All-Stars for Starlight
Day 3 Started
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
All-Stars for Starlight
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
135 CAD
Prize Pool
111,307 CAD
Entries
850
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Samuel Chaput Looks to Close Out Big Lead: All-Stars for Starlight Final Table Begins at 7 p.m.
It's time for the final table of Event #6 of the World Cup of Cards at Playground Poker Club.
During Day 2, chip leader Samuel Chaput (3,225,000) just kept winning pots and eliminating players. He will bring the big stack into play today when play resumes at 7 p.m. The final ten players are each guaranteed CAD $1,340 and the winner will receive the first prize of $21,000.
Chaput enters the day with a 600,000 lead on the next closest player, Jacob Lafleur (2,410,000) and is more than 1-million in front of Felix Leclerc (1,705,000), who holds the third largest stack entering play today. For most of the players in today's field, the $21,000 first prize would be their biggest recorded tournament win. David Bonneau (1,080,000) comes into today with the short stack, and is looking to top his 11th place finish in the WPT National from earlier in the World Cup of Cards.
Nick-Real Seide (1,540,000), has been a regular during the World Cup of Cards so far. He was leading one of the opening flights of the Quantum No-Limit Hold em tournament, before a string of hands that saw him eliminated before advancing to Day 2. He was the first player in the tournament to break 1-million chips and was competing with Chaput for the chip lead until the final levels of play on Day 2.
Charles La Boinnisiere (1,205,000) has also been seen in several of the events at the WCOC, and is at his first final table of the series. He most recently finished 27th in the EPT Dublin Main Event for $28,270 and first place here would book his second largest tournament payout.
Charles-Eric Benoit (1,100,000), Denis Simard (1,505,000), Sagar Shetye (1,565,000), and Tommy Coulumbe (1,615,000) would more than double their recorded tournament winnings to date with a first place finish today.
The All-Stars for Starlight tournament is unique in that the $25 rake went to Starlight Foundation in Canada. According to Starlight's website, "Starlight helps bring the pure joy of being a kid back into the lives of sick children and their families by providing relief from the daily rigors of treatment. Our programs create smiles, laughter, fun memories and a welcome distraction at a time when children and their families need it most." For this tournament, Playground Poker Club has earned more than CAD $20,000 for the Starlight Foundation.
The final table should be wild. The whole tournament to this point has been played with 30-minute levels, but for the final table, they will shift to 40. However, the style of the players and Chaput's lead on most of the field could cause some fireworks early and ofen. It all starts at 7 p.m.
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Level: 27
Blinds: 25,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Cards in the Air
Level 27
: 25,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Day 3 of the All-Stars for Starlight is underway.
Sagar Shetye Almost Eliminated, Tommy Coulombe Doubles Up
Level 27
: 25,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Sagar Shetye smacked the felt with his open palm as soon as he saw Jacob Lafleur's hand.
The two players got all in on a board of 
. Lafleur turned over 
, which was better than Shetye's 
, but the river was the 
, giving both players a full house, aces full of eights and half the pot.
The next hand, Lafleur led for 500,000 into Tommy Coulombe with the flop reading 
.
"I have to call," said Lefleur.
Lafleur called and showed 
against the 
of Coulombe. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
, giving Coulombe a full house and the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,670,000 | 1,055,000 |
|
1,775,000 | 210,000 |
|
1,685,000 | -725,000 |
David Bonneau Eliminated in 10th Place ($1,340)
Level 27
: 25,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Nick-Real Seide just eliminated David Bonneau when he four-bet shoved on the button.
Seide opened to action to 100,000 on the button and Bonneau three-bet from the small blind, making it 350,000. Seide shoved all in and had Bonneau covered. Bonneau called with 
and Seide needed some help with 
.
The board ran out 
and Seide caught a queen on the river to win the pot and eliminate Bonneau.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,500,000 | 960,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 28
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
Jacob Lafleur Doubles Up Sagar Shetye, Eliminated Shortly After in 9th Place ($1,750)
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Sagar Shetye shoved the turn on Jacob Lafleur with the board reading 
and Lafleur called.
Lafeur had 
for a pair and a flush draw with a gut-shot straight draw. Shetye showed for an already made straight. The river was the and Shetye clapped his hands once loudly in celebration. That pot left Lafleur as the short stack.
Hand #2:
Shortly after that he got all in against Nick-Real Seide and managed to river a chop when the board came 
. Seide had 
against the 
of Lafleur and Lafleur was walking away from the table while his hand was mucked, until the dealer called him back to the table and chopped the pot.
Hand #3:
Then he got all in against Samuel Chaput with against Chaput's . The board ran out 
, momentarily flirting with the idea of bringing another chop.
At the start of play, Lafleur had Shetye all in and at risk, but the board paired on the river, giving both players the same full house and they would split the pot between them.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,700,000 | 475,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Eight Remain in All-Stars for Starlight, $21,000 Up Top
Level: 29
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000