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      • #1 – Open – $1,000 + $100
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    • Event #5 – MILLIONS Turbo
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    Shao is crowned champion

    2018/05/03 - 2:08 by Jôle Simard

    Event 5 was a 2-Day-1 event that featured a $1,100 buy-in and an amazing $1,000,000 guarantee. The MILLIONS Turbo, the official name of the tournament, is a reference to the 30-minute levels that ran through the whole event. Today was Day 2, the final day of the tournament, and 140 qualifiers were assembled in the main hall.

    A constant race for the lead was noticeable throughout the day. It started with Andrew Neeme, who was 4th biggest stack to start off the day and got eliminated in the early levels when his queens met Griffin Benger’s aces. That’s when Benger started distancing the rest of the field. From that point, he maintained his stack and managed to stay in the top 5 all the way to the end.

    Shaun Deeb was also a huge player leading up to the final table. In the later stages, he was playing the majority of his hands and relied on his skills to make that work. Ruben Perceval also appeared on the final with a massive stack, resulting from all-around great play, as usual.

    These three players were among the biggest stacks when the final table was formed, but that table featured many experienced players, and their domination was less palpable. Perceval victimized Deeb when he cracked his kings with a set of jacks found on the flop. Deeb was out in 6th, and Perceval fell in 4th at the hands of David Shao. At that point, Griffin Benger had about half the chips in play, but Shao was on his way up. After Dylan Maille-Thibault’s elimination in 3rd, Benger and Shao had equal armies facing each other.

    The duel lasted over an hour and a half, and it was hard fought, to say the least. Shao gobbled a few small pots and never looked back. The last hand saw Shao and Benger get in a pre-flop raising war that eventually had Benger all-in and at risk. See the run out below.

    David Shao was crowned champion of the MILLIONS Turbo and pocketed $157,500 for his amazing performance.

    Congratulations!

    The MILLIONS Turbo Champion: David Shao – $157,500 and the stunning MILLIONS Trophy

    Runner-up: Griffin Benger – $137,500

    Griffin Benger

    Last hand of play:

    Heads-up update

    • Level: 40
    • Small Blind: 4M
    • Big Blind: 8M
    • Button Ante: 8M
    • Chip Average: 424M
    • Remaining: 2
    • Entries: 849

    2018/05/03 - 0:32 by Playground Poker

    Griffin Benger and David Shao have been playing heads up for a little more than 30 minutes now. They started with pretty much the same stack but now Shao has a little lead. No big hands have been played, the lead comes from small pots he’s been collecting here and there.

    Griffin Benger
    David Shao

    Heads-up

    • Level: 38
    • Small Blind: 3M
    • Big Blind: 6M
    • Button Ante: 6M
    • Chip Average: 424.5M
    • Remaining: 2
    • Entries: 849

    2018/05/02 - 23:52 by Playground Poker

    David Shao eliminates 2 players back to back. First it was Ruben Perceval and now Dylan Maille-Thibault. The hand played itself – Maille-Thibault went all-in with King of Clubs Queen of Diamonds and Shao had no other choice but to call with his Ace of Spades Ace of Hearts.

    Board: 2 of Hearts 5 of Spades Jack of Hearts 3 of Spades 3 of Diamonds

    3rd place: Dylan Maille-Thibault – $76,000

    Dylan Maille Thibault

    Perceval finishes 4th

    • Level: 38
    • Small Blind: 3M
    • Big Blind: 6M
    • Button Ante: 6M
    • Chip Average: 283M
    • Remaining: 3
    • Entries: 849

    2018/05/02 - 23:45 by Playground Poker

    Ruben Perceval has lost a big hand against David Shao. Perceval opened at 14M and Shao pushed his entire stack in. Perceval made the call and showed King of Spades King of Clubs.

    The board went in Shao’s favour: Ace of Diamonds Queen of Hearts Ace of Spades Queen of Diamonds 2 of Spades

    Shao with his Ace of Hearts Queen of Clubs flopped a boat and the turn and river only helped confirming his win.

    Perceval was then left with only 12.5M behind, so he had to make a move very soon. He decided to do it with King of Spades 8 of Clubs, and got called by Shao again.

    Shao: Ace of Spades 6 of Hearts

    Board: 2 of Clubs 10 of Spades 10 of Hearts Queen of Spades 3 of Diamonds

    This time Shao got it all.

    4th place: Ruben Perceval – $51,250

    Ruben Perceval

    Impressive lead for Benger

    • Level: 38
    • Small Blind: 3M
    • Big Blind: 6M
    • Button Ante: 6M
    • Chip Average: 212M
    • Remaining: 4
    • Entries: 849

    2018/05/02 - 23:25 by Playground Poker

    We are down to 4 players left in the Turbo and Griffin Benger leads the table with an impressive 455M stack.

    Here are the current chip counts:

    First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
    GriffinBenger455,000,000
    DylanMaille Thibault138,500,000
    DavidShao135,000,000
    RubenPerceval121,000,000
    Griffin Benger

    4 players left

    • Level: 37
    • Small Blind: 2.5M
    • Big Blind: 5M
    • Button Ante: 5M
    • Chip Average: 212.3M
    • Remaining: 4
    • Entries: 849

    2018/05/02 - 23:13 by Playground Poker

    Griffin Benger just eliminated Ryan Godson. Godson opened to 13.5M, and Benger pushed all-in. The turn gave Benger a full house, enough to seal the deal.

    Benger: 6 of Diamonds 6 of Spades

    Godson: Ace of Clubs King of Hearts

    Board: 6 of Hearts Queen of Diamonds 4 of Diamonds Queen of Hearts King of Diamonds

    5th place: Ryan Godson – $36,000

    Ryan Godson
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