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Event 12 Champion: Rodney Ramalho

2015/09/02 - 19:03 by Playground Poker

Event 12 Champion: Rodney Ramalho

After deep-running an EPT Main Event last week in Barcelona, Rodney Ramalho returned to Montreal just in time to play in the $500 + $50 Event, part of the Montréal Poker Expo. He stayed under the radar for most of the tournament, until play fell down to 6 players, where a combination of run-good and play-good propelled him into the chip lead.

He entered heads-up play versus opponent Trevor Delaney with roughly a 3-to-1 chip advantage, and never looked back. On the last hand of play, Trevor opened his button to 105,000, to which Rodney replied with a 3bet to 275,000. Trevor quickly moved all-in for just over 1-million, and got an even quicker call.

Trevor: Ace of Clubs 2 of Hearts
Rodney: Ace of Spades King of Hearts

Rodney’s big-slick held for the win on a 7 of Hearts 10 of Spades 7 of Spades 6 of Diamonds 5 of Spades board, and with that pot he became our Event 12 Champion! He collected a sweet $14,830 for his finish, as well as a Montréal Poker Expo Champion’s Trophy.

Congratulations!

Event 12 Champion: Rodney Ramalho – $14,830.00

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Event 12 Runner-Up: Trevor Delaney – $11,110.00

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Last Hand of Play

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Event: Event 12 - $500 + $50 NL Hold'em Freeze

Event 12 – Results & Payouts

2015/09/02 - 19:00 by Playground Poker

Event 12 in the Montréal Poker Expo was a $500 + $50 NL Hold’em Freeze that was held from September 1 to 2. There were a total of 124 players in the event which generated a prize pool of $60,140.00.

RankFirst NameLast NamePrize
1RodneyRamalho$14,830.00
2TrevorDelaney$11,110.00
3GeoffreyHum$8,410.00
4RandyKhalil$6,370.00
5MatthewBellsmith$4,820.00
6AndreasKanakis$3,650.00
7JoeyBoczek$2,750.00
8JustinMiller$2,050.00
9MichaelMalm$1,550.00
10MichaelSelliah$1,200.00
11PrestenCloutier$1,200.00
12LevonDedeyan$1,100.00
13RongXu$1,100.00

Heads up in Event 12!

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 1.6M
  • Remaining: 2
  • Entries: 124


  • 2015/09/02 - 18:18 by

    Heads up in Event 12!

    Rodney Ramalho stormed ahead on the final table to take a massive chip lead in the tournament, and it’s somehow fitting that he must play heads up against the massive chip leader for most of the tournament in Trevor Delaney. They’re now playing heads up poker for the top prize and the Champion’s Trophy in Event 12 of the Montréal Poker Expo.

    Trevor Delaney
    Rodney Ramalho

    Event: Event 12 - $500 + $50 NL Hold'em Freeze

    3rd place: Geoffrey Hum

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 1.6M
  • Remaining: 2
  • Entries: 124


  • 2015/09/02 - 18:10 by

    Geoffrey Hum was on fumes following that huge loss with his set of Jacks but nevertheless managed to stay calm and at least move one more rung up the ladder. He got it in with Jack of Spades 9 of Spades and found the call from Rodney with King of Spades Jack of Clubs.

    Community cards: 8 of Spades 10 of Hearts 6 of Spades King of Hearts 9 of Hearts

    Unfortunately the 9 on the river was too little, too late for Geoffrey and he was out in 3rd place.

    3rd place: Geoffrey Hum, $8,410

    Geoffrey Hum

    Geoffrey Hum

    Event: Event 12 - $500 + $50 NL Hold'em Freeze

    4th place: Randy Khalil

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 1M
  • Remaining: 3
  • Entries: 124


  • 2015/09/02 - 18:02 by

    Randy Khalil had been the short stack for some time and was complaining about the lack of cards he was getting, and he finally pushed with 4 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds only to get the quick call from Trevor Delaney, who held Queen of Diamonds Queen of Hearts.

    The board had no miracles in it for Randy – 6 of Diamonds 2 of Hearts Ace of Diamonds 9 of Diamonds 5 of Hearts and he was eliminated in 4th place.

    4th place, Randy Khalil, $6,370

    Randy Khalil

    Randy Khalil

    Event: Event 12 - $500 + $50 NL Hold'em Freeze

    Rodney Ramalho takes a massive lead

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 875K
  • Remaining: 4
  • Entries: 124


  • 2015/09/02 - 17:56 by

    Rodney Ramalho and Geoffrey Hum have just played perhaps the defining hand of the tournament. The two players have been exchanging the chip lead for some time, and so both players were relatively cautious preflop. Then the flop was dealt… and everything blew up.

    The flop: King of Diamonds Jack of Spades 10 of Spades

    Geoffrey led out, only to find Rodney all-in for what turned out to be 800K. Geoffrey thought about it for a minute and sensed that he could be behind, but was never going to fold a flopped set of Jacks.

    Geoffrey: Jack of Diamonds Jack of Hearts
    Rodney: Queen of Spades 9 of Hearts

    Geoffrey was drawing very slim and found no relief in the turn and river 4 of Spades 7 of Hearts and Rodney stacked a huge pot. He’s now up to about 2M in chips.

    6th place: Andreas Kanakis, 5th place: Matthew Bellsmith

  • Level: 22
  • Small Blind: 8K
  • Big Blind: 16K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 775K
  • Remaining: 4
  • Entries: 124


  • 2015/09/02 - 17:24 by

    Andreas Kanakis had been among the chip leaders since the very beginning of the tournament but unfortunately his run in the event ended slightly prematurely in 6th place. He was all-in against Rodney Ramalho, who covered him by quite a margin.

    Andreas: King of Diamonds 6 of Hearts
    Rodney: Jack of Diamonds Jack of Clubs

    There was no King to come for Andreas as the board ran out 4 of Diamonds 9 of Clubs Ace of Spades 4 of Spades 4 of Hearts and Rodney’s full house took the pot and sent Andreas to the rail.

    Just 2 hands later, Rodney was faced with an all-in bet from Matthew Bellsmith on a flop of 4 of Hearts 10 of Hearts 3 of Diamonds, and this time he shoved behind to try and isolate his opponent. He was successful and the players showed down.

    Matthew: Jack of Hearts Tc for top pair
    Rodney: King of Hearts King of Clubs for the overpair.

    The turn and river were the 2 of Diamonds and 8 of Clubs and again Rodney was stacking chips.

    5th place: Matthew Bellsmith, $4,820

    Matthew Bellsmith

    Matthew Bellsmith

    6th place: Andreas Kanakis, $3,650

    Andreas Kanakis

    Andreas Kanakis

    Event: Event 12 - $500 + $50 NL Hold'em Freeze

    Counts – 6 players remain

    2015/09/02 - 16:51 by

    The 6 players that remain have taken a short break during which we have updated the counts for each player.

    NameSeatChip Count
    Geoffrey HumSeat 21,068,000
    Randy KhalilSeat 3373,000
    Andreas KanakisSeat 4181,000
    Matthew BellsmithSeat 5280,000
    Rodney RamalhoSeat 7542,000
    Trevor DelaneySeat 10600,000

    Event: Event 12 - $500 + $50 NL Hold'em Freeze

    Joey and Justin out back-to-back

  • Level: 21
  • Small Blind: 6K
  • Big Blind: 12K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 516.7K
  • Remaining: 6
  • Entries: 124


  • 2015/09/02 - 16:40 by

    Justin Miller and Joey Boczek were the two shortest stacks at the table and they have both been eliminated in back-to-back hands.

    First out was Justin, who got it in with a flush draw on the flop but found a call from Randy, who had a worse flush draw… but made two pair on running cards.

    Next to go was Joey the Birdman, who has had a remarkable Expo having made 4 final tables. He got his last 99k in with Queen of Diamonds Jack of Spades but had been called by Andreas Kanakis on the button who held King of Clubs King of Diamonds.

    The board runout seemed OK in the window Queen of Spades but by the door card of the flop King of Hearts it wasn’t so great (the middle flop card was the 2 of Spades). The 2 of Clubs and 3 of Clubs didn’t change a thing and Joey hit the rail.

    7th place: Joey Boczek, $2,850.00

    Joey Boczek

    Joey Boczek

    8th place: Justin Miller, $2,050

    Justin Miller

    Justin Miller

    Event: Event 12 - $500 + $50 NL Hold'em Freeze

    Final table chart with counts

  • Level: 21
  • Small Blind: 6K
  • Big Blind: 12K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 387.5K
  • Remaining: 8
  • Entries: 124


  • 2015/09/02 - 16:27 by

    Here is a table that lists the remaining members of the final table including estimates of each of their current stack.

    NameSeatChip Count
    Justin MillerSeat 1100,000
    Geoffrey HumSeat 2750,000
    Randy KhalilSeat 3220,000
    Andreas KanakisSeat 4385,000
    Matthew BellsmithSeat 5420,000
    Rodney RamalhoSeat 7290,000
    Joey BoczekSeat 9100,000
    Trevor DelaneySeat 10710,000

    Event: Event 12 - $500 + $50 NL Hold'em Freeze

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