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Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
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Registration is open until the end of the next break at around 4:00 p.m.
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
$1,650 CPPT World Cup of Cards
Day: 1a
Event Info
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
1,650 CAD
Prize Pool
400,000 CAD
Total Entries
191
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 191
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Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
With about 3,000 in the pot, on a board reading 
, Jean Francois Bouchard led out for 1,000 from late position and Scott Montgomery called from the cutoff.
The river was the 
and Bouchard led out for 1,400 this time. Montgomery wasn't letting up and called again. Bouchard tabled 
for two pair eights and threes, but it was no good as Montgomery tabled 
for two pair nines and eights to scoop the pot.
Montgomery finished in 5th place in the 2008 $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event for just over $3 million and has amassed $4.7 million in recorded cashes. He locked up a bracelet at the 2010 WSOP in the $1,000 event for $480,000 and has two other wins in smaller events.
The bracelet winner has been known to travel to many of the Canadian poker stops, quietly building stacks and going deep in some of the biggest events in the world. Montgomery started the year by final-tabling an event at Seminole Hardrock, followed by a 13th place finish in the $5,300 partypoker MILLIONS event right here at Playground in May. He then had a successful summer with an 18th place finish in the Monster Stack at the WSOP ($47,353) followed by a 4th place finish at the WPT500 at Aria for $85,000.
There is certainly no shortage of talent here in Canada, so keep your eyes peeled for some great poker this series!
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 25
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
No matter the nationality, when someone goes deep at the World Series of Poker from our home country we all remember it.
The same is the case for 2013 November Niner Marc Etienne Mclaughlin. He finished in 6th place for $1.6 million, and has clearly made Canada, and specifically Quebec, very proud.
Mclaughlin has just shy of $3 million in lifetime recorded earnings, with cashes from all over the world including Niagara Falls, Las Vegas, Barcelona, Malta, Bahamas, France, Prague and of course right here at Playground Poker. In fact, he won the biggest buy-in event at last year's World Cup of Cards in the $5,000 8-Max for $76,830 after defeating Pierre-Paul Paulin.
His only other win came in the 2015 $2,500 Fallsview Classic for $268,166, so look out for Mclaughlin this series as he seems to do fairly well on his home turf.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Eric Leblond raised to 250 from the hijack and William Yin called from the cutoff. David Ormsby was in the small blind and three-bet to 1,300. Both Leblond and Yin called.
The flop came 
and all three players checked to the 
on the turn. Ormsby led out for 2,500 and Leblond called. Yin wasted no time and grabbed chips to raise to 7,000. Ormsby snap-folded and Leblond quickly moved all-in for 12,650. Yin called.
Leblond was at risk and behind with 
for a pair of jacks, up against Yin's for trip nines with a straight flush draw.
The river was the 
and Yin made a straight flush to eliminate Leblond.
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
It's an early one, but that's not stopping players from taking their shot at one of two starting days in this $400,000 guaranteed event!
Among those off to an early start are Mike Leah, David Orsmby, Peter Chien, Laurence Grondin and Andrew Watt.
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
It was a great summer for local players Pablo Mariz and David Guay. They went to the 2017 World Series of Poker with a dream and made that into a reality.
The two friends kicked things off with a deep run in the $1,000 Tag Team event, finishing in second place for $46,000 a piece. They went toe-to-toe with eventual winners Nipun Java and Aditya Sushant and took a nasty beat in the final hand after flopping trip queens and seeing their opponents make running trip aces to lock up the bracelet.
That was no problem though, as Mariz went on to win the Millionaire Maker less than a week later for a whopping $1.2 million for the first, and eventually only, Canadian bracelet of the summer. He also went on to finish in 13th place in the $888 Crazy Eights tournament for $41,000.
Guay was likely feeling left out, so he decided to make a run himself in the $10,000 Main Event. He finished in 22nd place for over $263,000 for his biggest career cash.
The dynamic duo have taken their seats here today, so keep it locked in as we track their progress.
