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    Playground Power Weekend March 2018

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    March Power Weekend Event #1 champion: Jean-Philippe Lehoux

    2018/03/22 - 20:07 by Shawn McCrory

    Jean-Philippe Lehoux has just been crowned champion of the first event of the March Power Weekend, the $70 + $10 Mix Max.

    Lehoux bested a field of 71 players, in an event that brought the players through a range of formats; the day began 10-handed before quickly moving to 8-handed play. Once the field had been reduced to less than 60, the tables were re-adjusted and play continued 6-handed. The tables were adjusted once again when the field stood at 24 players as they played 4-handed. The 4-handed format soon gave way to a 5-handed final table where the five finalists agreed to an ICM chop of the remaining prize pool.

    The turning point in Lehoux’s tournament occurred during 4-handed play. In a heads-up pot, Lehoux tried to take his opponent off his hand on the flop by moving all-in with two over cards and an open-ended straight draw. His opponent had flopped top two pair and quickly made the call. Fortunately for Lehoux, the straight draw came in on the turn and he managed to avoid his opponent’s full-house re-draw to take down a huge pot that gave him the chip lead at the time. Lehoux was then able to maintain a healthy stack all the way to the final table where the ICM chop gave him $914.00, the lion’s share of the remaining prize pool. Lehoux also pocketed an extra $200.00 for outlasting his opponents at the final table.

    Congratulations!

    Event #1 Champion: Jean-Philippe Lehoux – $1,114

    Last hand of play:

    Final table chip counts

    • Level: 17
    • Small Blind: 6K
    • Big Blind: 12K
    • Button Ante: 6K
    • Chip Average: 266,250
    • Remaining: 4
    • Entries: 71

    2018/03/22 - 18:43 by Shawn McCrory

    Play continues on the final table, following what will most likely be the final break of the day.

    Four players remain in contention, and they are competing for an extra $200.00 on top of the amounts agreed to in the ICM chop.

    Brent McCue had a narrow lead over his rivals when play resumed.

    ICM chop

    • Level: 16
    • Small Blind: 5K
    • Big Blind: 10K
    • Button Ante: 5K
    • Chip Average: 266,250
    • Remaining: 4
    • Entries: 71

    2018/03/22 - 18:06 by Shawn McCrory

    Upon their arrival at the final table, the players proposed looking at the numbers for an ICM chop. After the tournament assistant returned with the numbers, the players quickly agreed and each will be walking away with several times their buy-in.

    The deal lifted the tension at the table and the players are now relaxed and cracking jokes as the play their way down for the final $200.00 left in the prize pool.

    Here is the full list of payouts:

    First NameLast NamePrize
    Jean-PhilippeLehoux$914.00
    SteveArgiropoul$830.00
    BrentMcCue$798.00
    HusseinSalman$737.00
    MichelBellemare$541.00

    Mix Max payouts

    • Level: 13
    • Small Blind: 2K
    • Big Blind: 4K
    • Button Ante: 2K
    • Chip Average: 88,750
    • Remaining: 12
    • Entries: 71

    2018/03/22 - 16:57 by Shawn McCrory

    Today’s prize pool will be shared by the final 9 players in the Mix Max event. Since they are now playing 4-handed, this means that the players will reach the money bubble when three tables remain, a highly unusual occurrence for an afternoon tournament.

    Here is the full list of payouts:

    PositionPrize
    1st$1,710.00
    2nd$970.00
    3rd$590.00
    4th$420.00
    5th$330.00
    6th$250.00
    7th$220.00
    8th$190.00
    9th$170.00

    4 tables, 4-handed

    • Level: 12
    • Small Blind: 1.5K
    • Big Blind: 3K
    • Button Ante: 1.5K
    • Chip Average: 76,071
    • Remaining: 14
    • Entries: 71

    2018/03/22 - 16:22 by Shawn McCrory

    The number of players has dropped off precipitously as the format transitioned from 6-handed to 4-handed play. The pace of the orbits increased significantly, exposing the short stacks to a heavy dose of pressure. The inevitable resulted: everyone started going all in! The short stacks were forced to make strong moves to protect their hands and the big stacks tried their best to wrest chips from their opponents.

    The rate of bustouts is likely to slow down over the course of the next few levels as the money bubble approaches.

    4-handed for the final 24

    • Level: 10
    • Small Blind: 800
    • Big Blind: 1.6K
    • Button Ante: 800
    • Chip Average: 46,304
    • Remaining: 24
    • Entries: 71

    2018/03/22 - 15:43 by Shawn McCrory

    The field is now down to 24 players, and the tables have just been adjusted for 4-handed play.

    The Mix Max format is showing itself to be popular with the players, as they get the chance to play more and more hands as we get deeper into the tournament. This is a major change from the way standard 10-handed tournaments normally play out, where we normally see the play tighten up as the blinds increase. That approach is not an option today because the blinds will be coming around more and more quickly as we work our way down to the 5-handed final table.

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