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Boczek leads final 6

Level: 23

Small Blind: 15K

Big Blind: 30K

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 250K

Remaining: 6

Entries: 75

2015/08/26 - 4:24 by Playground Poker

We are still 6-handed at this final table of Event 6, and it’s not due to a lack of action. It just so happens that whenever a short-stack found himself all-in, he would end up on the winning side of the hand! Currently it is Joey Boczek that leads the field, however with the pressure of the blinds, we could still see some dramatic shifts in the balance of the chips.

Here is the current chip distribution, as play enters level 23.

First Name	Last Name	Seat	Chip Count
Pascal	Beaulieu	Seat 1	345,000
Joey	Boczek	Seat 5	455,000
Jean-Philippe	Piquette	Seat 6	250,000
Bill	Kontaratos	Seat 7	225,000
Alex	Plourde	Seat 8	145,000
Jonathan Patrick	Marrie	Seat 9	90,000

7th place: Luc Fournier

Level: 22

Small Blind: 12K

Big Blind: 24K

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 250K

Remaining: 6

Entries: 75

2015/08/26 - 4:10 by Playground Poker

Luc Fournier spent most of the night in the chip lead, however a little bad luck changed all of that, sending him home in 7th place.

After dropping to average stack, he found a great spot to double-up in a Hold’em round, as his were all-in preflop versus the of Joey Boczek. Unfortunately for him, he lost to a flush on the board to find himself crippled.

He was all-in a few hands later, this time in an Omaha round, but his were outflopped by Jean-Philippe Piquette’s on a board of .

7th place: Luc Fournier – $500

Luc Fournier

Event 5 Champion: Samuel Picard

2015/08/26 - 3:59 by Playground Poker

Samuel Picard overcame a field of 149 players to take home a Montréal Poker Expo Champion’s trophy, as well as a $980 cash prize!

After a deal was made with the final 8-players, Samuel went an a spree and stacked a few players before finding himself heads-up and huge chip leader over opponent Thibault Tabary. Thibault managed to double-up in the first few hands, however he got caught up in some ugly luck as he called an open-shove from the big blind with the best hand, but ended up second best. His lost to Samuel’s as the board ran out .

Congratulations Samuel!

Event 5 Champion: Samuel Picard – $980

Event 5 Runner-Up: Thibault Tabary – $700

Thibault Tabary

Event 4 Last Hand of Play

Event 5 – Results & Payouts

2015/08/26 - 3:46 by Playground Poker

Event 5 in the Montréal Poker Expo was a $50 + $10 NL Hold’em Freeze that began at 7:30pm on August 25th, 2015. There were 149 players in the event which added up to a prize pool of $7,226.00. This prize money was distributed according to the following table.

Note there was a player deal made at 8 players remaining, which players agreeing to reserve $150 and the trophy for the eventual winner and to divide the remaining prize pool according to relative stack sizes at the time (not using standard ICM chop ratios, however). The actual payouts agreed to are reflected in this table.

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Prize
1	Samuel	Picard	$980.00
2	Thibault	Tabary	$809.00
3	Serge	Huet	$909.00
4	Ramon	De La Cruz	$789.00
5	Vital	Cleary	$789.00
6	Nabil	Elbied	$680.00
7	Alois	Korak	$680.00
8	Eric	Caron	$700.00
9	Maximilien	Haghighat Talab	$170.00
10	Samuel	Leblanc	$130.00
11	Jacob	Charbonneau	$130.00
12	John	Toth	$120.00
13	Christopher	Lau	$120.00
14	Daniel James	D'Ilario	$110.00
15	Steve	Tessier	$110.00

All-in madness leads to heads-up play

Level: 21

Small Blind: 20K

Big Blind: 40K

Ante: 4K

Chip Average: 1.1M

Remaining: 2

Entries: 149

2015/08/26 - 3:38 by Playground Poker

Action was fast and furious after the deal was reached, and players were launching their chips left and right trying to gamble their way into victory.

Only two are left at the tables, as play is heads-up between Samuel Picard and Thibault Tabary. They are playing for an extra $150 cash, as well as the beautiful Montréal Poker Expo Champion’s Trophy, and of course bragging rights!

Good luck!

A deal has been made

2015/08/26 - 3:33 by Playground Poker

After some arguing and back-and-forth between the remaining 8-players, a deal has finally been reached. Here is what the players took, leaving $150 for the eventual winner.

Serge Huet – $909
Samuel Picard – $830
Ramon De La Cruz – $789
Nabil Elbied – $680
Vital Cleary – $789
Alois Korak – $680
Thibault Tabary – $809
Eric Caron – $700

8th place: Tomas Larivee Magni

Level: 19

Small Blind: 6K

Big Blind: 12K

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 215K

Remaining: 7

Entries: 75

2015/08/26 - 3:14 by Playground Poker

It only took one hand on this final table to bring us into the money, as Myriam Campanelli was eliminated by Alex Plourde in the Omaha round.

When play switched to Hold’em, short-stacked Tomas Larivee Magni found himself all-in versus Jean-Philippe Piquette.

Tomas:
JPP:

Board:

Tomas caught two-pair on the river, but the very same card gave Jean-Philippe a flush, sending him to the rail in 8th place.

8th place: Tomas Larivee Magni – $370

Final Table

Level: 19

Small Blind: 6K

Big Blind: 12K

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 167K

Remaining: 9

Entries: 75

2015/08/26 - 3:07 by Playground Poker

The final table is here for the mixed PL Hold’em and PL Omaha event! Congratulations to our 9 final tableist!

First Name	Last Name	Seat
Pascal	Beaulieu	Seat 1
Myriam	Campanelli	Seat 2
Tomas	Larivee Magni	Seat 3
Luc	Fournier	Seat 4
Joey	Boczek	Seat 5
Jean-Philippe	Piquette	Seat 6
Bill	Kontaratos	Seat 7
Alex	Plourde	Seat 8
Jonathan Patrick	Marrie	Seat 9

: Myriam Campanelli

: Tomas Larivee Magni

: Bill Kontaratos

: Jean-Philippe Piquette

: Joey Boczek

: Jonathan Patrick Marrie

: Alex Plourde

: Luc Fournier

: Pascal Beaulieu

Double elimination to start the final table

Level: 19

Small Blind: 10K

Big Blind: 20K

Ante: 2K

Chip Average: 280K

Remaining: 8

Entries: 149

2015/08/26 - 2:46 by Playground Poker

After doubling up through Maximilien Haghighat Talab a few moments ago, Serge Huet just won another huge pot on this final table as he knocked out two opponents in one hand.

Maximilien open-shoved his short stack from the button in an unopened pot, and was isolated by Samuel Leblanc from the small blind. Serge made the quick call, and had a stranglehold on the hand.

Serge:
Maximilien:
Samuel: