2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards

$1,100 Playground1000
Day: 2
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

$1,100 Playground1000

Day 2 Completed

Carlos Gerones Finishes Day 2 of the Playground1000 $1M Guaranteed With the Chip Lead

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

Day 2 of the $1,100 No Limit Hold'em partypoker Playground1000 $1,000,000 Guaranteed event is in the books and just 133 players remain in the hunt for the glory.

There are still two more days of play left before a champion is crowned, and so far Carlos Gerones leads the way with 2,304,000 chips. The Canadian only has one listed cash from two years ago right here at Playground, so this could be a chance for him to top his only $4,414 result. Gerones led midway through the day after stacking an opponent when he flopped a flush and improved to a straight flush to scoop a massive 1.7 million-chip pot. Close behind him is 2017 WSOP Main Event last-Canadian standing David Guay in second (1,950,000) with Matthew Wilkins (1,681,000), Fakher Alizai (1,586,000) and Kevin Rivest (1,483,000) rounding out the top five stacks.

In addition to these top stacks, partypoker Team Pros Kristen Bicknell (301,000) and Natalia Breviglieri (500,000) remain in the field with a shot at some big money to add to their already-impressive poker resumes.

Event #20 began with an Online Day 1 and continued with four Live Day 1's that concluded with a turbo in the middle of the day today for flight 1d. A total of 384 players came back to battle, plus another 136 Day 2 re-entries were added to the tally. All in all, this event attracted a total of 867 entries, eventually paying 100 spots.

First place will take home $200,000, the trophy and the glory that comes with taking down an event at the World Cup of Cards. A full break down of the prize pool is under the Payouts tab above. Here is a look at the breakdown of the payouts for the final table:

PlacePrize (CAD)
1st$200,000
2nd$120,000
3rd$80,000
4th$54,500
5th$40,000
6th$30,000
7th$22,500
8th$15,000
9th$10,000

This event is just 33 spots from the money and players will reach the bubble at some point in the first half of Day 3 tomorrow.

While many familiar faces moved on, a good chunk failed to get anything going. This includes Marc Etienne Mclaughlin, Laurence Grondin, Thomas Lefort, Duff Charette, Jiachen Gong, Francois Billard, Jean-Pascal Savard, Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault, Guillaume Nolet, and Sam Tsehai.

Day 3 ramps back up at 1:00 p.m. local time tomorrow. PokerNews will continue to be on site to bring you all of the coverage throughout this jam-packed festival, so keep it locked right here to stay in the loop!

Here's a look at the table draw for Day 3 tomorrow:

Tags: Carlos GeronesDavid GuayFakher AlizaiKristen BicknellNatalia Breviglieri

Day 3 Seating Assignments

Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
First NameLast NameTable & SeatChip Count
NabilKarrassTable 24 - Seat 1943,000
JohnHelouTable 24 - Seat 2698,000
GeoffreyHumTable 24 - Seat 4796,000
KrzysztofBireckiTable 24 - Seat 51,207,000
FrancoisBergeronTable 24 - Seat 6219,000
AmiAlibayTable 24 - Seat 7680,000
Aaron LawrenceCzajaTable 24 - Seat 8608,000
    
LueHuangTable 25 - Seat 11,348,000
FakherAlizaiTable 25 - Seat 21,586,000
RichardKerkerianTable 25 - Seat 3665,000
IanTangTable 25 - Seat 41,270,000
Debra AnnHolmanTable 25 - Seat 5441,000
LindaHuardTable 25 - Seat 61,010,000
AdamHussenTable 25 - Seat 7322,000
CaseySmithTable 25 - Seat 8692,000
    
MingzheZhangTable 26 - Seat 1994,000
MadukaMeragalTable 26 - Seat 2553,000
JonathanDuhamelTable 26 - Seat 31,135,000
TamHoTable 26 - Seat 4868,000
NickyEvansTable 26 - Seat 5244,000
NataliaNoginaTable 26 - Seat 6290,000
TimothyDeeringTable 26 - Seat 71,000,000
EricValleeTable 26 - Seat 8202,000
    
JosephTehanTable 27 - Seat 11,366,000
Jaered DanielBesseTable 27 - Seat 2267,000
DaveJeanneau-CyrTable 27 - Seat 31,179,000
Carlos AlbertoGeronesTable 27 - Seat 42,304,000
TadeuszBlaszczakTable 27 - Seat 5431,000
JeanLeblondTable 27 - Seat 6340,000
AdamCaderTable 27 - Seat 7319,000
SammyLafleurTable 27 - Seat 8252,000
    
KarimAbdelhamidTable 28 - Seat 11,371,000
GeorgesHallakTable 28 - Seat 2426,000
EricBigrasTable 28 - Seat 3400,000
GaryLucciTable 28 - Seat 41,177,000
OmarTabbaraTable 28 - Seat 5502,000
FaisalKhanTable 28 - Seat 61,100,000
JosueSauvageauTable 28 - Seat 7696,000
WilliamBlaisTable 28 - Seat 81,001,000
    
TanvirAhmedTable 29 - Seat 1781,000
NataliaBreviglieriTable 29 - Seat 2500,000
MichelLacasseTable 29 - Seat 3484,000
AlexandruBaronTable 29 - Seat 4456,000
ArmandKingTable 29 - Seat 5750,000
AndrewWattTable 29 - Seat 6302,000
IvanDriardTable 29 - Seat 7137,000
JonathanBussieresTable 29 - Seat 81,100,000
    
MauriceSimardTable 30 - Seat 1723,000
JamesDickinsonTable 30 - Seat 2610,000
PatrickBragaTable 30 - Seat 3549,000
MarcoLangTable 30 - Seat 41,357,000
KyleJanisseTable 30 - Seat 5477,000
MirwaisKarimiTable 30 - Seat 6643,000
AndrewMacdonaldTable 30 - Seat 7565,000
SteveBerubeTable 30 - Seat 8227,000
    
ChadCoombsTable 31 - Seat 1481,000
NimerLtaifTable 31 - Seat 2709,000
PrestenCloutierTable 31 - Seat 3817,000
NoeungTroeungTable 31 - Seat 4260,000
SammyChaoTable 31 - Seat 5796,000
JeffreyCormierTable 31 - Seat 6804,000
MathyeuProvostTable 31 - Seat 7287,000
DavidGuayTable 31 - Seat 81,950,000
    
TerenceCaulcuttTable 32 - Seat 1540,000
FrederickMowattTable 32 - Seat 21,063,000
MatthewWilkinsTable 32 - Seat 31,681,000
LeoClerouxTable 32 - Seat 4270,000
ChristopherTurnbullTable 32 - Seat 5336,000
StuartTaylorTable 32 - Seat 6990,000
CharlesLa BoissonniereTable 32 - Seat 7763,000
FraserSwidlerTable 32 - Seat 8494,000
    
AzimPopatiaTable 33 - Seat 1629,000
DonghaiLuTable 33 - Seat 21,071,000
MatthewPaplykTable 33 - Seat 3468,000
RubenPercevalTable 33 - Seat 4962,000
Jean-SimonGiguereTable 33 - Seat 5817,000
JeremyLyonsTable 33 - Seat 6317,000
GailSeagrisTable 33 - Seat 7863,000
AllanPuzantianTable 33 - Seat 8757,000
    
TerrisPrestonTable 34 - Seat 1695,000
MatthewBrunskoleTable 34 - Seat 2807,000
SamuelChartierTable 34 - Seat 3562,000
AndrewDickTable 34 - Seat 4614,000
Jean-PhilippePiquetteTable 34 - Seat 51,102,000
JonathanMarrieTable 34 - Seat 6559,000
PatrickCartierTable 34 - Seat 7541,000
JasonMandanici-TurcotTable 34 - Seat 81,100,000
    
SebastienProulxTable 35 - Seat 1937,000
SrinivasGottiparthiTable 35 - Seat 2351,000
DavidCadochTable 35 - Seat 3260,000
NicholasSollerTable 35 - Seat 4740,000
AlexanderPuchalskiTable 35 - Seat 5800,000
FrancescoMalteseTable 35 - Seat 6141,000
DavidLapierreTable 35 - Seat 7504,000
MustafaHassanzadaTable 35 - Seat 8618,000
    
FadyAbazahTable 36 - Seat 1329,000
Pierre PaulPaulinTable 36 - Seat 2152,000
PeterChienTable 36 - Seat 3101,000
YanNeimanTable 36 - Seat 4492,000
PeterKaemmerlenTable 36 - Seat 5337,000
IanO'ShaugnessyTable 36 - Seat 6282,000
RobertMazzucaTable 36 - Seat 71,109,000
JonathanRobergeTable 36 - Seat 8245,000
    
MichaelKhanTable 37 - Seat 1308,000
StephenSmithTable 37 - Seat 2136,000
XiaoyuLiTable 37 - Seat 31,426,000
Pier-OlivierLaroseTable 37 - Seat 4146,000
LucRaymondTable 37 - Seat 5144,000
DustinMelansonTable 37 - Seat 6497,000
DamienGaroyanTable 37 - Seat 7500,000
MathieuFortierTable 37 - Seat 8113,000
    
RogerLamiaTable 38 - Seat 11,364,000
RyanRiessTable 38 - Seat 2409,000
TonyPhu LeTable 38 - Seat 3242,000
AlexBarbosaTable 38 - Seat 4420,000
GarrettDansereauTable 38 - Seat 5810,000
JoelGiguereTable 38 - Seat 6638,000
TomasLarivee MagniTable 38 - Seat 71,220,000
    
RobertLabergeTable 39 - Seat 1515,000
DanielLeddyTable 39 - Seat 3335,000
TristanBergeronTable 39 - Seat 4338,000
ThomasCemmTable 39 - Seat 5677,000
KevinRivestTable 39 - Seat 61,483,000
GiovanniAbateTable 39 - Seat 7352,000
LilyKornikTable 39 - Seat 8117,000
    
JohnPihlakTable 40 - Seat 1184,000
SteveMansourTable 40 - Seat 2447,000
KristenBicknellTable 40 - Seat 3301,000
DanielPepinTable 40 - Seat 4832,000
SamuelGagnonTable 40 - Seat 5390,000
RongXuTable 40 - Seat 7464,000
MarcGuerbilskyTable 40 - Seat 8812,000

End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)

Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Carlos Gerones ca
Carlos Gerones
2,304,000 370,000
David Guay ca
David Guay
WSOP 1X Winner
1,950,000 1,330,000
Matthew Wilkins ca
Matthew Wilkins
1,681,000 841,000
Fakher Alizai ca
Fakher Alizai
1,586,000 500,000
Kevin Rivest ca
Kevin Rivest
1,483,000 547,000
Xiaoyu Li ca
Xiaoyu Li
1,426,000 723,000
Karim Abdelhamid ca
Karim Abdelhamid
1,371,000 1,129,900
Joe Tehan us
Joe Tehan
WPT 1X Winner
1,366,000 741,000
Roger Lamia ca
Roger Lamia
1,364,000 521,000
Marco Lang at
Marco Lang
1,357,000 1,016,400
Lue Huang us
Lue Huang
1,348,000 88,000
Ian Tang ca
Ian Tang
1,270,000 352,000
Tomas Larivee Magni ca
Tomas Larivee Magni
1,220,000 1,135,000
Krzysztof Birecki ca
Krzysztof Birecki
1,207,000 -2,000
Dave Jeanneau-Cyr ca
Dave Jeanneau-Cyr
1,179,000 1,179,000
Gary Lucci ca
Gary Lucci
1,177,000 487,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
WSOP 3X Winner
1,135,000 715,000
Robert Mazzuca ca
Robert Mazzuca
1,109,000 450,000
Jean-Philippe Piquette ca
Jean-Philippe Piquette
1,102,000 572,000
Jonathan Bussieres ca
Jonathan Bussieres
1,100,000 190,000
Jason Mandanici-Turcot ca
Jason Mandanici-Turcot
1,100,000 1,100,000
Faisal Khan ca
Faisal Khan
1,100,000 -332,000
Donghai Lu ca
Donghai Lu
1,071,000 137,000
Frederick Mowatt ca
Frederick Mowatt
1,063,000 1,063,000
Linda Huard ca
Linda Huard
1,010,000 166,000

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Brunskole Doubles Through Chartier

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

We got to the table with 400,000 in the pot on a board reading {a-Hearts}{8-Spades}{4-Spades}{4-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}.

Sam Chartier was in late position and checked to Matthew Brunskole in the cutoff. Brunskole shipped his remaining 271,000 chips in the middle and Chartier went into the tank. It took several minutes for him to come to a decision, but eventually he called.

Brunskole tabled {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} for a full house, eights full of fours. Chartier mucked and paid the bet.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Brunskole ca
Matthew Brunskole
830,000 210,000
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
640,000 -176,000

Tags: Matthew BrunskoleSamuel Chartier

Domination-Nation for Chao

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

Sammy Chao opened to 26,000 from early position and was called by the player to his immediate left. Action folded around to the player in the big blind who three-bet jammed all-in for 250,000. Chao called putting his opponent at risk and the player in middle position quickly folded.

Opponent: {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Chao: {a-}{k-}

The board ran out {3-Clubs}{7-Spades}{9-Spades}{3-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} and Chao raked in the pot, giving himself a significant boost to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Sammy Chao ca
Sammy Chao
890,000 504,100

Tags: Sammy Chao

Duhamel Keeps Pushing

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

Jonathan Duhamel raised to 25,000 from early position and action folded to the player in the big blind who decided to defend.

The flop came {4-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{2-Hearts} and the big blind checked. Duhamel bet 27,000 and his opponent called.

The turn was the {7-Diamonds}. The big blind checked yet again, and Duhamel thought for a moment before firing out a bet worth 62,000. His opponent went into the tank for about a minute but eventually released his hand.

The 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion started the day with 308,500 and has increased his stack a little bit to likely find himself in contention on Day 3 tomorrow.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
WSOP 3X Winner
420,000 -35,000

Tags: Jonathan Duhamel

Watson Eliminated by Ward

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

Douglas Watson moved all-in for about 100,000 from middle position and action was on Jean Ernest Ward in the big blind. He thought for a moment and eventually called.

Douglas Watson: {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}
Jean Ernest Ward: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}

Watson was dominated and needed some help as the dealer fanned a flop reading {4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. The {6-Hearts} on the turn was one of the better ones for Watson, giving him flush and straight draws. Unfortunately for him, the river was the {9-Diamonds} for a brick and he was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Jean Ernest Ward ca
Jean Ernest Ward
1,150,000 977,500
Douglas Watson ca
Douglas Watson
Busted

Tags: Douglas WatsonJean Ernest Ward