$1,650 CPPT World Cup of Cards
Day 1a Started
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
$1,650 CPPT World Cup of Cards
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
1,650 CAD
Prize Pool
400,000 CAD
Entries
191
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Welcome to Day 1a of the $1,650 Card Player Poker Tour World Cup of Cards Event!
It's going to be another bright and early day in sunny Kahnawake, Quebec in Canada at the Playground Poker Club! It's Day 1a of the $1,650 Card Player Poker Tour Event at the World Cup of Cards with $400,000 guaranteed.
Today is the first of two starting flights in this next-day re-entry event. Registration remains open on both starting days until the end of Level 6 until approximately 4:00 p.m. local time.
Players begin their day with 30,000 tournament chips and will play 45-minute levels, with a 15-minute break every three levels. Should players be fortunate to make it to Day 2, blinds will increase to 60 minutes a piece. On both Day 1's, play will conclude after 14 levels after which time players will bag and tag their chips for Day 2 on Sunday at Noon. If a player bags on Day 1a and chooses to play on Day 1b, that player will carry forward their biggest stack.
Day 2 will play nine levels at 60 minutes a piece, and Day 3 will play down to a winner!
Keep following along as the PokerNews team tracks all of the action on the way to finding another big winner here at the World Cup of Cards!
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Tournament Director Martin Roy has announced "Shuffle up and deal!" and cards are in the air on this first of two flights in the $1,650 Card Player Poker Tour World Cup of Cards Event.
Pablo Mariz and David Guay Are Back After a Life-Changing Summer!
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
Mike Leah, David Ormsby and Peter Chien Hop In
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
Yin Leaves Leblond Flush-trated
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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73,000 | 43,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
2013 November Niner Marc Etienne Mclaughlin is Here!
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 |
Yan Nadeau, David Assouline, Denis Cyr Roll In
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 |