Playground Power Weekend October 2018

Event #1 in the October Power Weekend was a $100 + $10 8-Max Re-entry. 72 entries joined the tourney, and 9 players got paid. It took about 6 hours to get to the final table, but the final 9 got it done in just an hour and a half! When Michael Zenetzis left in 3rd, heads up play was between Anderson F and Mike Lafable. The pair have played together for the longest time right here at Playground, but today they found that they are also frequent opponents on the virtual felts! Anderson, [More...]

Event #3 of the Playground Power Weekend - a $200 + $30 + $100 PL Omaha Bounty Re-Entry event - has just come to an end and we have crowned our winner: Manfred Gunther. No less than 40 entries were logged for this tournament, including 10 re-entries. The action was fast and intense for the most part of the evening. Midway through the tournament, quite a few of the shorter stacks ended up on the table hosting most of the chip leaders. That put a heightened amount of pressure on them, and the [More...]

After over 7 hours of play, Michael McKinnon has emerged as the Champion of Event #4 in the October Power Weekend - the $100 + $10 Deepstack Turbo Re-entry. For long periods of play it looked like other results were practically guaranteed - both Gary Lucci and George Iliacopoulos looked to have insurmountable leads - but Michael persevered and managed to come out on top! The final act in the tournament started with three players remaining, after a deal had been struck and Mario was removed in [More...]

Event #6 of the October Power Weekend, the Megastack Turbo Re-entry, had a robust turnout of 86 entries. The huge starting stack of 50,000 in chips was immensely appealing and helped create some wild action in the early levels. Given the number of chips and the turbo format, the players sprinted out of the gate and put those chips to work. There was no shortage of huge opening bets and raises, enough to even bring about 11 re-entries before the end of the late registration and re-entry [More...]

The heads up action between both women was intense but brief. Although Brigitte started with twice her rival's stack, Lucie managed to climb back up until she had just about 1 million chips. But Brigitte could not be deterred from her goal and sure enough, a few hands later she got her wish. Lucie tried to make a grab for the pot and went all in holding: She was, however, a bit taken by surprise when Brigitte snap called all-in with The dealer ran the board [More...]

After a short heads up phase where both players took out all the stops in order to win, Sandrel Dugue got the last word. Sandrel went all-in pre-flop and Alexandre immediately called. Sandrel Dugue: Alexandre Cousineau: The dealer wasted no time in running out all five community cards, but the flop was enough for Sandrel. Board: So Alexandre Cousineau is out in 2nd position, and Sandrel Dugue is crowned the winner of Event #9 50/50 Bounty. [More...]

Heads up action lasted only for a short period, but all the team members got a chance to play. The final hand came when short stack Alexandre Morel was holding as he went all-in. He immediately got a call from Patrice Ravary who tabled The community cards reflected the luck Ravary/Demondehare had received throughout the final table: with the turn giving them an eight-high straight. And that put a close to the memorable Tag Team Event here in the [More...]

Heads up action between Theo Psihogios and Thohahente McComber lasted only one hand – that’s all McComber needed. No sooner had the dealer set up the table for the heads up action that Theo went all-in. He received a “call” before the echo of his all-in had even abated. Both men turned over their hands with a smile. Theo was by far the shortest stack and had obviously decided to gamble with any hand, before the blinds chewed through his stack. Both hands ended up being quite [More...]

Michael McKinnon has done it again! The winner of Event #4 in this October Power Weekend has now added a second Power Weekend Championship to his list of successes here at Playground Poker Club - he has won Event #12, today's $90 + $10 + $25 NL Hold'em Bounty tournament. The event attracted 128 players, far surpassing the number required to meet the $5,000 guaranteed prize pool. The solid turnout for the event was matched by the speed it took to play - even with so many players to start, the [More...]