“Mad” Mike Gainer is champion of the Stacked Poker Championship $550 NLH Terminator event, overcoming a field of 71 entries to take home the $5,500 top prize.
With the Terminator adopting a bounty format, with half of each player’s $500 official entry fee going into the prize pool and the other half a reward for whoever eliminates each player, there was plenty of loose calling early on as stacks soared then fell as fast as they had grown.
But it was once the re-entry period finished that Gainer emerged from the pack, taking the overall chip lead midway through the day’s play and maintaining it almost all the way to the finishing post.
He also collected plenty of bounty chips along the way – at least 10 by our count – and after crippling his main rival at the final table, Frank Pezzaniti, in a huge pre-flop clash K♦K♣ versus J♣J♥ he never looked troubled once play was 3-way.
In the end his heads-up battle with WSOP bracelet winner Scott Calcogno didn’t last long. With Calcogno desperately short the chips went in Ganier capped then win in style as his J♥8♣ became quads on a Q♣8♦8♠J♦8♥ board.
Gainer’s win also his second final table appearance of this series, having finished third in the $550 NLH Monster Stack on Monday for $5,400.
PAYOUTS:
| Position | Player | Prize |
| 1 | Mike Gainer | $5,500 |
| 2 | Scott Calcogno | $4,000 |
| 3 | Troy Pellaschiar | $3,000 |
| 4 | Frank Pezzaniti | $2,300 |
| 5 | Adam Cusenza | $1,750 |
| 6 | Jacyn Che | $1,200 |
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