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

$2,200 partypoker Canadian Poker Championships

Day 1a Completed

Day 1a of the Canadian Poker Championships Closes with Guillaume Nolet Leading

Level 9 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Guillaume Nolet
Guillaume Nolet

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), Jonathan Bussieres (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:

DayDateTime
Day 1BSaturday September 9th12:00pm
Day 1CSunday September 10th12:00pm
Day 1D (Turbo)Monday September 11th12:00pm
Day 2Monday September 11th5:00pm
Day 3Tuesday September 12th1:00pm
Day 4Wednesday September 13th1:00pm

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Tags: Ari EngelCarter SwidlerChance KornuthKristen BicknellJonathan BussieresGuillaume NoletDuff CharetteMarc LadouceurNatalia BreviglieriPablo MarizRyan Riess

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 9 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Guillaume Nolet ca
Guillaume Nolet
Day 1A Chip Leader
6,725,000 3,340,000
Samuel Phillips us
Samuel Phillips
5,450,000
Tao Bo Liang ca
Tao Bo Liang
5,204,000 1,374,000
Jody Miall ca
Jody Miall
4,650,000 150,000
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
4,491,000 1,246,000
Srinivas Gottiparthi
Srinivas Gottiparthi
4,413,000
Stephan Tzoutzourakis ca
Stephan Tzoutzourakis
4,105,000 -695,000
Khaly Dang ca
Khaly Dang
3,595,000 595,000
Dean Murphy ca
Dean Murphy
3,300,000 600,000
Christian Soto us
Christian Soto
3,106,000 -194,000
Joe Tehan
Joe Tehan
2,818,000
Sam Tsehai ca
Sam Tsehai
2,720,000
Baron Ha ca
Baron Ha
2,700,000
Timothy Deering ca
Timothy Deering
2,600,000
Michel Gariepy ca
Michel Gariepy
2,594,000 544,000
Maxime Lejeune Hebert ca
Maxime Lejeune Hebert
2,502,000
Marco Caza
Marco Caza
2,419,000
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
2,400,000 -700,000
Zahir Gilani us
Zahir Gilani
2,109,000 1,109,000
Eric Vallee ca
Eric Vallee
2,060,000 1,060,000
Brendan Patrick Mc Gee ca
Brendan Patrick Mc Gee
2,029,000
Carter Swidler ca
Carter Swidler
2,017,000 -83,000
Sean B ca
Sean B
1,956,000 -44,000
Chrishan Sivasundaram
Chrishan Sivasundaram
1,908,000
Carl Martel ca
Carl Martel
1,845,000

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Tzoutzourakis Shows the Bluff

Level 9 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Stephan Tzoutzourakis
Stephan Tzoutzourakis

With about 600,000 already in the middle of a three-handed flop reading {5-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{8-Hearts}, Timothy Deering bet 220,000 forcing the player first to act to check-fold but Stephan Tzoutzourakis check-called.

Both players checked after the {q-Diamonds} hit the turn and when the {5-Spades} 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 {9-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}, showing the bluff.

"For PokerNews," said Tzoutzourakis.

"I had jack-shit too," replied Deering.

Player Chips Progress
Stephan Tzoutzourakis ca
Stephan Tzoutzourakis
4,800,000 230,000
Timothy Deering ca
Timothy Deering
2,600,000 -400,000

Tags: Stephan TzoutzourakisTimothy Deering

Top Dogs at the Break

Level 9 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Stephan Tzoutzourakis ca
Stephan Tzoutzourakis
4,570,000 -130,000
Jody Miall ca
Jody Miall
4,500,000
Sam Phillips us
Sam Phillips
4,100,000 3,100,000
Tao Bo Liang ca
Tao Bo Liang
3,830,000
Guillaume Nolet ca
Guillaume Nolet
Day 1A Chip Leader
3,385,000 835,000
Christian Soto us
Christian Soto
3,300,000 800,000
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
3,245,000 520,000
Khaly Dang ca
Khaly Dang
3,000,000 660,000
Julian Milliard-Feral ca
Julian Milliard-Feral
2,865,000 665,000
Matthew Wilkins ca
Matthew Wilkins
2,800,000 1,600,000
Sam Tsehai ca
Sam Tsehai
2,740,000 1,540,000
Dean Murphy ca
Dean Murphy
2,700,000 1,074,000
Maxime Hebert ca
Maxime Hebert
2,700,000
Joe Tehan us
Joe Tehan
WPT 1X Winner
2,500,000 600,000
Charles La Boissonniere ca
Charles La Boissonniere
2,500,000 1,400,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Tzoutzourakis Heroes River

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 {4-Spades}{2-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and both players checked to the {3-Spades} on the turn.

Action went check, check again bringing the {4-Hearts} to complete the board. Gauthier bet 65,000 and Tzoutzourakis didn't take long to make the call.

Gauthier tabled {k-Clubs}{10-Spades} and Tzoutzourakis flipped over {a-Spades}{10-Clubs} for just ace-high to steal the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Stephan Tzoutzourakis ca
Stephan Tzoutzourakis
4,700,000 1,489,000
Yannick Gauthier ca
Yannick Gauthier
1,010,000 -160,000

Tags: Stephan TzoutzourakisYannick Gauthier