Event #2 - The Crazy $80 Re-entry | Playground Winter Festival 2018

Event #2 Champion Jason Mottershead

2018/01/19 - 18:05 by

After only a few hands of heads up play comprising no major shifts in the chip distribution, Jason Mottershead has won The Crazy $80, Event #2 in the 2018 Playground Winter Festival.

Both heads up players – Mottershead and Francis Dery – played a model final table; indeed, a fantastic final three tables. Both players were driving the action, making the plays, bringing the game – and it served both of them well all the way along as they were both able to chip up in bursts by eliminating others and staying out in front of the ever-growing blinds as the day wore on.

The final hand was pretty standard stuff. Francis acted first in the button/sb and chose to open shove his . Jason looked at his cards and very calmly and quietly uttered the fateful word: “call”. He flipped over – and both players waited for the flop.

Flop:

Something for both players, but only the most optimistic would be overjoyed to have caught the on that board. And such optimism would have been misplaced – the turn was the and the river a meaningless . Jason Mottershead had won.

A word about Jason Mottershead. He has been visiting Playground Poker Club for festivals since the very beginning, and has had countless Day 2 qualifications, deep runs in single-day tournaments, and otherwise dominating performances. However, until today, he had never actually won a festival event at Playground Poker Club. So a little extra dose of congratulations are in order!

Event #2 Champion: Jason Mottershead, $3,900.00

2nd place: Francis Dery, $2,900.00

Final hand of play in Event #2

Heads up play begins

2018/01/19 - 17:45 by

Here are some shots of the beginning of heads up play between Jason Mottershead and Francis Dery. Mottershead goes into the 2-way match with at least a 5:1 chip advantage.

And then there were two

Level: 27
Small Blind: 25K
Big Blind: 50K
Button Ante: 25K
Chip Average: 2.6M
Remaining: 2
Entries: 262

2018/01/19 - 17:05 by

There are now just two players left on Day 2 of Event #2 in the 2018 Playground Winter Festival. Stephane Senez and Trevor Dixon were both eliminated by Jason Mottershead in back-to-back hands – and now Mottershead is heads up against Francis Dery with a massive chip lead.

Trevor Dixon was eliminated when his couldn’t outdraw Mottershead’s (the board ran out ), and Senez was shown the door when his couldn’t improve against Mottershead’s on a Queen-high board.

3rd Place: Trevor Dixon, $2,200.00

4th place: Stephane Senez, $1,680.00

Full counts for the final four

Level: 27
Small Blind: 25K
Big Blind: 50K
Button Ante: 50K
Chip Average: 1.3M
Remaining: 4
Entries: 262

2018/01/19 - 16:48 by

There are just 4 players left in Event #2 and they just took a short break during which we were able to get full counts for all of the players. Jason Mottershead is the clear chip leader at the moment with more than half of the total chips in play, but it’s safe to say that it’s still anyone’s game.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Seat \| Siège	Stack \| Tapis
Jason	Mottershead	Seat 2	3,000,000
Stephane	Senez	Seat 5	825,000
Trevor	Dixon	Seat 6	1,240,000
Francis	Dery	Seat 9	1,035,000

Maloney out in 5th

2018/01/19 - 16:20 by

Arnie Maloney is easily recognized at the table by his usual colourful and often shiny hats – but he distinguished himself this week with canny, well timed plays that saw him make it all the way to the final table.

On his final hand in the tournament, he was facing Jason Mottershead’s raise to 90K in the bb – and with 40K invested and just 325K behind, Maloney chose to go all-in over the top. Mottershead made the call without a lot of deliberation – and when the hands were flipped over it was evident that he had had a pretty clear idea of where he sat when he made the call.

Maloney:
Mottershead:

The flop of – was clearly good for Mottershead, who took the lead, but also presented Maloney with additional outs compared with what most alternatives would have given him. Alas, the turn and river were of no help and Arnie – and his shiny blue hat – hit the rail.

5th place: Arnie Maloney, $1,270.00

Dery takes out another

Level: 25
Small Blind: 15K
Big Blind: 30K
Button Ante: 15K
Chip Average: 1M
Remaining: 5
Entries: 262

2018/01/19 - 15:45 by

Francis Dery has been very active at this final table and his activity has paid off so far. Just now, he took out yet another player to re-take his position as chip leader in the tournament with just 5 remaining.

On the fateful hand for Alexandre Douville, who was eliminated, Dery open raised to 75K and Douville shoved over the top for 300K. Once the count was confirmed, Dery made the call and flipped over , earning a groan from Douville who turned over . The board ran out clean for Dery and Douville hit the rail.

6th place: Alexandre Douville, $970.00