Event #4 - The $250 Frenzy | Playground Winter Festival 2018

Event #4 champion Sasan Mehrabian

2018/01/23 - 23:17 by Shawn McCrory

Sasan Mehrabian has been crowned champion of Event #4, the $250 Frenzy. Throughout Day 3 of the Frenzy, Mehrabian played consistent, mistake-free poker and capitalized on his opportunities to outlast 802 other players on his way to victory. The win earned Mehrabian $25,070 and the champion’s trophy.

At the final table, play loosened up after the players agreed to an ICM chop, and Mehrabian reaped the benefits as he won pot after pot. After eliminating the third and fourth place finishers, Mehrabian had a huge chip lead, covering his last opponent, Tanvir Ahmed, by more than a 3:1 margin. After a few folds back and forth, Mehrabian and Ahmed found a spot to go all in before the flop and play for all the chips.

Event #4 Champion: Sasan Mehrabian, $25,070.00

2nd place: Tanvir Ahmed, $21,350.00

Last hand of play

Patel out in 3rd

Level: 31
Small Blind: 60K
Big Blind: 120K
Button Ante: 60K
Chip Average: 8M
Remaining: 2
Entries: 803

2018/01/23 - 22:54 by Shawn McCrory

Shailesh Patel had the chip lead when the players agreed to a 4-way chop, but he lost a series of hands and hit the rail in third. Patel’s last hand was a pre-flop battle of the blinds, when he moved all in from the small blind with and got called by Sasan Mehrabian in the big bling with . The board, , didn’t help either player and ace high was good enough. Patel will take home $29,050 for his deep run.

Santolin out in 4th

Level: 30
Small Blind: 50K
Big Blind: 100K
Button Ante: 50K
Chip Average: 4M
Remaining: 3
Entries: 803

2018/01/23 - 22:26 by Shawn McCrory

With the players having just agreed to an ICM chop, Giancarlo Santolin was happy to gamble his chips to try to take down the $250 Frenzy. He looked down at and, with the blinds at 50K/100K, decided to take his chances and moved all in. To his chagrin, he ran into Shailesh Patel’s . With a runout of :3D , Santolin finished in fourth and took home $19,150.

4-way deal

Level: 30
Small Blind: 50K
Big Blind: 100K
Button Ante: 50K
Chip Average: 4M
Remaining: 4
Entries: 803

2018/01/23 - 22:15 by Shawn McCrory

The remaining players have agreed to an ICM chop. They will be leaving $4,000 to play for as well as the coveted trophy and bragging rights.

Here is what they agreed to:

First Name	Last Name	Amount
Tanvir	Ahmed	$21,350
Giancarlo	Santolin	$19,150
Shailesh	Patel	$29,050
Sasan	Mehrabian	$21,070

Book finishes 6th, Siddiqui out in 5th

Level: 30
Small Blind: 50K
Big Blind: 100K
Button Ante: 50K
Chip Average: 4M
Remaining: 4
Entries: 803

2018/01/23 - 22:03 by Shawn McCrory

Richard Book’s run in the $250 Frenzy has come to a close. Running low on chips, Book moved all in from under the gun with . Shailesh Patel, in the small blind, made the call with . Patel took the lead on the flop of . The turn, , and river, , did not deliver Book his two-outer and he left in sixth place with $8,000 for his trouble.

Shaan Siddiqui started the final table with lots of chips and momentum, but they both ran out when he busted in 5th place. After having lost a good portion of his stack, Siddiqui found himself in the small blind facing a button shove from the chip leader, Shailesh Patel. After only brief reflection, Siddiqui called it off with . Patel tabled . The board ran out , and Patel padded his chip lead. Siddiqui will take home $10,500 for his fifth place finish.

Oligny-Lauzon out in 7th

Level: 30
Small Blind: 50K
Big Blind: 100K
Button Ante: 50K
Chip Average: 2.7M
Remaining: 6
Entries: 803

2018/01/23 - 21:48 by Shawn McCrory

Philippe Oligny-Lauzon was just eliminated from the final table of the $250 Frenzy in 7th place, earning him $6,000. His last hand was a familiar flip. Oligny-Lauzon moved all in with and got action from Sasan Mehrabian who held . The window card, , ruined the sweat for Oligny-Lauzon. The runout of sent him to the rail in 7th.