Event 5 of the World Cup of Cards attracted 87 runners culminating in a $8,439 prize pool which was split into 9 payouts. The one-day event took place on August 22nd, and when all was said and done it was Andrew Watt who was left with all the chips in play.

Andrew was average stack when the final table began, and he remained fairly quiet in the early stages. He watched a few players hit the rail before changing gears, and when play was 4-handed he found a huge double-up with over Peter Johnson’s to jump up the leaderboard. Once 3-handed action began Andrew propelled himself into the chip-lead by eliminating Daniel Le with over , and headed into heads-up play with a 2-to-1 chip lead over Sasan Mehrabian.

After only a few hands of heads-up play an all-in / call occurred, with Andrew holding and Sasan at risk with . Sasan was poised for a double-up until a river card came and changed it all, as the board read . Andrew had won the hand and the tournament, taking home a prize of $2,165 as well as a WCC Champion’s Trophy.

Andrew was second overall in the WCC Leaderboard to start the day, but his win in Event 5 should put him in the lead, or at least neck-to-neck with current leader William Blais. Standings can be found via this link.

Congratulations!

Event 5 Champion: Andrew Watt – $2,165.00

Runner-up: Sasan Mehrabian – $1,651.00

Last hand of play

Daniel Le and Andrew Watt just played the biggest pot of the tournament as they faced off in a pot north of 1.1 million chips. Daniel Le was holding and was trailing the of his opponent, and with no improvement on the board he was forced out of the tournament in 3rd place.

3rd place: Daniel Le – $1,256.00

Peter Johnson lost the better part of his stack after calling off Andrew Watt’s open-shove, where his was bested by on a board. He was forced to pay out 291,000 in the hand, leaving him with almost nothing behind, and was eliminated shortly after, booking 4th place in this Big Ante tournament.

4th place: Peter Johnson – $955.00

Francois St-Onge was left with almost no chips when he called off the remainder of his stack from the big blind, after Peter Johnson raised from under the gun.

Francois:
Peter:

Peter scored the knockout after improving on the board, bringing the field down to just 4 runners.

5th place: Francois St-Onge – $744.00

Sasan Mehrabian has just taken over the chip lead after besting Peter Johnson with over , doubling his 423,000 stack into a monster chip lead. Peter was left with only 52,000 but managed to double it up twice in the next few hands.

Moments later Daniel Le took a chunk out of the new chip leader, doubling his 293,000 stack with over to become the new big stack on this final table.

 

Action folded around to Adam Podstawka in the small blind, and he moved his short-stack in, putting other short-stacked Daniel Le to a decision for most of his remaining chips. Both players held around 4.5 big blinds each, and Daniel wasn’t ready to forfeit his big blind with a King in hand, even though the kicker was the lowest possible one. He tanked for a moment before finally calling and tabling . Adam turned over a lesser and needed to improve to stay in the game, however the board was not to his advantage and he was eliminated in 6th place.

6th place: Adam Podstawka – $549.00