St-Louis takes down the $200 + $20 PL Omaha Re-entry tournament

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Event #4 of the Playground 9-Year Anniversary Series was the $200 + $20 PL Omaha Re-entry tournament, always a favourite for those who love action. There was a $7,000 guaranteed prize pool and when the late registration period came to a close, there were 44 entries in total (including 11 re-entries) which allowed the prize pool to grow to $8,536.

Action was the word of the evening as players were getting it in with draws, hoping to hit. The first elimination happened within the first five minutes of play, but with the re-entry format, the players were able to try their luck as often as they pleased. At the first break of the evening Maxime Flibotte-Blanchard took the lead and held on to it through the second break. David St-Louis was also on the first leaderboard and by the second break he was right behind Flibotte-Blanchard, in second place. As the final table approached, St-Louis jumped into the lead and started to crush his opponents. As the final table played on, St-Louis was like a freight train rolling down the tracks as he amassed a huge stack. He never let go of the lead as one by one he took out his opponents. Flibotte-Blanchard never gave up and stayed in second place, trying his best to overtake St-Louis, but it seemed like tonight was David’s night.

When play went heads-up, St-Louis had a two to one chip lead and as much as Flibotte-Blanchard tried his best to chip up, St-Louis continued his good run. On the final hand of play, Flibotte-Blanchard put his chips into the middle with and was called by St-Louis holding . The dealer fanned out a board, and St-Louis took all of the chips, won the hand and became the champion of Event #4.