After more than nine hours of poker action, a winner was crowned in the Roll the Dice event. Congratulations to Antoine Sankari, who earned a first place prize of $4,689 in his win.
Antoine won the tournament while playing Pot Limit Omaha. The winning hand is pictured below.
And let’s not forget the 2nd place finisher, Mr. Siamak S., who’s 2nd place prize will net him a healthy and well-deserved $3,300. Congratulations to you as well sir on a good game. Well done!
With three players left, the group decided to ask for the numbers on an ICM chop. Once the numbers were read out, all three agreed to their proposed shares. With this out of the way, it would be easier for the two short stacks to shove all in, hoping for a miracle. Now, rather than grinding it out deep into the morning hours, they would be able to take their pay and leave with their heads held high, no matter the circumstance.
Not more than 5 minutes after the chop, we lost Harry Chaimowiz. He will collect an ICM-adjusted 3rd place prize of $3,250. A great day of poker! Well done.
The dice decided that it was time to play Pineapple. That worked out just fine for Antoine Sankari.
His pocket 
dominated David Dusome’s 
, and the board was no help, coming down 
. Now it’s just three left. With what looks like 80% of the chips in front of him, Antoine is destined for a solid finish unless something goes horribly wrong.
We recently lost our friend in the matching camo, Danny Freitas on this final table. He finished in 7th, collecting a prize of $800. He had been the chip leader for some time today, but ultimately it was not meant to be.
While we were writing up the post on Danny’s demise, we lost another! This time it was Jonathan B, who was eliminated in 6th. Jonathan will collect a prize of $1,080. Not bad for a night’s work.
And then, before we knew it, another player was eliminated in back to back hands. This time it was Jonathan Marrie, who took 5th place. Jonathan earned himself $1,470. Congratulations to all three on an an exciting evening of poker.
The player who ousted the last couple of players is the chip leader by a relatively wide margin, Mr. Antoine Sankari. He’ll be the one to watch, because as the blinds keep moving upward (presently at 10K/20K) he’ll be in an excellent position to push other around at the table if he feels the urge.
Good luck to all of our 4 finalists.
Level 20 has just started. Here are some photos of our last seven players. Good luck to all!
After seven hours of play the field of 59 entries has been whittled down to a final table. Everyone is in the money, and the Roll the Dice $300 + $30 8-Max is nearing its conclusion with only seven players left sitting.
We just lost our first in-the-money player, Frederic Breton. He can been seen standing in the photo below. Congratulations to him on his 8th place finish. Frederic earned $590 for his efforts.
Play continues!
It was another game of 5-card PLO, and this time it was Jonathan Marrie coming out on top in a three-way battle. And while he took chips from both of his opponents in the hand, more significantly, he ended JP Poirier’s night.
It was actually JP who had been dictating the action for most of the hand. He opened with a 3-bet raise to 8,600 preflop, garnering two callers in Jonathan on the button and David Dusome on the big blind.
Flop: 
David checked to JP, who shoved for his remaining 7,100. With over 30,000 in the pot at this point, both other called, making a side-pot possible. A 
came down on the turn, and neither remaining player felt like testing their luck. The checked the turn and the river, which was an .
In the end, JP was knocked out and Dusome lost the pot to Jonathan’s 
.
The die dictated the game this hand: 5-Card Pot Limit Omaha.
With five cards in your hand it may feel like there are a lot more possibilities than in a usual two card game. Perhaps this was why six of the eight players at the table saw the flop. It was limp-city on table 59.
Flop: 
However, once the flop came down and a few people checked, Marcus Cara decided it was time to get rid of the extra weight. He shoved, albeit only for 17,300 chips. Not to be outdone, the other short stack at the table, Nick Nickoletopoulos, shoved over top. He too didn’t have a huge stack, but his 25,900 shove was enough to chase everyone else from the hand.
Marcus: 
Nick: 
Board: 
Nick’s 8-9 made him a Jack-high straight and took out Marcus, almost doubling up. But as the blinds are rising at a steady pace, Nick will need to pull off a couple of more double-ups just to stay in contention.
