PlayNow Championship Winnipeg

$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

PlayNow Championship Winnipeg

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j8
Prize
40,222 CAD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,100 CAD
Entries
233
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Ace-Jack High Good for Singh

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

There was a raise to 900 and a call before a player in middle position moved all in for 12,100. Roger Singh was in the big blind and called. Everyone else folded.

Singh: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}
Opponent: {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

The flop {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} and turn {7-Clubs} presented some chop outs, but the {8-Diamonds} completed the board and Singh collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Roger Singh ca
Roger Singh
36,500

Tags: Roger Singh

Newton Shoves the Flop

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

The player in the cutoff opened the betting to 1,200, and he was called by Matt Newton on the button, as well as Don Karasewich in the small blind and Paul Weenusk in the big.

The flop came down {8-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{10-Spades} and Karasewich led out for 1,200. Weenusk called and the original raiser folded before Newton shoved his remaining 11,900 into the middle. The shove forced both Karasewich and Weenusk to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Newton ca
Matt Newton
17,000

Tags: Matt NewtonDon KarasewichPaul Weenusk

Andrade Rivers Broadway

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Mark Andrade
Mark Andrade

Mark Andrade moved all in for 4,000 under the gun and got called by a player in middle position. Everyone else folded and the players turned their cards over.

Andrade: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Opponent: {7-Hearts}{7-Spades}

Andrade got out flopped as his opponent hit a set {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}. But the turn {j-Hearts} and river {a-Hearts} improved him to a straight.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Andrade ca
Mark Andrade
9,000
-17,000
-17,000

Tags: Mark Andrade

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Hartree Hits the Turn

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Kyle Hartree
Kyle Hartree

Kyle Hartree raised to 600 under the gun and faced a three bet to 1,800 from a player in middle position. Hartree made the call and they went heads up to a flop of {9-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{2-Spades}. Hartree check-called a continuation bet of 1,800 from his opponent.

The {8-Clubs} came on the turn and Hartree check-called another bet, this time 3,500. Both players checked the {3-Clubs} river and went to showdown.

Hartree: {8-Spades}{5-Spades}
Opponent: {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

Player Chips Progress
Kyle Hartree ca
Kyle Hartree
44,000
11,000
11,000

Tags: Kyle Hartree

Pawlak Plays Position

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Action opened with Don Karasewich raising to 700 from the middle, and he was called by Farrel Rempel to his left, and Paul Weenusk from the next seat over. After a couple folds, action hit Peter Pawlak on the button, and he three-bet to 4,200, which was enough to clear out all the other players.

Pawlak is back to just over start stack after picking up some free chips with no showdown.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Pawlak ca
Peter Pawlak
26,000
-4,000
-4,000

Tags: Don KarasewichFarrel RempelPaul WeenuskPeter Pawlak

Karasewich Shoves the Flop

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

After a limp from under the gun and a raise from the hijack to 750, Don Karasewich called from the small blind. The original limper came along as well, and the flop came down {k-Hearts}{10-Spades}{2-Spades}.

Karasewich led out with a shove. He was playing a pretty small stack, but it was enough to get the other players to fold. He showed down a ten for second pair as he collected the pot.

A couple hand later, however, his seat was empty and he was seen at the rebuy desk grabbing another seat.

Tags: Don Karasewich

Voth Bets All Three Streets

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Lorne Voth raised to 1,000 and got called by the cutoff, button and big blind. The flop came {j-Hearts}{6-Spades}{2-Clubs} and Voth put out a continuation bet of 1,000 which got called by the button and big blind.

Voth bet 2,500 on the {7-Spades} turn card and was called by the big blind.

The {5-Spades} river card was checked to Voth who bet 5,000. After some though his opponent folded {q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} face up. Voth showed him that he made a good fold and tabled {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Lorne Voth ca
Lorne Voth
33,000

Tags: Lorne Voth

Newton Turns a Win

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Matt Newton (pictured in Bounty event)
Matt Newton (pictured in Bounty event)

Action folded to Matt Newton on the button, and he limped in. Jeremy Plett completed from the small blind and Farrel Rempel checked his option.

The flop came {6-Clubs}{10-Spades}{k-Diamonds} and after a check from Plett, Rempel fired 800 into the middle. Newton called, but Plett mucked his hand.

Rempel checked the turn {10-Spades} and Newton tossed 1,500 into the middle, which was enough to get Rempel to fold his hand.

Tags: Farrel RempelJeremy PlettMatt Newton