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

River Raise Gets it Done for Andrade

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Five players limped in and saw a flop of {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}. A player in middle position bet 500 and Mark Andrade called in the hijack.

The players went heads up to a turn card which was the {4-Clubs}. Action checked to Andrade who bet 600 and got called.

Andrade made it 4,000 on the {9-Spades} river after his opponent led into him for 1,100. The player slid his cards into the muck and Andrade took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Andrade ca
Mark Andrade
26,000
26,000
26,000

Tags: Mark Andrade

Henningson Takes it on the Flop

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

After an early position raise to 500, Brian Henningson called from the middle and Ron Lauzon came along from the small blind. It checked to Henningson on the {k-Spades}{q-Clubs}{k-Clubs} flop and he fired out a bet of 1,000.

Lauzon go out of the way, but the original raiser stuck around to see the turn of {k-Diamonds}. Henningson again fired a bet when he was checked to, this time for 1,100. That was enough to clear off his remaining opponent, and he's already stacking up nearly twice his start stack.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Henningson ca
Brian Henningson
44,000

Tags: Brian HenningsonRon Lauzon

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Mullen Flops the Nuts

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Bob Mullen was just seen dragging in a massive pot, a player at the table described the action.

A player under the gun raised to 400, Mullen was next to act and called, so did the player in the cutoff.

The original raiser put out a continuation bet of 1,000 on the flop of {9-}{10-}{k-}. Mullen called, and the cutoff raised to 4,000. The player under the gun re-raised to 13,000 and Mullen went all in. The cutoff folded and the other player called.

Mullen: {q-}{j-}
Opponent: {9-}{9-}

Mullen was in good shape for the board not to pair as the player in the cutoff claimed to have folded {10-}{10-}. The turn {5-} and the river {3-} completed the board and Mullen now sits as one of the early chip leaders.

Player Chips Progress
Bob Mullen ca
Bob Mullen
57,000

Tags: Bob Mullen

Faces in the Crowd

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
2019 PNPC Main Event Field
2019 PNPC Main Event Field

Action in Level 1 is well underway, and there are tons of familiar faces in the field. Among the familiar players at the felt today are Claire and Leo Leclerc, Leor Wasserman, winner of Event 1 MIcky Gagic, winner of Event 2 Norbert Rosario, Dylan Ellis, Ferosh Tailor, Dave Shiska, and Shawn Sperber are just a few of the faces in the crowd today.

Fan Fires the River

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Francis Fan raised to 300 in the cutoff, the button and both blinds called. The flop was checked around {k-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{3-Spades} and the small blind led for 600 on the {4-Spades} turn card. The player in the big blind called and Fan put in a raise to 2,000. The next two players left to act folded and the big blind made the call.

The {a-Diamonds} river was checked to Fan who put out a bet of 2,000 and his opponent threw his hand into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Francis Fan ca
Francis Fan
28,500
28,500
28,500

Tags: Francis Fan

Let's Play Some Poker

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

The seats are filling up with players as the the cards go in the air on the $1,10 Main Event. Action starts off at 100/100 and will play 45 minute levels through the end of Level 15. After Level 15, remaining players will bag up their chips to return to play Sunday for Day 2.

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 0

Time for the Big Show

PNPC Main Event Custom Jacket
PNPC Main Event Custom Jacket

However popular the other side events are at the PlayNow Poker Championship, the real show everyone comes for is the $1,100 Main Event. With 45 minute blind levels and 25,000 chips to start, the Main Event is more of a marathon than the other events on the schedule.

Last year it was Rick Blom who ended up with all the chips. Blom went on the card-run of his life on the final two tables, holding when he had to, and getting there when he had to. Blom won the trophy, championship ring and nearly $60,000 for his troubles, but the winner of this year's even will have an extra prize to add to the their haul, the custom jacket available only to PNPC Main Event winners.

Play starts at 12:05 p.m. local time, and late registration will be open for the first six full levels, closing just at the start of Level 7. In the 2018 edition of this event, 225 entries were recorded, and it's likely to be very similar this year, which should put more than $200,000 into the prize pool.

Stay tuned here for all the action through the day as pokernews Canada is on the floor from "Shuffle up and deal" through "Let's bag and tag".

$1,100 Main Event

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