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Shaban Pulls Off a Double on Day 11

Arlie Shaban
Arlie Shaban

Team PokerStars Pro and Twitch streamer Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban was already enjoying a successful Ontario Championship of Online Poker (ONCOOP), with two titles to his credit. But that paled in comparison to what he did on Day 11 of the inaugural ONCOOP, as Shaban put on two dominating performances in one night.

Event 42-L: $30 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO]

Shaban's first title of the night would come in Event 42-L: $30 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO]. He was second in chips with 2,361,385, behind only "newsworthy1"'s 2,573,522 by the time the 343-player field had been reduced to a final table of eight.

"mattix_00" doubled up early during the final table for 400,706 when their ace-king beat the king-queen of "newsworthy1." On the next hand, "HipppoV" raised to 200,000, "smokezzz111" moved all in, and "HipppoV" called for their last 53,313 with ace-jack. "smokezzz111" had ace-queen and won the pot to eliminate "HipppoV" in eighth place.

"averageVlad" was the next player to hit the virtual rail after they raised to 88,000 and "smokezzz11" shoved all in. "averageVlad" called for 818,464 with ace-queen but ran into ace-king. Both players flopped an ace but "smokezzz111"'s king-kicker played to send out "averageVlad" in seventh.

Shaban eliminated "cashdoh1" in sixth after they shoved for 449,293 with jack-nine and Shaban called in the small blind with ace-four. Shaban flopped an ace to win the hand and climb over 3,000,000. "AKOO7" then moved all in for 292,499, "mattix_00" reshoved for 828,412, and the rest of the table got out of the way. It was a classic coin flip with queens against ace-king, and "mattix_00" spiked a king on the flop to eliminate "AKOO7" in fifth.

Shaban and "newsworthy1" then clashed in two pots that ended with the one-time chip leader out of the tournament in fourth place. On a board showing two jacks, Shaban called a bet of 336,000 on the river as "newsworthy1" showed king-six for jacks and sixes. Shaban, though, had jack-nine for trips to win a 1,278,000 chip pot. Shaban then bet 120,000 on a queen-high flop with two hearts and "newsworthy1" came back with a raise to 480,000. Shaban moved all in and "newsworthy1" called for 1,045,816 with aces. Shaban had a flush draw and hit another heart on the turn to complete the draw and win the massive pot.

At the start of three-handed play, Shaban held a sizeable lead with 5,552,879 to 2,066,210 for "smokezzz111" and 955,911 for "mattix_00." On the first hand, Shaban called a bet of 254,925 by "smokezzz111" on a king-high flop. "smokezzz111" then checked the turn and folded to a bet of 1,320,000 as Shaban moved over 6,000,000.

It took a massive cooler to reduce the field to two. All three players saw a king-high flop with two queens and checked to the turn. Another queen fell on the turn and they checked again. Shaban bet 300,000 on the river and "smokezzz111" shoved for 686,285. Shaban called and "smokezzz111" showed two kings for a flopped full house. Shaban, though, had queen-jack for quads to eliminate "smokezzz111" in third place and take a 7,465,678 to 1,109,322 lead into heads-up.

Quads take down a full house
Quads take down a full house

"mattix_00" was all in for 643,072 with queen-ten and up against Shaban's pocket threes. They spiked a ten on the river to double up, but their renewed life in the tournament would be short-lived. A few hands later, they were all in again for 866,144 with pocket fives. Shaban had queen-nine and rivered a straight to win the pot and his third title of the inaugural ONCOOP.

Final Table results

RankPlayerEarningsBounties
1Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban$644.96$1,133.94
2"mattix_00"$644.72$118.13
3"smokezzz111"$401.23$102.42
4"newsworthy1"$294.78$295.67
5"AKOO7"$216.57$60
6"cashdoh1"$159.11$179.06
7"averageVlad"$116.90$63.76
8"HipppoV"$85.88$43.59

Event 41-L: $50 NLHE [8-Max]

At the same time as he was winning Event 42, Shaban was the chip leader of Event 41-L: $50 NLHE [8-Max] as he made it through 233 players to make the eight-handed final table.

Shaban held 1,666,596, nearly double his closest challenger. "Gramos B" grabbed the first double up after they called all in for 283,468 and won with ace-king to the ace-jack of "Cloud Nyne," leaving them with just 67,043. A few hands later, Shaban increased his lead when "Dumbfishy" moved all in from the small blind for 364,571 and Shaban called. "Dumbfishy" had ace-deuce but was dominated by ace-queen and Shaban held on to win the pot and eliminate "Dumbfishy" in eighth place.

"Cloud Nyne" doubled their extreme short stack once before calling a blind versus blind shove from "Clareey10" with jack-nine. "Clareey10" made a straight with queen-four and "Cloud Nyne" was out in seventh.

Shaban cracked the queens of "DjAres92" with king-jack to win a 915,000 pot and climb up to around 3,000,000, nearly four times the second-place stack. "DjAres92" put an end to his steamroll of the final table after Shaban raised to 70,000, then called when "DjAres92" three-bet to 192,500. The flop came queen-high and "DjAres92" checked to Shaban, who bet 210,000. "DjAres92" then moved all in for 455,996 and Shaban snap-called with aces. "DjAres92," though, had queens for top set to double up to 1,341,492.

"barhoum00" shoved from the small blind and "Clareey10" called for 383,817 with ace-king but couldn't win a coin flip against sixes to bust in sixth place. "barhoum00," despite winning the pot, soon joined them on the rail after running ace-jack into the ace-king of "DjAres92" in an all-in pot for their last 831,409.

"DjAres92" also eliminated "Mr_Banks88" in fourth with queen-ten to sevens, hitting a ten on the flop. Shaban had a slight lead over "DjAres92" before calling a bet of 330,422 on the turn and another 302,336 on the river, showing nine-seven for two pair to take a 1,700,000 chip pot and a massive chip lead three-handed.

"Gramos B" doubled up for 643,686 with king-seven to Shaban's ace-nine, hitting a king on the flop. A few hands later, "DjAres92" raised to 132,000, Shaban moved all in, and "Gramos B" called for their last 1,054,872 in the big blind as "DjAres92" got out of the way. "Gramos B" had ace-eight and needed to hold against Shaban's queen-ten. Shaban took the lead with a pair of tens on the turn, but "Gramos B" spiked an ace on the river to double into a virtual tie for the lead.

Shaban began to separate from the field again after raising the river to 780,000 with ace-five for two pair and winning a 2,100,000 pot off "Gramos B." "Gramos B" then called all in for 897,244 and Shaban called with ace-three. He was dominated against ace-seven but turned the nut flush to win the pot and eliminate "Gramos B" in third, taking a 4,452,393 to 1,372,607 lead over "DjAres92" into heads-up play.

The back-and-forth match began when DjAres92" was all in with ace-queen and held against Shaban's king-ten to double up. Shaban then bet 140,000 on a queen-high flop and "DjAres92" raised to 406,000. Shaban called, then called another bet of 549,780 on the turn. The river came a king and "DjAres92" shoved for 1,563,334. Shaban folded as "DjAres92" began to open up a big chip lead.

Shaban made a straight with king-deuce to win a 2,006,900 pot and even up the match, then used a set of aces to retake the lead. On the next hand, "DjAres92" raised a nine-high flop to 456,000 and Shaban called before folding to a betof 550,880 on the turn as "DjAres92" retook the lead. Shaban then called for 868,530 on the river with a flush to beat a pair of jacks and move back in front.

Four hands later, "DjAres92" was all in for 1,333,820 with nine-three for a pair of nines. Shaban had ten-nine for a better kicker and was in a good position to win the tournament with one card to come, but "DjAres92" rivered a straight to survive. "DjAres92" next shoved the river after Shaban bet 880,000, forcing Shaban out of the pot and moving into a 6-1 chip lead.

Shaban managed to climb back to around 2,000,000 before "DjAres92" bet 622,566 on the river. Shaban moved all in for 944,325 and "DjAres92" gave up their hand as Shaban retook the lead. Finally, the heads-up match came to an end when "DjAres92" was all in for 1,955,039 with queen-jack but didn't improve against Shaban's king-ten as Shaban took down his second ONCOOP title of the day and fourth overall.

Shaban wins second title of the day
Shaban wins second title of the day

Final Table results

RankPlayerEarnings
1Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban$2,045.57
2"DjAres92"$1,508.65
3"Gramos B"$1,112.76
4"Mr_Banks88"$820.75
5"barhoum00"$605.38
6"Clareey10"$446.52
7"Cloud Nyne"$329.34
8"Dumbfishy"$242.92

Other Day 11 Winners

EventEntriesPrize PoolWinnerEarnings
42-H: $300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO]123$34,440"all3y_k"$3,090.93 ($3,966.70 bounties)
43-H: $100 NLHE [Heads-Up, Turbo, Progressive Total KO, Zoom]118$10,832.40"premierchip"$2,320.07
43-L: $5 NLHE [Heads-Up, Turbo, Progressive Total KO, Zoom]422$1,920.10"joeblow79"$403.05

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