$220 partypoker Grand Prix Canada | 2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards

08-21-2017 18:20 UTC-4

Duval Holds a Third of the Chips on the Final Table

ElleSriracha

Level 34 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Spencer Jean-Baptiste was just eliminated in 10th place ($10,000) and the remaining nine players have come together to form the partypoker Grand Prix Canada final table!

Raphael Duval began the day as the chip leader and has never let up. He sits on 63 million chips, good for a third of the total chips in play. He also has almost triple the amount of the next-biggest stack.

The shortest stack still belongs to Paul Scott (6.7 million), and Jeff Cuccurullo is just one elimination away from securing a $10,000 package for holding the partypoker Golden Chip for being an online qualifier.

Here is a look at the seating assignments and chip counts:

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Said Michailidis	Canada	18,200,000
2	Debra Ann Holman	Canada	18,500,000
3	Sean Burstein	Canada	14,300,000
4	Paul Scott	Canada	6,700,000
5	Anatoly Zharnitsky	Canada	11,200,000
6	Raphael Duval	Canada	63,000,000
7	Brandon Aaron Kitchen	Canada	23,500,000
8	Eric Portelance	Canada	14,600,000
9	Jeff Cuccurullo	Canada	14,200,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Raphael Duval	62,000,000
Brandon AAron Kitchen	23,500,000 100,000	100,000
Debra Ann Holman	18,500,000 -2,500,000	-2,500,000
Said Michailidis	18,200,000 300,000	300,000
Eric Portelance	14,600,000 600,000	600,000
Sean Burstein	14,300,000 -2,000,000	-2,000,000
Jeff Cuccurullo	14,200,000 -3,100,000	-3,100,000
Anatoly Zharnitsky	11,200,000 400,000	400,000
Paul Scott	6,700,000 -1,300,000	-1,300,000

Tags: Anatoly Zharnitsky Brandon AAron Kitchen Debra Ann Holman Eric Portelance Sean Burstein Raphael Duval Paul Scott

08-21-2017 18:17 UTC-4

Spencer Jean-Baptiste Eliminated in 10th Place ($10,000)

[user270022]

Level 34 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Spencer Jean-Baptiste put his tournament life on the line against tournament chip leader Raphael Duval, moving all-in preflop.

Jean-Baptiste:
Duval:

Jean-Baptiste faded the flop but the on the turn gave Duval the lead and no help from the river sent Jean-Baptiste to the rail in 10th place, sending the final nine players to the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raphael Duval	62,000,000 13,700,000	13,700,000
Spencer Jean-Baptiste	Busted

Tags: Raphael Duval Spencer Jean-Baptiste

08-21-2017 16:59 UTC-4

Ryan Morrell Eliminated in 11th Place ($10,000)

[user270022]

Level 33 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Ryan Morrell open-shoved from the small blind and Eric Portelance put him at risk out of the big blind.

Morrell:
Portelance:

Morrell was dominated and would take his leave in 11th place when he found no assistance from the .

Morrell picks up $10,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Portelance	16,450,000 8,150,000	8,150,000
Ryan Morrell	Busted

Tags: Eric Portelance Ryan Morrell

08-21-2017 16:19 UTC-4

Franco A Eliminated in 12th Place ($10,000)

ElleSriracha

Level 32 : 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Franco A limped in from under the gun and action folded around to the blinds. Raphael Duval limped in from the small blind and Debra Ann Holman checked her option in the big blind.

The flop came and both blinds checked to Franco. He put out a bet worth 800,000 and action was back on Duval. After a moment of thought, the chip leader put in a check-raise to 2,200,000. Holman was staring off into space, not realizing it was her turn, but eventually folded after about a minute. Franco moved all-in for 6,500,000 and Duval snap-called.

Franco was at risk with for a pair of jacks, up against Duval's for both a flush and a straight draw. The turn was the and the river was the , giving Duval a flush to eliminate Franco in 12th place.

Franco stood up, visibly frustrated, and said "I'd rather lose a hand like that to someone like him" as he pointed to Spencer Jean-Baptiste.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raphael Duval	46,000,000 5,000,000	5,000,000
Franco A	Busted

Tags: Franco A Raphael Duval

08-21-2017 16:04 UTC-4

Brian Van Bart Eliminated in 13th Place ($8,500)

[user270022]

Level 32 : 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Sitting in the big blind, Brian Van Bart called an open to 2,000,000 from Debra Ann Holman on the button.

The flop was and Van Bart moved all-in. Holman Snap called tabling for a flopped set. Van Bart turned over and would not find any help from the turn and river — — exiting in 13th place for $8,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Debra Ann Holman	20,000,000 4,000,000	4,000,000
Brian Van Bart	Busted

Tags: Brian Van Bart Debra Ann Holman

08-21-2017 15:48 UTC-4

Helene Marie Dufour Eliminated in 14th Place ($8,500)

ElleSriracha

Level 32 : 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Raphael Duval opened from under the gun and Helene Marie Dufour was all-in on the button for 3,300,000. Duval called.

Dufour was at risk with , well behind Duval's .

The board ran out and Dufour's run came to an end in 14th place for a payout worth $8,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raphael Duval	50,000,000 5,500,000	5,500,000
Helene Marie Dufour	Busted

Tags: Helene Marie Dufour Raphael Duval

08-21-2017 15:45 UTC-4

Matthew Wilkins Eliminated in 15th Place ($8,500)

ElleSriracha

Level 32 : 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Brandon Aaron Kitchen opened to 1,300,000 from late position and Matthew Wilkins moved all-in for 8,650,000 from the cutoff. Kitchen called

Wilkins was the player at risk with , up against Kitchen's .

"Queens against tens!" exclaimed kitchen to his rail. He was on his feet as the flop came , and Wilkins took the lead with a set of tens. He shook his head in disappointment but then turn was the to give the lead back to Kitchen with a bigger set. The river was the and Wilkins was eliminated, taking home $8,500 for his run in 15th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon AAron Kitchen	21,000,000 8,800,000	8,800,000
Matthew Wilkins	Busted

Tags: Matthew Wilkins Brandon Aaron Kitchen

08-21-2017 15:20 UTC-4

Nicholas Riseley Eliminated in 16th Place ($7,000)

[user270022]

Level 31 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

The online qualifier who was not able to make it to play the live Day 3 has just finally blinded out. With the remainder of his stack all-in paying the small blind, Riseley's cards were mucked and Raphael Duval picked up another pot after opening preflop and getting the player in the big blind to fold with a bet on the river

Player	Chips	Progress
Raphael Duval	44,500,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Nicholas Riseley	Busted

Tags: Raphael Duval

08-21-2017 15:19 UTC-4

Final Two Tables: Raphael Duval Holds a Monster Lead (full)

ElleSriracha

Level 31 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

With the recent elimination of Romio Mikhael in 17th place ($7,000), the final two tables have come together

The start-of-day chip leader Raphael Duval has almost doubled the stack he began the day with, and sits on 42,800,000 chips, more than double the next-biggest stack. That stack belongs to online qualifier Jeff Cuccurullo with 21,000. Debra Ann Holman sits in third place for now, with the only other online qualifier Nicholas Riseley blinding out and sitting in last place with 440,000. Riseley was unable to make it to the event and has laddered up significantly after starting the day with just over 5 million in chips.

Here is a look at the seating assignments and chip counts:

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count
Table 37	1	Paul Scott	5,700,000
Table 37	2	Raphael Duval	42,800,000
Table 37	3	Debra Ann Holman	16,000,000
Table 37	4	Nicholas Riseley	440,000
Table 37	5	Spencer Jean-Baptiste	12,300,000
Table 37	6	Brian Van Bart	5,100,000
Table 37	7	Helene Marie Dufour	3,700,000
Table 37	8	Sean Burstein	10,000,000

Table 38	1	Said Michailidis	9,000,000
Table 38	2	Brandon Aaron Kitchen	12,200,000
Table 38	3	Jeff Cuccurullo	21,000,000
Table 38	4	Matthew Wilkins	9,500,000
Table 38	5	Anatoly Zharnitsky	12,000,000
Table 38	6	Franco A	7,000,000
Table 38	7	Ryan Morrell	10,500,000
Table 38	8	Eric Portelance	6,400,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Raphael Duval	42,800,000
Jeff Cuccurullo	21,000,000 -470,000	-470,000
Debra Ann Holman	16,000,000 5,000,000	5,000,000
Spencer Jean-Baptiste	12,300,000 2,600,000	2,600,000
Brandon AAron Kitchen	12,200,000 3,350,000	3,350,000
Anatoly Zharnitsky	12,000,000 -6,365,000	-6,365,000
Ryan Morrell	10,500,000 500,000	500,000
Sean Burstein	10,000,000 -3,500,000	-3,500,000
Matthew Wilkins	9,500,000 -1,150,000	-1,150,000
Said Michailidis	9,000,000 2,985,000	2,985,000
Franco A	7,000,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Eric Portelance	6,400,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000
Paul Scott	5,700,000 -250,000	-250,000
Brian Van Bart	5,100,000 3,550,000	3,550,000
Helene Marie Dufour	3,700,000 200,000	200,000
Nicholas Riseley	440,000 -4,860,000	-4,860,000

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Tags: Anatoly Zharnitsky Brandon AAron Kitchen Brian Van Bart Debra Ann Holman Eric Portelance Franco A Helene Marie Dufour Matthew Wilkins Paul Scott Raphael Duval Romio Mikhael Ryan Morrell Sean Burstein

08-21-2017 15:13 UTC-4

Mikhael Eliminated by Duval

ElleSriracha

Level 31 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Romio Mikhael was all-in from the cutoff for his last 3,150,000 and was called by the monster-stacked Raphael Duval in the big blind.

Mikhael was at risk with , behind the of Duval.

The flop came and Mikhael picked up a straight draw, with two of his outs in Duval's hand. The turn was the and the river was the , sending Mikhael home in 17th.

A two-table redraw will be posted shortly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raphael Duval	42,800,000 2,800,000	2,800,000
Romio Mikhael	Busted

Tags: Raphael Duval Romio Mikhael