It was a quick heads-up tonight in the Double Board Bomb Pot game. Peter Darlington came into the final phase with a huge chip lead over Gord Chen, and Chen was always going to have a tough go of it to climb Darlington’s mountain.
Chen gave it a good go, however, playing aggressively with the short stack. On more than one hand, he check-potted the flop almost faster than Darlington could get his bet out, forcing folds to get small chip ups.
But Darlington, who is a PLO specialist who clearly knows the game well, is essentially an unstoppable force when he’s running well, and he was running hot tonight. In the final hand, Chen flopped the nuts, and the money went in, but Darlington went runner-runner boat to steal the hand and the win.
This is Darlington’s sixth live win, with four of those in four-card poker. He is also the owner of a couple of Circuit rings, won here in Calgary in the same series in 2024, with one of those rings coming in a PLO game. This win should be his seventh biggest live score, and push his lifetime earnings over $125k.
