Tonight was held Event 27 of the World Cup of Cards, a $200 + $20 NL Hold’em Deepstack Turbo Event. A staggering 192 players took part in this fast-action tournament, creating a nice $37,248 prize pool. The pool was split into 20 payouts.

The field got to the payouts very fast, and to the final table even faster. The 10 eliminations that led the money finishers to the final table happened within a single level. These bust outs include Jonathan Patrick Marrie (20th) and William Blais (16th), who are competing for the Leaderboard Challenge‘s 1st prize (a 10K Caribbean package).

The first 4 final table busts were also very fast. All these lightning-quick eliminations led to a 6-handed game with some depth to it. And so they played poker.

Randy Khalil, who was quick to build a stack, managed to hold on to his riches until the very end. It is very rare to see a player shoot to the pole position so fast and actually win, but Randy pulled it off tonight. His stack moved a lot on the final table, going as low as 400K. During 3-handed play, he was seen doubling Charanjeev Malhotra with a lesser ace, then doubling through him with a better ace.

After that loss, Charanjeev was quite short, and he found himself in a coin flip with Matthew Wilkins, holding against Matthew’s . The board came , spelling Malhotra’s elimination in 3rd place. His finish was worth $4,740, and he walked away, leaving Randy Khalil and Matthew Wilkins heads-up, a match that lasted 1 hand.

Matthew Wilkins started on the button, and he went all-in for an effective 2.3M on Randy’s 120K big blind, making a statement. Randy did not care for that statement, and called. His hit a pair, leaving Matthew’s behind.

Congratulations!

Champion of Event 27: Randy Khalil – $8,380.00 and the Champion’s Trophy

Runner-up: Matthew Wilkins – $6,398.00

Last hand of play: 

3rd place: Charanjeev Malhotra – $4,740.00

 

Shawn Daigle had a very healthy stack, until he took 2 blows to the side, and his tournament was over. First, Eddie Daldalian took half his chips with against Shawn’s by hitting runner-runner hearts. Then Shawn raised all-in from the button, and Randy called from the small blind position.

Shawn Daigle:
Randy Khalil:

Board:

Shawn could not hit, and left in 5th place, worth $2,680. Nice work!

Moments after, Eddie Daldalian’s 760K went Matthew’s way.  Eddie’s fell to Matthew’s when the flop showed . Eddie left in 4th place and takes home $3,570. Well done!

3 players are left, with 16 big blinds in the average stack.

Matthew Wilkins opened to 120K, and Pierre Bergeron committed his remaining 130K to the pot. Randy Khalil, who was in the big blind, completed the bet, knowing that Matthew could not re-raise.

The flop came . Randy checked, and Matthew pushed 125K forward, which was met by a fairly quick all-in bet from Randy. After a few seconds, Matthew called.

Matthew Wilkins:
Randy Khalil:
Pierre Bergeron:

Randy had flopped trips! The rest of the board came , not changing anything, and Randy scooped the 1.5M pot, busting Pierre in the process.

Pierre Bergeron takes $2,020 for his 6th place finish. Well done!