$550 NL Hold’em 8-Max Freeze
Day 1 Started
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
$550 NL Hold’em 8-Max Freeze
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
550 CAD
Prize Pool
75,000 CAD
Entries
150
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Event #8 of the World Cup of Cards Guarantees $40,000!
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.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Cards are in the air with 29 players in contention so far in Event #8!
This tournament guarantees a prize pool of $40,000, with registration closing after six levels. Good luck, players!
Alyssa Mac Donald Hunts for a Second Title
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Alyssa Mac Donald is fresh off a win in Event #4 $330 No Limit Hold'em 6-Max Bounty, bagging her first live tournament win for $7,500 plus a pocketful of bounties worth $150 a piece. She just sat down in Event #8 and is looking for another title to add to her growing resume.
Other familiar faces include four-time 2016 World Cup of Cards champion Dave Jeanneau-Cyr and Nascar racer Isabelle Tremblay.
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Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 25
Peter Chien, Patrick Braga and Garrett Dansereau Take Their Seats
Level 2
: 75/150, 25 ante
The field is growing and has increased from 29 starting players to 80!
Among the newcomers are familiar faces on the Canadian poker scene including Peter Chien, Patrick Braga and Garret Dansereau.
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Back-to-Back Titles in One Day? Say Watt?!
Level 2
: 75/150, 25 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
$40,000? No Problem!
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
The tournament clock currently shows the number of entries has reached 111, meaning the $40,000 guarantee has already been crushed with two hours left before registration closes.
The prize pool currently sits at $55,500 and is growing at a rapid pace!