Shannon Farrell Gets the Summer Slam Event #5 Trophy After Four-Way Chop
The final four players agreed to chop up the remaining prize pool after eight hours of play in Event #5: $120 No-Limit Hold'em. Dave Stephens, Shannon Farrell, Derek Martin, and Paul McLean were all that was left and came to an agreement around 1 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Stephens had the chip lead and managed to get $2,500 while Farrell, Martin, and McLean banked $1,847 each. A blind flip decided who got the trophy and Farrell was the lucky winner.
Tuesday's event attracted a total of 126 entries which created a prize pool worth $11,970. The top 15 spots were paid with anyone making the money guaranteed at least $203.
Final Table Results:
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shannon Farrell | United States | $1,847 |
| 2 | Dave Stephens | United States | $2,500 |
| 3 | Derek Martin | Canada | $1,847 |
| 4 | Paul McLean | Canada | $1,847 |
| 5 | Mike White | United States | $814 |
| 6 | Blake Napierala | United States | $622 |
| 7 | Samuel Iraci | United States | $479 |
| 8 | Phil Spagna | United States | $371 |
| 9 | David Staley | United States | $299 |
Seneca regular, Maria Palatore was one of the first players to dust off a couple of buy-ins before deciding to call it quits. Kristan Mackiewicz, Julie Billiteri, Luis Pedro, Jon Jones, and Event #2 champion, Tyler Dietz, were just a few of the other familiar faces who also missed the mark with their bullets.
Hand-for-hand play was not required this evening as Martin eliminated Daniel Okuloski and Rudy Navas on the same hand with 17 players remaining. Martin had both players at risk with ace-king against ace-queen for Okuloski and king-eight for the short-stacked Navas. No help came for either player at risk and the remaining field was in the money.
George Czapko (15th), Kim Whitney (14th), and Vinh Bui (13th) quickly departed soon after followed by Mike Patrick (12th) and Anthony Gugino (11th) before the final table formed. Much like the bubble, as soon as the players converged to one table, Martin scored another double knockout busting Greg Monaldi and David Staley on the same hand. Monaldi had fewer chips to fall in 10th while Staley took ninth.
Just Moments later a sizeable pot formed between table chipleader Mike White, Stephens, and Phil Spagna. Each had a pocket pair, and all the chips went in preflop. Stephens had aces, White had nines, and Spagna had sevens. Spagna turned a seven to take the lead but may have celebrated too early as an ace peeled off on the river and Spagna hit the rail in eighth.
The short-stack of Samuel Iraci would be the next to get swallowed up as Farrell outdrew ace-jack with her king-queen, spiking a queen on the flop to eliminate Iraci in seventh. Farrell then busted Blake Napierala after picking up queens and besting Napierala's king-queen.
Initial final table chipleader, White, had seen his stack diminished and shoved on an ace-high flop against McLean who had flopped the nuts with a straight. White had a pair of aces and was drawing dead on the turn to bust in fifth.
The final four continued to play for about an hour as they traded chips back and forth. Deal negotiations sparked up a couple of times but didn't work out. Eventually, they all had enough and agreed to a chop.
Come back on Wednesday as we do this all over again. Another $10,000 guarantee for the price of $120. Cards in the air at 5 p.m. Stay tuned to the blog as PokerNews will be on the floor providing live coverage throughout the series.
