$1,100 Playground1000
Day 1a Completed
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
$1,100 Playground1000
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
1,100 CAD
Prize Pool
1,000,000 CAD
Entries
867
Level
34
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
300,000
Georges Hallak Bags Big on Day 1a of $1,100 Playground1000 $1M Guaranteed!
Level 9
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The opening flight of the $1,100 Playground1000 $1,000,000 guaranteed event is in the books and it's Georges Hallak who leads the way in the first of four live starting flights.
The day ended with 82 hopefuls moving on to Day 2 on Monday, September 4th at 5:00 p.m. at the ever-popular Playground Poker Club in beautiful Kahnawake, Quebec in Canada.
Hallak called a big shove midway through the day with a set of eights and never really looked back. He comes back with 626,500 chips on Day 2, good for 261 big blinds. The next-biggest stack belongs to Benoit Lord with 453,800 and local notable Sam Chartier with 452,200 rounding out the top three.
Other notable stacks include partypoker Team Pros Kristen Bicknell (352,300) and Natalia Breviglieri (153,300), Mike Leah (348,500), Guillaume Nolet (300,000),Dustin Melanson (278,300), Jean-Pascal Savard (239,500), Marc Karam (171,800), Michael Malm (155,000), Alexandre Lavigne (125,600) and Carter Swidler (31,000).
The day ended with 160 entries, and while a little more than half of the field advanced, players have the option of re-entering once per day as well as before registration closes after Level 12 on Day 2.
With half of the field gone, many familiar faces failed to find a bag including Pierre Paul Paulin, Peter Chien, Isabelle Tremblay, Patrick Braga, Jeff Cormier, Fabio Luongo, David Ormsby and Jiachen Gong.
There are three more starting flights left, so keep following along as PokerNews brings you all of the action on the way to crowning another big winner here at the World Cup of Cards.
End of Day 1a Chip Counts (full)
Level 9
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
626,500 | 161,500 |
|
453,800 | 453,800 |
|
451,200 | 81,200 |
|
385,900 | -29,100 |
|
378,100 | -31,900 |
|
|
377,900 | 377,900 |
|
360,000 | 25,000 |
|
352,300 | 87,300 |
|
348,500 | 208,500 |
|
340,600 | 340,600 |
|
|
334,500 | 168,000 |
|
327,000 | 89,000 |
|
322,000 | 322,000 |
|
311,600 | 40,600 |
|
|
302,600 | 302,600 |
|
|
302,200 | 302,200 |
|
300,000 | 200,000 |
|
|
295,300 | 15,300 |
|
289,200 | 289,200 |
|
278,300 | 41,300 |
|
|
275,400 | 66,400 |
|
271,300 | 271,300 |
|
|
269,000 | -12,000 |
|
|
260,300 | 50,300 |
|
244,500 | 244,500 |
Last Five Hands!
Level 9
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The tournament director has announced players will play just five more hands before the night is over.
A full recap and list of chip counts will be available later tonight.
Top Stacks in the Last Level of the Night: Hallak on Top
Level 9
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
465,000 | |
|
|
415,000 | 80,000 |
|
|
410,000 | 141,000 |
|
|
370,000 | 240,000 |
|
365,000 | 128,000 |
|
|
335,000 | |
|
|
265,000 | -55,000 |
|
|
250,000 |
Belley Backs Into a Timely Double
Level 9
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Philippe Belley and Ha Van Nguyen were all-in before the flop, with Belley being the player at risk.
Belley tabled 
and Nguyen revealed 
for a coin flip.
The flop came 
and Nguyen pulled ahead with a pair of aces. Belley started to walk away from the table but the turn was the 
and the river was the 
to give Belley a flush to remain in the game.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | |
|
|
30,000 |
Sauve Flops a Big Draw
Level 9
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Natalia Breviglieri raised to 4,500 from middle position and Frank Sauve called from the cutoff.
The flop came 
and Breviglieri bet 5,200. Sauve called.
The turn was the and Breviglieri bet 10,500 this time. Sauve called again. The river was the 
and both players quickly checked back.
Before Breviglieri could table her hand, Sauve tabled 
for a pair of fours. He flopped a straight-flush draw and paired his four on the turn to rake in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000 | -11,000 |
|
|
130,000 | 88,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Last Break of the Day
Level 8
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Players are on their last break of the day!
One more level before bagging and tagging.
Drolet Shoves and Shows a Bluff
Level 8
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
With about 15,000 in the pot, on a board reading 
, Timothy Deering led for 9,500 from the small blind. Lucas Drolet called on the button.
The turn was the 
and Deering led out for 16,500 this time. Drolet wasted no time and shoved all-in for 66,500. Deering went into the tank and even grabbed chips to potentially call but eventually folded.
Drolet tabled for a flush draw and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000 | -51,000 |
|
130,000 |