Level: 5
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
$2,200 partypoker Canadian Poker Championships
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
2,200 CAD
Prize Pool
2,000,000 CAD
Entries
899
Level
38
Blinds
8,000,000 / 16,000,000
Ante
0
Another Break
Level 4
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The field is on another break for 15 minutes. The tournament clock now shows 114 entries with 94 players remaining.
In two hours, there will be a 45-minute dinner break where players can enjoy a buffet.
Charles La Boissonniere Seeks Back-to-Back Major Wins at the World Cup of Cards
Level 4
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Charles La Boissonniere just took down the $1,100 No Limit Hold'em Playground1000 $1 milllion guarantee event for $200,000 after steamrolling the final table. He defeated Garrett Dansereau in a quick heads-up match after dominating the field in the final stretch.
La Boissonniere has just taken his seat here today and looks to take down two massive guarantee events in one series. His win just a couple of days ago was his first, and he is now sporting his newly-acquired partypoker headphones and is looking like he's back in the zone.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000 |
A Massage in Exchange for Information? Sign Joe Tehan Up!
Level 4
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
We got to Table 61 as everyone was tossing Joe Tehan some cash as he got ready for a massage.
Marc Etienne Mclaughlin explained that they were all paying for his massage in exchange for him showing his cards whenever he won a pot. "I've been doing this for years" said Tehan.
Tehan is a pro from Las Vegas and has been playing poker for many years. His total live recorded earnings amount to over $4.3 million with his largest cash totaling just over $1 million. Tehan's big score came in the World Poker Tour Championship event in Las Vegas in 2006 at Mandalay Bay where he defeated the likes of Brad Booth and Tom Koral on route to the title.
The pro has yet to secure a WSOP gold bracelet but has had some close calls with five final table appearances, including a runner-up finish in the 2014 $ 1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo where he fell to Calvin Anderson.
Tehan has eight career wins with 119 total cashes. Of those, 117 are from within the United States and just two in Canada in Niagara Falls and right here in Montreal after cashing the $1,100 Playground1000 $1 million guarantee just last week. The Las Vegas pro is certainly a force on the felt, so look for him to hunt for several more deep runs on Canadian soil.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,220,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
||
Dang, That's a Lot of Chips!
Level 4
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The currently chip leader is Khaly Dang with 2,720,000 chips, with WSOP Main Event champion Ryan Riess hot on her heels with 2,575,000.
The next-biggest stack belongs to Stephan Tzoutzourakis who is in this tournament for just $2.20! He won a satellite online into a $22 satellite, which he then took down to win a $220 ticket into Phase 1. He spun that up to 2,300,000 and still hangs around that mark at the moment.
Guillaume Nolet has 2,100,000 with partypoker Team Pro Kristen Bicknell rounding out the top five stacks so far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,720,000
1,220,000
|
1,220,000 |
|
2,575,000
1,575,000
|
1,575,000 |
|
||
|
2,300,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
2,100,000
2,100,000
|
2,100,000 |
|
||
|
1,800,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
||
Level: 4
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Kornuth Capitalizes
Level 3
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
John Helou raised to 15,000 from under the gun and Chance Kornuth put in a three-bet to 50,000 from late position. Action folded back to Helou and he decided to call.
The flop came 
and Helou checked. Kornuth bet 60,000 and Helou stared Kornuth down before tossing in some chips to call. The turn was the 
. Helou checked again, Kornuth bet 160,000 this time and Helou called again.
The river was the 
and Helou checked for a third time. Kornuth paused for a moment, cut out some chips and then paused again. He reached back into his stack and slip forward a stack worth 460,000. Helou snap-called and Kornuth quickly tabled 
for two pair aces and fives. Helou mucked and paid the bet. "I had to call. I can't fold" said Helou.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
||
|
|
800,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Breviglieri Fires the River
Level 3
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Carmela De Ciantis raised to 15,000 from under the gun and got calls from the player in middle position, Natalia Breviglieri in the small blind and Alex Foxen in the big blind.
The flop came 
and both the blinds checked to De Ciantis who bet 35,000. The middle-position player folded, Breviglieri called and Foxen folded. The turn was the 
. Breviglieri checked, De Ciantis bet 52,000 and Breviglieri tank-called.
The river was the . Breviglieri paused for a moment and fired out a bet worth 205,000. De Ciantis folded and Breviglieri raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,615,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
625,000
-375,000
|
-375,000 |
Danny Boyaci, Ryan Yu and Alex Difelice Register Late
Level 3
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Just two levels are down but players are quickly rolling in. Among the latecomers are Danny Boyaci, Ryan Yu and Alex Deflice, who is fresh off a deep run in Barcelona.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000 | |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
|
1,000,000 | |
|
|
1,000,000 | |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
|
1,000,000 |
Chip Stacks on Break
Level 3
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,400,000
-270,000
|
-270,000 |
|
|
2,140,000
640,000
|
640,000 |
|
|
2,100,000 | |
|
1,626,000
1,626,000
|
1,626,000 |
|
1,488,000
-412,000
|
-412,000 |
|
1,483,000
1,483,000
|
1,483,000 |