After a long and grueling day of poker on the felts of the Playground Poker Club Tournament Hall, Danny Boudreau has emerged as the winner of Event #7, a $70 + $10 NL Hold’em Freeze that began at 1:00pm today.
By the time play got to the heads up phase, both players were quite worn out and Danny in particular seemed very eager to wrap things up quickly. In fact that had been true since at there were 6 players remaining, and in a way it worked to his advantage once the deal had been reached because it allowed him to play fearlessly – and to amass a whole boatload of chips along the way.
During heads up play, every hand was either a quick fold or an all-in situation. However, even after a full double-up, by the final hand Fady Habashi was still covered by Danny and all the chips got in preflop:
Fady: 
Danny: 
Danny had a legitimately strong hand, but he was clearly unhappy with the flop: 
– Fady had made a pair and was threatening to double up again, and this time it would have given him a dominant lead. The turn raised some eyebrows around the table: 
– but the 
on the river earned a fist pump and a bang on the table in celebration from Danny – he had made his straight for the victory!
Event #7 Champion: Danny Boudreau, $1,505
Final hand of play
to improve Danny from a small pair all the way to a flush – and he stacked Kyle’s chips to move to the heads up phase of the event with a solid chip lead.