After trading double ups back and forth, Jamal Stewart-McKenzie crippled Borislav Angelov in a massive pot when his king-eight spiked trips on the river, besting Angelov's pair of nines.
A couple hands later, Angelov shoved with and Stewart-McKenzie woke up with . A board was the result and Stewart-McKenzie grabbed the extra cash on top, and the champion's trophy.
After an uncanny amount of all-ins between the final three, resulting in the shorter stack doubling up every time, Borislav Angelov was finally able to crack the trend and bust Ghislain Pigeon.
Pigeon open-shoved and and Borislav called with . The board ran out , and though Pigeon flopped a ten, Borislav spiked a flush on the river to set up a heads-up battle with Jamal Stewart.
Glen Hammers picked up pocket kings and got his stack in the middle against Borislav Angelov holding ace-five. Unfortunately, an ace fell on the flop, followed by two fives, giving Angelov a full house by the river, and Hammers was busted.
The final day of the 2016 World Cup of Cards (WCC) at Playground Poker Club is upon us. The penultimate event of the festivals kicks off at noon today featuring a $100 no-limit hold'em freezeout with a guarantee of $5,000. The 27th event of the series gives the WCC leaderboard front runners their second last chance to earn points, with a partypoker Caribbean Poker Party package on the line.
Players will start with 15,000 in chips and blinds increasing every 20 minutes. Play will be 10-handed throughout the event with breaks after every four levels. Late registration will remain open until the end of the break following Level 4. Re-entry is not permitted.
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