Moments after the first elimination on this final table, Safouh Sawaf and his short stack were all-in on a flop showing 
. His 
was up against the 
of Michael Marino, and failed to improve, sending him home in 9th place.
9th place: Safouh Sawaf – $450
Safouh Sawaf
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
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 |
Photographs taken during the early stages of Event 2 – Shootout:
Event 2 in the Montréal Poker Expo is now underway! There are 83 players seated at the moment, but players are continuing to join and will have until the end of the break following level 4. Players interested in the event shouldn’t delay, however, because due to the format, all stacks are on the table and being blinded off.
We’ll publish a photo series from the event before the break, but the coverage will be a little bit different throughout the evening in that it will focus on the number of players still in action at each table. Remember that to make the final table, a player has to win their starting table – players don’t move from table to table as players are eliminated. So the focus will be on how many players are left on each table as the evening progresses.
Good luck to everyone in the event!
Tonight at 6:00pm, Event 2 of the Montréal Poker Expo will begin – the shootout event!
This is a special format of tournament that in many ways is the “purest” form of tournament poker. In a shootout tourney, players begin at a particular table and they must WIN that table before moving on in the tournament. What makes this interesting – and a ton of fun – is that to do well, a player must not only have mastered “full ring” play (9- or 10-handed – they must also be able to adapt to short-handed play as well.
Because of the format, there is a “hard” cap of 100 total players allowed in the event – no alternates will be permitted. And because this has always been a popular event – players should be careful to register as soon as possible to make sure of their place in the event.
Good luck!
Sunday August 23rd, 6:00pm
Download the Rules & Structure PDF for this event.
