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

Leaders at the Break; Gerones on Top

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Carlos Gerones ca
Carlos Gerones
1,291,000 765,000
Fakher Alizai ca
Fakher Alizai
1,035,000 792,400
Terris Preston ca
Terris Preston
903,000 903,000
Lue Huang us
Lue Huang
903,000 78,000
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
899,000 295,000
Alexander Puchalski ca
Alexander Puchalski
875,000 -129,000
Jeff Cormier ca
Jeff Cormier
864,000 -16,000
Kathy Sawers ca
Kathy Sawers
818,000 449,700
Jonathan Bussieres ca
Jonathan Bussieres
794,000 608,000
Ian Tang ca
Ian Tang
755,000 175,000
Micheal Marinaro ca
Micheal Marinaro
755,000 117,000
Olivier Badeau ca
Olivier Badeau
735,000 15,000
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
732,000 -68,000
Xiaoyu Li ca
Xiaoyu Li
703,000 457,700
Donghai Lu ca
Donghai Lu
691,000 413,200
Shawn S ca
Shawn S
690,000 465,200
Georges Hallak ca
Georges Hallak
690,000 64,000
Kevin Rivest ca
Kevin Rivest
664,000 511,000
Daniel Elkeslassy ca
Daniel Elkeslassy
660,000 79,000
Robert Mazzuca ca
Robert Mazzuca
659,000 -116,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

Second Break of the Day

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Four levels have been completed so far on Day 2 and the players have been rewarded with a 15-minute break. During the break, the black T-100 chips will be raced off.

Huang is Climbing up the Ranks

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

With about 30,000 in the pot, on a board reading {a-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{5-Hearts}, Lue Huang checked from the big blind. The player on the button bet 17,000 and Huang check-raised to 51,000. The button moved all-in for 140,000 and Huang snap-called.

The button tabled {a-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} for a pair of aces while Huang showed {8-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for bottom two pair. The turn was the {6-Clubs} and the river was the {5-Spades} to give Huang a full house for good measure and to send his opponent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Lue Huang us
Lue Huang
825,000 711,400

Tags: Lue Huang

Registration Closed; 867 Total Entries

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Registration for the Playground1000 has officially closed and though the number is unofficial at the moment, the total number of entries looks to be 867, meaning there is an overlay of over $130.000.

Full details along with the official prize pool and payout structure will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

Cormier Ships a Huge Pot

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jeff Cormier
Jeff Cormier

A huge pot of what looked to be about 500,000 was brewing between Jeff Cormier and William Blais. We arrived to the table on the river of a {5-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{2-Spades}{3-Clubs} board.

Cormier slid out a bet worth 114,000 and Blais took some time before laying his hand down.

"That club saved you. I was trapping," Cormier uttered as he tabled {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Cormier ca
Jeff Cormier
880,000 380,000
William Blais ca
William Blais
258,000 -64,000

Tags: Jeff CormierWilliam Blais

Sound the Value-Gong

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Laurence Grondin opened to 10,000 from late-position and the player on the button made the call. Jiachen Gong waited in the small blind and three-bet to 42,500. Grondin folded and the player on the button called.

The flop was {2-Hearts}{4-Spades}{5-Clubs} and Gong continued with a bet of 27,500. His opponent called. Both players checked after the {q-Clubs} fell on the turn and the {k-Spades} completed the board on the river.

Gong bet 35,000 and his opponent called. Gong tabled {k-Hearts}{7-Hearts} for just a pair of kings and his opponent mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Jiachen Gong ca
Jiachen Gong
307,000 207,000

Tags: Laurence GrondinJiachen Gong

Bicknell Has Heaps; Seeks First Playground Poker Cash

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Kristen Bicknell
Kristen Bicknell

One of Canada's most familiar faces on the live poker scene these days is partypoker Team Pro Kristen Bicknell.

The online phenom took to the live felt on a full-time basis a couple of years ago while still dabbling in the live scene before that. Bicknell now owns two World Series of Poker bracelets after winning the 2013 Ladies' Event and then the 2016 Bounty Event.

Bicknell signed with partypoker earlier this year as a Team Pro and has been representing the brand with pride, traveling to play tournaments across the world. In an interview earlier in the year, Bicknell expressed that she hoped to represent a company in the poker world without having to change who she is and still play the game she loves. She has most certainly been accomplishing that.

To date, Bicknell's live earnings sit at around $925,000 and she looks to cross the $1 million mark with a big cash this series. She also sits just a few points behind Cate Hall as the top female this year by GPI rankings. With her clear intention of supporting women in poker, it would be no surprise to see her motivated to end the year with a bang if only to clinch this award alone.

Bicknell currently sits on a stack of 800,000 after heating up early on Day 2, so look for her to make waves as the series gets deeper. She has yet to book a cash here at Playground and hopes to correct that here.

Player Chips Progress
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
800,000 186,000

Tags: Kristen Bicknell

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000