Douglas Paulson Wins Event #25: $110 No-Limit Hold em Shootout
Douglas Paulson has won Event #25 of the World Cup of Cards at Playground Poker Club. The event was a $110 No-Limit Hold em Shootout and had a cap of 100 players. The tournament filled quickly and each of the final tablists won their first table to make the money.
Here is a breakdown of the final table payouts:
| Place | Name | Prize (CAD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douglas Paulson | 2,000 |
| 2 | Chad Coombs | 1,800 |
| 3 | David Vallee | 2,000 |
| 4 | David Cadoche | 1,100 |
| 5 | Mark Howie | 820 |
| 6 | Buddy Villaluz | 630 |
| 7 | Michael St Martin | 480 |
| 8 | Kahled Baalbki | 370 |
| 9 | Glen Hammers | 280 |
| 10 | Tomislav Pavkovic | 220 |
First, Tomislav Pavkovic was eliminated. He lost a big pot to Buddy Villaluz, who had the nut flush against Pavkovic’s second-nut flush. He would be eliminated shortly after by Chad Coombs.
Next to go was Glen Hammers. Villaluz rivered a flush with ace-queen suited against the pocket fives of Hammers to send him home in ninth place. Villaluz eliminated his second player in a row when he got all in again with ace-queen. This time is was Kahled Baalbaki who held ace-jack. Despite turning a jack, he was still eliminated when Villaluz hit a queen on the river.
Michael St Martin finished in seventh place after doubling up through, then eventually busting to Paulson. The first time he had ace-king against the pocket threes of Paulson. The next time he got in behind with ace-ten against ace-jack and couldn’t catch up.
Then it was Villaluz going out in sixth place after shoving tens intoDavid Vallee’s queens. Villaluz had doubled a couple people up and was now at risk. He couldn’t catch up with the queens of Vallee and was eliminated in sixth place.
Mark Howie finished in fifth place. He shoved from the small blind with king high and Vallee called from the big with ace-king. Neither player connected with the board and Howie was eliminated.
Four-handed Chad Coombs was the short stack by far. He got in several times behind and either chopped or won the pot. He chopped two times while at risk with six high, then seven high. He chopped with ace-eight v. ace-eight v. king-ten suited. Finally, he got more chips than David Cadoche and Coombs eliminated Cadoche. Cadoche had king high against the ace-jack.
The players immediately made a deal. Vallee would get $2,000 and Coombs and Paulson would both take $1,800.
Vallee busted in third to Coombs, who was now in the chip lead. He had a big lead heading into heads up play with Paulson.
Despite Coombs seemingly being unable to lose, he would ultimately finish in second place. He got all in ahead with ace-jack against the queen-ten suited of Paulson. Paulson would flop a ten and go on to win the tournament and ultimately the extra $200.
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