Event #3

Event #3 of the World Cup of Cards, the $150 + $15 PL Omaha 3 Lives Re-entry, featured a $7,000 prize pool guarantee and unlimited re-entries during the late registration period.

When that moment arrived, there were a total of 69 entries, including 15 re-entries, which allowed the prize pool to surpass the guarantee and award a total of $9,679 in prize money to the top nine players.

At the final table, Adam Bogach was the first to hit the rail, finishing in ninth place for $300. Then Joshua Royal Peteigney finished in eighth place for $390. Chris Arvanitis he ended up leaving in seventh place for $520, followed by James Reinhart, who finishde in sixth place and collected $680 for his efforts. In fifth place was Brian Morgan, scoring $890 to add to his weekend winnings.

Once play went four-handed, the players agreed to an ICM chop of the remaining prize pool. In addition to the ICM payouts, $360 was left for the tournament champion.

Francis Fortin Chevalier: $1,530
Joel Thibault: $1,809
Goran Brestovac: $1,755
Maxime Laberge, $1,805

When play went heads-up between Francis Fortin Chevalier and Maxime Laberge, Fortin Chevalier had a substantial lead, but Laberge secured a few double-ups just to make things interesting. The final hand took place when Fortin Chevalier hit the flop and shoved his stack, finding a call by Laberge.

Fortin Chevalier:
Laberge:

The board ran out to give Fortin Chevalier a set of jacks and the win! Congratulations!

PL Omaha 3 Lives Re-entry Champion: Francis Fortin Chevalier, $1,890

Last hand of play:

Second place: Maxime Laberge, $1,805

Thibault exits in 4th ($1,809); Brestovac in 3rd ($1,755)

Level: 21
Small Blind: 12k
Big Blind: 24K
BB Ante: 0
Chip Average: 1.035M
Remaining: 2
Entries: 69

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 | 4:18am | Playground

There have been two more players sent to the rail since the ICM deal was made:

Fourth place, Joel Thibault, $1,809

Third place, Goran Brestovac, $1,755

Play is now heads-up between Francis Fortin Chevaluier and Maxime Laberge:

An four-way ICM deal has been made

Level: 20
Small Blind: 10K
Big Blind: 20k
BB Ante: 0
Chip Average: 517.5K
Remaining: 4
Entries: 69

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 | 3:53am | Playground

After Brian Morgan was sent to the rail the players asked the floor to pause the clock so that they could look at the ICM numbers. After seeing the amounts, they agreed to make the deal with $360 left over to play to a winner.

Francis Fortin Chevalier: $1,530
Joel Thibault: $1,809
Goran Brestovac: $1,755
Maxime Laberge, $1,805

Morgan’s run comes to an end in fifth ($890)

Level: 20
Small Blind: 10K
Big Blind: 20K
BB Ante: 0
Chip Average: 517.5K
Remaining: 4
Entries: 69

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 | 3:44am | Playground

Brian Morgan had a great weekend of poker and made the final table tonight just after final tabling event #1 for a six-figure score at the Borgata Winter Poker Open in Atlantic City. He tried his best to pick up the trophy tonight but ultimately fell in fifth place. None the less, an amazing weekend of poker for Morgan.

Fifth place: Brian Morgan, $890

Arvanitis exits in 7th ($520); Reinhart in 6th ($680)

Level: 19
Small Blind: 8K
Big Blind: 16K
BB Ante: 0
Chip Average: 414K
Remaining: 5
Entries: 69

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 | 3:26am | Playground

Play has been moving along and two more eliminations have taken place:

Seventh place: Chris Arvanitis, $520

Sixth place: James Reinhart, $680

Bogach out in ninth ($300); Peteigney out in eighth ($390)

Level: 18
Small Blind: 6K
Big Blind: 12K
BB Ante: 0
Chip Average: 295.7K
Remaining: 7
Entries: 69

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 | 3:04am | Playground

There have been two more eliminations:

Ninth place: Adam Bogach, $300

Eighth place: Joshua Royal Peteigney, $390

The bubble has burst

Level: 17
Small Blind: 5K
Big Blind: 10K
BB Ante: 0
Chip Average: 230K
Remaining: 9
Entries: 69

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 | 2:28am | Playground

Play lasted on the bubble for close to 15 minutes until finally the fateful hand came down between Elaine Rawn and Goran Brestrovac. Rawn was severely short with on;ly three big blinds and shoved her hand, with Brestovac calling from the big blind.

Rwan:
Brestovac:

The board ran out giving Brestovac trip jacks and sending Rawn to the rail just shy of the final table and the money. The final table will now play out nine-handed.

Thibault knocks out Lei to become the massive chip leader

Level: 15
Small Blind: 3K
Big Blind: 6K
BB Ante: 0
Chip Average: 159k
Remaining: 13
Entries: 69

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 | 1:26am | Playground

Joel Thibault has become the massive chip leader after having knocked out Tony Lei. Thibault now sits on a stack of just over 500K!

Other recent eliminations include: Dan Vigderhous, Martin Poirier, Dave Jeanneau-Cyr, Andy D’Alessandro, Arthur W., and John Huynh.

Still in the running are: Brian Morgan, Goran Brestovac, Adam Bogach and Sylvain Lacasse, just to name a few.

Lei breaks the 200K mark to lead the final 21

Level: 13
Small Blind: 1.5K
Big Blind: 3K
BB Ante: 0
Chip Average: 98.5K
Remaining: 21
Entries: 69

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 | 12:36am | Playground

The players just returned from their second break of the night and with an average chip stack sitting just below 100K, one player has now gone north of the 200K mark; Tony Lei leads with a stack 218,000 chips, for just under 73 big blinds.

Here are the current leaders:

First Name	Last Name	Stack
Tony	Lei	218,000
Goran	Brestovac	197,500
Dan	Vigderhous	189,100
Francis	Fortin Chevalier	173,500

Since counting the chip stacks, Lei just raked in another large pot and keeps adding to his stack:

The prize pool

Level: 10
Small Blind: 800
Big Blind: 1.6K
BB Ante: 0
Chip Average: 66.7K
Remaining: 31
Entries: 69

January 19, 2020 | 11:33pm | Playground

With a total of 69 entries tonight the guaranteed prize pool was well surpassed, swelling to $10,039, with the top 9 finishers being in the money. A min-cash in ninth place pays out $300, and there is a cool $2,589 for the event champion!

Kalopedakis leads at the first break

Level: 7
Small Blind: 400
Big Blind: 800
BB Ante: 0
Chip Average: 47K
Remaining: 44
Entries: 69

January 19, 2020 | 10:45pm | Playground

Level seven has just begun which means that the late registration and re-entry period have now come to a close. The total number of entries hit 69 (including 15 re-entries) which translates to an awesome turnout for this 1-day event!

With the chip average close to 47,000, only one player broke the 100K mark; John Kalopedakis leads the way with a stack of 103,900 chips, good for 130 bigs.

Here are the current leaders:

First Name	Last Name	Stack
John	Kalopedakis	103,900
Adam	Bogach	97,900
Kevin	MacDonald	96,600
Dan	Vigderhous	92,100
Nick	Soller	91,100

Morgan in the house after his six-figure final table

Level: 6
Small Blind: 300
Big Blind: 600
BB Ante: 0
Chip Average: 41.3K
Remaining: 45
Entries: 62

January 19, 2020January 19, 2020 | 10:02pm | Playground

Event #3 has proven to amazingly popular as there are now a total 62 entries (including 11 re-entries) with 45 players still in the running.

A special mention to local player Brian Morgan who returned to Montreal last night while driving through the blizzard on his way home from an amazing run with a six-figure score on the final table of Event #1 ($600 NL Hold-em $2mil GTD) at the Borgata Winter Poker Open in Atlantic City. He tells us that his game of preference is PLO so let’s see how he fares this evening. Congratulations and best of luck tonight!