TonyBet Winter Festival

Event 10 Champion: Riyaz Abdulla

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Riyaz Abdulla almost didn’t play in Event 10 of the TonyBet Winter Festival, as he was in transit from London that same day and arrived at Playground Poker Club just in the nick of time to late-register himself into the tournament. Fast-forward 2 long nights of poker later, and the jet-lagged traveller was sitting in the driver seat on the final table, on the road to victory.

Riyaz came into Day 2 as one of the bigger stacks, and maintained a healthy chip count throughout the entire night, taking over the chip lead in the later stages of the final table. When play fell to 4-handed, a ICM based deal was made which awarded him $11,695, leaving an additional $1,280 for the eventual winner. Chip leader at the time of the deal Shaan Siddiqui locked in $12,415, while shorter stack Todd Pierce guaranteed himself $8,740 and Viken Artinian took $8,300.

It didn’t take long before Riyaz knocked out two opponents to find himself heads-up with the chip lead versus Shaan, and heads-up play was an even shorter affair, as Riyaz managed to eliminate his opponent on the very first hand.

On a board showing 3 of Hearts 6 of Diamonds 5 of Hearts 8 of Clubs, Riyaz check-raised his opponent, and then happily called off the 3bet all-in holding the stone cold nuts. His 7 of Diamonds 9 of Spades only had 4 full house outs to dodge versus his opponents 5 of Spades 6 of Hearts, and the river 10 of Clubs sealed the deal. With that, Riyaz collected the extra $1,280, and was awarded a TonyBet Winter Festival Champion’s Trophy!

Congratulations!

Event 10 Champion: Riyaz Abdulla – $12,975.00

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Event 10 Runner-Up: Shaan Siddiqui – $12,415.00

Shaan Siddiqui

Shaan Siddiqui

Last Hand of Play

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Event 10 – Results & Payouts

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Event 10 of the TonyBet Winter Festival was a $500 + $50 NL Hold’em Freeze that played out over two days and attracted a large field of 132 players. The total prize pool for the event was $64,020.00 which was distributed according to the following payout table.

Note that a player deal was reached with 4 players remaining. They reserved $1,280.00 and the champion’s trophy for the winner and distributed the rest of the money via ICM chop. This deal is reflected in the following table.

Rank | PosFirst Name | PrénomLast Name | NomPrize | Bourse
1RiyazAbdulla$12,975.00
2ShaanSiddiqui$12,415.00
3ToddPierce$8,740.00
4VikenArtinian$8,300.00
5MikeLafable$5,050.00
6NicolasAubut$3,830.00
7AliJouni$2,900.00
8JeremieBilodeau$2,200.00
9ZhengWei$1,670.00
10GuillaumeLaroche$1,260.00
11YaseenSiddiqui$1,260.00
12GaryYeghiayan$1,170.00
13DianaShamshoum$1,170.00
14DanielKwon$1,080.00

3rd place: Todd Pierce

  • Level: 25
  • Small Blind: 15K
  • Big Blind: 30K
  • Ante: 5K
  • Chip Average: 1.6M
  • Remaining: 2
  • Entries: 132


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    Sitting in the big blind, Todd Pierce called a button-raise from Riyaz to go heads-up to action. Both players rapped the table on the Jack of Clubs Jack of Spades King of Diamonds flop, and Todd then lead out for 70,000 on the 2 of Clubs turn. Riyaz replied with an all-in, but figured he ran into a big hand when Todd made a snap call.

    Todd: Jack of Diamonds Queen of Hearts
    Riyaz: 9 of Spades 9 of Clubs

    Riyaz hit a lucky river, as he spiked his 2-outter on the river 9 of Hearts.

    Event 10 is now heads-up between Riyaz Abdulla (around 2,050,000) and Shaan Siddiqui (around 1,275,00).

    3rd place: Todd Pierce – $8,740.00

    Todd Pierce

    Todd Pierce

    4th place: Viken Artinian

  • Level: 24
  • Small Blind: 12K
  • Big Blind: 24K
  • Ante: 4K
  • Chip Average: 1.1M
  • Remaining: 3
  • Entries: 132


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    In the hand following the 4-way deal, Viken Artinian found himself all-in and far behind table opponent Riyaz.

    Viken: 9 of Spades 9 of Diamonds
    Riyaz: Ace of Spades Ace of Clubs

    Board: Queen of Spades 2 of Diamonds 4 of Hearts Ace of Diamonds 4 of Diamonds

    Viken didn’t find the much needed double-up, and, having locked in $8,300 in the deal, took a walk to the cage to collect his prize money.

    4th place: Viken Artinian – $8,300.00

    Viken Artinian

    Viken Artinian

    A deal has been reached!

  • Level: 24
  • Small Blind: 12K
  • Big Blind: 24K
  • Ante: 4K
  • Chip Average: 825K
  • Remaining: 4
  • Entries: 132


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    The final 4 players took a look at the numbers of an ICM chop, and all agreed with what they saw. The tournament requires at least 2% of the total prize pool to be left for the eventual winner, who will also take home a TonyBet Winter Festival Champion’s Trophy, and so in addition to the prizes locked in, they are playing for an extra $1,280.

    Here are the prizes they have locked in:

    First NameLast NameStackPrizes
    ShaanSiddiqui1,530,000$12,415
    RiyazAbdulla1,157,000$11,695
    ToddPierce340,000$8,740
    VikenArtinian273,000$8,300

    Siddiqui leads final 4

  • Level: 24
  • Small Blind: 12K
  • Big Blind: 24K
  • Ante: 4K
  • Chip Average: 825K
  • Remaining: 4
  • Entries: 132


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    After eliminating Mike Lafable in 5th place, Shaan Siddiqui has now taken over the chip lead of the final 4 players. The clock has been paused as they negotiate a potential deal.

    Here are their current chip counts:

    First NameLast NameSeatStack
    ShaanSiddiquiSeat 21,530,000
    RiyazAbdullaSeat 71,157,000
    ToddPierceSeat 3340,000
    VikenArtinianSeat 4273,000

    5th place: Mike Lafable

  • Level: 24
  • Small Blind: 12K
  • Big Blind: 24K
  • Ante: 4K
  • Chip Average: 825K
  • Remaining: 4
  • Entries: 132


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    Mike Lafable placed a raise to 55,000 from the button, and went heads-up to the flop versus Shaan Siddiqui in the big blind. They both checked the 6 of Spades 5 of Clubs Ace of Clubs board, and once the 3 of Hearts turn fell, Shaan lead for 75,000. Mike pushed all-in, and found a quick call.

    Shaan tabled Ace of Spades 5 of Hearts for two pair, and only had a few straight and chop outs to dodge, as Mike had Ace of Diamonds 2 of Diamonds. The river 5 of Spades actually improved Shaan’s hand, sending Mike home in 5th place.

    5th place: Mike Lafable – $5,050.00

    Mike Lafable

    Mike Lafable

    6th place: Nicolas Aubut

  • Level: 24
  • Small Blind: 12K
  • Big Blind: 24K
  • Ante: 4K
  • Chip Average: 660K
  • Remaining: 5
  • Entries: 132


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    Nicolas Aubut’s 4th deep run in this TonyBet Winter Festival has just come to an end, as he was eliminated by chip leader Riyaz Abdulla.

    Riyaz opened to 60,000 from early position, and was face with a 3bet all-in worth 123,000 from Nicolas. He made the quick call, and tabled his monster.

    Riyaz: Ace of Hearts Ace of Diamonds
    Nicolas: 5 of Diamonds 5 of Clubs

    Nicolas picked up a flush draw on the 7 of Clubs Jack of Clubs King of Spades Queen of Clubs King of Diamonds board, however was not able to overcome his opponents pocket rockets.

    6th place: Nicolas Aubut – $3,830.00

    Nicolas Aubut

    Nicolas Aubut

    Level 24 counts; 6 remain

  • Level: 24
  • Small Blind: 12K
  • Big Blind: 24K
  • Ante: 4K
  • Chip Average: 550K
  • Remaining: 6
  • Entries: 132


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    Two players have emerged as the dominant chip leaders on this final table of Event 10, as both Shaan Siddiqui and Riyaz Abdulla hold stacks upwards of 1-million, while the other 4 players fall below the 400,000 mark. With the blind levels going up to 12K/24K/a4K, we can expect to see some fireworks in the levels to come, as the pressure of the blinds will be taking a toll on the short stacks.

    Here is a look at the chip counts entering level 24:

    First NameLast NameSeatStack
    RiyazAbdullaSeat 71,172,000
    ShaanSiddiquiSeat 21,084,000
    MikeLafableSeat 6386,000
    VikenArtinianSeat 4283,000
    NicolasAubutSeat 8239,000
    ToddPierceSeat 3136,000

    AQ does it again for Lafable

  • Level: 23
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 550K
  • Remaining: 6
  • Entries: 132


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    Facing a utg open by Riyaz and a button all-in from Todd, Mike Lafable looked down at Ace of Clubs Queen of Clubs in the big blind, and moved his remaining 310,000 in. Riyaz got out of the way, and Todd, with the bigger stack, tabled 8 of Clubs 8 of Spades.

    Mike filled up with his AQ for the second time on this final table, as the board ran Ace of Hearts 9 of Clubs Queen of Hearts 3 of Spades Ace of Spades, crippling Todd to under 100,000 in the process.

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