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
flop and found a quick call.
and 
and saw the last of his chips get shipped across the table.
showing on the flop, Steve lead for 85K, Simon slid forward his last 35K, and Manfred followed along. Both live players checked on the 
) both had three-of-a-kind but were no match to the jacks-full of Steve, who tabled 
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