NL Hold'em 8-Max Day 1 | 2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

NL Hold'em 8-Max

Day 1 Completed

09-10-2016 00:03 UTC-3

Pascal Lefrancois Leads Day 1 Field of Event #22: $5,000 NL Hold'em High Roller

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Event #22 Day 1 Chip Leader, Pascal Lefrancois

A swift and wild Day 1 of the World Cup of Cards Event #22: $5400 NL Hold'em 8-Max has left just 12 players in the fight. The largest buy-in of the festival drew a total of 44 entries, building a prize pool of $213,400. Montreal Nationals star and World Series of Poker bracelet winner Pascal Lefrancois leads the remaining survivors into Day 2.

Lefrancois leaped into the chip lead on the very last hand of the night. Lefrancois got into a post-flop raise war with David Valcourt-Dube and Lefrancois' flopped set of eights faded Valcourt-Dube's top-pair and flush draw to bring the field down to 12. The hand left Lefrancois with 210,900, miles ahead of his closest competitor — Francois Goulet, with 148,700.

Domenic Triumbari ended play with the third best stack, sealing 144,400 in his bag. Almost wire-to-wire chip leader, Marc-Etienne McLaughlin lost a big hand to Goulet during the last level to end the day fourth in chips, bagging 139,000. Pierre-Paul Paulin rounds out the top five stacks with 121,600.

Originally scheduled to resume at 4 p.m. on Saturday, the players have decided to begin at 2 p.m. instead. The event is most likely to finish tomorrow as well, originally scheduled to play a third day. Another eight levels are currently on the slate but tournament staff will leave that decision in the player's hands.

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Tags: Pascal LeFrancois Marc-Etienne McLaughlin Francois Goulet

09-09-2016 23:58 UTC-3

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Lefrancois	210,900

Francois Goulet	148,700 -1,300	-1,300
Domenic Triumbari	144,400 50,400	50,400
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin	139,000 -15,000	-15,000
Pierre-Paul Paulin	121,600 63,100	63,100
Martin Raus	107,500 107,500	107,500

Chanracy Khun	101,700 30,700	30,700

Samuel M Panzica	87,900 87,900	87,900
Carl Martel	73,300 23,300	23,300
Jean-Louis Cyr	70,000 -40,000	-40,000
Thomas Lefort	67,100 7,100	7,100
Samuel Chartier	45,800 -9,200	-9,200

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09-09-2016 23:28 UTC-3

David Valcourt-Dube Busts on the Final Hand of the Night

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Pascal Lefrancois opened to 2,400 and David Valcourt-Dube made the call. The flop came , Lefrancois lead for 2,000, Valcourt-Dube raised to 5,800, Lefrancois three-bet to 12,000, Valcourt-Dube four-bet shoved, and Lefrancois snap-called.

Lefrancois:
Valcourt-Dube:

Both had flopped huge but Lefrancois was ahead, needing to hold to bust Valcourt-Dube. The board ran out , sending the pot towards Lefrancois and Valcourt-Dube towards the door.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Lefrancois	210,900 95,900	95,900

David Valcourrt-Dube	Busted

Tags: Pascal LeFrancois David Valcourt-Dube

09-09-2016 22:58 UTC-3

Goulet Gets a Fold, McLaughlin Calls the Clock

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

A massive pot had brewed between Francois Goulet and Marc-Etienne McLaughlin. With about 70,000 in the middle and a board reading , Goulet had shoved for his last 79,100.

Action was on McLaughlin and after a few moments agonizing in the tank, McLaughlin called the clock on himself. He would eventually make the fold and Goulet raked in the sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin	154,000 -17,000	-17,000
Francois Goulet	150,000 9,500	9,500

Tags: Francois Goulet Marc-Etienne McLaughlin

09-09-2016 22:17 UTC-3

Final Level of the Night Underway

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

As originally scheduled, play for the day will be completed after Level 10 concludes. What is shocking however, is the pace of play which scorched through the day. This event was to be a 3-Day event but that is almost certainly not going to happen as Saturday's Day 2 will in every likelihood, crown a champion.

Time will tell though as the average stack is, and has been over 100 big blinds for the entire duration of play on Day 1.

There are 15 players remaining.

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

09-09-2016 22:12 UTC-3

Lefort Quad-Cools Cyr, Clash Royal-ty

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Thomas Lefort was all-in and at risk preflop against Jean-Louis Cyr, but had the best of it.

Lefort:
Cyr:

The board ran out , and Lefort hit not just one, but two kings to make quads, which was more than enough to score the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Louis Cyr	110,000 -30,000	-30,000
Thomas Lefort	60,000 30,500	30,500

Tags: Jean-Louis Cyr Thomas Lefort

09-09-2016 22:07 UTC-3

Final Two Table Chip Counts (full)

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin	171,000 -9,000	-9,000
Francois Goulet	140,500 -21,500	-21,500
Jean-Louis Cyr	140,000 57,500	57,500
Pascal Lefrancois	115,000 5,000	5,000

Song Han	96,000 12,500	12,500
Martin Rauss	94,000 32,000	32,000
Domenic Triumbari	94,000 20,000	20,000
Samuel Panzica	78,000 -4,500	-4,500

Chanracy Khun	71,000 2,500	2,500

David Valcourt-Dube	69,000 -59,000	-59,000
Pierre-Paul Paulin	58,500 -20,500	-20,500
Samuel Chartier	55,000 10,000	10,000
Carl Martel	50,000 -4,000	-4,000
Thomas Lefort	29,500 -11,000	-11,000
John R	23,000 -13,500	-13,500