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Tommy Coulombe runs into aces

Level: 17

Small Blind: 3K

Big Blind: 6K

Ante: 500

Chip Average: 166.7K

Remaining: 9

Entries: 100

2015/08/24 - 0:10 by Playground Poker

Tommy Coulombe found his last 11 big blinds in the middle preflop versus two opponents, as both Reginald Vigneau and Bill Kontaratos looked up his 3bet shove.

On a flop of , Reginald put the pressure on and announced he was all-in. Bill hesitate for a quick moment before open-folding his pair of eights, and was relieved to see he made the right decision.

Reginald table , and held versus the of Tommy, as the turn () and river () were bricks.

10th place: Tommy Coulombe – $350

Tommy Coulombe

Final Table

Level: 13

Small Blind: 1.2K

Big Blind: 2.4K

Ante: 200

Chip Average: 150K

Remaining: 10

Entries: 100

2015/08/23 - 22:47 by Playground Poker

The first round of the Shootout has been completed, and we have now reached the final table! Here are our ten finalists, who will be competing for a top prize of $3,095, and of course a Montréal Poker Expo Champions Trophy!

Best of luck!

First Name	Last Name	Seat
Tommy	Coulombe	Seat 1
Joey	Boczek	Seat 2
Michael Albert	Marinaro	Seat 3
Brent	Bidan	Seat 4
Ahmad	Baalbaki	Seat 5
Jean-Pierre	Poirier	Seat 6
Safouh	Sawaf	Seat 7
Michele	Black	Seat 8
Reginald	Vigneau	Seat 9
Bill	Kontaratos	Seat 10

: Tommy Coulombe

: Michael Albart Marino

: Jean-Pierre Poirier

: Brent Bidan

: Safouh Sawaf

: Michele Black

: Ahmad Baalbaki

: Reginald Vigneau

: Joey Boczek

: Bill Kontaratos

Event 1 – Results & Payouts

2015/08/23 - 22:40 by Playground Poker

The Strike Out Cancer Charity Event is Event 1 of the Montréal Poker Expo. This event featured 4 Day 1s (next-day re-entry) and was a 3 day event. There were a total of 1,186 total entries which produced a total prize pool of $155,307.00. This prize pool has been distributed according to the following table.

Note: there was a player deal made at 4 players remaining. The players chose to reserve $3,000 and the champion’s trophy for the eventual winner and distribute the remaining prize pool through an ICM chop calculation. Play then continued among the 4 remaining players. The actual payouts are reflected in the results table, below. This accounts for why the 2nd place player cashed for less than the 3rd place player.

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Prize
1	Mark Thomas	Wells	$24,440.00
2	Cherif	Si Hadj Mohand	$16,840.00
3	Fazeel	Munawar	$18,332.00
4	Danny	Rouleau	$13,655.00
5	George	Kazarian	$8,070.00
6	Ian	Armorer	$6,240.00
7	Hezkiel	Menache	$4,420.00
8	David	Nadler	$3,130.00
9	Stephane	Gauthier	$2,370.00
10	Brian	Mclean	$1,780.00
11	Marc	Doyer-St-Jean	$1,780.00
12	Ruben	Perceval	$1,780.00
13	Tedde	Ballanger	$1,450.00
14	Brian	Bond	$1,450.00
15	Noah	Reboh	$1,450.00
16	Jonathan	Brassard	$1,140.00
17	Sammy	Chao	$1,140.00
18	Jason	Mottershead	$1,140.00
19	Isham	Yamani	$990.00
20	Vicenzo	Delia	$990.00
21	Pierre-Luc	Gaudreau	$990.00
22	Adeel Aman	Bangash	$850.00
23	Dominique	Morin	$850.00
24	Bharat	Shetty	$850.00
25	Jean-Philippe	Piquette	$770.00
26	Eddie	Daldalian	$770.00
27	Glenn	Sauve	$770.00
28	David	Janes	$710.00
29	Eric	Boire	$710.00
30	Mikael	Abittan	$710.00
31	Andy	D'Alessandro	$660.00
32	Richard	Agnew	$660.00
33	Maurizio	Campanelli	$660.00
34	Celine	Robert	$630.00
35	Michael	McCarthy	$630.00
36	Anthony	Meli	$630.00
37	Hope	Stacey	$590.00
38	Pierre Marc	Chadi	$590.00
39	Alexandre	Lauziere	$590.00
40	James	Gall	$590.00
41	Gaetan	Perreault	$590.00
42	Ryan	Garonce	$590.00
43	Bill	Kontaratos	$590.00
44	Michel	Gagne	$590.00
45	Luc	Fournier	$590.00
46	Gabriel	Frenette	$540.00
47	Jared	Newcombe	$540.00
48	Michelle L	Reyes	$540.00
49	Alexandre	Rouleau-Ouellet	$540.00
50	Judy L	Miller	$540.00
51	Eric	Toutant	$540.00
52	Louis-Oliver	Gauthier	$540.00
53	Joseph	Macaluso	$540.00
54	Hugo	Racette	$540.00
55	Dylan	Payne	$480.00
56	Igor	Gamayunov	$480.00
57	Rene	Morin	$480.00
58	Jahkheem	Polydore	$480.00
59	Maxime	Marcouiller	$480.00
60	David Elliott	Marrache	$480.00
61	Nicolas	Roch	$480.00
62	Yvon Robert	Blais	$480.00
63	Dany	Jebrini	$480.00
64	Riley	Garneys	$430.00
65	Lazaros	Papadopoulos	$430.00
66	Stephane	Faucher	$430.00
67	Kenneth	Ransom	$430.00
68	Danny	Deschamps	$430.00
69	Daniel	Thibodeau	$430.00
70	Christopher	Kokozaki	$430.00
71	Daniel	Dasgostino	$430.00
72	Jean-Claude	Salame	$430.00
73	Jean-Phillipe	Grenier	$380.00
74	Normand	Brien	$380.00
75	David	Martin	$380.00
76	Richard	Johansen	$380.00
77	Larry	Lepine	$380.00
78	Rodney P	Russell	$380.00
79	Daniel	Cloggie	$380.00
80	Andre	Hernandez	$380.00
81	Robert	Riopel	$380.00
82	Claudemir	De Oliveira	$350.00
83	Alexandre	Ricard	$350.00
84	Alexandre	Lajoie	$350.00
85	Paul	Brisson	$350.00
86	Harry	Ng	$350.00
87	Min	Qiu	$350.00
88	Samuel	Picard	$350.00
89	Patricia	Lefebvre	$350.00
90	Justin	Miller	$350.00
91	Eleftherios	Timotheou	$340.00
92	Maxime	Nault	$340.00
93	Michel	Jalbert	$340.00
94	Marie-Josee	Leduc	$340.00
95	Gary	Thorneycroft	$340.00
96	Arold	Experience	$340.00
97	Guillaume	Cote	$340.00
98	Paul	El-Khouri	$340.00
99	Tanvir	Ahmed	$340.00
100	Tomaz	Kalinowski	$320.00
101	Charles	Gauthier	$320.00
102	Russel	Turner	$320.00
103	Noy	U	$320.00
104	Alain	Couture	$320.00
105	Sylvie	Pelletier	$320.00
106	David	Kovacic	$320.00
107	Vincent	Chow	$320.00
108	Fabian	Lacroix	$320.00

Évènement 1 – Résultats et Prix

2015/08/23 - 22:40 by Playground Poker

Les résultats pour l’évènement 1 seront publiés ici une fois qu’ils seront disponibles à la suite du tournoi.

Day 2 is a wrap!

Level: 27

Small Blind: 25K

Big Blind: 50K

Ante: 5K

Chip Average: 1M

Remaining: 23

Entries: 1186

2015/08/23 - 22:09 by Playground Poker

23 players have survived Day 2 of Event 1 – Strike Out Cancer Charity Event – and they will be back tomorrow at 7:00pm for the conclusion of this kickoff event of the Montréal Poker Expo. Leading the way is Marc Doyer-St-Jean, who bagged 2,140,000.

In a few moments, we will be publishing the new seating assignments for tomorrow, as well as the player-reported chip counts.

Final minutes of Day 2

Level: 26

Small Blind: 20K

Big Blind: 40K

Ante: 5K

Chip Average: 988.3K

Remaining: 24

Entries: 1186

2015/08/23 - 21:27 by Playground Poker

Level 26 has begun a few moments ago, which means we are near the end of Day 2 of the Strike Out Cancer Charity Event. Upon the completion of this last level, the remaining players will take a break until tomorrow evening, where they will play out until there is a winner.

Recent eliminations include former chip leader Glenn Sauve, local hero Jean-Philippe Piquette, and Playground regular Eddie Daldalian.

Photographs from level 25:

Final 3 tables

Level: 25

Small Blind: 15K

Big Blind: 30K

Ante: 5K

Chip Average: 878.5K

Remaining: 27

Entries: 1186

2015/08/23 - 20:43 by Playground Poker

Event 1 has reached its final three tables, and a full seating redraw has just occurred. Here are the new seating arrangements:

First Name	Last Name	Seat
Glenn	Sauve	Table 53 - Seat 1
Vincenzo	Delia	Table 53 - Seat 3
Isham	Yamani	Table 53 - Seat 3
Marc	Doyer-St-Jean	Table 53 - Seat 4
Ian	Armorer	Table 53 - Seat 5
Tedde	Ballanger	Table 53 - Seat 6
George	Kazarian	Table 53 - Seat 7
Jean-Philippe	Piquette	Table 53 - Seat 8
Jonathan	Brassard	Table 53 - Seat 9

Adeel Aman	Bangash	Table 54 - Seat 1
Hezkiel	Menache	Table 54 - Seat 2
Noah	Reboh	Table 54 - Seat 3
Pierre-Luc	Gaudreau	Table 54 - Seat 4
Dominique	Morin	Table 54 - Seat 5
Brian	Bond	Table 54 - Seat 6
Danny	Rouleau	Table 54 - Seat 7
Brian	Mclean	Table 54 - Seat 8
Stephane	Gauthier	Table 54 - Seat 9

Jason	Mottershead	Table 61 - Seat 1
Eddie	Daldalian	Table 61 - Seat 2
Sammy	Chao	Table 61 - Seat 3
Fazeel	Munawar	Table 61 - Seat 4
Cherif Si Hadj	Mohand	Table 61 - Seat 5
Ruben	Perceval	Table 61 - Seat 6
Bharat	Shetty	Table 61 - Seat 7
Mark Thomas	Wells	Table 61 - Seat 8
David	Nadler	Table 61 - Seat 9

Munawar takes over the chip lead

Level: 24

Small Blind: 12K

Big Blind: 24K

Ante: 4K

Chip Average: 847.1K

Remaining: 28

Entries: 1186

2015/08/23 - 20:13 by Playground Poker

Fazeel Munawar has won a number of pots since the last break, and has now taken over the chip lead in Event 1. Sitting on roughly 2.4 million in chips, he leads second place Hezkiel Menache by over half a million chips, who has dropped slightly below the 2-million mark. Only 28 players remain, which means there will be a full seating redraw after the next elimination.

Fazeel Munawar

The leaders entering level 24

Level: 24

Small Blind: 12K

Big Blind: 24K

Ante: 4K

Chip Average: 658.9K

Remaining: 36

Entries: 1186

2015/08/23 - 19:49 by Playground Poker

Hezkiel Menache

We’ve just finished the last break of the night, and three 40-minute levels remain before the end of this Day 2 of Event 1. Hezkiel Menache is currently our chipleader, and the only player above the 2-million chip mark. Here is a look at the leaderboard:

Name	Chip Count
Hezkiel Menache	2,046,000
Fazeel Munawar	1,860,000
Cherif Si Hadj Mohand	1,563,000
Brian Bond	1,494,000
Jason Mottershead	1,051,000
Sammy Chao	1,042,000
Ruben Perceval	1,032,000
Marc Doyer-St-Jean	990,000