Samuel Roussy-Majeau Wins 8-Max Freeze
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Playground Poker Club has crowned another champion at the 2017 World Cup of Cards (WCC). The winner of Event #8: $550 NL Hold'em 8-Max Freeze is Samuel Roussy-Majeau. After a 15-hour grind, a long bubble, and a wild three-handed battle, Roussy-Majeau defeated Matthew Wilkins heads-up to claim the title, the trophy, the glory, and a top prize of $17,100.
Final Table Results:
| Place | Player Name | Country | Prize (CAD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Roussy-Majeau | Canada | 17,100 |
| 2 | Matthew Wilkins | Canada | 12,900 |
| 3 | Daune Fernandez | Canada | 9,800 |
| 4 | Adam Hussen | Canada | 7,400 |
| 5 | Niko Ghag | Canada | 5,550 |
| 6 | Adam Podstawka | Canada | 4,150 |
| 7 | [Removed:263] | Canada | 3,150 |
| 8 | Joseph Abou Khalil | Canada | 2,350 |
| 9 | Thundup Ringpa | Canada | 1,800 |
For Roussy-Majeau, this is just his fourth live-recorded tournament cash. With previously recorded earnings totalling just over $28,000 USD, the majority of which coming off a cash in the 2016 WSOP Main Event, Roussy-Majeau will add a nice chunk to his lifetime earnings.
A number of familiar faces and notable names took part in the popular event including Ruben Perceval, Dave Jeanneau-Cyr, Tuesday's back-to-back WCC trophy winner Andrew Watt, Peter Chien, and World Poker Tour Champion's Club Member Eric Afriat, all of whom departed before the money.
The event drew a total of 150 entries and paid the top 16 spots. Once the field reached 17 players left, hand-for-hand play kicked off and then dragged on for a full two levels. After several double-ups, Jonathan Marrie found a pair of tens but Wilkins had found a pair of queens and the money bubble burst.
Yan Touchette fell in 10th place ($1,350) to bubble the final table after running ace-ten into pocket kings and the final nine was set!
Sammy Roussy-Majeau came into the final table with a million chips for the chip lead, and Thundup Ringpa had just 43,000 as the shortest stack. Ringpa was next to go as a result of losing a flip with ace-queen against Daune Fernandez's jacks and took home $1,800 for his ninth place finish.
In eighth place ($2,350), Joseph Abou Khalil got it in with king-ten of spades and found himself up against Adam Hussen's jacks. Khalil picked up a flush and straight draws but the river was a brick and he was on the rail. [Removed:263] was next to go in seventh place after piling it in with two nines. Roussy-Majeau flipped with king-ten and found a pair on the flop to send Weese packing.
Adam Podstawka was the next to collect his payout of $4,150 for sixth place. He went deep but couldn't get king-ten to connect against Matthew Wilkins' ace-high. He flopped a straight draw but the board produced a deuce and a four for a couple of bricks to send him home. Fifth place ($5,550) belonged to Niko Ghag. He found two live cards in jack-ten and went with it. He found himself flipping with Roussy-Majeau's fours, but the board ran out dry for him and the table was left four-handed.
Hussen was next to go in fourth place ($7,400) as another casualty of chip leader Roussy-Majeau. Hussen held ace-six of clubs and out-flopped his opponent but Roussy-Majeau was running hot and turned a straight to end the hand.
The final three players battled for a while. All of them doubled up to lead and hold 50% of the chips at one point. Once it finally ended, it was quick! Fernandez hit the rail in third place ($9,800) after running into Roussy-Majeau's pocket queens with queen-ten.
Wilkins and Roussy-Majeau played just one hand, as they got it in right away with Roussy-Majeau ahead in chips by almost two-to-one. Wilkins was ahead with ace-nine, up against Roussy-Majeaou's queen-jack of diamonds. The board came king-high but the turn was a jack and Wilkins couldn't find an ace on the river to hold on. He pocketed $12,900 for his runner-up finish, while Roussy-Majeau earned himself $17,100 and all of the glory that comes with a tournament win.
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