Although play stalled with 4 remaining, once the dam burst again, the tournament picked up speed and within just a half hour the whole thing was over with Gerry Arbour emerging as the champion of Event 3, the $100 + $10 Roll the Dice Mixed Game 8-Max event in the World Cup of Cards.
Heads up action was between Gerry and Niko Ghag, and Niko had a dominant chip lead for a long (relatively speaking) period of time, but Gerry managed to find a double up in a NL Hold’em hand and then to take down the whole tournament one hand later in a 5-Card PLO hand.
The preflop action involved a small raise, and then pot-pot which put Niko all in, and the cards were flipped:
Niko: 
Gerry: 
The flop was huge: 
to put Gerry well into the lead and then the 
on the turn and river brought no miracles for Niko and Gerry took the top prize.
Event 3 Champion: Gerry Arbour, $1,940
Last hand of play
2nd place: Niko Ghag, $1,414
Heads up play
– only to be facing 
on a board reading 
and still managed to lose the hand when it ran out brick brick 
.
, board. AS he was relatively short-stacked, it was understood that he would most likely continue in the hand no matter what the opposition. Gerry Arbour spring to action right away and raised the pot to 192K, leaving around 40K behind. This set Bernard to thinking, and he tanked for a good couple of minutes before tossing his 5 cards. Niko’s decision was much easier, and Ryan’s still easier than that – he dropped the rest of his chips in the middle as soon as action returned to him.
sealed the deal and Ryan was sent to the Tournament desk to pick up his payout coupon.
