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$2,200 partypoker Canadian Poker Championships
Day 1a Completed
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
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
2,200 CAD
Prize Pool
2,000,000 CAD
Total Entries
899
Level
38
Blinds
8,000,000 / 16,000,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 899
Filter
Level 9
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The headline event of the 2017 World Cup of Cards at Playground Poker Club kicked off on Friday with Day 1a of the $2,000,000 guaranteed partypoker LIVE Canadian Poker Championships.
Friday's field consisted of 23 online Phase 1 entries, 24 live Phase 1 entries, 62 Day 1a buy-ins and 19 re-entries to close with a total of 140 entries.
Leading the 69 Day 1a survivors at the end of nine levels was Guillaume Nolet. Nolet bagged a massive 6,725,000 stack to close out the evening with the chip lead.
Also topping the leaderboard was Samuel Phillips who finished the day second in chips with 5,450,000. Tao Bo Liang (5,204,000), Jody Miall (4,650,000), and partypoker Team Pro Kristen Bicknell (4,491,000) round out the top five.
Notables on to Day 2 include Ryan Riess (2,400,000), Carter Swidler (2,017,000), [Removed:528] (1,700,000), Pablo Mariz (1,622,000), Marc-Andre Ladouceur (1,538,000), and Francois Billard (1,292,000).
Top ranked Canadian pro Ari Engel was the first player to bust on Day 1a. partypoker Team Pro Natalia Breviglieri, Duff Charette, Chance Kornuth, Jason James, Ryan Yu, Alex Foxen, and Paul Scott were just some of the other notables to join Engel on the rail.
Day 1b is set to get underway at noon local time on Saturday. Another nine levels are on the schedule with late-registration and single re-entry open all day long.
Here's a look at the remaining schedule for the CPC:
| Day | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1B | Saturday September 9th | 12:00pm |
| Day 1C | Sunday September 10th | 12:00pm |
| Day 1D (Turbo) | Monday September 11th | 12:00pm |
| Day 2 | Monday September 11th | 5:00pm |
| Day 3 | Tuesday September 12th | 1:00pm |
| Day 4 | Wednesday September 13th | 1:00pm |
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Level 9
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Level 9
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The clock has been paused on Day 1a of the Canadian Poker Championships. Each table will play four more hands before bagging their chips for the night.
Level 9
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
With about 600,000 already in the middle of a three-handed flop reading 
, Timothy Deering bet 220,000 forcing the player first to act to check-fold but Stephan Tzoutzourakis check-called.
Both players checked after the 
hit the turn and when the 
completed the board on the river, Tzoutzourakis led with a bet worth 365,000.
Deering thought for just a moment before tossing his cards into the muck and Tzoutzourakis tabled 
, showing the bluff.
"For PokerNews," said Tzoutzourakis.
"I had jack-shit too," replied Deering.
Level 9
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Level 9
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Level: 9
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Eight levels are in the books and the remaining players have departed on a 15-minute break.
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Yannick Gauthier opened to 40,000 from early position and called a three-bet of 92,000 from Stephan Tzoutzourakis in late position. The flop was 
and both players checked to the 
on the turn.
Action went check, check again bringing the 
to complete the board. Gauthier bet 65,000 and Tzoutzourakis didn't take long to make the call.
Gauthier tabled 
and Tzoutzourakis flipped over 
for just ace-high to steal the pot.
