$2,200 partypoker Canadian Poker Championships
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2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
$2,200 partypoker Canadian Poker Championships
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
2,200 CAD
Prize Pool
2,000,000 CAD
Entries
899
Level
38
Blinds
8,000,000 / 16,000,000
Ante
0
Day 3 Seating Assignments
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| First Name | Last Name | Table - Seat | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nadir | Lalji | Table 22 - Seat 1 | 2,030,000 |
| Lorne | Wechsler | Table 22 - Seat 2 | 2,245,000 |
| Tanvir | Ahmed | Table 22 - Seat 3 | 990,000 |
| Mirwais | Karimi | Table 22 - Seat 5 | 5,265,000 |
| Blake | Tarbell | Table 22 - Seat 6 | 9,200,000 |
| Michael | Noor | Table 22 - Seat 7 | 1,540,000 |
| Guillaume | Nolet | Table 22 - Seat 8 | 6,500,000 |
| Jimmy | Arora | Table 23 - Seat 1 | 6,550,000 |
| Ivan | Mamuzic | Table 23 - Seat 2 | 4,800,000 |
| Benoit | Jean | Table 23 - Seat 3 | 2,910,000 |
| Nier | Shapiro | Table 23 - Seat 4 | 8,150,000 |
| Pablo | Mariz | Table 23 - Seat 5 | 2,835,000 |
| Michel-Claude | Baroud | Table 23 - Seat 6 | 11,900,000 |
| Ari | Engel | Table 23 - Seat 7 | 7,615,000 |
| Michael | Pitcher | Table 23 - Seat 8 | 3,960,000 |
| Johanssy | Joseph | Table 24 - Seat 1 | 7,860,000 |
| Maduka | Meragal | Table 24 - Seat 2 | 4,575,000 |
| Nathan | Hall | Table 24 - Seat 3 | 4,310,000 |
| Alexander James | Allison | Table 24 - Seat 4 | 4,850,000 |
| Robert | Laberge | Table 24 - Seat 5 | 3,865,000 |
| Erik | Lemarquand | Table 24 - Seat 6 | 3,715,000 |
| Joel | Giguere | Table 24 - Seat 7 | 9,860,000 |
| Thanh | Phu | Table 24 - Seat 8 | 4,420,000 |
| Peter | Raimondi | Table 25 - Seat 1 | 2,315,000 |
| Samuel | Chartier | Table 25 - Seat 2 | 9,350,000 |
| Maurizio | Lo Russo | Table 25 - Seat 3 | 3,200,000 |
| Duc Hung | Nguyen | Table 25 - Seat 4 | 5,530,000 |
| Maragh | Rajiv Collin | Table 25 - Seat 5 | 7,295,000 |
| Frank | Bruno | Table 25 - Seat 6 | 2,790,000 |
| Michael | Tessier-Strasbourg | Table 25 - Seat 7 | 5,500,000 |
| Julian | Volpe | Table 25 - Seat 8 | 6,620,000 |
| Adeel Aman | Bangash | Table 26 - Seat 1 | 6,325,000 |
| Kevin | Rivest | Table 26 - Seat 2 | 10,375,000 |
| Sebastien | Labbe | Table 26 - Seat 3 | 15,970,000 |
| Chance | Kornuth | Table 26 - Seat 4 | 4,440,000 |
| Samuel Bisrat | Tsehai | Table 26 - Seat 5 | 5,500,000 |
| David | Ormsby | Table 26 - Seat 6 | 8,500,000 |
| Mike | Leah | Table 26 - Seat 7 | 14,315,000 |
| Samuel Louis | Gagnon | Table 26 - Seat 8 | 3,700,000 |
| Carlos | Gerones | Table 27 - Seat 1 | 2,520,000 |
| Tao Bo | Liang | Table 27 - Seat 2 | 6,901,000 |
| Khaly | Dang | Table 27 - Seat 3 | 4,340,000 |
| Martin | Giguere | Table 27 - Seat 4 | 3,860,000 |
| Chad | Yurkin | Table 27 - Seat 5 | 1,950,000 |
| Robert | Taylor | Table 27 - Seat 6 | 4,895,000 |
| Joshua | Frazer James | Table 27 - Seat 7 | 6,195,000 |
| Douglas James | Mackinnon | Table 27 - Seat 8 | 1,330,000 |
| Ruben | Perceval | Table 28 - Seat 1 | 5,330,000 |
| Roger | Lamia | Table 28 - Seat 2 | 4,775,000 |
| Jonathan | Marrie | Table 28 - Seat 3 | 10,800,000 |
| Jean-Philippe | Beaulieu | Table 28 - Seat 4 | 6,900,000 |
| Lucas | Drolet | Table 28 - Seat 5 | 12,970,000 |
| Spiro | Mikrogianakis | Table 28 - Seat 6 | 2,250,000 |
| Randy | Jennings | Table 28 - Seat 7 | 2,450,000 |
| Zheng-Yi | Xie | Table 28 - Seat 8 | 5,240,000 |
| Ko | Maddock | Table 29 - Seat 1 | 4,580,000 |
| Timothy | Deering | Table 29 - Seat 2 | 7,500,000 |
| Ibrahim | Haddad | Table 29 - Seat 3 | 1,885,000 |
| Shawn | Daigle | Table 29 - Seat 4 | 11,060,000 |
| Daniel | Suied | Table 29 - Seat 5 | 2,100,000 |
| Sammy | Chao | Table 29 - Seat 6 | 4,960,000 |
| Edward | Hislop | Table 29 - Seat 7 | 5,500,000 |
| Olivier | Demers | Table 29 - Seat 8 | 6,610,000 |
| Ahmad | Baalbaki | Table 30 - Seat 1 | 7,650,000 |
| Dean | Murphy | Table 30 - Seat 2 | 7,000,000 |
| William | Foxen | Table 30 - Seat 3 | 7,715,000 |
| Duff | Charette | Table 30 - Seat 4 | 9,320,000 |
| Eric | Vallee | Table 30 - Seat 5 | 3,115,000 |
| Randy | Khalil | Table 30 - Seat 6 | 5,960,000 |
| Kevin | MacDonald | Table 30 - Seat 7 | 7,200,000 |
| Patrick | Serda | Table 30 - Seat 8 | 8,880,000 |
| Eric | Afriat | Table 31 - Seat 1 | 2,155,000 |
| Tommy | Coulombe | Table 31 - Seat 2 | 15,500,000 |
| Alexandre | Henry | Table 31 - Seat 3 | 4,750,000 |
| Lily | Kornik | Table 31 - Seat 4 | 1,560,000 |
| TO Khanh | Tieu | Table 31 - Seat 5 | 4,185,000 |
| Conrado | Corpus | Table 31 - Seat 6 | 3,400,000 |
| Jody | Miall | Table 31 - Seat 7 | 12,475,000 |
| Lawrence | Radie | Table 31 - Seat 8 | 2,215,000 |
| Brent | Wajcman | Table 32 - Seat 1 | 3,160,000 |
| Andrej | Markovinovic | Table 32 - Seat 2 | 2,015,000 |
| Samuel Robert | Phillips | Table 32 - Seat 3 | 6,050,000 |
| Mark | A | Table 32 - Seat 4 | 12,725,000 |
| Ema | Zajmovic | Table 32 - Seat 5 | 4,995,000 |
| Walter | Hrelja | Table 32 - Seat 6 | 5,800,000 |
| Michael | Pinoudis | Table 32 - Seat 7 | 9,985,000 |
| Guillaume | Tremblay | Table 32 - Seat 8 | 12,975,000 |
| Etienne | Gratton-Bourret | Table 33 - Seat 1 | 2,000,000 |
| Maxime | Lejeune Hebert | Table 33 - Seat 2 | 7,990,000 |
| Joseph | Tehan | Table 33 - Seat 3 | 8,585,000 |
| Cory | Smith | Table 33 - Seat 4 | 3,830,000 |
| Pascal | Lefrancois | Table 33 - Seat 5 | 850,000 |
| Lawrence | O'Brien | Table 33 - Seat 6 | 3,400,000 |
| Malik | King | Table 33 - Seat 7 | 3,300,000 |
| Azim | Popatia | Table 33 - Seat 8 | 1,760,000 |
| Carl | Martel | Table 34 - Seat 1 | 9,805,000 |
| Nicholas | Nemis | Table 34 - Seat 2 | 2,645,000 |
| Kieu Hoa | Lam | Table 34 - Seat 3 | 7,620,000 |
| Samuel | Barre | Table 34 - Seat 4 | 6,820,000 |
| Nick | Nickoletopoulos | Table 34 - Seat 5 | 3,740,000 |
| Jimmy | Setna | Table 34 - Seat 6 | 5,415,000 |
| Damien | Steel | Table 34 - Seat 7 | 7,925,000 |
| Daren | Keyes | Table 34 - Seat 8 | 13,265,000 |
| Tommy | Nguyen | Table 35 - Seat 1 | 1,595,000 |
| Charles-Anthony | Dube | Table 35 - Seat 3 | 7,550,000 |
| Baron | Ha | Table 35 - Seat 4 | 2,000,000 |
| Christian | Soto | Table 35 - Seat 5 | 2,355,000 |
| Jonathan | Bussieres | Table 35 - Seat 6 | 5,300,000 |
| Ryan | Jensen | Table 35 - Seat 7 | 4,100,000 |
| Kyle | Bowker | Table 35 - Seat 8 | 6,000,000 |
| Felix | Sides | Table 36 - Seat 1 | 2,785,000 |
| Thanh Tri | Nguyen | Table 36 - Seat 2 | 12,120,000 |
| Charles | La Boissonniere | Table 36 - Seat 3 | 13,555,000 |
| Said | Michailidis | Table 36 - Seat 4 | 5,960,000 |
| Richard | Sysko | Table 36 - Seat 5 | 4,825,000 |
| Brendan Patrick | Mc Gee | Table 36 - Seat 6 | 1,540,000 |
| Tomas | Larivee Magni | Table 36 - Seat 7 | 7,350,000 |
| Pierre Paul | Paulin | Table 37 - Seat 1 | 3,510,000 |
| Jonathan | Duhamel | Table 37 - Seat 2 | 3,315,000 |
| Sean | Gomez | Table 37 - Seat 4 | 5,220,000 |
| Raffi | Ghazarian | Table 37 - Seat 5 | 5,240,000 |
| Darrin | Oremba | Table 37 - Seat 6 | 4,500,000 |
| Tony | Melowsky | Table 37 - Seat 7 | 6,095,000 |
| Shijaudin | Daud Sha | Table 37 - Seat 8 | 10,000,000 |
| Jean Francois | Bouchard | Table 38 - Seat 1 | 3,575,000 |
| Vadim | Rozin | Table 38 - Seat 2 | 6,595,000 |
| Richard | Verdon | Table 38 - Seat 3 | 5,765,000 |
| Ronald | Laplante | Table 38 - Seat 4 | 2,620,000 |
| Paul | Dalrymple | Table 38 - Seat 5 | 6,275,000 |
| Nicky | Evans | Table 38 - Seat 7 | 6,200,000 |
| Ryan | Riess | Table 38 - Seat 8 | 6,080,000 |
| Zahir | Gilani | Table 39 - Seat 1 | 3,790,000 |
| Diana | Shamshoum | Table 39 - Seat 2 | 2,465,000 |
| Marc Etienne | Mclaughlin | Table 39 - Seat 4 | 3,495,000 |
| Andre | Pelletier | Table 39 - Seat 5 | 6,720,000 |
| Daune | Fernandez | Table 39 - Seat 6 | 6,700,000 |
| Omid | Shahbazian | Table 39 - Seat 7 | 2,970,000 |
| Denis | Beauchesne | Table 39 - Seat 8 | 1,870,000 |
| Jason | Lavalle | Table 40 - Seat 1 | 2,700,000 |
| Glenn | Allan | Table 40 - Seat 2 | 2,830,000 |
| Kevin | Schulz | Table 40 - Seat 3 | 11,210,000 |
| Omar | El Nasrallah | Table 40 - Seat 4 | 4,400,000 |
| David | Sorgente | Table 40 - Seat 5 | 5,560,000 |
| Czeryll | Longalong | Table 40 - Seat 6 | 8,655,000 |
| Chanracy | Khun | Table 40 - Seat 8 | 3,500,000 |
Canada's Mike Leah Headlines Day 3 of the Canadian Poker Championships!
It's another beautiful day in Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada for the penultimate day of the 2017 World Cup of Cards for the Canadian Poker Championships as the feature event. The ever-popular Playground Poker Club worked hand-in-hand with partypoker to host this five-week event and the end is in sight.
Day 3 fires up today at 1:00 p.m. local time and players will duke it out for eight levels at 60 minutes a round. There will be a break every two hours as usual, with a dinner break after the sixth level of the day. Day 4 will be the last day of play on Wednesday and will also begin at 1:00 p.m. with the intention to play down to a winner.
There will be a live stream on a 30-minute delay, so check it out via the Live Stream tab above when it goes live at 1:30 p.m.
Canada's own Mike 'GoLeafsGoEh' Leah has bagged a monstrous stack worth 14,315,000 and looks to reach $10 million in cashes between his live and online recorded winnings. Leah boasts $6,464,403 in live results and $3,062,566 online for a total of $9,526,969 in lifetime earnings. The Ontarian is known for his multi-tabling wizardry and is likely to be seen with a laptop by his side for the remainder of the week.
The chip leader coming into the day is Sebastien Labbe with a hefty 15,970,000 chips, with Tommy Coulombe sitting in second with 15,500,000. Leah is firmly in third, with recent Playground1000 champion Charles La Boissonniere in fourth with 13,555,000, and end of Day 1 chip leader Daren Keyes filling out the top five stacks with 13,265,000.
Players are now in the money with 145 contenders back to try and make it to the final day on Wednesday where a winner will be crowned. Everyone is guaranteed a min-cash worth $2,000 but the real goal is the $400,000 up top along with the trophy and overall title.
Another fascinating story is that of Richard Verdon who found his way here through a $2.20 satellite ticket. Even better, he won the ticket through a giveaway from partypoker and did not have to spend his own money to buy in. He spun his ticket up into a $22 satellite ticket and turned that into an entry into the $220 Phase One tournament. He then turned that into a stack for Day 1 and brought just over 2 million in chips to Day 2. Verdon is now in the money, guaranteed $2,000, and has 5,765,000 chips to work with. He is freerolling for $400,000 and seems to be enjoying the ride. We'll be following his story to see if he can go all the way!
Here is a look at the top payouts on the final table:
| Place | Prize (CAD) |
|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 |
| 2 | $240,000 |
| 3 | $164,000 |
| 4 | $110,000 |
| 5 | $75,000 |
| 6 | $50,000 |
| 7 | $35,000 |
| 8 | $26,000 |
| 9 | $20,000 |
There are many tough competitors in the field today including the likes of Jonathan Marrie (10,800,000), Kevin Rivest (10,375,000), Sam Chartier (9,350,000), Duff Charette (9,320,000), newly-crowned $10K WCOOP High Roller champion Patrick Serda (8,880,000), Joe Tehan (8,585,000), Ari Engel (7,615,000), Guillaume Nolet (6,500,000), 2013 WSOP Main Event champion Ryan Riess (6,080,000), WPT champion Ema Zajmovic (4,995,000), Chance Kornuth (4,440,000), 2013 November Niner Marc Etienne Mclaughlin (3,495,000), 2012 WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel (3,315,000), WSOP Millionare Maker champion Pablo Mariz (2,835,000), WPT champion Eric Afriat (2,155,000), and Pascal Lefrancois (850,000).
PokerNews will be here on the way to crowning a big winner, bringing you all the news and updates. Follow @pokernews on Twitter for live updates and more. Also, follow PokerNews on Facebook and Instagram.
Here is a look at the seating assignments and chip counts for the final 145 players:
Level: 18
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 18
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
The tournament director has announced "Shuffle up and deal!" and cards are in the air on Day 3 of the Canadian Poker Championships!
Mariz Loses Race Against Baroud
Level 18
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
After an open from early position, Pablo Mariz three-bet jammed for about 2,4000,000 on the button. Michel-Claude Baroud flatted from the small blind and the original raiser folded.
Mariz: 
Baroud: 
Mariz was racing for his tournament life but the board was not in his favor, running out 
. Baroud raked in the pot while Mariz was sent to collect his winnings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,000,000 | 2,100,000 |
|
Busted |
You Have Fans, Don't Ignore Them
Level 18
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
The PokerNews MyStack App is available for players here in the 2017 World Cup of Cards, allowing players to directly update their chip count on the PokerNews Live Reporting page for their friends and family to see.
You can download the app for iPhone or Android now to get started. Then, create a new PokerNews account or update your current one to start updating your status immediately. Your followers can see all the live action that you're involved in.
Be forewarned, however, any abuse of the app will result in account suspension or termination.
The Fox-en Says "All-In"
Level 18
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Patrick Serda raised to 425,000 from the cutoff and the player in the small blind called. Alex Foxen was in the big blind and thought for a moment before three-betting to 1,550,000. Serda called after a brief pause, and the action was on the small blind. He thought for about thirty seconds, visibly torn with the decision, and eventually folded.
The flop came 
and Foxen led out for 1,300,000. Serda called.
The turn was the . Foxen tanked for about a minute and then shoved for just over 4 million. Serda thought for about a minute himself and eventually mucked.
"I hope you didn't have the ace of diamonds" laughed Serda.
The two players have had an extraordinary week on the online felt. Foxen took down a $5K event on partypoker for over $220,000 and Serda won the $10K WCOOP High Roller for $469,000. Both players have healthy stacks here on Day 3 with a shot at another six-figure score.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,600,000 | 10,600,000 |
|
9,460,000 | 580,000 |
Satty into the partypoker POWERFEST #254 $25k Super High Roller
Level 18
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Kicking off at 5 p.m. local time inside Playground Poker Club on Wednesday, partypoker and Playground are giving you the chance to satellite into POWERFEST #254 $25,500 Super High Roller.
The live satellite features two seats guaranteed with a buy-in of $3,300. Players will start with a 25,000 starting stack and play 20-minute blind levels. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are open until the end of Level 6, approximately 7 p.m.
The $25,500 Super High Roller is set for September 19th at 2:00 p.m.
River Value for Rivest
Level 18
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
With over 3,000,000 already piled up in the middle, Kevin Rivest bet 1,825,000 on the river of a 
board.
His heads-up opponent Adeel Aman Bangash went into the tank. The call would be for half of Bangash's stack. After a few moments, Bagansh made the call and was forced to muck when Rivest tabled 
for two-pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,000,000 | 6,625,000 |
|
|
3,650,000 | -2,675,000 |