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Level 19
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The remaining 101 players are on their first break of the day. Play resumes in 15 minutes with the money bubble.
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
$1,100 Playground1000
Day: 3
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Level 19
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
[Removed:528] raised to 45,000 from the hijack and Michel Lacasse defended his small blind.
The flop came 
and Lacasse led out for 55,000. [Removed:529] called.
The turn was the 
and both players checked to the 
on the river. Lacasse led out again, this time for 85,000. [Removed:529] thought for a moment and then called.
Lacasse tabled 
for a set of queens and [Removed:529] just shook his head and paid the bet.
Level 19
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
On a board reading 
, Srinivas Gottiparthi bet 80,000 from middle position and Nicholas Soller called from the hijack
The river was the 
and Gottiparthi bet 90,000 this time. Soller wasted no time and moved all-in for 376,000, having Gottiparthi covered by a hair.
Gottiparthi asked for a count and was clearly in agony over the decision to call for his tournament life just four players from the money. He was in the tank for several minutes, visibly torn. Eventually, he folded.
Level 19
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
It is unknown how many bets it took before all the money went in but Fakher Alizai had Maduka Meragal all-in preflop, racing for his tournament life. Meragal had 769,000 behind and Alizai had him covered.
Meragal: 
Alizai: 
The board ran out 
and Meragal spiked a king on the flop to score a huge double up.
Level 19
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Ryan Riess was missing from his seat and the table filled us in on what happened.
Tomas Larivee Magni opened the pot and Riess jammed his stack of 500,000 in the middle. Magni called.
Riess put himself at risk with two jacks and found himself flipping against Magni's ace-king.
The board ran out ace-high and Riess found himself on the rail, just shy of the money bubble.
Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
On a board reading 
, Christopher Turnbull checked from the big blind. Fraser Swidler was in middle position and bet 37,000. Turnbull thought for a moment and check-shoved all-in for 261,000. Swidler went into the tank for about a minute and eventually called.
Turnbull was the player at risk but was well ahead with 
for trip aces. The turn was the 
and Turnbull locked up the hand. The dealer put out the on the river for the slight needle and then shipped Turnbull the pot.
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
We got to the table as the dealer was counting out Giovanni Abate's stack on the button, as he just doubled with 333,000 chips. Kevin Rivest was on the other end in the cutoff.
Abate had 
on a board reading 
and Abate was good with fours full of kings. Rivest's hand was mucked.
Abate started the day with 398,000 and has almost doubled that since sitting down.
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
After the player to his immediate right in early position opened to 35,000, Ryan Riess three-bet to 95,000 and his opponent made the call.
The flop was 
and Riess took down the pot with a bet of 70,000.
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
