Playground Poker

Event #8 Final Results

2019/03/26 - 11:12 by Playground Poker

Event #8 of the March Power Weekend, the $150 + $20 + $50 6-Max Bounty, drew a field of 143 entries. The prize pool of $20,592 was awarded to the top 18 finishers as follows:

Rank \| Pos	First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Name	City \| Ville	Prov	Country \| Pays	Prize \| Bourse
1	Nicholas	Soller	Montreal	QC	CA	$3,520
2	Charanjeev	Malhotra	Montreal	QC	CA	$3,480
3	Benoit	Rouleau	Chateauguay	QC	CA	$2,655
4	Tony	Capone	Pierrefonds	QC	CA	$2,570
5	Matthew	Di Perna	Montreal	QC	CA	$2,337
6	Hicham	Hammoud	Montreal	QC	CA	$1,140
7	Patrick	St-Onge	Montreal	QC	CA	$860
8	Eric	Guindon	Lac Aux Sables	QC	CA	$650
9	Carl	Gagne-Lizotte	Laval	QC	CA	$490
10	Paul	El-Khouri	Mirabel	QC	CA	$370
11	Nirvair	Sandhu	Brampton	ON	CA	$370
12	Marie Anik	Mercier	Ottawa	ON	CA	$340
13	Tyler	Bryk	Calgary	AB	CA	$340
14	Ryan	Jensen	Saint-Lazarre	QC	CA	$310
15	Stephane	Chartrand	Boisbriand	QC	CA	$310
16	Samuel	Leblanc	Blainville	QC	CA	$290
17	Scott	Worsley	Laval	QC	CA	$290
18	Pierre	Ouellette	Compton	QC	CA	$270

Event #8 has its champion: Nicholas Soller

2019/03/26 - 5:34 by Playground Poker

The heads up match between Charan Malhotra and Nicholas Soller lasted three levels. The chips were exchanging hands every now and then, but mostly, both players were waiting for a decent hand.

Charan started with a sizable lead on Nicholas, who only had 900,000 of the total 3,575,000 chips in play. Mid-way through the two-man contest, Nicholas doubled-up and Charan was badly hurt. The two experienced players played back and forth for a while, never doing much harm to each other, and seemed to be quite content to play on, even after 10 hours of play.

Tournament structure in the late stages has an uncanny ability to put an end to the festivities: the blinds go up. It is universal truth that all good things must come to an end; and heads-up matches are no exception. Things started to get a little less comfortable when the blinds hit the 60K / 120K level. With less than 30 bb’s on the table; there wasn’t much room to maneuver.

Eventually though, Charan pushed all-in holding and that’s when Nicholas saw the opportunity to end it all, without too much of a risk, considering Charan’s stack. He called and tabled: . From the flop to the river, nothing went well for Charan: and Nicholas scooped all the chips with a pair of queens.

That’s a wrap for the March Playground Power Weekend!

Event #8 Champion: Nicholas Soller, $3,520

The Last Hand of Play

2nd Place: Charan Malhotra, $3,480

Benoît Rouleau finishes in 3rd place

Level: 24
Small Blind: 30K
Big Blind: 60K
BB Ante: 0
Chip Average: 1,787,500
Remaining: 2
Entries: 143

2019/03/26 - 4:33 by Playground Poker

Benoît Rouleau survived ups and downs on the final table, but with the blinds at 30K/60K he had very few options left. His suited ace was good enough to bet it all. Charan Malhotra was there with a quick call.

Benoît:

Charan:

Nobody hit anything on the board, and there were enough low cards that Charan’s eight did the trick to send Benoît to the rail in 3rd place.

3rd Position: Benoît Rouleau, $2,655

The stage is now set for the heads up action between Charan Malhotra and Nicholas Soller, two regular players at Playground Poker Club.

Di Perna out in 5th, Capone in 4th

Level: 23
Small Blind: 20K
Big Blind: 40K
BB Ante: 20K
Chip Average: 1,191,666
Remaining: 3
Entries: 143

2019/03/26 - 4:24 by Playground Poker

Matthew Di Perna had no chips left; he was nursing a micro stack and was happy to get for his last all-in. Capone, having to put only a few more chips in, made the call, holding . The board ran dry until the on the river gave a pair to Tony and sent Matthew home in 5th place.

5th Position: Matthew Di Perna, $2,237

Tony Capone was the next player sent to the rail. He woke up with and needed no more to go to the mattress with his last 160,000 chips. Charan Malhotra made the call holding . Tony was looking good on the flop: , but he got a bit anxious with the on the turn. And, sure enough, the on the river gave Charan a straight and put an end to Tony’s run.

4th Position: Tony Capone, $2,570

No rest for Tony

Level: 22
Small Blind: 15K
Big Blind: 30K
BB Ante: 15K
Chip Average: 715,000
Remaining: 5
Entries: 143

2019/03/26 - 4:09 by Playground Poker

Tony Capone has been on a roller-coaster ride tonight. Two back-to-back hands had his head spinning…

Nicholas Soller was all-in, with a and a mountain of chips behind. Tony was all-in as well, holding . The board was revealed: . The Jack was more than enough for Tony and he doubled up.

In the next hand, Tony was all-in again, but now against two other players.
Tony:
Matthew Di Perna:
Nicholas Soller:

This time, however, the board was a little rougher. The flop came out: , which made a relieved Matthew smile. The on the turn dispelled Matthew’s smile and brought one to Nicholas’s face. The on the river changed nothing. So Shooter triples-up, Tony pays everybody and Matthew suffers an approximate loss of 100,000 chips.

The five players have a deal

Level: 22
Small Blind: 15K
Big Blind: 30K
BB Ante: 15K
Chip Average: 715,000
Remaining: 5
Entries: 143

2019/03/26 - 4:03 by Playground Poker

The clock has been stopped and the players are discussing a possible ICM chop. After a few minutes of discussion, an agreement has been made according to everyone’s chip count. $1,000 has been laid aside for the top prizes. $300 for the 2nd prize and $700 for the winner.

Seat \| Siège	First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis	Prize \| Prix
1	Matthew	Di Perna	452,000	$2,237
3	Benoît	Rouleau	647,000	$2,655
4	Tony	Capone	590,000	$2,570
5	Charanjeev	Malhotra	1,115,000	$3,180
6	Nicholas	Soller	772,000	$2,820