After a heads up battle that can only be described as epic, Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault has emerged as the Champion of Event #4 of the WSOP-C Playground, the $5,000 + $300 Super High Roller event. Igor Picone, a young Belgian player, put up a massive fight and on several occasions looked like he might come out on top. For his victory in the event, Marc-Olivier won $100,000 plus the coveted WSOP Circuit Ring, while Igor had to settle for $67,000 for second place.
Day 2 in the event started with just 11 players remaining, and by the end of the first three levels of play on the day there were 5 eliminations, the bubble was burst, and the first three players to be paid made their exit – Pablo Mariz in 9th place, Mike Leah in 8th, and Omid Shahbazian in 7th. Play was 6-handed and Marc-Olivier had managed to build a solid chip lead on the field.
What came next was a surprise – but the players at the table seemed to be less surprised than observers. Daniel Henderson had come into the day with a huge chip lead, and even at the first break of the day was in 2nd place with over 4M in chips – but he was the next to be eliminated. In just about a single level, Daniel had distributed chips around the table, with Marc-Olivier getting the final stacks. These additional chips put Marc-Olivier in a great spot with 5 left. By the time Jason James was eliminated in 5th, however, former short-stack Dominykas Mikolaitis had accumulated some and the 4 players were relatively even.
Next to go was Jean-Serge Baril in 4th place, putting Dominykas into the lead – but it was a lead he could not sustain and he ended up on the rail in 3rd place. Play turned to the heads up phase of the tournament – which turned out to be a real battle between two clearly skilled players. Marc-Olivier started as a big chip leader, but Igor took chips hand after hand after hand, most without a showdown and many without even a flop, until he had gained a solid lead… But getting to the top only means you can be knocked down – and just at the end of level 26, Marc-Olivier won a huge pot to re-take the 2-1 lead.
Following a short break and a few inconsequential hands between the players, Igor moved all in and found a call from Marc-Olivier… who learned very quickly that he was absolutely dominated in the hand. It looked like another change in the lead was in the works.
Igor: 
Marc-Olivier: 
The board runout looked solid for the Ace-Queen Igor held: 
. He had top pair top kicker and the board had little in the way of good news for Marc-Olivier. There were back-door flush possibilities, and of course he could always spike a 6… or it could go like this:
Turn: 
River: 
Marc-Olivier had made the runner-runner straight for the win!
Event #4 Champion: Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault, $100,000 and the WSOP-C Ring
Final hand of play
2nd place: Igor Picone, $67,000
