	$11,639
Philippe	Drouin	$11,639
Nicholas	Beaulne	$11,638

Mc Nally’s elimination brings us down to 5

Sean Dave Mc Nally lost quite a few chips due to the blinds in recent levels, and in his last hand of play, he limped from early position, and then went all-in for 10BB after Ruben placed a raise next to act. Ruben made the quick call, and cards were tabled.

Ruben:
Sean:

There was hope for Sean as he flopped a gutshot along with his live card, however the board ran in favour of the big slick, and Sean was sent to the cage to collect his cash prize.

6th place: Sean Dave Mc Nally – $4,000.00

Sean David Mc Nally

Chip counts – Final 6 players

The tournament is now on a short chip-up break, as the T5,000 chips are no longer needed, and we took this opportunity to bring an update on the chip counts as play enters level 32.

Ruben has regained the chip lead, and is slowly separating himself from the pack. Here are the full counts:

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Ruben	Perceval	6,600,000
Daniel	Le	3,675,000
Sean David	Mc Nally	2,475,000
Sebastien	Fortier	2,050,000
Philippe	Drouin	1,800,000
Nicholas	Beaulne	1,125,000

: Ruben Perceval

: Daniel Le

: Sean David Mc Nally

: Sebastien Fortier

: Philippe Drouin

: Nicholas Beaulne

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Pineapple Champions!

Tonight was the first ever NL Pineapple tournament at Playground Poker Club, part of the TonyBet Power Weekend. The buy-in was $100 + $10 and this first edition attracted 163 players – players who were impressed with the format and looked forward to another… or possibly Pineapple cash games at some point.

Despite the initial rapid pace of eliminations, the length of the event overall was about normal, even considering the 6 way deal that wrapped up the tournament.

With 6 players remaining, the players decided to negotiate a deal – here are the chip counts when discussions began:

Richard Figiel: 355,000
Domenico Boemio: 210,000
Andrew Forest: 1,835,000
Jean-Sébastien Labonté: 320,000
Kosta Papa: 280,000
Donald Abdelhay: 255,000

According to the published prize pool, the winner was scheduled to received $3,801, and as the chip leader with almost 60% of the chips in play, Andrew Forest offered to take $3,500, leaving the remaining prize pool to be distributed among the remaining players, who chose an even chop (save for the extra $11 to 2nd place).

Final prize payouts

Andrew Forest – $3,500
Richard Figiel – $1,771
Jean-Sébastien Labonté – $1,760
Kosta Papa – $1,760
Donald Abdelhay – $1,760
Domenico Boemio – $1,760

7th, 8th, and 9th place

7th place: Joseph B., $660

Joseph B was as normal as a metronome all night, playing almost exactly the tournament chip average from start to finish. When he finally went all-in for 80K, he was called by Andrew Forest.

Joseph B.:

Andrew Forest:

Board:

The flop reminded Joseph that some nights, KK just won’t do the trick – Andrew had out-flopped him by hitting his set of 7s. After the hand Donald Abdelhay mentioned that he had folded a pair of nines – he would have made his 3rd Quads of the night.

A key hand in the tournament followed. The chip leader for several hours already, Andrew Forest, raised from middle position and everyone folded around to the blinds who both went all-in, one after the other. Andrew made a snap-call with pocket Aces, while all his opponents in the hand could do was to note they both had the same hand (killing outs for each).

Andrew Forest:

Vera Greenstein:

Jean Marie Roy:

Board:

Even though both of them made their straight with their Queen Ten, the Ace on the turn along with the pair on the flop kept Andrew well in the lead.

(Vera had more chips than Jean-Marie to start the hand, so she finishes ahead of him in the standings).

8th place: Vera Greenstein, $490

9th place: Jean-Marie Roy, $370

A few more photos

Photos taken during levels 11 and 12

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11 Champions in the 6-Max Bounty!

As expected, the 6-Max Bounty tournament attracted a lot of players – who played in a fierce tournament from beginning to end. There were 20 or so eliminations just in the final 2 hours, and from the moment there were just 3 tables remaining there were players who were looking to make some kind of deal.

Considering the weak chip holdings of several of the players, the leaders initially refused any kind of agreement. When the tourney got down to 2 tables there were more negotiations, but more refusals as well and play continued – particularly because of one player with a markedly inferior chip count.

Once eliminated, the remaining 11 players quickly agreed to an ICM chop, and to keep their own bounty chip as well. The following are the players’ holdings at the time as well as the amount agreed to in the deal.

Jean-Guy Larosilière: 1,022,000 chips, $2,767 (8 bounties)
Jeremy Chandler: 492,000 chips, $1,960 (14 bounties)
Domenico Agatiello: 447,000 chips, $1,865 (6 bounties)
Jonathan Poissant: 383,000 chips, $1,710 (3 bounties)
Christopher Fowler: 377,000 chips, $1,700 (3 bounties)
K.P.: 345,000 chips, $1,615 (9 bounties)
Michael Gabrial: 266,000 chips, $1,390$ (6 bounties)
Alexandre Martel: 224,000 chips, $1,260 (? bounties)
Richard Berenbaum: 196,000 chips, $1,165
Eric Borduas: 133,000 chips, $925 (5 bounties)
Daniel Gates – $640 (1 bounty)

4 of the 11 Winners

Final elimination from the tourney

Domenico “Agi” Agatiello went all-in utg with a little more than 200K in chips and found a call from Benoit Landry and his pocket 9s. Luck was on Agi’s side, and by the river, several players mentioned how envious they were of Agn’s good fortune!

Agi:

Benoit:

Board:

12th place: Benoit Landry, $290

From 13th to 16th

13th place: David Valcourt-Dubé, $290

14th place: Adam Couture, $270

15th place: Robert Barasa, $270

16th place: Matt Ranger – $250

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8 teams share the win!

When the TonyBet Power Weekend Tag Team tournament reached level 27, a few of the team members asked the table once again if there was any interest in looking at potential numbers for a deal. With the blinds entering 50K/100K and an ante of 5K, the average stack would be reduced to just 12 big blinds, leaving less room for manoeuvrability – and a huge gap between 1st place prize money and 8th place.

After much negotiating, something to be expected when two players are involved per member of the final table, the 8 teams finally agreed to the ICM chop numbers, which split the remaining prize pool based on their current chip counts. Team Fee was awarded the biggest piece of the chop, as they were the chip leaders at the time of the chop, and all team members were left well rewarded for their long day on the felts.

Congratulations!

Here is the final prize distribution:

Team \| Équipe	Seat \| Siège	Prize \| Prix
Team Fee	Seat 2	$6,880.00
Team Chaykowski	Seat 1	$6,520.00
Team Gunther	Seat 9	$5,425.00
Team Fred Belanger	Seat 4	$5,420.00
Team Aristeo	Seat 3	$4,810.00
Team Isreal	Seat 5	$4,325.00
Team Betournay	Seat 7	$4,325.00
Team Lapointe	Seat 8	$3,465.00

: Team Fee

: Team Fee

: Team Chaykowski

: Team Chaykowski

: Team Gunther

: Team Gunther

: Team Fred Belanger

: Team Fred Belanger

: Team Aristeo

: Team Aristeo

: Team Israel

: Team Israel

: Team Betournay

: Team Betournay

: Team Lapointe

: Team Lapointe

15 hours deep

The Tag Team tournament has been running since 11am this morning, meaning the final 8 teams are approaching their 15th hour of play for the day!

Fatigue has definitely made its appearance clear with many of the players still in action, however determination seems to be overriding it. Talks of chop have come up a few times, but a few of the teams are set to play the tournament until completion, so play continues!

Team Fee and Team Chaykowski share the lead with 8 teams left, as they both hold roughly 2,350,000 in chips.

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$220 Freeze Champion: Jacques Blais

There were 149 players in the $200 + $20 NL Hold’em Freeze in the TonyBet Power Weekend, and it took about 10 hours to play down to a champion. It didn’t take long for several players to grow “industrial-sized” stacks – there were players with 3 times the average before the first break of the night. Eliminations came at a constant pace throughout the night, and then as the money bubble and the final table approached, deals were made to keep up the steady pace of the tourney.

The first agreement reached was to offer a bubble save prize of $220. $100 was taken from the 1st place prize money and $80 and $40 from 2nd and 3rd respectively. Then, with 5 players remaining the players agreed to an event chop of $4,000 each, reserving $1,286 for the eventual winner. Two players were eliminated in the following hand, and once the 3rd place player was eliminated.

When heads-up play began, Jacques Blais had a huge 2.3M to 770K advantage, but after just a few hands the players were even. A further deal was made to keep $400 each of the remaining $1,286, leaving an additional $486 for the champion – which ended up being Jacques Blais!

Champion: Jacques Blais, $4,886

2nd place: Carlo Nini, $4,400

Final hand of the tournament:

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And the Mix Max is over

In the major events hosted at Playground Poker Club there is usually a trophy for the champion and a requirement for players to play down to an eventual champion, even if they do deals along the way to re-distribute the prize pool. Such rules are not in place for this event, and the first evidence of this is that the Mix Max tournament has concluded with a 5-way chip chop.

Play never got going on the final table, as the players came together and made note of the relative stack sizes discussion began immediately. The chip leader at the time, Michel Lemieux, had 407,500 in his stack while the small stack was playing 133,000. But even though they were relatively deep for a one-day tournament (3 players had greater than 30bb stacks), the numbers were compelling and the deal was made.

Here are the details of the chip chop the players agreed to.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Seat \| Siège	Prize \| Bourse
Laurent	Dubé	Seat 1	$820.00
Michel	Lemieux	Seat 2	$1,402.00
Patrick	McGinnis	Seat 3	$835.00
Olivier	Lamarre	Seat 4	$1,230.00
Manfred	Gunther	Seat 5	$1,205.00

Winners: $100 + $10 NL Hold’em Mix Max

Laurent Dubé, Patrick McGinnis, Manfred Gunther, Olivier Lamarre, Michel Lemieux

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TonyBet Power Weekend

Welcome to the TonyBet Power Weekend!

$100K Guarantee $135 + $15 Re-entry

The final 5 players strike a deal!

Mc Nally’s elimination brings us down to 5

Chip counts – Final 6 players

$100 + $10 NL Pineapple

Pineapple Champions!

7th, 8th, and 9th place

A few more photos

$100 + $10 + $25 6-Max Bounty

11 Champions in the 6-Max Bounty!

Final elimination from the tourney

From 13th to 16th

$270 + $30 Tag Team

8 teams share the win!

15 hours deep

$200 + $20 Freeze

$220 Freeze Champion: Jacques Blais

$100 + $10 Mix Max

And the Mix Max is over

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