NL Hold'em Quantum
Day 3 Completed
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
NL Hold'em Quantum
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
2,050 CAD
Prize Pool
200,000 CAD
Entries
1,023
Jiachen Gong Wins Playground Poker's Quantum No-Limit Hold em Tournament for $50,000
Jiachen Gong is the winner of Event #1 of the World Cup of Cards at Playground Poker Club. He took home CAD $50,000 for winning the Quantum No-Limit Hold em tournament that kicked off the WCC with its first of ten starting flights.
The Quantum had several buy-in options throughout the series. Several of the flights were $170, a few were $250 and $350, and one was $550. The players could also direct buy-in to Day 2 for $2,200 and start the day with 62 big blinds. The final option was one mega satellite that awarded nine $2,200 seats. After all the registration was over, the Quantum gathered 1,023 entries over the last month and Jiachen Gong was the one who took home the trophy and the $50,000 prize on the final day of the WCC.
Gong was one of 29 players who bought in for Day 2.
The day started with 22 players vying for the Quantum title. The final ten players each made a minimum of $3,100. Here are the payouts for the final table.
| Place | Name | Prize (CAD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiachen Gong | 50,000 |
| 2 | Armand King | 33,000 |
| 3 | Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault | 21,000 |
| 4 | David Cadoche | 15,165 |
| 5 | Reid Fortin | 10,800 |
| 6 | Noeung Troeung | 8,800 |
| 7 | Eddie Daldalian | 7,000 |
| 8 | Albert N | 5,400 |
| 9 | Mathieu Leclerc | 4,000 |
| 10 | Dave Graham | 3,100 |
First to go was Dave Graham, the tenth place finisher. He doubled through Gong, but got all in with aces against Gong a few hands later. Gong had pocket tens and caught a ten to eliminate Graham. Eddie Daldalian would battle another short stack in Mathieu Leclerc. Leclerc was the second player in a row to be eliminated holding aces when Daldalian flopped a pair and went runner-runner to a full house.
Daldalian was next to go, and it was Gong who would get in pair versus pair again and catch a set to come from behind and eliminate another player. Daldalian's queens couldn't keep up with the flopped set of fives for Gong.
Noeung Troeung finished in sixth place when he was eliminated by Armand King. Troeung opened from middle position and King defended the big blind. The flop was all low cards and both players checked. King led the turn when he completed a six-high straight and Troeung shoved over the top with pocket aces.
After that, Gong won the hand that set him up for the home stretch of the tournament. He busted Reid Fortin in fifth place just before a break. Fortin four-bet shoved with ace-king and Gong called with jacks. Gong won the hand and took an amazing chip lead, holding half the chips in play going into four-handed play.
David Cadoche was very short going into four-handed play and would be eliminated by Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault. Cadoche got it in nine-high from the big blind against the king high of Carpentier-Perrault. Neither player connected with the board and Cadoche hit the rail in fourth.
Carpentier-Perrault was next. During three-handed play Armand King took control and amassed a two-to-one chip lead before he doubled up Carpentier-Perrault, who then busted to Gong and left the two heads up with fairly even stacks.
King and Gong played heads up for about three hours and finally Gong won the tournament when he got all in with pocket sevens against the ace-nine of King. Gong claimed the trophy became the winner of Event #1 of the World Cup of Cards.
Throughout the series, several players turned up for Quantum starting flights and took a chance at cashing for just bagging a Day 2 stack. Timothy Deering and Alain Louis Levesque took full advantage of that and bagged three different stacks. They collected $400 for bagging a Day 2 stack, but they also collected an additional $1,500 per stack. They both cashed for $4,200 before Day 2 even started.
Several players bought directly into Day 2 and made deep runs. Samuel Chartier, who finished in 20th place and took home $2,000, just missed getting his money back when he got in king-high against Douglas James who held tens.
In the end, the big winner was Jiachen Gong and he took home the third largest first place prize of the tournament series. The World Cup of Cards ends today with Event #28: $330 No-Limit Bounty Tournament. PokerNews has been here throughout the series with updates, photos, and recaps from all 28 events. Check out the PokerNews Facebook page for the live streams from the whole month's worth of action.
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Armand King Eliminated in 2nd Place ($33,000)
Armand King finished in second place after an almost three-hour heads-up battle. King and Jiachen Gong eventually got all in preflop with sevens versus ace-nine.
Gong held the pocket sevens and King was fishing for an ace or a nine. The flop came 
, which gave King a few more outs. However, the remaining board rolled out and King could not catch anything and was eliminated in second place. The two players shook hands. King took home $33,000 for his second place effort.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,800,000 | 10,025,000 |
|
Busted |
Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault Eliminated in 3rd Place ($21,000)
Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault was eliminated in third place. He had just doubled up through the chip leader, Armand King. He had queens in the small blind and King called his short-stacked shove with nine-high. His queens held, but shortly after he went all in against Jiachen Gong.
Gong had 
against the 
of Carpentier-Perrault. The board ran out 
, giving Gong the pot and eliminating Carpentier-Perrault who had entered the day with the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
David Cadoche Eliminated in 4th Place ($15,165)
David Cadoche was dangerously short when the players came back from break and he put most of his stack in the big blind. Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault opened on the button to 300,000 and Cadoche well all in for a little more, 375,000.
He had against the 
of Carpentier-Perrault. Neither played connected with the board and Carpentier-Perrault won the hand, eliminating Cadoche.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
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Reid Fortin Eliminated in 5th Place ($10,800)
Reid Fortin was eliminated just before the break when he raised on the button to 420,000. Jiachen Gong reraised from the small blind to 1,200,000 and Fortin responded with a four-bet shove. Gong called and showed 
. He was ahead of the 
of Fortin.
The board ran out 
and Fortin was eliminated in a huge pot, which gave Gong half the chips in play with four left.
David Cadoche is very short, so there may be three remaining very soon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,775,000 | 5,425,000 |
|
|
6,500,000 | 850,000 |
|
|
2,100,000 | -2,000,000 |
|
|
400,000 | -950,000 |
|
Busted |
Updated Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,650,000 | |
|
|
4,350,000 | |
|
|
4,100,000 | -450,000 |
|
|
2,650,000 | 260,000 |
|
|
1,350,000 | 340,000 |
Noeung Troeung Eliminated in 6th Place ($8,800)
Noeung Troeung was eliminated in sixth place when he got all in on the turn against Armand King.
Troeung, who entered the day second in chips, opened to 250,000 and King defended in the big blind. The flop came 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and King led for 700,000. Troeung went all in for about 1,000,000 more and King called.
King had a six-high straight and Troeung was drawing to a five for a chop. It didn't come, instead the 
was the river card and Troeung was eliminated in sixth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,650,000 | 2,450,000 |
|
Busted |
Eddie Daldalian Eliminated in 7th Place ($7,000)
Eddie Daldalian was eliminated in seventh place when he three-bet shoved against Jiachen Gong preflop.
Gong opened to 240,000 and Daldalian shoved for just over 1,000,000. Gong seemed to have a tough choice and eventually called. He showed 
and was behind he of Daldalian.
The flop was a shot to Daldalian when Gong flopped a set. The board ran out 
and when it finished, Gong had a full house and Daldalian had his walking papers. He recieved CAD $7,000 for his seventh place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,350,000 | 1,660,000 |
|
Busted |