Event 6 was a shootout tournament, a fun format in which you need to win your table to earn a round 2 seat, where everybody gets a share of the prize pool. 120 players took part, indicating that our player base is fond of sit & gos! To succeed in it, you need to be able to adjust your game as players get eliminated.
17 players did just that, and showed up on the final 2 tables with a minimum prize of $220. Kristopher Chaykowski was very active in the early round 2 action. His stack was the most volatile, as he was trying to earn enough to indulge in big stack play. Down on his luck, he did not make the final table.
Alexandre Mongrain played a solid game, but got crippled by the eventual champion when a gutshot appeared out of the blue to pass the flopped set. Mongrain, despite tripling up to an almost playable stack, left shortly after, sharing 6th and 7th place with Andy D’Alessandro.
Five players agreed to a modified ICM calculation, and as is customary when only 2% of the pot remain, the events that followed were lightning fast and devoid of any deep strategy. When the dust settled, Haralambos Margaritis was left alone, with a suited ace in one hand and a beer in the other. His added $200 got him the biggest payday.
Congratulations!
The Shootout Champion: Haralambos Margaritis – $1910
Runner-ups: Patrick St-Onge (2nd), Diego Aguilar (3rd), Tanvir Ahmed (4th) and David St-Louis (5th)
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