A champion has been declared in the $150 + $15 Shootout Turbo Event #9 in the World Cup of Cards.
After less than five hands of heads up play, Nghi Van Tran (also known as Henry) bettered Sherif Saad.
Nghi Van went all in with 
and Sherif bet everything on 
. The community cards came down 
. As runner up, Sherif’s share of the prize pool was $2690!
But the grand prize of $3,400 and a champion’s bragging rights go to Nghi Van, who played dominant poker throughout the event!
After more than seven hours of play, the WCC Event #9 is down to two players when Jim Loyens busted. Nghi Van Tran was holding 
and Jim’s hole cards were 
.
Although Jim hit the jack on the flop when the first three community cards came down 
, he wasn’t helped on the turn. The 
sealed his fate. The river was a 
.
And now we are down to our final two competitors, Nghi Van, and Sherif Saad.
Mathew Moore went all in with 
, he was called by Sherif Saad whose hole cards were 
.
The community cards came down 
.
And now we’re down to five.
Francois Landreville went out while I was writing this post. He went all in with suited connectors, but lost to a pair of deuces.
And now it’s four.
Ryan Jensen went all in with 
. But Sherif Saad had pocket tens, 
.
The community cards came down 
. Ryan was sent home, leaving three players left.
After Ryan Jensen raised 45,000, Endrit Geci pushed all of his chips into the pot. Ryan nodded his head: “I call.”
Ryan was holding . Endrit’s hole cards were :QS.
When the first three community cards came down 
, Endrit uttered, “I have an out.”
But then a was dealt, followed by a and Endrit’s night was over.
Jamie Sequeira was the first to earn a seat at the final table, at the WCC Event #9, but was also the first competitor to bust once he got there. Unfortunately, he was knocked out of the competition while I was processing the photographs of the 10 finalists.
When Tyler Young temporarily excused himself from the table to stretch his legs, and back, I inquired what had happened to Jamie. He explained that Endrit Geci had bettered Jamie, after Jamie had gone all in.
Tyler, sporting a big grin, then added, “Are you going to pay me a share of your wages for helping you to write your article?”
“Only if you spot me a percentage of your winnings?”
Tyler laughed and agreed that we should both keep our respective bounties.
The very next hand, Tyler was all in. He was called by both Sherif Saad, and Francois Tarrab.
Tyler was holding pocket sevens, 
. And Sherif had , while Francois’ hole cards were 
.
The community cards came down 
.
Tyler pumped his fist, turned around, and looking at me, passionately proclaimed: “Now there’s something you can write about!”
The final table at the WCC Event #9 Shootout Turbo has now kicked into gear. Players are starting off 200,000 chips.
The total prize pool for the event is $14,500. And the winner will receive $3,400 and championship bragging rights.
These poker warriors have been grinding it out since 7pm, and it’s now nearly 1am. Will fatigue play a factor in determining who hoists the trophy? Stay tuned to find out.
In the meantime, here are some pics of the players at the final table.
The players at the WCC Event #9 Shootout Turbo have just wrapped up their second break of the evening. As it stands now, the status at the tables looks like this:
Table 58: Tyler Young advances.
Table 59: Four players remain, and Sherif Saad is the big stack.
Table 60: Four players remain, and Shawn Daigle is the chip leader.
Table 61: Four players remain and the chip count is too close to call.
Table 62: Edward Hakim and Francois Tarrab are engaged in heads up.
Table 63: Four players remain, and Michael Hunter is the stack leader.
Table 64: Corine Bertrand and Ryan Jensen are heads up.
Table 65: Jamie Sequeira advances.
Table 66: Roberto Anzini and Mathew Moore are heads up.
Table 67: Paul Brunet and Michel Chevalier are heads up.
We have our first two finalist for the WCC Event #9 Shootout Turbo. Tyler Young, at table 58, bettered Oroson Howard to advance to the final table. A few moments later, Jamie Sequeira, at table 65, took down David Marelic.
There are currently 31 players remaining at the eight other tables. The average stack count is now 65K.
