2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards

$1,100 Playground1000
Day: 1b
Event Info

2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
200,000 CAD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,100 CAD
Prize Pool
1,000,000 CAD
Entries
867
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
300,000

Vijayratnam Falls at the Hands of the King

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Senthuran Vijayaratnam
Senthuran Vijayaratnam

Armand 'Oyster King' King raised to 5,500 from under the gun and got calls from Senthuran Vijayaratnam on the button and Sam Gottiparthi in the small blind.

The flop came {j-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{3-Spades} and all three players checked to the {a-Clubs} on the turn. Gottiparthi checked and King bet 21,500. Vijayaratnam was next to act and raised to 50,000. Gottiparthi folded and King moved all-in. Vijayaratnam called.

King quickly tabled {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} for a set of threes and Vijayaratnam disappointingly tabled {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} for a pair of aces. "I'm drawing dead" said Vijayaratnam as he got up from his seat.

The river was the insignificant {q-Clubs} and King raked in the pot while Vijayaratnam hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Armand King ca
Armand King
620,000 295,000
Senthuran Vijayaratnam ca
Senthuran Vijayaratnam
Busted

Tags: Armand KingSenthuran Vijayaratnam

Tang Turns It

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

On a board reading {k-Spades}{9-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}, with about 17,000 in the pot, Marc-Andre Gravel bet 6,000 from the hijack. Ian Tang was on the button and raised to 16,500. Gravel tank-called.

The river was the {2-Spades} and Gravel checked. Tang paused for a moment and bet 38,000. Gravel practically beat him into the pot, quickly tossing a single chip out to call.

Tang tabled {k-Clubs}{6-Clubs} for trip kings and Gravel mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Ian Tang ca
Ian Tang
355,000
Marc-Andre Gravel ca
Marc-Andre Gravel
152,000

Tags: Ian TangMarc-Andre Gravel

2013 November Niner Marc Etienne Mclaughlin Building a Stack

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Marc Etienne McLaughlin
Marc Etienne McLaughlin

Action folded to 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event November Niner Marc Etienne Mclaughlin in the cutoff and he raised to 4,000. The player in the big blind called.

The flop came {k-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{3-Spades} and both players checked to the {9-Spades} on the turn. The big blind led out for 5,500 and Mclaughlin quickly called.

The river was the {2-Clubs} and both players checked. The big blind said "I have a deuce", prompting Mclaughlin to table {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} for a pair of threes. The big blind mucked and Mclaughlin raked in the pot.

Mclaughlin won the 2016 World Cup of Cards High Roller last summer, and although he couldn't get anything going in the High Roller this year, there are a few more events left for the Quebec pro to put up big results.

Player Chips Progress
Marc Etienne Mclaughlin ca
Marc Etienne Mclaughlin
148,000 24,000

Tags: Marc Etienne Mclaughlin

2013 WSOP Main Event Champion Ryan Riess Takes a Seat!

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Ryan Riess
Ryan Riess

Just as Level 8 was beginning, 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Ryan Riess strolled in to take his seat in this event today.

Riess is fresh off a win in Barcelona after shipping the €10,200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller for €155,500 for his fourth career win. 'Riess the Beast' added to his more than $10 million in career earnings, with his $8,361,570 win in the 2013 WSOP Main Event being his top score.

The champ only has two cashes in Canada so far, with one of them being in May earlier this year at the partypoker MILLIONS event, so look for Riess to turn it on and gun for a big win on Canadian soil.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
100,000 100,000

Tags: Ryan Riess

Level: 8

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

"Yyyyyyyyessssss!": Oyster King Finds a Magical Turn to Double

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Armand King
Armand King

We got to the action as a massive pot was brewing over on Table 58. In a four-bet pot with about 75,000 in the middle, on a board reading {10-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}, Yannick Harvey led out for 28,000 from the small blind. Armand 'Oyster King' King was on the button and re-raised to 80,900. Harvey thought for a moment and moved all-in. King had about 73,000 behind, and after a minute of reflection he called.

Armand King: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Yannick Harvey: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

King was way behind and admitted he knew it but couldn't fold.

The turn was the {q-Diamonds} and King yelled out, "Yyyyyesssss!" as he turned a set of queens. The river was the {2-Spades} and King held to win a massive pot worth over 270 big blinds. "I knew I was behind, but you have to hit those sometimes" said an enthused King.

Alyssa MacDonald was at the table and comforted a visibly disappointed Harvey. "I know it sucks, but you still have a lot of chips to play with. Just don't run bad, that's all." Sage words of encouragement and advice from the World Cup of Cards champion!

Player Chips Progress
Armand King ca
Armand King
325,000 195,000
Yannick Harvey ca
Yannick Harvey
38,000 -105,000

Tags: Alyssa MacDonaldArmand KingYannick Harvey

Eight-High is the Nuts? Watt?

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With about 14,000 in the pot, on a board reading {5-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Clubs}, the players in the small and big blinds checked and the under-the-gun player bet 5,500. Andrew Watt called from late position and both the blinds folded.

The turn was the {4-Diamonds} and the player under the gun checked. Watt bet 8,000 and his opponent called. The river was the {j-Clubs} and action was checked to Watt again. He bet 12,000 and his opponent tank-folded.

"It's nothing personal" said Watt as he showed {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts} for a busted straight draw. His opponent laughed and said "I had eight-six." Watt smiled and replied, "So I had the nuts!"

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Watt ca
Andrew Watt
225,000 48,000

Tags: Andrew Watt

Mina Mourad Doubles His Micro Stack

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

We got to the table as Mina Mourad was piling his stack of 10,600 in the middle on the button and was called by Elio Saade in late position.

Mourad was at risk with {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts} but was flipping against {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}.

The flop came {q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} and Saade began laughing, and waving the hand off after Mourad paired his queen. The turn was the {3-Diamonds} to give Saade a flush draw and the two players shared another laugh. "Put a diamond there" laughed Saade. The river was the {7-Clubs} and Mourad was safe.

Player Chips Progress
Mina Mourad ca
Mina Mourad
23,000 23,000

Tags: Mina Mourad

Cormier Catches on the River

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With about 7,000 in the pot, on a board reading {k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{4-Spades} Jeff Cormier checked from the small blind, as did the player in the big blind and the player on the button.

The turn was the {7-Clubs} and Cormier led out for 3,500. The big blind thought for a full minute and eventually called. The player on the button quickly raised to 10,000 and Cormier called but the big blind folded.

The river was the {5-Clubs} and Cormier checked. The button fiddled with his chips and eventually bet 6,500. Cormier seemed torn, but eventually called.

The button tabled {7-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for two pair sevens and fours. Unfortunately for him, Cormier caught up on the river and tabled {k-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} for two pair kings and fives to scoop up the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Cormier ca
Jeff Cormier
215,000 145,000

Tags: Jeff Cormier

Level: 7

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200