$220 partypoker Grand Prix Canada Day 2 | 2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards

08-20-2017 15:04 UTC-4

Day 2 Casualties Through the First Three Levels

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The following players have been eliminated early on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sylvester Lteif	Busted
Andre St-Jean	Busted
Jean-Denis Lacourse	Busted
Mike Lafable	Busted
Marc Touloute	Busted
Klajdi Lika	Busted
Viken Artinian	Busted
Manny Walia	Busted
Richard Stewart	Busted
Carl Diveglia	Busted
Hercules Stoumpos	Busted
Vineet Puri	Busted
Pierre Boucher	Busted
Bernard Auguste	Busted
Simon Pin-Disle	Busted
Arnold Yaxley	Busted
Paul Robert Segouin	Busted
Steve Daraiche	Busted
Graham Ross Thomson	Busted
Guillaume Lavigne	Busted
Alexander Mogilevsky	Busted
Eric Marcil	Busted
Ara Asatoorian	Busted
Roy Bertrand	Busted
Manfred Gunther	Busted

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08-20-2017 14:58 UTC-4

Today's Payout Structure

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Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The top 17 prizes won't be unveiled until the Day 3 so here is what anyone busting from the Grand Prix during Day 2 will leave with.

Place	Prize (CAD)
18th-27th	$2,000.00
28th-47th	$1,500.00
48th-73rd	$1,100.00
74th-106th	$900.00
107th-146th	$700.00
147th-186th	$600.00
187th-259th	$500.00
260th-332nd	$400.00

08-20-2017 14:57 UTC-4

Donald Cowie Continues to Lead the Field

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Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Almost two hours into the day, the field has dropped by more than a hundred players and the chip leader is still Donald Cowie. He began the day with 2,250,000 and has now crossed the 3-million chip mark.

Here's a look at the top ten stacks in the room:

Player	Chips	Progress
Donald Cowie	3,080,000 830,000	830,000
Graham Lupton	2,900,000 1,222,000	1,222,000
Brian Van Bart	2,080,000 496,000	496,000
Prosper Azoulay	2,060,000 771,000	771,000
Ian Murray	2,020,000 1,829,000	1,829,000
Andrew Fahey	1,800,000 223,000	223,000
Paul Scott	1,730,000 1,251,000	1,251,000
Shawn Brown	1,665,000 1,147,000	1,147,000
Donald-Sun Chher	1,560,000 197,000	197,000
Shane Mackinnon	1,500,000 836,000	836,000

Tags: Donald Cowie

Level: 18

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

08-20-2017 14:27 UTC-4

A Set for Salame

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Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

On a board reading , with about 150,000 in the pot, Jean-Claude Salame checked from the small blind. Hugo Dupont bet 50,000 from the big blind and Gaurav Arora raised to 120,000 from under the gun. Salame wasted no time and moved all in for about 150,000. Dupont thought for a moment but opted to fold. Arora called.

Salame was at risk but miles ahead with for a set of eights. Arora tabled for top pair.

The turn was the and the river was the , sending the pot to Salame.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hugo Dupont	1,170,000 388,000	388,000
Gaurav Arora	780,000 460,000	460,000
Jean-Claude Salame	600,000 332,000	332,000

Tags: Jean-Claude Salame Hugo Dupont Gaurav Arora

08-20-2017 14:22 UTC-4

Aces Hold for Pavel Covaliov

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Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Mike Leah raised to 30,000 from the hijack and Pavel Covaliov three-bet to 85,000 on the button. Leah moved all in and Covaliov quickly called.

Covaliov was at risk but well ahead with , up against Leah's . The board ran out and Covaliov held on to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Covaliov	730,000 368,000	368,000
Mike Leah	240,000 655,000	655,000

Tags: Mike Leah Pavel Covaliov

08-20-2017 14:13 UTC-4

Quite the Turn of Events for Sivakumar and Dang

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Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

On the flop of a board, a raising war between Alexander Dang and Sutharsan Sivakumar ended with both players all-in.

Dang:
Sivakumar:

Dang was caught making a move but an on the turn quickly turned the tables. Unfortunately, for Dang, justice was served on the river as the completed the board giving Sivakumar a better two pair and sealed the double up.

Dang began to walk away from the table but was called back to see 38,000 returned to his seat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sutharsan Sivakumar	930,000 665,000	665,000
Alexander Dang	38,000 699,000	699,000

Tags: Alexander Dang Sutharsan Sivakumar

08-20-2017 14:11 UTC-4

Oliver Gergely Catches Junior Roberts

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Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The player under the gun limped in, as did Junior Roberts from early position and a player in middle position. Oliver Gergely was in the small blind and raised it up to 56,000. The under-the-gun player folded, Roberts called and the player in middle position folded.

The flop came and Gergely led out for 52,000. Roberts called.

The turn was the and Gergely checked. Roberts quickly bet 52,000 and Gergely called. The river was the and Gergely checked again. Roberts quickly fired out a bet worth 85,000 and Gergely tossed out a single chip to call. "You're good" said Roberts, reluctant to show his hand. Gergely waited, and Roberts flashed just the . Gergely half-smiled and signaled for Roberts to show both cards, prompting him to reveal for king-high. Gergely tabled and raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Gergely	885,000 275,000	275,000
Junior Roberts	238,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Junior Roberts Oliver Gergely

Level: 17

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

08-20-2017 13:54 UTC-4

Xuan Huy Phan Doubles Through Mike Leah

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Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Xuan Huy Phan raised to 25,000 from early position and Mike Leah three-bet to 70,000 from the cutoff. Action was back on Phan and he started to fiddle with his chips. "I gotta count my stack. I don't know how much I have left" laughed Phan, as he counted out a stack worth 420,000. After a few seconds he said, "Alright. All in" and chunked some more chips in the middle. "I call" said Leah.

Phan tabled , well ahead against Leah's .

The flop came and Phan stayed ahead with a pair of jacks. The turn was the and Leah picked up some more outs with a flush draw. The river was the and Phan held to double through.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	895,000 458,000	458,000

Xuan Huy Phan	865,000 365,000	365,000

Tags: Xuan Huy Phan Mike Leah