$2,200 partypoker Canadian Poker Championships
Day 1d Started
$2,200 partypoker Canadian Poker Championships
Day 1d Started
The final starting flight of the Canadian Poker Champions at Playground Poker begins at noon local time and it's a turbo format so players can hop into Day 2 at 5:00 p.m. this evening!
This event guarantees $2 million dollars and there have been 714 entries between the Phase One tournaments, direct entries and re-entries across the live and online events.
Direct buy-ins will start with 1,000,000 chips and players will compete for a total of nine levels at 20-minutes a piece. There will be one, 10-minute break after Level 5. Around 3:10 p.m. players will bag up and prepare to come back for 5:00 p.m. for Day 2. Registration will remain open until the end of Level 12, and players are allowed a single re-entry should they bust before then.
Stick with PokerNews as the action heats up while the tournament goes deeper and they play down to a winner this week!
Level: 1
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
The final starting flight of the Canadian Poker Championships is underway with the turbo! Players will contend for nine levels at 20 minutes a piece.
Shuffle up and deal!
Day 2 is underway at 5:00 p.m. this evening and will play eight levels. Registration will remain open until the end of Level 12. Good luck, players!
The turbo has begun and will complete in about three hours. Among the early entrants is local Nascar racer Isabelle Tremblay, Twitch streamer Nikolas Chinell and WPT Deepstacks Championship winner Rodney Ramalho.
Here is a look at some other notable faces in the field already:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Isabelle Tremblay | 1,000,000 | |
Diana Shamshoum | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
Carmela De Ciantis
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
Rodney Ramalho | 1,000,000 | 100,000 |
Ivan Fazal Karim | 1,000,000 | |
Nikolas Chinell
|
1,000,000 | |
Rayan Chamas | 1,000,000 |
Elshad Hajiyev raised to 12,000 from early position and got calls from Nikolas Chinell in the hijack and Damien Garoyan in the small blind. Donghai Lu was in the big blind and put in a three-bet to 48,000. Hajiyev called, Chinell folded and Garoyan called.
The flop came and Garoyan checked. Lu bet 55,000, Hajiyev called and Garoyan folded.
The turn was the and Lu led out for 100,500. Garoyan paused for about a minute and then asked, "I fold, you show?" Lu smiled and responded, "It's my first hand." Garoyan replied, "Doesn't matter." Eventually, he folded. Lu mucked and raked in an early pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Elshad Hajiyev | 1,505,000 | |
Donghai Lu | 1,160,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Howie
|
1,000,000 | |
Julian Volpe | 1,000,000 | |
Caude Richardson
|
1,000,000 | |
Alexander Butko
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
Xiaoyu Li | 1,000,000 | |
Donald Somers
|
1,000,000 | |
Ali Khan
|
1,000,000 | |
Manny Bloom
|
1,000,000 |
Elshad Hajiyev raised to 18,000 from under the gun and action was on Illankumaran Kandiah on the button. He thought for a moment and then put in a three-bet to 55,000. Donghai Lu was in the big blind and tank-called, followed by a quick call from Hajiyev.
The flop came and action checked to Kandiah who bet 55,000 again. Lu called and Hajiyev folded.
The turn was the . Lu checked, Kandiah bet 126,000 this time and Lu called yet again.
The river was the and Lu checked for a third time. Kandiah announced a bet of 300,000 and Lu went into the tank. He thought for about three minutes but eventually released his hand, sending the pot to Kandiah.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Illankumaran Kandiah
|
1,360,000 | |
Donghai Lu | 760,000 | -400,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000