We had our 7th monthly MTT this weekend on PokerStars, where 64 players battled it out for some cool added prizes, including free access to the BPC Academy for the 1st place finisher! All runner up players at the final table won their choice of any BPC Club premium course. Let’s have a look at the chip counts when the final table began.
- Rejty-san – 46,522
- igorbr – 20,969
- GandhyLOS – 20,148
- dmdb01 – 10,250
- A1-grizzly – 8,967
- remoomo – 6,329
- Travis3812 – 5,664
- cristian87 – 3,942
- mauri500 – 3,299
The first elimination went down the very first hand with the blinds at 250/500. GandhyLOS raised to 1,110 on the button with K9 and mauri500 in the big blind 3-bet all-in for 3,299 with AJ. GandhyLOS makes the call and the flop comes 9AQr giving mauri500 top pair. Unfortunately the turn comes another 9, giving GandhyLOS trips to send mauri500 home in 9th place.
GandhyLOS continued adding to his chip stack just a few hands later when cristian87 pushed all-in with Q5s from early position for 3,822. It’s folded around to GandhyLOS in the big blind and calls with A9s. The board runs out dry and GandhyLOS wins the pot with Ace-Nine high to eliminate cristian87 in 8th place.
We’re down to 7-handed with the blinds now at 300/600. GandhyLOS opens for 1,320 from UTG with 55. It folds around to igorbr on the button who makes it 5,555 to go with QQ. Travis3812 in the big blind calls with AKs for his remaining 3,774 chips and GandhyLOS folds. The board runs out J5954 and igorbr’s QQ survives the all-in coin flip to eliminate Travis3812 in 7th place.
The final 6 players battled it out for quite a while until the blinds reached 500/1000. We get an open shove from remoomo in the cutoff with 99 for 11,237 and then a re-shove from A1-grizzly on the button with AQ. We go heads up to the flop with remoomo’s 99 a slight favorite (55.8% to 44.2%). Unfortunately the flop comes KQJ to give A1-grizzly top pair. The turn is a Th giving both players a straight, but A1-grizzly has the Ace to send remoomo on his way for a 6th place finish.
The blinds are now at 600/1200 and it’s folded to GandhyLOS on the button who goes all-in for 22,308 with A5hh. The chip leader Rejty-san in the small blind re-shoves with AKss and dmbd01 in the big blind folds. The board runs out A6Q42 giving both players top pair Rejty-san the better kicker. Rejty-san scoops the pot of 46,566 and eliminates GandhyLOS in 5th place.
The next elimination occured when dmdb01 went all-in preflop with T7s, having barely enough chips to cover the ante. Rejty-san was in the big blind with J6o and already had the bet covered. We go to the flop with Rejty-san as the slight favorite. The board runs out Q8468 giving Rejty-san a pair of sixes to eliminates dmdb01 in 4th place.
It’s now down to 3-handed with the blinds at 700/1400 with 175 ante. Rejty-san is the cheap leader with 71,084. A1-grizzly is second in chips with 44,653 and igorbr is the short stack with 11,525. After igorbr gets a quick double up versus Rejty-san, he opens from the small blind for 4,200 and A1-grizzly calls in the big blind. The flop comes T93r and igorbr check-calls a bet of 5,712 into a pot of 8,925. The pot is now 20,349 and igorbr check-calls again committing the remainder of his stack. A1-grizzly has the lead with QT – a 77% favorite vs igorbr’s KJo. The river is a 5 and igorbr busts out in 3rd.
We’re down to heads up between A1-grizzly (75,003) and Rejty-san (52,997). After around 6 minutes of play and the blinds at 800/1600 with 400 ante, A1-grizzly opens for 3,200 on the button and Rejty-san calls. Flop comes 762r and we get a check-call from Rejty-san. Turn is another 6 and it goes check-check. River is a Tc and Rejty-san leads out for 7,752 into a pot of 15,504. A1-grizzly then goes all-in and Rejty-san calls with K6, however A1-grizzly has 98 for the nut straight to take down this month’s BPC Club MTT.
Congrats to A1-grizzly on the win and all other final table players. To everyone else who participated, thanks for playing and we hope you join us again in July. See you next month!
