Raphael Duval Bags a Massive Stack at the End of Day 2 in the partypoker Grand Prix Canada
The day began with 333 players and just 25 remain at the end of play on Day of the partypoker Grand Prix Canada. Located in Kahnawake, Quebec in Canada, the ever-popular Playground Poker Club plays host to the second-annual World Cup of Cards and this opening event guaranteed a prize pool worth $1 million CAD.
This event attracted a total of 3,746 entries between a ton of online and live qualifiers, and just 25 players are moving on to Day 3 from today's live Day 2, while two players advanced from the online Day 2.
The remaining players are all guaranteed to pocket at least $2,000, but the top payouts have not yet been released. The final prize pool information will be posted tomorrow by the time Day 3 kicks off. Results will then be found right here under the Results tab, and the prize pool information will be found under the Payouts tab.
The chip leader to end the day ws Raphael Duval, bagging a staggering 22,165,000 chips. He started the day strong and never really looked back. Behind him with the second-most chips was Anatoly Zharnitsky with 18,365,000 chips, followed by Matthew Wilkins (10,650,000) to round out the top three stacks.
Other familiar players to continue on to Day 3 tomorrow include Ryan Morrell (9,085,000), Dustin Melanson (6,430,000), and B]Said Michailidis[/B] (6,015,000).
The partypoker Grand Prix Canada is now running for the third time, and the second-ever winner from earlier this year in May was local favorite Cassidy Battikha. He had a great shot at defending his title but came short today, finishing with a little more than 60 players remaining in the field for $1,100. He has most definitely proven he has what it takes to compete, so look for him to make another deep run as the series progresses.
Some of the notable players that made it in the money today but did not advance included Mike Leah, Scott Montgomery, Isabelle Tremblay, Steve Worr, Andy Watt, Wing Seto, Kathy Sawers, Oliver Gergely, Karine Broeckaert, Samuel PIcard, Bill Blais, Leo Hackenbroch, Jessie Wheatley, and Patrick St-Onge.
Day 3 kicks off at 1:00 p.m. local time tomorow, Monday, August 21st, and will play down to a winner.
PokerNews is proud to be providing coverage for this series, so keep following along as we write about the journey to a winner!
and Morrell led out for 220,000. Lidstone called. The turn was the 
and Morrell led out for 305,000 this time. Lidstone called again.
and Morrell paused for a moment before firing a third bullet worth 1,100,000. Lidstone thought about it for a few seconds and eventually called. 
for a flush and Lidstone mucked his hand. 
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but the river was the 
and Ulloa-Torres caught a magical river to survive.
. Caron snap-called tabling 
and Melanson was lucky enough to bink the river and eliminate Caron.
and Conrad checked. Ulloa-Torres tossed in a single chip worth 100,000 and Conrad instantly check-raised all-in for 590,000. Ulloa-Torres asked for a count and was clearly in agony over the decision. Eventually, he folded. 
