$500 + $50 NL Hold’em Deepstack Re-entry

$550 Deepstack Re-entry final results

2016/06/22 - 12:00 by

The $500 + $50 Deepstack Re-entry saw a total of 213 entries over 2 starting flights, of which 24 players were awarded a cash prize. Once Alex Sauriol was eliminated in 4th place, the final 3 players decided to leave an extra $1,500 for the eventual tournament champion so they can play down to a winner while dividing the remaining prize pool via ICM chop. These numbers are reflected in the final payout table below.

Pos	First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Prize \| Bourse
1	George	Caragiorgas	$22,205.00
2	Alexandre	Lachapelle Durand	$15,590.00
3	Peter	Johnson Jr.	$16,000.00
4	Alex	Sauriol	$8,320.00
5	Clayton	Grunberg	$6,240.00
6	Shaan	Siddiqui	$4,990.00
7	Mike	Fraser	$4,150.00
8	David	Bonneau	$3,320.00
9	Mike	Lafable	$2,480.00
10	Co	Tran	$1,810.00
11	Rodney	Lawrence	$1,810.00
12	Alex	Fiorani	$1,810.00
13	Mark	Choy	$1,490.00
14	Daniel	Andelman	$1,490.00
15	David	Dastoli	$1,490.00
16	Andrew	Forest	$1,270.00
17	Linda	Huard	$1,270.00
18	Ronald	Lei	$1,270.00
19	Maxime	Theroux	$1,110.00
20	Samson	Mahbod	$1,110.00
21	Paul	Giovis	$1,110.00
22	Dominic	Perrier	$990.00
23	Joey	Boczek	$990.00
24	Maxime	Blanchard	$990.00

$550 Deepstack Champion: George Caragiorgas

2016/06/21 - 21:33 by

The $500 + $50 Deepstack Re-entry saw a total of 213 entries over 2 starting flights, of which 24 players were awarded a cash prize. 57 players made it through to Day 2, and once the scheduled 10 levels were played out, only 7 remained in contention of taking home the $25,000 top prize as they bagged for Day 3.

George Caragiorgas bagged a little more than average stack after Day 1, and had a very solid Day 2 where he steadily increased his stack throughout the night. He finished Day 2 as the massive chip leader, and never really looked back after that.

Once Day 3 got underway, he continued his steady rise as play got more and more shorthanded. Once Alex Sauriol was eliminated in 4th place, the final 3 players decided to look at the ICM numbers. They all agreed with the offer, and decided to leave an extra $1,500 for the eventual tournament champion so they can play down to a winner. George locked in $20,705 in the deal, while Peter Johnson Jr. took $16,000, and Alexandre Lachapelle Durand took $15,590.

A few orbits following the deal, George eliminated Peter to go heads-up with Alexandre. He began with a 4-to-1 chip advantage, and after only a few hands he called the all-in of Alexandre with . Alexandre tabled , but finished second best as the board ran , and with that pot George became our $500 + $50 Deepstack champion!

Congratulations!

$500 + $50 Deepstack Re-entry Champion: George Caragiorgas – $22,205.00

Runner-Up: Alexandre Lachapelle Durand – $15,590.00

Last hand of play:

3rd place: Peter Johnson Jr.

Level: 27
Small Blind: 25K
Big Blind: 50K
Ante: 5K
Chip Average: 2.7M
Remaining: 2
Entries: 213

2016/06/21 - 21:00 by

Peter Johnson Jr. was eliminated not long after the 3-way deal was concluded. He opened his button to 100K, and moved all-in for around 800K after George Caragiorgas 3bet to 325K from the small blind.

Peter:
George:

Board:

Peter locked in $16,000 in the deal, which is a huge return on investment as he qualified for this tournament in an online satellite for only $30. Play is now heads-up between George and Alexandre Lachapelle Durand.

3rd place: Peter Johnson Jr. – $16,000.00

Peter Johnson Jr.

Final 3 negotiate a deal

Level: 27
Small Blind: 25K
Big Blind: 50K
Ante: 5K
Chip Average: 1.8M
Remaining: 3
Entries: 213

2016/06/21 - 20:40 by

Once play fell 3-handed, the players decided to look at the ICM chop numbers. After receiving the numbers, all three players agreed to take $500 from their locked in prizes to leave for the eventual tournament champion, as they wanted to play down to a winner.

Here is a look at the locked-in prizes, with an additional $1,500 going to the eventual champion:

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis	Prize \| Prix
George	Caragiorgas	3,105,000	$20,705
Peter	Johnson Jr.	1,160,000	$16,000
Alexandre	Lachapelle Durand	1,060,000	$15,590

Congratulations, and good luck!

: George Caragiorgas

: Peter Johnson Jr.

: Alexandre Lachapelle Durand

4th place: Alex Sauriol

Level: 26
Small Blind: 20K
Big Blind: 40K
Ante: 5K
Chip Average: 1.8M
Remaining: 3
Entries: 213

2016/06/21 - 20:26 by

Alex Sauriol was down to 255K when he moved in from under the gun. Action folded around to chip leader George Caragiorgas, who elected to call for only 5bb more.

Alex:
George:

George flopped a flush draw and added a gutshot on the turn, but it was finally a small pair on the river that gave him the win, as the board ran .

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
George	Caragiorgas	3,105,000
Peter	Johnson Jr.	1,160,000
Alexandre	Lachapelle Durand	1,060,000

4th place: Alex Sauriol – $8,320.00

Alex Sauriol

Rough counts of final 4

Level: 26
Small Blind: 20K
Big Blind: 40K
Ante: 5K
Chip Average: 1.3M
Remaining: 4
Entries: 213

2016/06/21 - 20:12 by

We peeked over the shoulders of the final 4 players to get some rough counts, and here is an approximation of the current chip distribution:

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
George	Caragiorgas	2,600,000
Alexandre	Lachapelle Durand	1,200,000
Peter	Johnson Jr.	975,000
Alex	Sauriol	450,000

5th place: Clayton

Level: 26
Small Blind: 20K
Big Blind: 40K
Ante: 5K
Chip Average: 1.3M
Remaining: 4
Entries: 213

2016/06/21 - 20:01 by

Clayton was playing the short stack for the last few orbits, and was keeping himself in the game by stealing blinds here and there. He eventually dropped to just 6bb, and seated in the big blind he was faced with an open from George Caragiorgas. With , he elected to move in and play the hand heads-up. His cards were live, as George tabled , however he was drawing fairly slim as George smashed the flop and improved to a flush on the board.

5th place: Clayton – $6,240.00

Clayton

6th place: Shaan Siddiqui

Level: 26
Small Blind: 20K
Big Blind: 40K
Ante: 5K
Chip Average: 1.1M
Remaining: 5
Entries: 213

2016/06/21 - 19:52 by

We missed the exact action, but some fireworks occurred between Shaan Siddiqui (utg) and Alexandre Lachapelle Durand (big blind) on a flop, and both players ended up with all their chips in the middle.

Shaan tabled for a pair and diamond flush draw, while Alexandre showed down for top pair. The turn brought the , and river , and once the counts were done, Shaan was covered by his opponent by a hair, sending him to the rail in 6th place.

Alexandre now holds a second place stack worth almost 1.5 million, while George Caragiorgas still tops the field with his 2.65 million chip stack.

6th place: Shaan Siddiqui – $4,990.00

Shaan Siddiqui

7th place: Mike Fraser

Level: 25
Small Blind: 15K
Big Blind: 30K
Ante: 5K
Chip Average: 887K
Remaining: 6
Entries: 213

2016/06/21 - 19:36 by

Mike Fraser came into Day 3 as the shortest stack, however he found a quick double-up in the first moments of the night with versus the of Shaan Siddiqui. Not even three hands later he fell down below his Day 3 starting stack as he doubled table opponent Alexandre Lachapelle Durand with < . He folded for two full orbits before being left with two antes, where he won a pot worth 2bb. Still very short-stacked, he had no choice but to move all-in once in the big blind position, where he lost his last chips to Clayton.

7th place: Mike Fraser – $4,150.00

Mike Fraser

Welcome to the conclusion of the $500 + $50 Deepstack

Level: 25
Small Blind: 15K
Big Blind: 30K
Ante: 5K
Chip Average: 760K
Remaining: 7
Entries: 213

2016/06/21 - 19:06 by

7 players are back for the finale of the $500 + $50 Deepstack, and they are playing for a top prize of $25,000!

George Caragiorgas is coming in as our Day 3 chip leader, as he bagged a massive 1,950,000 in chips last night. Second in chips is Shaan Siddiqui, while Peter Johnson Jr. rounds the top 3.

You can follow live coverage via our Playground Poker Blog, where we will also be uploading photographs from the tournament as the night unwinds.

Good luck to the finalists!