The blind levels had reduced to 30 minutes heads up as per the published event rules, and during the 3rd level of heads up play, […]
The WPT Warm-Up Champion: Philippe Belley
Event 7 Champion: Philippe Belley
After knocking out 3rd place finisher Alexander Allison, Philippe took over the chip lead going into heads-up play versus Andrew Graham. It only took a few hands back and forth before we saw an all-in and a call, as Andrew opened from the small blind to 100,000, and then made the call after Philippe 3bet shoved from the big blind. Andrew was the preflop favourite, holding 
, however Philippe had live cards, as he tabled 
. The flop was huge for Philippe, as he picked up straight and flush draws on the 
board. He made his flush with the 
turn, and only had to face 4 full-house outs to win the hand. The river brought the 
, which sealed the deal.
With that hand, Philippe was crowned our champion of Event 7 – WTP Warm-up, collecting a sweet $44,500 prize, as well as a Playground Poker Spring Classic bracelet! Andrew pocketed a consolation prize of $31,300 for his second place finish.
Congratulations!
Event 7 – WPT Warm-Up – Champion: Philippe Belley – $44,500
Event 7 Runner-Up: Andrew Graham – $31,300
Andrew Graham
Last hand of play of Event 7
Heads-Up: Andrew Graham vs Philippe Belley
With the recent elimination of Alexander James Allison in 3rd place, Event 7 – WPT Warm-Up – has reached heads-up play! The match-up is between Andrew Graham (1,265,000) and Philippe Belley (3,485,000), and they are playing for a first prize of $44,500, as well as a Playground Poker Spring Classic bracelet!
Good luck!
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- Philippe Belley
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- Andrew Graham
Allison runs into a brick wall
Alexander James Allison thought he was setting a trap when he limp-shoved from the small blind, after Philippe Belley opened his big blind. He found a snap-call from his opponent though, and was in a world of trouble.
Alexander: 
Philippe: 
The board ( 
) brought no help, and Alexander “@Cheese9” was sent home in 3rd place, while Philippe added around 1,400,000.
With that, we are now heads-up between Andrew Graham and Philippe Belley!
3rd place: Alexander James Allison – $20,050
Alexander James Alliso
Update on counts
Peeking over the shoulders of the remaining three players, we estimate their current stack sizes as the following:
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First Name,Last Name,Seat [attr sort=”asc”],Count
Andrew,Graham,Seat 1,”1,800,000″
Alexander James,Allison,Seat 7,”1,350,000″
Philippe,Belley,Seat 8,”1,625,000″
[/eztable]
Tucker ends his run in 4th place
Andrew Graham was sitting in the small blind when he pulled the trigger on Joshua Keith Tucker in the big blind, forcing him to a decision. Joshua, with a stack of roughly 600,000, made the call, and they were off to the races!
Andrew:
Joshua:
Andrew made two-pair on the 
board to bring us down to our final 3!
4th place: Joshua Keith Tucker – $14,850
Joshua Keith Tucker
Michael Wang eliminated in 5th
Michael Wang had fallen on hard times, in terms of his stack, and while he hovered near the 300K mark he was doing everything he could to pick up blinds and antes and try to rebuild his stack to something more playable. For the 3rd orbit in a row he opened all-in utg – but this time Alex Allison chose to go all-in himself to isolate, which was successful. The players were heads up.
Michael: 
Alex:
The flop was all Alex: 
. The turn was just a tease for Michael – the 
on the river ended his day.
5th place: Michael Wang, $11,150
Michael Wang
Kane Kalas takes 6th place
Kane Kalas has been eliminated in 6th place by Alexander James Allison. Alex raised to 65K from the cutoff and it folded around to Kane in the big blind, so proceeded to go all in for his last 305K. Alex quickly called and the cards were turned on their backs.
Kane: 
Alex: 
Everything looked great for Kane to double up until Alex spiked the famous on the river – and just like that, Kane went to pick up his prize coupon.
6th place: Kane Kalas, $8,920
Kane Kalas
Chip counts at the break
Here are the chips counts of the remaining 6 players, as they enter level 25:
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First Name,Last Name,Seat [attr sort=”asc”],Count
Andrew,Graham,Seat 1,”1,430,000″
Kane,Kalas,Seat 3,”385,000″
Michael,Wang,Seat 4,”270,000″
Joshua Keith,Tucker,Seat 5,”835,000″
Alexander James,Allison,Seat 7,”840,000″
Philippe,Belley,Seat 8,”1,000,000″
[/eztable]
Demers is the next to fall
Alex Fortin Demers has been the next player eliminated in Event 7. He leaves the tournament in 7th place, good for $7,400. Alex had been short for a few hands and even his triple up didn’t help that much – he was at just 84K when he put all his chips in the middle. Action folded around to Kane Kalas in the big blind – which is now 24K – and despite the fact that Kane has an under-average stack he had to make the call.
Alex:
Kane: 
The flop was OK for Jack-high: 
but the 
on the turn was bad and the on the river was worse.
7th place, Alex Fortin Demers, $7,400.00
Alex Fortin Demers
Gualtieri out 8th
Joe Gualtieri is a regular player in big events here at Playground Poker Club but this has been by far his deepest run in a big tournament. He leaves in 8th place after a 3-way all-in pot between he, Alex Fortin Demers, and Joshua Keith Tucker.
Alex was down to 32K after doubling up Philippe Belley 2 hands previous, and he shipped from UTG. Joe quickly went all in over the top, and it folded around to Tucker in the big blind, who called Joe’s all-in raise.
Alex:
Joe: 
Tucker: 
The flop hit Alex and Joe right away: 
and they both faded Joe’s outs when the 
came on the turn and river.
Alex won the main pot with his King kicker but Tucker won the much larger side pot and Joe was eliminated.
8th place: Joe Gualtieri, $5,930.00
Joe Gualtieri
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