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2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
$10,300 High Roller 6-Max Reentry Final
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
10,300 CAD
Prize Pool
400,000 CAD
Entries
39
Level
20
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000
Engel With a King-Deuce-High Hero Call
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
With 118,000 in the pot, on a board reading 
, Jeff Cormier checked from the small blind. Ari Engel was on the button and bet 16,000. Cormier check-raised to 47,000 and Engel tank-called.
The river was the 
and Cormier led out for 72,000 this time. Engel tanked for about five minutes before eventually deciding to call.
Cormier mucked 
for seven-high and Engel took the pot down with 
for king-high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
740,000
-118,000
|
-118,000 |
|
607,000
202,000
|
202,000 |
|
||
Billard Jams on Kastner
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Level 14
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
With a completed board reading 
, JK Kastner bet 78,000 into a pot of about 200,000. Francois Billard came over the top with an all-in jam and after a few moments in the tank, Kastner let it go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000
266,000
|
266,000 |
|
510,000
-175,000
|
-175,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,000
Lefort Doubles Through Billard
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Thomas Lefort open-shipped from the small blind for 115,000 and Francois Billard called in the big blind.
Lefort: 
Billard: 
The board ran out 
and Lefort's ace-high held to score the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
580,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
240,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
Unofficial Final Table Set
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
The field has been reduced to the final seven players and they have converged on the main stage to kick off the final table live stream.
To avoid spoilers, from here on out our posts will follow along with the stream. Details of the last two eliminations will be posted as soon as the stream catches up.
Gallard Eliminated by Engel
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Benoit Gallard moved all-in for 130,000 on the button and Ari Engel called from the small blind.
Gallard tabled 
while Engel held 
.
Galard needed to hit a queen to survive, but the board ran out jack-high and players are now on the final table bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
700,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Lefort Eliminated by Cormier on the Final Table Bubble
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Kristen Bicknell raised to 25,000 on the button and Thomas Lefort moved all-in from the small blind for 240,000. Jeff Cormier moved all-in over top and Bicknell mucked.
Lefort tabled 
but was well behind Cormier's 
.
The flop came nine-high with two spades but the board bricked out and Lefort was eliminated in 8th place, sending the remaining players to the final table of seven.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Final Table Seat Draw
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francois Billard | 531,000 |
| 2 | David Ormsby | 356,000 |
| 3 | JK Kastner | 637,000 |
| 4 | Ari Engel | 717,000 |
| 5 | Jonathan Karamalikis | 237,000 |
| 6 | Kristen Bicknell | 336,000 |
| 7 | Jeff Cormier | 1,200,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
|
|
717,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
637,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
|
531,000
-49,000
|
-49,000 |
|
356,000
-124,000
|
-124,000 |
|
||
|
336,000
-121,000
|
-121,000 |
|
||
|
237,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Billard Doubles Through Engel
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Jeff Cormier, Ari Engel, and Francois Billard all went to a 
flop. Engel led with a bet of 36,000 holding 
and Billard check-raised to 92,000 with . Cormier folded and Engel called.
The landed on the turn and Billard bet 128,000. Engel raised all-in and Billard snap-called.
The 
completed the board and Billard doubled into the chip lead leaving Engel in the danger zone.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,223,000
692,000
|
692,000 |
|
|
282,000
-435,000
|
-435,000 |
|
|
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