2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards

$2,200 partypoker Canadian Poker Championships
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
336,325 CAD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,200 CAD
Prize Pool
2,000,000 CAD
Entries
899
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
8,000,000 / 16,000,000
Ante
0

Kristen Bicknell, Ryan Riess and Ari Engel Among the Early Risers

Level 1 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Kristen Bicknell
Kristen Bicknell

The first of four live starting flights has begun and some big names are already in the field looking for their shot at a piece of the guaranteed $2 million prize pool.

Partypoker's own Team Pro Kristen Bicknell has started the day with 1.4 million after running up a stack in a Phase online. Joining her is 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Ryan Riess with a starting stack of 1 million, along with Ari Engel, Chance Kornuth and Christian Soto.

Here's a look at some of the other early risers:

Player Chips Progress
Jason James ca
Jason James
1,900,000 1,900,000
Khaly Dang ca
Khaly Dang
1,500,000 1,500,000
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
1,400,000 1,400,000
Christian Soto us
Christian Soto
1,000,000 1,000,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Peter Chien ca
Peter Chien
1,000,000 1,000,000
Carter Swidler ca
Carter Swidler
1,000,000 1,000,000
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
WSOP 2X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000
Buddy Villaluz ca
Buddy Villaluz
600,000 600,000

Tags: Ari EngelChance KornuthKristen BicknellRyan Riess