Richard Figiel Wins partypoker $500,000 Guarantee Canadian Grand Prix ($49,385)

Richard Figiel is the winner of the partypoker $500,000 Guarantee Canadian Grand Prix at Playground Poker Club. He took the top spot earning $49,385, in a field of 3,341 players who qualified in both live and online Day 1 flights.

The event was a $109 tournament with a massive guarantee and over 50 starting flights. Players also had the option to buy in directly to Day 2 and start with 50 big blinds for $1,100. Figiel did just that, but only after he had played and busted four of the starting flights. He didn’t know that until he was heading out the door, but decided to come back on Day 2 and rolled that $1,100 into almost $50,000.

Day 3 started with 46 players returning and Dimitri Tchakarov leading the way. Figiel was one of the top five stacks entering the day. Figiel made the final table as the chip leader and would go on to win the tournament after making a deal six-handed, then winning the $10,000 left on top. Below is a breakdown of the payouts for the final table.

* Denotes a 6-way deal

The first player elimination from the final ten was Sofiane Boulila. He was busted by Richard Monreau when Monreau hit a flush to beat Boulila’s pair.

Then, Mark Sloane was also eliminated by Monreau. Monreau made a full house with ace-eight and eliminated Sloane who had gotten it all in preflop with …

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