Twitch streamer Patrick "Egption" Tardif had a few close calls on Day 4 of the PokerStars Ontario Championship of Online Poker (ONCOOP), but ultimately would come up short of winning his first title.
Event 16-H: $500 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO]
Tardif's first deep run would come in Event 16-H: $500 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO], when he navigated his way through a starting field of 71 total entries to make it to the final table.
Tardif would be responsible for the first final-table knockout after "cchen16" moved all in for 76,996. Tardif reshoved for 148,610 and "dsquirrels," winner of Event 13 on Day 3, called to put both players at risk. Tardif's two queens held on against "cchen16"'s nines and the ace-ten of "dsquirrels" as he doubled up and sent "cchen16" to the virtual rail in eighth place.
Giancarlo "thepokerlife" Santolin was the next to fall after moving all in for 318,354 with ace-queen but running into the queens of "7Phenom1991." "FireFaux" doubled up "TeeWee55," then got their last 112,000 in the middle with king-eight against "dsquirrels" with ten-seven blind versus bind. "dsquirrels" flopped trip tens and "FireFaux" was eliminated in sixth place.
"dsquirrels"'s run to a second ONCOOP title would come to a sudden end when they raised to 420,000, then called a 645,829 shove from "7Phenom1991." "dsquirrels had ace-five but couldn't improve against "7Phenom1991"'s pocket tens as they doubled up to 1,300,000. "7Phenom1991" eliminated "dsquirrels" two hands later with two pair.
Tardif's tournament would come to an end when he shoved from the small blind for 338,678 with ace-five but "7Phenom1991" woke up with ace-jack in the big blind, sending Tardif out in fourth place for $1,594.
"7Phenom1991" then took a big chip lead when, on a jack-high flop, "bean3008" bet 246,095, "7Phenom1991" raised all in, and "bean3008" called for 340,754 with jack-ten. "7Phenom1991" had two pair, jacks and threes, to knock out "bean3008" in third place and take a 2,998,428 to 551,572 chip lead over "TeeWee55" into heads-up play.
On the last hand, "7Phenom1991" limped in, "TeeWee55" jammed for 401,572, and "7Phenom1991" called with ace-eight. "TeeWee55" was dominated with ace-five and didn't get any help as "7Phenom1991"'s eight-kicker was enough to win the pot and, after two runner-up finishes already in the series, the title.
Final Table results
Rank | Player | Earnings | Bounties |
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1 | "7Phenom1991" | $3,975.67 | $7,796.87 |
2 | "TeeWee55" | $3,975.64 | $125 |
3 | "bean3008" | $2,632.57 | $1,406.25 |
4 | Patrick "Egption" Tardif | $1,594 | $375 |
5 | "dsquirrels" | $1,096.45 | $1,890.63 |
6 | "FireFaux" | $754.20 | $750 |
7 | Giancarlo "thepokerlife" Santolin | $658.11 | $750 |
8 | "cchen16" | $574.26 | $0 |
Event 15-L: $10 5-Card PLO [6-Max]
Tardif's second run to an ONCOOP final table came in Event 15-L: $10 5-Card PLO [6-Max], which attracted a total of 255 entries.
"jeff_lynn_5" built a massive chip lead at the final table after "OMGTreyFakin" got their last 417,698 in the middle on a nine-high board with two spades. Both players had pocket aces, but "jeff_lynn_5" made a flush to eliminate "OMGTreyFakin" in fifth place and move up to more than 4,000,000, double what their three opponents had combined.
"mikelarock" put a dent in that chip lead when they moved all in for 373,000 on a flop containing two sevens. "mikelarock" had sevens full of fives, but "jeff_lynn_5" hit sevens full of eights on the turn. A king on the river improved "mikelarock" to sevens full of kings and secure a double up. "RyCoSuave" also doubled up through "jeff_lynn_5" with a flopped set of fives to crack aces.
A few hands later, Tardif was all in for 367,500 and finished with trip fives. "jeff_lynn_5" made a straight and another final table appearance would end with a fourth-place finish for Tardif.
"jeff_lynn_5" won a 1,500,000 chip pot off "mikelarock" with a flush, then, two hands later, "mikelarock" got their last 664,408 in against "RyCoSuave." "mikelarock" finished with three fives, but "RyCoSuave" made a full house, kings over fives, to eliminate "mikelarock" in third place.
"jeff_lynn_5" led 4,002,540 to 2,372,460 at the start of heads-up play and it didn't take long before the two opponents clashed in a massive pot. "jeff_lynn_5" raised to 120,000 pre-flop and "RyCoSuave" called. The flop came ten-high and "jeff_lynn_5" bet another 240,000. "RyCoSuave" called as the turn came a seven. "jeff_lynn_5" bet 720,000, "RyCoSuave" shoved for 2,412,460, and "jeff_lynn_5"called with a pair of tens to go with straight and flush draws. "RyCoSuave" had a set of threes, but a five on the river completed "jeff_lynn_5"'s straight and earned them the title.
Rank | Player | Earnings |
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1 | "jeff_lynn_5" | $423.55 |
2 | "RyCoSuave" | $305.07 |
3 | "mikelarock" | $219.83 |
4 | Patrick "Egption" Tardif | $158.40 |
5 | "OMGTreyFakin" | $114.14 |
6 | "Zithal" | $82.25 |
Tardif Also Makes Final Table of High Roller
A total of 42 entries took their shot on Day 4 of the ONCOOP in Event 14-H: $2,000 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday -High Roller]. Play ended with nine players remaining, but only five will make the money when action resumes on Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. ET and guarantee themselves $5,790.48. The winner will earn $31,474.57 out of a total prize pool of $80,220.
Leading the way is "bluetwopac" with 1,175,497, more than double his closest challenger. Timothy "TruthBeTold7" Rutherford, champion of Event 3, is in second place, followed by Tardif in third and "7Phenom1991" in the middle of the pack.
Final Nine Chip Counts
Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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"bluetwopac" | 1,175,497 | 147 |
Timothy "TruthBeTold7" Rutherford | 585,949 | 73 |
Patrick "Egption" Tardif | 573,898 | 72 |
"L3G3NDA1RY" | 547,161 | 68 |
Ryan "Ristokat" Riske | 503,319 | 63 |
"7Phenom1991" | 225,744 | 28 |
"edoiler" | 204,780 | 26 |
Giancarlo "thepokerlife" Santolin | 203,272 | 25 |
"grandelegend7" | 180,380 | 23 |
Other Day 4 Winners
Event | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
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15-H: $200 5-Card PLO [6-Max] | 51 | $9,511.50 | "VAPERSIE O11" | $3,634.85 |
16-L: $50 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO] | 311 | $14,150.50 | "chrislau30" | $1,050.06 ($88.03 bounties) |
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