$5,300 8-Max Reentry
Day 2 Started
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
$5,300 8-Max Reentry
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
5,300 CAD
Prize Pool
208,550 CAD
Entries
43
Level
23
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Day 2 Seat Draw
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| First Name | Last Name | Table - Seat | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pascal | Lefrancois | Table 62 - Seat 1 | 125,000 |
| Gary | Lucci | Table 62 - Seat 2 | 278,000 |
| Kristen | Bicknell | Table 62 - Seat 4 | 294,000 |
| Chanracy | Khun | Table 62 - Seat 5 | 186,500 |
| Allan | Puzantian | Table 62 - Seat 7 | 221,500 |
| Thomas | Cemm | Table 62 - Seat 8 | 436,500 |
| Francois | Billard | Table 66 - Seat 1 | 86,500 |
| Jean Christophe | Ferreira | Table 66 - Seat 3 | 285,000 |
| Thomas | Lefort | Table 66 - Seat 4 | 261,000 |
| Marc Etienne | Mclaughlin | Table 66 - Seat 6 | 74,000 |
| Christos | Arvanitis | Table 66 - Seat 7 | 217,000 |
| Pablo | Mariz | Table 66 - Seat 8 | 158,000 |
| David | Ormsby | Table 70 - Seat 2 | 163,000 |
| Parker | Talbot | Table 70 - Seat 3 | 424,000 |
| Shaan | Siddiqui | Table 70 - Seat 4 | 269,000 |
| Samuel | Chartier | Table 70 - Seat 5 | 230,500 |
| Eric | Aucoin | Table 70 - Seat 6 | 91,000 |
| Jiachen | Gong | Table 70 - Seat 8 | 105,200 |
Playing Down to a Champion as Cards Hit the Air at 1pm
Thomas Cemm will return for Day 2 as the chipleader of World Cup of Cards Event #19: $5k 8-max at Playground Poker Club. Cemm leads a field of 18 Day 1 survivors, most likely joined by some late arrivals early on Day 2.
Registration remains open until the start of Day 2 though anyone brave enough to fire a bullet at this stage will begin with just 20 big blinds in a field boasting the brightest local poker minds.
Cemm starts the day with 436,500. Holding a slight lead over popular Twitch streamer Parker 'Tonkaaaap' Talbot (424,000).
partypoker ambassador Kristen Bicknell (294,000), Jean Christophe Ferreira (285,000), and Gary Lucci (278,000) close out the top five stacks but talent such as Shaan Siddiqui (269,000), Thomas Lefort (261,000), Sam Chartier (239,500), David Ormsby (163,000), Pascal Lefrancois (125,000), and Francois Billard (86,500) linger in the background.
Day 2 will begin at Level 11 with a 2,500 small blind, 5,000 big blind, and an ante of 500. Play will continue until the latest WCC champion is crowned.
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Level: 11
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Cards in the Air; Four More Entries
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Playground Tournament Director Martin Roy has just announced "shuffle up and deal," here on Day 2. Registration is now closed with four more additions to the field.
Oren Haziza, Peter Chien, Douglas Watson, and Jeff Cormier have joined the fray, all starting with just 20 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 |
Event #19: $5,300 NL Hold'em 8-Max Payouts
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The numbers are in! Now that registration has closed, the tournament staff has confirmed a prize pool of $208,550 with the top six players getting paid a minimum of $12,000.
First place is taking home $81,000, the trophy and all of the glory! Here is a look at the breakdown:
| Place | Prize (CAD) |
|---|---|
| 1 | $81,000 |
| 2 | $48,000 |
| 3 | $30,000 |
| 4 | $21,000 |
| 5 | $16,550 |
| 6 | $12,000 |
Khun Forces Lucci Off
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
With about 100,000 already in the middle on the turn of a 
board, Gary Lucci bet 50,000 and Chanracy Khun came over the top with an all-in shove for looked to be about 150,000.
Lucci took a moment before folding, saying he had pocket aces as his cards went in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000 | 153,500 |
|
170,000 | -108,000 |
Tonkaaaa Builds Himself a Pot
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Eric Aucoin raised to 12,000 from middle position and got a call from David Ormsby on the button. Parker 'Tonkaaaa' Talbot was in the small blind and three-bet to 46,000. Both Aucoin and Ormsby called.
The flop came 
and all three players checked to the 
on the turn. Talbot led out for 56,000 and both of his opponents folded.
"Did you hit that board?" asked Aucoin. Talbot flashed a smile and said, "I had a little somethin' somethin'" as he raked in the pot. "I had jacks" responded Aucoin. "That's a bad board for jacks" replied Talbot. "F***ing right!" exclaimed Aucoin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
497,000 | 73,000 |
|
|
125,000 | 34,000 |
|
112,000 | -51,000 |
The Gong Has Been Silenced
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Jiachen Gong had lost most of his stack early in the day and was down to 10,500. He moved all-in from late position and Sam Chartier was in the big blind and said, "I would like to call" and tossed in some chips.
Gong was at risk with 
, well ahead of Chartier's 
. "I was very patience with my last two big blinds" he laughed.
Unfortunately for him, the flop came 
and Chartier paired his jack. "That's bad. It always comes when you say that" said Gong as he gathered his things. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
sending him to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000 | -54,500 |
|
Busted |
Defending Champion Falls
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Marc Etienne Mclaughlin will not be repeating as World Cup of Cards $5k 8-Max champion.
Mclaughlin entered play today as one of the shorter stacks and found a spot to get his chips in the middle against Jean Christophe Ferreira.
Mclaughlin had 
but found himself dominated by Ferreira's 
. No help came on the board and Mclaughlin was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000 | -105,000 |
|
Busted |