2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
Playground1000 Final Table is Set! Donghai Lu Leads
The $1,100 No Limit Hold'em Playground1000 $1,000,000 guaranteed final table is set!
Leading the way is Donghai Lu with 21,710,000 chips, good for just shy of a quarter of the total chips in play. Partypoker Team Pro Natalia Breviglieri is in the middle of the pack with 7,855,000 and has cashed for her third partypoker $1 million guaranteed tournament in a row. She also holds the record for most partypoker live cashes with a total of 10 so far including this event.
Here is a look at how the final table stacks up:
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Charles La Boissonniere | Canada | 14,630,000 |
2 | Aaron Czaja | Canada | 1,690,000 |
3 | Donghai Lu | Canada | 21,710,000 |
4 | Jason Mandanici-Turcot | Canada | 11,000,000 |
5 | Garrett Dansereau | Canada | 12,500,000 |
6 | Marc Guerbilsky | Canada | 6,400,000 |
7 | Natalia Breviglieri | United Kingdom | 7,855,000 |
8 | Alexander Puchalski | Canada | 2,365,000 |
9 | Carlos Gerones | Canada | 8,380,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Donghai Lu | 21,710,000 | 110,000 |
Charles La Boissonniere | 14,630,000 | 2,490,000 |
Garrett Dansereau | 12,500,000 | 1,550,000 |
Jason Mandanici-Turcot | 11,000,000 | 2,070,000 |
Carlos Gerones | 8,380,000 | 280,000 |
Natalia Breviglieri | 7,855,000 | -2,355,000 |
Marc Guerbilsky | 6,400,000 | 2,690,000 |
Alexander Puchalski | 2,365,000 | -4,135,000 |
Aaron Czaja | 1,690,000 | -1,710,000 |
Kyle Janisse Eliminated in 10th Place ($8,500)
Kyle Janisse moved all-in preflop for 3,400,000 and Donghai Lu called to put him at risk.
Janisse:
Lu:
A board was spread and Janisse bubbled the final table, exiting in 10th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Donghai Lu | 21,600,000 | 3,500,000 |
Kyle Janisse | Busted |
Level: 31
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Michael Khan Eliminated in 11th Place ($8,500)
Michael Khan moved all-in for 3,150,000 from the cutoff and Garrett Dansereau moved in over the top from the small blind.
"You moved all-in too quick. That's not good" said Khan as he tabled . He was right, as Dansereau showed to have him dominated.
The board ran out and Khan was eliminated in 11th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Garrett Dansereau | 10,950,000 | 4,595,000 |
Michael Khan | Busted |
Dave Jeanneau-Cyr Eliminated in 12th Place ($8,500)
Donghai Lu opened to 580,000 from early position and tank-called a three-bet shove from Dave Jeanneau-Cyr out of the big blind for 3,670,000.
Jeanneau-Cyr:
Lu:
The board ran out and Jeanneau-Cyr failed to improve, dropping in 12th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Donghai Lu | 18,100,000 | 4,680,000 |
Dave Jeanneau-Cyr | Busted |
Gerones Doubles Through Czaja
Aaron Czaja opened to 550,000 from under-the-gun and called a three-bet jam of 3,895,000 from Carlos Gerones out of the big blind.
Gerones:
Czaja:
Gerones was dominated and in trouble but like many domination-nation all-in pots so far today, the board ran out and the worst hand pre came from behind and won the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Carlos Gerones | 8,100,000 | 3,175,000 |
Aaron Czaja | 3,400,000 | -4,450,000 |
Karim Abdelhamid Eliminated in 13th Place ($7,750)
Karim Abdelhamid was all-in from the hijack for his last 1,660,000 chips and Aaron Czaja moved in over top from the cutoff.
Abdelhamid was at risk and well behind with , up against Czaja's .
The flop came and Czaja flopped a set to take an overwhelming lead. The turn was the and Abdelhamid was drawing dead to the on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Aaron Czaja | 7,850,000 | 2,360,000 |
Karim Abdelhamid | Busted |
Level: 30
Blinds: 120,000/240,000
Ante: 240,000
Donghai Lu Leads on the Break
The remaining 13 players are on another 15-minute break.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Donghai Lu | 13,420,000 | 5,620,000 |
Charles La Boissonniere | 12,140,000 | -1,110,000 |
Natalia Breviglieri | 10,210,000 | 2,810,000 |
Jason Mandanici-Turcot | 8,930,000 | -670,000 |
Alexander Puchalski | 6,500,000 | 400,000 |
Garrett Dansereau | 6,355,000 | 4,405,000 |
Aaron Czaja | 5,490,000 | 90,000 |
Kyle Janisse | 5,310,000 | -1,240,000 |
Carlos Gerones | 4,925,000 | -5,175,000 |
Marc Guerbilsky | 3,710,000 | 1,810,000 |
Dave Jeanneau-Cyr | 3,650,000 | -1,150,000 |
Michael Khan | 3,215,000 | -685,000 |
Karim Abdelhamid | 1,650,000 | -1,850,000 |