Event 9 - $500 + $50 PL Omaha Single Rebuy | Playground Poker Spring Classic

Event 9 Champion Ambrose Ng

2016/04/28 - 4:19 by Playground Poker

Tonight’s tournament lineup in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net included Event 9, a $500 + $50 PL Omaha Single Rebuy event. There were a total of 61 players in the tournament and at the end of the battle, Ambrose Ng emerged as the victor! Hadi Bechara finished in 2nd place and along the way did most of the heavy lifting by eliminating most of the others on the final table.

The final table began with negotiations about a possible deal, but at least to start with all agreements were refused – but these refusals softened after a few orbits with little progress. Various agreements were discussed, but eventually they decided on a modified chip chop with some additional prize money allocated to first and second place.

Play continued but at a very fast pace until the tournament was heads up – which was also over quickly as Ambrose Ng found himself with almost all of the chips when the following hand occurred.

Ambrose:

Hadi:

Community cards:

Ambrose Ng was the champion of Event 9.

Event 9 Champion: Ambrose Ng, $5,310

2nd place: Hadi Bechara, $3,470

Last hand of play

Event 9 final results

2016/04/28 - 4:18 by Playground Poker

Event 9 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net was a $500 + $50 PL Omaha Single Rebuy tournament that began at 7:30pm on April 27th, 2016. There were 61 entries (48 unique players + 13 rebuys) in the tournament, which added up to a prize pool of $29,585.00. This was distributed according to the following table.

Note there was a deal reached with 8 players remaining – they chose to reserve $1,010 and the Champion’s Trophy plus $420 for the eventual runner up and divide the remaining prize pool via ICM chop. The agreed-upon payouts are reflected in the following payout table.

Rank \| Pos	First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Prize \| Bourse
1	Ambrose	Ng	$5,310.00
2	Hadi	Bechara	$3,470.00
3	Jean-Francois	Methot	$2,975.00
4	Chris	Arvanitis	$5,350.00
5	Joey	Boczek	$2,650.00
6	Jeff	Rosenblatt	$3,120.00
7	Gheorghe	Priala	$3,165.00
8	Domenico	Agatiello	$3,545.00

Jean-François Methot out in 3rd place

Level: 18

Small Blind: 8K

Big Blind: 16K

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 750K

Remaining: 2

Entries: 61

2016/04/28 - 3:49 by Playground Poker

Jean-François Methot kept a low profile throughout the tournament, staying near the chip average or just below – and that’s where he began when the final table came together. His final hand came quickly and we weren’t able to capture the details – but he had managed to ladder up all the way to 3rd in the tournament.

3rd place: Jean-François Methot, $2,975

Chris Arvanitis finishes in 4th

Level: 18

Small Blind: 8K

Big Blind: 16K

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 500K

Remaining: 3

Entries: 61

2016/04/28 - 3:17 by Playground Poker

Chris Arvanitis regularly makes deep runs in big events and tonight was no exception. By the time he made the final table, he had a huge stack and covered almost everyone at the table – but all was for nought has he lost the chips in two hands against Hadi Bechara that cost him the tournament.

The first hand found all chips bet on the flop.

Chris:

Hadi:

Board:

And then a few hands later:

Chris:

Hadi:

Board:

Hadi eliminated several players from the final table – ironically, the bounty tournament was being played just one table over.

4th place: Chris Arvanitis, $5,350

Birdman finishes 5th

Level: 18

Small Blind: 8K

Big Blind: 16K

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 375K

Remaining: 4

Entries: 61

2016/04/28 - 3:00 by Playground Poker

Joey Boczek

Joey Birdman Boczek is a visiting player – but such a regular visitor he’s considered by most to be a local – and a talented local at that! Full of personality, Joey is usually among the chattiest players around, and it’s always fun to play with him. His goal tonight: to reach ANOTHER final table (he has a solid track record in PLO events at all buy-ins) – and he reached his goal.

Goal having been reached, Birdman initiated the negotiations for a deal and managed to double up before the discussions bore fruit – but then he hit a wall – a wall named Hadi Bechara.

Joey:

Hadi:

Board:

5th place: Joey Boczek, $2,650

Two quick eliminations

Level: 18

Small Blind: 8K

Big Blind: 16K

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 250K

Remaining: 6

Entries: 61

2016/04/28 - 2:36 by Playground Poker

We missed the action, but two players have been eliminated in short order in Event 9.

7th place: Gheorghe Priala, $3,165

6th place: Jeff Rosenblatt, $3,120

8th place: Agi!

Level: 17

Small Blind: 6K

Big Blind: 12K

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 254.2K

Remaining: 7

Entries: 61

2016/04/28 - 2:20 by

After the deal was reached, players had a single aim: to accumulate as many chips as possible without great risk. The game opened up, and Domenico Agatiello took advantage right off the bat by going all-in only to find a quick call from Chris Arvanitis.

Domenico:

Chris:

Board:

Chris made a set on the flop as well as gaining several interesting draws. Agi had some draws of his own, but the turn and river bricked out for him and Chris won the hand.

8th place: Domenico Agatiello, $3,545

Deal: proposed and accepted

Level: 18

Small Blind: 8K

Big Blind: 16K

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 254.2K

Remaining: 6

Entries: 61

2016/04/28 - 2:18 by

Gabriel Vezina was the first victim on the final table, and immediately after his exit, players began proposing different arrangements that could be made. After a few minutes, the players negotiated a chop based on stack sizes at the time.

Jean-François Methot: $2,975
Hadi Bechara: $3,050
Ambrose Ng: $4,300
Gheorghe Priala: $3,165
Chris Arvanitis: $5,350
Joey Boczek: $2,650
Jeff Rosenblatt: $3,120
Domenico Agatiello: $3,545

As stipulated by the rules of the tournament, $1,010 of the prize pool was set aside for the eventual winner of the tourney as well as $420 for 2nd place.

3 tables remain

Level: 23

Small Blind: 1K

Big Blind: 2K

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 66.3K

Remaining: 23

Entries: 61

2016/04/27 - 23:06 by

Event 9 has moved into it’s final 3 tables – and the operation was made more complex than usual by the huge number of tables in action of various kinds tonight! There’s a very popular cash game promo on now called “Really Wicked Wednesday” which both amps up the buzz in the poker room – and overflows cash games into the Tournament Hall – the place is electric!

The remaining players will be on break in a few minutes and we’ll get some detailed chip counts at the time.