NL Hold'em 8-Max
Day 1 Started
NL Hold'em 8-Max
Day 1 Started
The largest buy-in at the World Cup of Cards gets underway today at Playground Poker Club. Event #22: $5,400 NL Hold'em 8-Max is the High Roller event of the festival, boasting a guarantee of $150,000. Quebec is known for its poker talent and some of the brightest stars should be in the field on Friday.
The three-day event kicks off at 11 a.m. local time in Kahnawake, Quebec. Players will start with 30,000 in chips and play 10, 60-minute levels on Day 1.
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The remaining 35 players are on their first 15-minute break of the day. The total entries received so far today is 36. Late registration will remain open until the end of the break following Level 6 so lots of time for some more high rollers to get into the action.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Peter Chien | 70,000 | |
Jeffrey Cormier | 48,500 | |
Kevin MacDonald | 39,500 | |
Zheng Wei | 37,000 | |
Garry Lucci
|
37,000 | |
Ming-Jinq Wong | 36,500 | |
Samuel Chartier | 36,000 | |
Domenic Triumbari | 35,000 | |
Marc Etienne McLaughlin | 34,500 | |
Alex Difelice | 34,000 | |
Jean-Louis Cyr
|
34,000 | |
Raymond Carter
|
34,000 | |
Chanracy Khun | 32,000 | |
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Sylvain Siebert | 30,500 | |
Martin Rauss
|
30,000 | |
Spencer S
|
30,000 | |
David Valcourt-Dube | 29,500 | |
Pierre-Paul Paulin | 29,000 | |
John Krpan | 28,500 | |
Marcello Rosa
|
27,500 | |
Martin Nadeau
|
27,500 | |
Pascal Lefrancois | 27,100 | |
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Robert Taylor | 27,000 | |
Philippe D'Auteuil | 26,500 | |
Daniel Filion
|
25,500 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sylvain Siebert | Busted | |
Josue Sauvageau | Busted |
The remaining 37 players are now in to Level 4 with blinds at 150/300 and a 25 ante. There has been a total of 40 entries received so far. Average stack is 32,400.
Registration remains open until the end of the break following Level 6.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Carl Martel |
69,000
43,800
|
43,800 |
Peter Chien |
65,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Jeffrey Cormier |
48,000
-500
|
-500 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Carl Martel |
67,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
Peter Chien |
62,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Marc Etienne McLaughlin |
61,000
26,500
|
26,500 |
Jean-Louis Cyr
|
50,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Jeffrey Cormier |
47,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Song Han | 45,500 | |
Domenic Triumbari |
42,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Marco Caza |
41,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Samuel Chartier |
39,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
John R
|
37,500 | |
Alex Demers
|
36,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Pierre-Paul Paulin |
35,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
David Valcourt-Dube |
35,000
5,500
|
5,500 |
Michael Aron |
35,000
10,500
|
10,500 |
Martin Rauss
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Chanracy Khun |
33,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
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Robert Taylor |
31,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
Jeffrey Chang |
30,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
Ming-Jinq Wong |
30,000
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
Zheng Wei |
30,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
Pascal Lefrancois |
29,000
1,900
|
1,900 |
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Spencer S
|
29,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Chanso Munn
|
28,000
7,800
|
7,800 |
Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault | 27,000 | |
Raymond Carter
|
25,500
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Kevin MacPhee | 30,000 | |
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Samuel Panzica | 30,000 | |
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Hamza Firdawcy | 30,000 |