Event #3 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker LIVE was a $100 + $20 + $100 Pot Limit Omaha Bounty tournament which attracted 121 players and 30 re-entries, for a total of 151 entries.
Although cash prizes were being awarded throughout the night in the form of $100 bounties, the final 13 players were awarded cash payouts, with $3,440 reserved for eventual winner.
Steve Ulloa-Torres was the early chip leader and managed to gather a handful of bounties in the early levels of play. Once play neared the money-bubble, Manfred Gunther started applying pressure with his big stack and won two big pots which propelled him to the final table as chip-leader. After picking up bounties in 2 of the first 3 eliminations, Manfred eventually made an exit from the tournament in 4th place. Brian Morgan was the 3rd place finisher, and heads-up play began between Steve and Ivan Driard, with Steve holding a 3-to-1 chip lead.
After a few hands of play, Ivan evened the playing grounds and the two finalists decided to strike a deal. Being very close in stacks, they agreed to take an even portion of the prize-pool, all the while leaving an extra $300 for the eventual winner, who would also take home the champions trophy. Ivan quickly picked up a 2-to-1 chip lead over his opponent before the two players clashed in a big pot leading to Steve’s elimination.
With blinds at 30K/60K, Steve completed his small blind, and Ivan checked his big blind option. On a 
flop, Ivan checked first to act, and Steve fired 75K. Ivan raised to 345K, and called Steve’s all-in of 1.15M.
Ivan: 
Steve: 
Steve was drawing to a straight, while Ivan flopped three-of-a-kind. The 
brought no change in the hand, and the 
sealed the deal for Ivan, who closed the tournament with quads! Although Ivan only managed to pocket 1 bounty prior to heads-up play, he locked in the biggest payout and earned an extra 2 bounties by winning the heads-up match. Steve walked away with the biggest total prize as he cashed in a massive 16 bounty chips worth $1,600.
Congratulations!
PLO 50/50 Bounty Champion: Ivan Driard – $3,223.00 + 3 bounty chips of $100
PLO 50/50 Bounty Runner-Up: Steve Ulloa-Torres – $2,924.00 + 16 bounty chips of $100
Last hand of play
