We didn't catch the action, but the seat formerly occupied by Etienne Clement is now empty. Clement had been nursing a short stack for the last few levels and was able to slide into the money, even finding a small pay jump. Clement received $1,150 for 14th place.
Forced to pay the big blind, Bradley Copestake had just 19,000 behind. After Matthew Wilkins opened, Niko Ghag three-bet to 127,000 and Copestake slid his remaining stack in the middle. Wilkins folded.
Copestake:
Ghag:
Copestake found no help from the board and was eliminated in 15th place.
Moments after Jonathan Marrie doubled through Matthew Wilkins, Marrie three-bet jammed with pocket tens and ran smack into Wilkins again, holding pocket queens.
Wilkins:
Marrie:
The board ran out and Marrie was sent to the rail in 17th place, one off the money.
Eric Afriat limped in from middle position and action folded to James Ferguson-Renaud on the button. He had 2,275 remaining and moved all-in. The player in the small blind thought about it, and even cut out chips to call, but eventually folded.
Action was back on Afriat and he said, "I'll give you action. I've got two unders" as he tossed in chips to call.
Ferguson-Renaud tabled , while Afriat showed .
The flop came and Afriat took the lead with a pair of fours. The turn was the and the river was the , giving Afriat a straight and sending Ferguson-Renaud to the rail.
The WPT champion raked in the pot and sits comfortably atop the leader board with six times the starting stack just four hours into the tournament.
Much to nobody's surprise, Andrew Watt is already in the field and ready to compete to go back-to-back-to-back after winning two tournaments in one day yesterday.
The two-time World Cup of Cards champion, hailing from Alberta, started his day by taking down Event #5 $110 No Limit Hold'em Big Ante for $2,165 and then decided to late-register Event #6 $110 No Limit Hold'em Single Rebuy, taking that down for $3,885 just before sunrise.
Watt drove all the way out here from the West Coast to compete in the World Cup of Cards and has certainly made his mark early on. In addition to his two wins, he also booked a cash in the partypoker Grand Prix last week, collecting $800 for finishing in 359th place out of over 3,700 entries.
Although Watt's career earnings total just $27,290, he has an impressive four wins out of nine recorded cashes. His biggest win came just last month at the Pure Poker Summer Showdown in Edmonton after taking down the $440 Pot Limit Omaha event for $11,240.
Keep following along as we track Watt's progress through the rest of this series.
Another day, another event. The 2017 World Cup of Cards is full steam ahead and the opening event of today's festivities is Event #8: $550 No Limit Hold'em 8-Max Freeze.
Players begin at 11:00 a.m. local time with 25,000 tournament chips and will battle it out for 30-minute levels until a winner is crowned.
This is a freezeout so players will only have one crack at the $40,000 guaranteed prize pool. Registration closes at the end of Level 6 at approximately 2:15 p.m. As usual, there will be a break every four levels, or two hours, lasting 15 minutes.
For those who aren't fortunate enough to make it through to the end, or if you're looking for a full day of tournament poker, Event #9 $220 No Limit Hold'em Survivor is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. followed by a $180 CPPT World Cup of Cards Turbo Satellite at 8:00 p.m.
There is still three weeks of play left here in beautiful Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada at the ever-popular Playground Poker Club, so stick with PokerNews as the Live Reporting team brings you all of the action.
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and the turn and river — 
— couldn't save her from elimination.
and Marrie was sent to the rail in 17th place, one off the money.
and Afriat took the lead with a pair of fours. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
, giving Afriat a straight and sending Ferguson-Renaud to the rail.
