Remy Bhend Wins TORSE over Ed Tonnellier

When play was six-handed, Remy Bhend had the nut-low stack, and it looked like he might be the next one out. He managed to find a way to spin it back up again, however, to take down the game.

By the time he got heads-up against Ed Tonnellier, he was the big stack by about 3:1, and Tonnellier had a rough time of it. The early heads-up hands were in razz, and Tonnellier was the bring-in for nearly every razz hand. Few played out to 7th street, but the one that did saw Bhend pip Tonnellier with ninety-five over ninety-six.

Bhend was on a run, and the final hand saw him find trip deuces for the win. Tonnellier had the chance to draw out to trip fives on 7th, but couldn’t get there, to end his run in 2nd place tonight. It was still a pretty strong run for him, though — getting second in a tournament is a decent run no matter who does it, but for Tonnellier, he has a few extra challenges in his game right now.

He is 4 years into a diagnosis of dementia, and is on medication to control it. Despite that, he put in a 14-hour day to come second in a very complex game that requires new strategies every few hands. Bhend was on a great run tonight, but to even be in the game that deep was a win for Tonnellier.

Results from the TORSE

Place	Player	Prize
1	Remy Bhend	$17,164
2	Ed Tonnellier	$11,107
3	Benham Esfahanizadeh	$7,476
4	Tony Ma	$5,239
5	Kyle Rosnes	$3,830
6	Mitch Heidt	$2,926
7	Kwong Au	$2,340
8	Linda Brine	$1,964
9	Deven Lane	$1,734
10	Luteng Li	$1,615
11	Jerod Dobson	$1,615
12	Zachary Nichols	$1,615
13	Chris Watson	$1,615
14	Greg Genge	$1,615