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Event #17 of the 2020 World Cup of Cards was the $100 + $60 + $500 Big Bounty Re-entry tournament. This tournament was not for the faint at heart as it featured non-stop all in action right from the get go. There was a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool and when the late registration and re-entry period came to a close, there were a total of 137 entries which brought the prize pool to $79,734! This was made up of $11,234 in payouts to the top seven places, and another $68,500 in $500 bounties.

By the first break, local Tu Kham Tran had climbed to the top of the leaderboard and already had five bounty chips. As the night moved on, the lead changed and it was Dilo Hussein who now held the top spot, with more than four times the average stack. As a matter of interest, five of players on the first leaderboard of the night managed to keep growing their stacks and they made it to the final table.

At the next break, Hussein had increased his lead, and the four others who shared a spot on the leaderboard were still there with him. When the final table was formed, there were a few short stacks who ended up busting out out in rapid succession. Once the players were in the money, the pace slowed down a little as although the main focus of the tournament was to secure as many $500 bounty chips as possible, there was still another $3,800 up top for the eventual champion.

Dilo Hussein maintained a strong lead until he lost two key hands and he ultimately fell in fifth place. Once play became four-handed, the players reached an ICM deal as follows:

With the top four payouts secured, play moved on until the tournament went heads-up between Michele Pengue and Sebastien Vezina. Both players really wanted to win the trophy and they fought a tough battle heads-up. After Pengue lost a little ground and Vezina had him covered, the final hand came to play when Pengue moved all in with and was called by Vezina with . Pengue would need some help but the did not provide any assistance to him. The turn made top pair for Vezina and the river secured the win, and event #17 of the World Cup of Cards crowned a champion, Sebastien Vezina.

Big Bounty Champion: Sebastien Vezina, $3,004 (plus bounties)

Second Place: Michele Pengue, $2,325 (plus bounties)

Last Hand of Play:

The Final Table:

Play is now heads-up between Michele Pengue and and Sebastien Vezina for the trophy and $480 additional for first place.

Francois Roy was a tough competitor who played a great game. After the ICM deal was reached, when he picked up a he put his chips in and was called by Michele Pengue with . The flop came and with Pengue making two pair on the flop, Roy was drawing to two outs. He bricked on the turn and river and exits in third place.

Fourth Place: Francois Roy, $1,775

Third Place: Kyle Turner, $2,140

The remaining four players asked to see the ICM chop numbers and then decided to go ahead and make the deal. The players with the three top stacks each removed $160 from their payout so that the tournament can play down to a winner for an additional $480.

Here are the chip stacks and payouts:

In a dramatic turn of events, Dilo Hussein has just been eliminated in fifth place. Hussein had called an open shove by Michele Pengue while holding pocket tens, but to his dismay, Pengue had cowboys (KK). The hand cost him close to 350,000 chips. Then he lost another 250,000 chips when Kyle Turner bested him when Turner had pocket tens.

After losing the major portion of his stack, he put it in with and walked into Francois Roy’s . Roy flopped a set on a flop, and although Hussein picked up outs to a straight on the turn, the river was a brick and his run came to an end in fifth place.

Fifth place: Dilo Hussein, $850

A little bit earlier Fadi Al Akzam was sent to the rail in sixth place.

Sixth place: Fadi Al Akzam, $640

Stuart Kinnen had a lot of fun playing tonight and was stoked when he picked up two bounties earlier on when he flopped a boat in a four-way all in. He put his chips in right now with and was called by Francois Roy who had . The flop came making a pair for Roy, and the turn and river weren’t enough to keep Linnen alive.

Seventh place: Stuart Linnen, $500

Patrrick Mailloux did his best while playing a short stack. He picked up and open shoved but with only a 31,000 stack, Kyle Turner made the call with and hit his ace on the flop. The turn and river didn’t help Mailloux, and unfortunately he finishes on the bubble in eighth position.

Eighth place: Patrick Mailloux

Victor Goncalves-Morgado was the first to be sent to the rail from the final table, finishing in 10th place.

Lorna Johnson had one of the shortest stacks as the final table began and she leaves in ninth.

9th place: Lorna Johnson

After the elimination of Stephane Lacasse in 12th and Chris Arvanitis in 11th, the final table is about to start.

The players are:

• Dilo Hussein
• Kyle Turner
• Fadi Al Akzam
• Patrick Mailloux
• Michele Pengue
• Francois Roy
• Stuart Linnen
• Victor Goncalves-Morgado
• Sebastien Vezina
• Lorna Johnson

Good luck to all of the players!

The final table is approaching as only 12 players remain in contention after the third break of the night. The chip average is now 285,400 and Dilo Hussein is still out in front. He is currently playing a stack of 721,000, good for 60 big blinds.

Here are the top stacks in play:

Well that was fun! Action started when Ian Monahoyios open shoved from early position. Stuart Linnen, playing a stack of 129,000 also shoved. The action was then on Michele Pengue who joined the party by throwing in his bounty chip. Roberto Parent looked at the action and announced “OK, I am also all in”.

Monahoyios:
Linnen:
Pengue:
Parent:

Parent was in the lead with his pocket kings and Pengue had the big slick, both premium hands. But it was Linnen who flopped gold when the dealer fanned out , making him a boat! With all the kings already out on the table, Parent was drawing dead but Pengue still had outs if he could only hit runner-runner five-five or ace-ace. The turn and river sealed the deal for Linnen who picked up his first two bounty chips of the tournament, along with a huge pile of chips to add to his stack. Pengue started the hand with more than 300,000 so he still has a higher than average stack.

The players have returned from their second break and with an average stack just slightly above 100K, Dilo Hussein has climbed to the top and is breaking away from the rest of the field. He is playing a stack of 415,000 chips, effectively 138 big blinds.

The leaders in level 13 are: