Event #4 – $80 + $10 Freeze

Denyse “Omaha Queen” Mignault wins the $90 Freeze

2019/02/24 - 1:51 by

The heads up action was setup to be quick, with Yannick Bourque Patry having a huge lead on Denyse Mignault. Both players were obviously starting to show signs of fatigue, and the end seemed near.

Right off the bat, Denyse doubled up in the first hand, armed with pocket kings and 520,000 chips. After this quick hand, she managed to go all in 6 of the next 8 hands. Yannick seemed unable to get his hands on any decent cards at all.

The blinds went up to 30K/60K and the pace intensified even more. Yannick stayed stone-faced and impassive throughout the match up, and tried as much as he could to prevent his chips from bleeding into Denyse’s stack. But it was a loosing battle. After 5 or 6 hands Denyse was now chip leader and was showing no signs of easing off the pedal.

Every time Yannick raised or 3-bet, he was met with a fiesty “all in”, and he just didn’t seem to be getting strong enough hands to fight back. The chips went back and forth for a few levels until a monster hand that changed everything. Denyse raised on the button to 130,000. Yannick quickly raised all-in and Denyse called. At this point, Yannick had a few more chips than Denyse. Denyse tabled and Yannick turned over . The window was all Denyse needed and she scooped up 90% of Yannick’s chips with 2 pairs on a board.

In the last hand Yannick got a nice hand: . Denyse faced an automatic call and tabled . The dealer quickly ran the complete board: . Denyse ended up with a pair of 7s and that was the end of Yannick’s tournament.

So Yannick Bourque Patry finishes in 2nd place and Denyse Mignault is crowned the champion of Even #4 of the Playground Power Weekend.

1st place: Denyse Mignault, $2,952

The winning hand

2nd place: Yannick Bourque Patry, $2,200

Head’s up! Bourque Patry vs. Mignault

Level: 21
Small Blind: 20K
Big Blind: 40K
BB Ante:
Chip Average: 1,660,000
Remaining: 2
Entries: 166

2019/02/24 - 1:28 by

So the battle begins.

Yannick Bourque Patry goes into Head’s up play with a 6-to-1 chip lead ahead of Denyse Mignault. Both of them have their eye on the top prize of $2,952. The runner-up will go home with a very decent $2,200 prize.

Saumure out in 3rd place

Level: 21
Small Blind: 20K
Big Blind: 40K
BB Ante: 20K
Chip Average: 1,660,000
Remaining: 2
Entries: 166

2019/02/24 - 1:13 by

Jean-Francois Saumure had a few close calls, but managed to keep his head above the water long enough to earn a respectable 3rd position. Strategic plays and a little nudge from Lady Luck did not hurt him either. With blinds putting some gruesome pressure on everyone, Jean-Francois only glanced at his hand before shoving all in.

He got a quick call from Yannick Bourque Patry who immediately tabled his hand: . Jean-Francois opened his hand: , visibly disappointed.

The king on the window didn’t have much impact: except to bring Jean-François closer to the end of his tournament. Without a five, or runner-runner boat, he had no hope of surviving the hand. None of his outs were to be seen on either the turn nor the river , which gave the win to Yannick, on the back of his jack kicker.

Saumure hits the rail in 3rd place, leaving Denyse Mignault and Yannick Bourque Patry to duel it out together.

3rd place: Jean-François Saumure, $1,640

It’s a 4th place for Ritchie Haddad

Level: 22
Small Blind: 30K
Big Blind: 60K
BB Ante: 30K
Chip Average: 1,106,666
Remaining: 3
Entries: 166

2019/02/24 - 0:22 by

The end of the road arrived for Ritchie Haddad, who finished in 4th position. Ritchie had a great run today. He got out of the gate chomping at the bit, standing proudly among the chip leaders all day.

His last hand was not without it’s perils.

Ritchie:

Yannick Bourque Patry:

When the flop came out: Yannick was feeling pretty good with top pair and higher flush draw. At this point the other players at the table were whispering that it looked pretty bad of Ritchie. The the turn came out: . A collective “wow” was heard and someone said: “Ritchie you’re drawing dead buddy”. His reply was quick and snappy: “not quite gentlemen”. At the sound of those words, everyone realized that a ten of hearts on the river would probably brand this hand in everyone’s minds.