WPT National Montreal Day 1f | 2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

08-23-2016 16:39 UTC-3

Updated Counts

Brentharrington

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rodney Lawrence	81,000 81,000	81,000
Norman Messier	61,800 22,300	22,300
Benoit Jean	32,000 10,925	10,925
Michael Malm	29,500 29,500	29,500

Laurence Louie	13,200 3,400	3,400

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

08-23-2016 17:03 UTC-3

Isabelle Tremblay Finding Her Stride

Brentharrington

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Isabelle Tremblay has played most of the starting flights for WPT National Montreal and hasn't been able to make any deep runs to this point.

Earlier today it looked like more of the same when she was the third person all in preflop with the best hand. She had against and . She was ahead until the river. When the hit the river, Co Tran won the hand. Orlando Moretti was eliminated and Tremblay was left with 9,000.

Over the last few levels she has managed to build her stack over 70,000. Her demeanor at the table is confident and calculated.

On one recent hand, she was on the button.

Before the action came to her, she was watching each player in turn. One by one they folded until it was her turn. She finally looked at her own cards and then the stacks of the two players in the blinds. She raised to 3,000 and and resumed her comfortable pose. Sitting straight with both hands laid on top of her cards, one atop the other.

Yu Gao was in the small blind and seemed to react when Tremblay raised. A few seconds later, he mucked his hand. Tam Ho's hand quickly followed Gao's into the muck and Tremblay took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isabelle Tremblay	71,000 62,000	62,000

Tags: Isabelle Tremblay Tam Ho Co Tran Orlando Moretti Yu Gao

08-23-2016 17:08 UTC-3

Noor Tosses Three Barrels

[user270022]

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Michael Noor bet a flop of and was called by one opponent. With around 15,000 in the middle, the hit the turn and Noor fired again for 8,500. His opponent check-called.

The river was the and his opponent checked again. Noor loaded the final barrel and blasted 21,000 into the pot. After a moment his opponent folded and Noor claimed the sizeable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Noor	90,000 66,500	66,500

Tags: Michael Noor

08-23-2016 17:36 UTC-3

Break Time Again

Brentharrington

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

There are 70 players left heading into another 15-minute break.

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

08-23-2016 17:54 UTC-3

Updated Chip Counts

[user270022]

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Francois Graton-Valiquette	127,000
Amir Babakhani	111,500

Andrew Cole	99,000
Francois Goulet	98,000 98,000	98,000
Timothy Deering	97,000
Peter Johnson Jr.	87,000 87,000	87,000
Chad Copeland	85,000
Khalid Waziri	83,500 23,500	23,500
Srinivas Gottiparthi	81,000 48,500	48,500
Nicolas Aubut	80,000
Dalton Dawkins	79,000
Norman Messier	79,000 17,200	17,200
Christophe Joubert	77,000 13,000	13,000
Mark Sloane	76,500
Isabelle Tremblay	74,000 3,000	3,000
Alexander Villa	64,000
Gary Lucci	64,000 -32,000	-32,000
Senthuran Vijayaratnam	61,000
Benoit Jean	38,000 6,000	6,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

08-23-2016 18:35 UTC-3

Benoit Jean Eliminated, Rawn Shoves on Stanic

Brentharrington

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Kevin Vannicola opened from early position to 11,000 and Benoit Jean called off his last 1,200. The remaining players folded and the two were heads up with Jean at risk holding against . Vannicola flopped a set and Jean turned a gut-shot wheel draw, but didn't get there as the board ran out .
Sasa Stanic opened on the button to 4,000 and Michael Rawn shoved all in for 27,000 from the small blind. Stanic took a moment before folding and showing to Rawn. Rawn flipped over an ace and showed it before he mucked his hand and took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Vannicola	62,400 62,400	62,400
Michael Rawn	34,000 34,000	34,000
Sasa Stanic	32,000 32,000	32,000
Benoit Jean	Busted

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400