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Nahoul wins the Short Deck event

2019/02/06 - 3:40 by Playground Poker

After 45 minutes of head-to-head action at the final table, Nabil Nahoul took down the Short Deck trophy, 1st place and the $1,388 that go with it, narrowly defeating runner-up Borislav Angelov.

The two players exchanged the chip lead several times, but whenever it seemed that Borislav was going to take it down, Nabil would thunder back with a massive win. And when we say massive, we mean it! Nabil pulled quads on three separate occasions in the heads-up battle alone!

The hand that finally finished Borislav off was another quads miracle, with Borislav’s preflop shove with Ace of Diamonds 8 of Clubs not standing a chance against Nabil’s King of Hearts King of Spades on a 7 of Spades King of Diamonds King of Clubs Ace of Clubs Jack of Hearts board.

Borislav had an excellent tournament with lots of great play throughout the evening and early morning, but it is certain that his 2nd place finish was bittersweet. That is the nature of poker. When you run into a player who pulls that many improbable hands, it’s hard to overcome the odds.

Congratulations to both players on a great tournament.

 

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It’s down to two in the Short Deck final table

  • Level: 21
  • Small Blind: 20K
  • Big Blind: 40K
  • BB Ante: 20K
  • Chip Average:
  • Remaining:
  • Entries:

2019/02/06 - 3:18 by Playground Poker

After the final five players decided to make an even chop for $1,220 each, play started to accelerate slightly.

The first to go was Guy Lebrun, who takes home 5th place after a very good run.

The 4th place finisher was Richard Sysko. His play at the final table was excellent, especially considering he was short-stacked for much of the final stage of the contest.

The 3rd place finisher was Christopher Lau, setting up a final heads up battle between Borislav Angelov and Nabil Nahoul.

Down to five

  • Level: 20
  • Small Blind: 15K
  • Big Blind: 30K
  • BB Ante: 30K
  • Chip Average: 336K
  • Remaining: 5
  • Entries: 84

2019/02/06 - 2:42 by Playground Poker

Fifteen minutes into the battle we saw Tony Stratopoulos take his leave. His 7th place finish earned him $390.

But that was the last of the quick exits.

The next 90 minutes of play saw almost no net change in the players’ respective positions or stack sizes. It seemed that every all in would double up a short stack instead of eliminating them; every highly favored hand would get beat on the river; every seemingly sure elimination would split the pot after an incredible stroke of luck for the underdog.

It surprised the players so much that when Donald Abdelhay was finally knocked out in 6th, the group spontaneously erupted in calls for an even chop. Donald lost his last hand when his Ace of Spades Jack of Clubs faced off against a King of Hearts 9 of Hearts that turned into a flush on the turn on a 10 of Clubs 10 of Hearts 8 of Hearts 7 of Hearts 8 of Spades board.

Congratulations go out to Donald for a 6th place finish, earning him $520. He came very close to making it back to back Short Deck wins, seeing as he won the last Short Deck event on January 31st. Well done!

The remaining five players have agreed to an even chop, in which they all take $1,220, leaving aside $168 for the winner, along with bragging rights and the trophy.

Play continues…

Photos of our final table

  • Level: 16
  • Small Blind: 5K
  • Big Blind: 10K
  • BB Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 240
  • Remaining: 7
  • Entries: 84

2019/02/06 - 1:03 by Playground Poker

Here are the photos of our finalists in the $100 + $10 Short Deck Re-entry.

Congratulations to all 8 players for making it this far!

Note: While this post was being written, Ernest Kelly was eliminated. His 8th place finish earned him $300. He exit occurred when his pocket 10s lost versus A-K on a Queen of Clubs 9 of Spades 7 of Diamonds 9 of Clubs King of Diamonds board.

 

Final table arrives with a few departures

  • Level: 15
  • Small Blind: 4K
  • Big Blind: 8K
  • BB Ante: 8K
  • Chip Average: 152K
  • Remaining: 8
  • Entries: 84

2019/02/06 - 0:56 by Playground Poker

With 12 players left it was anybody’s game.

However, four departures occurred in relatively short order to set the final table.

The first to go was Jonathan Camara. His 12th place finish earned him $110.

Next to leave was Antoine Sankari. He lost in a hand in which his Ace of Clubs King of Spades was defeated by pocket Kings on a Jack of Spades 8 of Clubs Queen of Clubs 8 of Spades 9 of Diamonds board. His 11th place finish earned him $170.

In 10th place was Konstantin Shukhman. He had only about 35,000 chips and shoved with an Ace of Hearts 10 of Clubs, but was beaten by a pocket pair of 8 of Clubs 8 of Diamonds on a King of Spades 9 of Diamonds King of Diamonds King of Hearts Queen of Spades board. He also earned $170 for his efforts.

Interestingly, on the other table another player was busted at the exact same time, Richard Johnson. But because he busted with 70,000 chips (35,000 more than Konstantin) he therefore gets 9th place and the prize of $220.

The final table seating draw is posted below.

First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomSeat | Siège
ChristopherLauSeat 1
TonyStratopoulosSeat 2
Donald AbdelhaySeat 3
NabilNahoulSeat 4
RichardSyskoSeat 5
BorislavAngelovSeat 6
ErnestKellySeat 8
Guy LebrunSeat 9

 

Short Deck 11 make room for 12

  • Level: 14
  • Small Blind: 3K
  • Big Blind: 6K
  • BB Ante: 6K
  • Chip Average: 140K
  • Remaining: 12
  • Entries: 84

2019/02/06 - 0:13 by Playground Poker

In the $100 + $10 Short Deck event only the top 11 players were slated to be paid. And although the group are all technically competitors who wish to see each other lose in the long run, there sometimes develops a sense of camaraderie after sharing so much time together at the tables. Now down to two tables of six players, the group decided that instead of playing for eleven winners and one loser they would share. At least for now.

So the finalists in this Short Deck tournament elected to shave $10 off of each of the top 11 prize amounts in order to add a 12th place prize. Their decision means that all of a sudden they are all in the money – everybody wins!

Now the pressure is off the short stack and the players can move more speedily towards the final table, and eventually the winner.

Quad Aces busts Dubois-Daigle

  • Level: 11
  • Small Blind: 1K
  • Big Blind: 2K
  • BB Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 98K
  • Remaining: 17
  • Entries: 84

2019/02/05 - 23:10 by Playground Poker

Steven Dubois-Daigle’s time in this tournament was limited. He had only a handful of chips left over the last 20 minutes, and it seemed he was destined to get busted the minute he fielded a less-than-stellar hand.

At table 34 just now he ended up shoving with what he felt was his best shot, a suited King of Diamonds 8 of Diamonds. Not a terrible hand in Short Deck. However, Donald Abdelhay called, and didn’t just bust him with his superior hand. He crushed him with extreme prejudice. His quad aces on the flop left no room for a comeback.

As Steven took his coat and walked away, Donald griped that his massive hand was wasted, only collecting Steven’s last 19,000 chips. It is unclear whether the rest of the players at the table felt his pain.

 

The East-Coaster is making a run

  • Level: 11
  • Small Blind: 1K
  • Big Blind: 2K
  • BB Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 73K
  • Remaining: 24
  • Entries: 84

2019/02/05 - 22:56 by Playground Poker

Whenever there is a break we use the opportunity to quickly tally up the chip leaders, using double the chip average as a baseline. Right now the average chip stack is 73,000, so when we walked over to the final three tables to take a look we were on the lookout for anyone above 150,000. Our job was made pretty easy, as it appeared there was no one left with that amount.

No one, that is, except Ernest Kelly.

His stack measures an impressive 258,000 chips, more than anyone else left at their seats by a longshot. No one even comes close. But his friend and fellow east-coaster Arnold Foley isn’t so rosy on Ernie’s prospects. He hopes to surpass his friend’s chip count and get to the top of the leaderboard instead.

We’ll see! Good luck to all the remaining players, coast to coast.

First Name | PrénomName | NomStack | Tapis
ErnestKelly258,000

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