Play moved along quickly once the deal was made, and after just a few hands of heads-up play against John Tamai, Dylan Baliesh emerged as the champion of the Deepstack Turbo!
Event 3 Champion: Dylan Baliesh – $1,162 and a Montréal Poker Expo Champions Trophy
Event 3 runner-up: John Tamai, $1,012
John Tamai
Last hand of play:
The remaining 5 players have made a deal in Event 3. The rules in place state that players must leave at least 2% of the remaining prize pool and the Champion’s Trophy to be played for, but otherwise deal-making is permitted and the results of deals will be made public.
In this case, the players decided to reserve $150 and the trophy for the winner and divide the rest of the prize pool evenly, i.e., $1012.00 each.
Since the deal was made, Gabriel Beaudoin has been eliminated. Play continues.
The players have taken their final break of the daily tournament with just 6 players remaining. Here is the seating draw for the remaining players and their chip counts.
| First Name | Last Name | Seat | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin | Bracken | Seat 1 | 835,000 |
| Richard | Poirier | Seat 2 | 545,000 |
| Antoine | Labrie | Seat 4 | 325,000 |
| Dylan | Baliesh | Seat 6 | 220,000 |
| Gabriel | Beaudoin | Seat 7 | 475,000 |
| John | Tamai | Seat 10 | 505,000 |
Event 3 has reached its final table. The bubble was pierced first as Pierre Derome was ousted in 13th place, and then Anthony Meli and David Janes were eliminated in 12th and 11th places respectively and the remaining 10 players were brought together on the final table.
The pace of the game has remained extremely fast, and in short order the tournament also lost Walter Hrelja in 10th place, Jared Newcombe in 9th place, Patrick Hu-A-Kam in 8th, and Vincenzo Delia in 7th.
Here are some photos of the players on the final table.
With 15 minute long blinds in play the breaks come along frequently – and after this 4th short break (during which tournament staff removed the blue T500 chips from play) we were able to update the leaderboard once again.
Benjamin Bracken has taken a considerable lead on the field as it has been reduced to just 2 tables, but he is trailed by 4 other players who also have large stacks. And with several relatively short-stacked players at the tables, it will be very possible for any of these players to catch up with Benjamin very quickly.
| Pos | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Bracken | 328,000 |
| 2 | Antoine Labrie | 275,000 |
| 3 | David Janes | 270,000 |
| 4 | Jonathan Martin-Belec | 264,000 |
| 5 | Anthony Meli | 242,000 |
Play in Event 3 has begun in level 14 with just 40 players remaining. During the break we took the opportunity to update the leaderboard. There are quite a few very small stack in the field, and only the following 6 players are up over 100K – and Antony Roberge has taken a big lead with 220K in his stack.
| Pos | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antony Roberge | 220,000 |
| 2 | Richard Poirier | 156,500 |
| 3 | Vincenzo Delia | 136,500 |
| 4 | Jean-Sebastien Le Boulaire | 129,000 |
| 5 | Benjamin Bracken | 125,000 |
| 6 | David Janes | 117,000 |
Event 3 of the Montréal Poker Expo is a $60 + $10 NL Hold’Em Deepstack Turbo event. It was held on August 24th beginning at 12pm and is a one-day event. The event attracted 117 players, generating a prize pool of $6,809.40 which will be distributed according to the following table. The winner will also receive an impressive Montréal Poker Expo Champion’s trophy!
| Pos | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,700.00 |
| 2 | $1,260.00 |
| 3 | $960.00 |
| 4 | $730.00 |
| 5 | $560.00 |
| 6 | $430.00 |
| 7 | $320.00 |
| 8 | $250.00 |
| 9 | $190.00 |
| 10 | $140.00 |
| 11 | $140.00 |
| 12 | $130.00 |
Here’s the leaderboard in Event 3 during the 2nd break of the day, plus some photos taken in the level immediately before the break.
| Pos | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bo Yan Shi | 147,000 |
| 2 | Rodney P Russell | 107,000 |
| 3 | Frederic Normand | 102,000 |
| 4 | Dylan Baliesh | 95,000 |
| 5 | Tommy Pinet | 92,000 |
The players in Event 3 are now back from their first break of the afternoon, and as anticipated, new entries continued to jump in the action until the very last minute. The grand total this afternoon is 117 players, attracted no doubt by the hefty prize pool – but also the very nice trophy that will go to the winner of the event!
Montréal Poker Expo Champion’s Trophy
The first break in this afternoon’s Deepstack Turbo event is coming and with it will come the end of late registration in the event. Players have been registering for the tournament on a regular basis through each of the first 5 levels of play and there are already 110 players who have taken seats in the event. The tournament had a capacity of 100 players but the extra few players have been seated alternates and luckily none have had to wait to take their seats.
Photos from level 3-4
