Event #3 - $150 + $30 + $150 NL Hold'em 50/50 Bounty

Event 3 Champion: Ian O’Shaugnessy

2018/01/19 - 4:58 by Jôle Simard

Event 3 was the first 1-day Event in the Winter Festival 2018. It was a $150 + $30 + $150 NL Hold’em 50/50 Bounty, a formula that is most appreciated by our pool of players. The $30,000 guaranteed boasted by the house was easily met by the 149 players that showed up.

All evening, bounties were hunted and collected, and some finalists displayed their kills with pride. Patrice Primeau, who led through in-money play, kept his on his stack, as if to show where his chips came from. Primeau was very nicely stacked all the way to 3-handed play, but then Ian O’Shaugnessy came for him. The pressure was palpable, and soon enough he was leading the Event. Then he flopped a nut straight against Primeau’s open-ended.

Patrice Primeau:
Ian O’Shaugnessy:

Board:

The chips went in on the turn, and Primeau couldn’t find a chopping queen. O’Shaugnessy was now the overwhelming chip leader, and although he lost a flip to Giovanni Giannitti on the following hand, the next one spelled Giannitti’s elimination in 2nd place. Giannitti raised to 225K, and that bet was met by a shove. Giannitti called (full hand pictured below).

O’Shaugnessy looked like the most comfortable hunter on the final table, and as soon as he found an ace on the river against Bob T to save his tournament life, he never looked back.

Congratulations!

Event 3 Champion: Ian O’Shaugnessy – $5,269.00 and the Champion’s Trophy

Runner-up: Giovanni Giannitti – $3,910.00

3rd place: Patrice Primeau – $2,950.00

Last hand of play:

Aces strike again

Level: 23
Small Blind: 20K
Big Blind: 40K
Button Ante: 20K
Chip Average: 993K
Remaining: 3
Entries: 149

2018/01/19 - 3:47 by Jôle Simard

This time, it was Giovanni Giannitti who was dealt the rockets. And again, they managed to get it in. However, as the expression goes: always a sweat!

Tarek Saïd:
Giovanni Giannitti:

Board:

Giannitti had a bit of a scare on the turn when Saïd picked up a straight draw, but the river came clean, and he gobbled Saïd’s chips.

Tarek Saïd won $2,220 for his great run. Excellent work!

Bad timing for Emile H

Level: 22
Small Blind: 15K
Big Blind: 30K
Button Ante: 15K
Chip Average: 745K
Remaining: 4
Entries: 149

2018/01/19 - 3:33 by Jôle Simard

Emile H had to find a spot to roll the dice. He picked up a pair and went in, only to find that Patrice Primeau had been dealt better.

Emile H:
Patrice Primeau:

Board:

Primeau, who showed up at the final table as the overwhelming chip leader, keeps building.

Emile cashes $1,670 for his 5th place finish. Good work!

Brendon Kessous out in 7th; Bob T takes 6th

Level: 22
Small Blind: 15K
Big Blind: 30K
Button Ante: 15K
Chip Average: 596K
Remaining: 5
Entries: 149

2018/01/19 - 3:27 by Jôle Simard

Brendon Kessous and Tarek Saïd went to a race:

Brendon Kessous:
Tarek Saïd:

Board:

Bot T followed, after shoving his short stack into a monster:

Bob T:
Giovanni Giannitti:

Board:

Although the flop was somewhat promising for Bob T, aces held.

7th place: Brendon Kessous – $940
6th place: Bob T – $1,260

Congratulations to both!

Proulx goes down

Level: 21
Small Blind: 12K
Big Blind: 24K
Button Ante: 12K
Chip Average: 425.7K
Remaining: 7
Entries: 149

2018/01/19 - 2:57 by Jôle Simard

Sébastien Proulx, who chopped a pot earlier with ace-ten against aces, was sent to the rail when Tarek Saïd’s pair hit a set on the flop. Saïd went all-on from the button, and Proulx called from the big blind.

Sébastien Proulx:
Tarek Saïd: