Event 5 – $50 + $10 NL Hold’em Freeze

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

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:

Board:

9th place: Maximilien Haghighat Talab – $170

10th place: Samuel Leblanc – $130

Final Table

Level: 18

Small Blind: 8K

Big Blind: 16K

Ante: 2K

Chip Average: 223.5K

Remaining: 10

Entries: 149

2015/08/26 - 2:14 by Playground Poker

With the field having dropped down to ten players, they have all been merged to a single final table. Here are the ten finalists of Event 5:

First Name	Last Name	Seat
Serge	Huet	Seat 1
Samuel	Picard	Seat 2
Ramon	De La Cruz	Seat 3
Nabil	Elbied	Seat 4
Vital	Cleary	Seat 5
Alois	Korak	Seat 6
Thibeault	Tabary	Seat 7
Eric	Caron	Seat 8
Maximilien	Haghighat Talab	Seat 9
Samuel	Leblanc	Seat 10

: Alois Korak

: Ramon De La Cruz

: Serge Huet

: Vital Cleary

: Thibault Tabary

: Samuel Picard

: Nabil Elbied

: Samuel Leblanc

: Maximilien Haghighat Talab

: Eric Caron

Event 5 is in the money!

Level: 17

Small Blind: 6K

Big Blind: 12K

Ante: 1K

Chip Average: 160K

Remaining: 14

Entries: 149

2015/08/26 - 1:38 by Playground Poker

Event 5 is now in the money! Players are on a short break as the tournament staff races off the T500 chips. Here are the top three stacks at the moment:

Name	Chip Count
Eric Caron	308,000
Nabil Elbied	248,000
Jacob Charbonneau	237,000

The bubble looms

Level: 16

Small Blind: 5K

Big Blind: 10K

Ante: 1K

Chip Average: 124.2K

Remaining: 18

Entries: 149

2015/08/26 - 1:18 by Playground Poker

Only 18 remain in Event 5, and with 15 people schedule to get paid tonight, the bubble is just around the corner.

Event 5 leaders update

Level: 23

Small Blind:

Big Blind:

Ante: 0

Chip Average:

Remaining:

Entries:

2015/08/26 - 0:30 by

There are just 28 players remaining of the 149 that began Event 5 this evening, and the players are just returning from break as tourney staff removed the black T100 chips from play.