Playground Poker

Brian Morgan saw his stack drop to just 120K in 3-handed action. He found a double-up through Steve Ulloa-Torres, and then found himself all-in and at risk once again against Steve a few hands later.

Steve bet the pot from the button, and Brian called the 140K wager. Brian then lead out for his last 220K on a flop and found a quick call.

Brian:
Steve:

Brian failed to improve on the running and and saw the last of his chips get shipped across the table.

3rd place: Brian Morgan – $2,000.00

After losing a big portion of his stack to Steve Ulloa-Torres in the hand that lead to Simon Pin-Disle elimination, Manfred Gunther was reduced to around 10bb. After Brian Morgan limped from utg, Manfred bet the pot from the button. Steve re-potted from the small blind, which forced the Ivan and Brian out of the hand. With around half his stack already in the middle, Manfred committed the rest of his chips and action closed heads-up.

Steve:
Manfred:

Steve got the best of the board to send his opponent to the rail, and further extend his chip-lead with 3 players left.

4th place: Manfred Gunther – $1,550.00

Simon Pin-Disle returned from the break as the short stack, and waited almost a full level before committing his last chips. He bet the pot from the cutoff, and his 105K wager was called by both Manfred (button) and Steve (small blind).

With showing on the flop, Steve lead for 85K, Simon slid forward his last 35K, and Manfred followed along. Both live players checked on the turn, and Steve fired when the hit the river. Manfred quickly called and all three players tabled their hands.

All three players had a huge flop, as Manfred ( ) and Simon ( ) both had three-of-a-kind but were no match to the jacks-full of Steve, who tabled  .

Steve has now taken over the chip lead as play has reached 4-way.

5th place: Simon Pin-Disle – $1,200.00

The final 5 players of Event #3 are on a short chip-up break as the tournament staff races off the T1,000 chips. Manfred is still the biggest stack at the table as he sits with a little less than 1 million in chips. Steve Ulloa-Torres is close by with 855K, while Brian Morgan holds third place with 600K. Below are the full counts:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Manfred	Gunther	965,000
Steve	Ulloa-Torres	855,000
Brian	Morgan	605,000
Ivan	Driard	395,000
Simon	Pin-Disle	200,000

Alexandre Vendette was trying to spin up his short stack, and found a great spot to do so versus Brian Morgan, however the community cards turned his fate around and send him to the rail in 6th place.

Alexandre:
Brian:

Board:

Brian’s flopped two-pairs was the best hand as he collected a few extra chips, and a $100 bounty.

6th place: Alexandre Vendette – $900.00

Leor Wasserman was just eliminated by Manfred Gunther on this final table of the PLO 50/50 Bounty Event.

He was short-stacked when he shoved with , and was up against the of Manfred, who ran quads on the board to earn yet another bounty chip.

Action is now 6-way with Manfred still in the chip-lead.

7th place: Leor Wasserman – $650.00