LIVE EVENTS

Cliquez ici pour lire la version française de cet article.

The $100 + $20 + $100 50/50 Bounty Re-entry started at 7:00pm and attracted a total of 221 bounty hunters battling it out for a piece of the $20,774 prize pool in addition to the $100 bounty for each player that was knocked out.

As soon as play started, you could hear dealers announce “all in” at different tables as there was great incentive to knock out players to acquire their bounty chips. By the time the first break came around, the players at the top of the leader board had already accumulated between three to four times the average chip stack.

Play slowed considerably once the money was reached but the final six players agreed to an ICM deal that sped things right back up. Patrick Slight was eliminated in third, walking away with $2550.

The final two players, Stephen Langlois and Bart Sieminski played a few hands before both shoved their stacks for all the marbles. Sieminski revealed while Langlois delivered . The board read giving Langlois the upper hand with a pair of aces to Sieminski’s pocket tens.

Sieminski finishes second and walks away with $1560. Langlois was awarded $720 in addition to the $2180 agreed upon in the ICM deal, making up a grand total of $2900. Congratulations!

Event #5 Champion: Stephen Langlois, $2,900

2nd place: Bart Sieminski 

3rd place: Patrick Slight

Last hand of play

The final table has definitely loosened up after agreeing to an ICM deal. Ayana Massa was quick to go all-in immediately after the agreement but was unable to pull through. Massa finishes in 6th to take home $2000. Danielle Bracy was eliminated soon after in fifth and walks away with $2550.

Once the final four found out the winner would also be given a tournament ring, play slowed down. Haralambos Margaritis was the first to go in fourth place. He goes home with the highest amount in the deal at $2844.

The final three remain fighting for the additional $720 plus the championship ring.

Level 24 was paused with two minutes left on the clock as the players discussed an ICM deal. After about twenty minutes, the players agreed to a deal that will award an additional $720 to the winner plus the value of their bounty chips.

The deal plays out as followed:

• Haralambos Margaritis – $2844
• Danielle Bracy – $2550
• Patrick Slight – $2550
• Stephen Langlois – $2180
• Ayana Massa – $2000
• Bart Sieminski – $1560

Six players remain at the final table as play rolls on. Benoit Leclerc was eliminated in 8th position after his pocket tens fell short to Brady Hinnegan’s pocket jacks. Leclerc walked away with $620. Hinnegan was eliminated soon after to finish in 7th and go home with $890.

Six players remain…

The final table has been reached! Former chip leader Robert Turcotte was eliminated in 11th place which paved the way for the remaining ten players to the final table. Turcotte went home with $340.

Here’s a look at who remains.

Ricky Campanelli and Haile Rafik were eliminated back to back in 17th and 16th respectively. Campanelli went all in pre flop against Bart Sieminski. Both players were ace high so each of them hoped their kicker would give them the win.

Campanelli

Sieminski

Board

The flop was unable to give Campanelli what he was wishing for, making Sieminski’s eight-kicker victorious. Campanelli was awarded $260 for his 17th place finish.

23 players are back in the field after the third break with a new chip leader. Robert Turcotte has taken advantage of the all in calls in the past few levels to build a stack of 490,000 in chips. Danielle Bracy is still on the leaderboard in second with a stack of 310,000 in chips which is now worth 27 big blinds.

And just like that the bubble has burst! The field is down to the last 28 players meaning everyone remaining is in the money and will walk away with at least $150.

Play has slowed drastically now that the bubble has been reached, there’s still lots of poker to be played.

The field is 2 spots away from being in the money and all in calls can be heard from every table. Josef Ares tripled his stack after going all in against two players. Ares and Guy Lebrun shoved pre-flop knowing they had to win to survive. Ares showed a and Lebrun . Benoit Leclerc decided to get in on the action and call with .

Board

Ares’s cards made up a straight which was enough to collect Lebrun’s bounty chip and a big chunk of Leclerc’s stack.

Play continues…

Danielle Bracy has maintained her lead to the second break and she is also the only player to cross the 200,000 chip mark. She sits in first with 268,000 in chips. Haralambos Margaritis has climbed his way into second with a stack worth 65 big blinds.

Only one quarter of the players that entered the tournament remain. A lot of players are working with stacks worth the chip average of 117,000. They’re going to have to make some big pushes if they want to stick around and get in the money.

Ten levels played, 74 remain. The big stacks continue piling up their chips and knocking down the short stacks in play. There’s sure to be a lot of all in shoves in the levels that follow if the little guys want to survive. 

Here’s a look at what’s happening on the floor.