All-Stars for Starlight Day 1b | 2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

08-27-2016 03:06 UTC-3

Some Final Level Shots

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Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

08-27-2016 03:23 UTC-3

Chip Leaders in the Last Level

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sammy Chao	284,000 164,000	164,000
Patrick M	190,000
Noy U	176,000 59,000	59,000
Jeffrey Herman	172,000 123,000	123,000
Alexandre Saumure	150,000
Renaud Conti	147,000
Michael Malm	136,000 98,500	98,500

08-27-2016 03:31 UTC-3

Three More Hands

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The remaining 53 players will play three more hands before bagging for the evening.

08-27-2016 03:36 UTC-3

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Boivin	135,000
Benjamin Chabot	42,500

Player	Chips	Progress
Sammy Chao	381,500 97,500	97,500
Tommy Coulombe	198,500 198,500	198,500
Colin Scheckman	191,500 191,500	191,500
Patrick M	188,500 -1,500	-1,500
John Palmer	178,500 62,000	62,000
Jean Daniel Hogan	147,000 147,000	147,000
Renaud Conti	142,000 -5,000	-5,000
Frederic Morin	140,000 87,000	87,000
Shawn Daigle	136,000 65,000	65,000
Charles La Boissonniere	125,500 93,500	93,500
Victor Artemenko	120,000 120,000	120,000
Francois Tarrab	109,500 34,500	34,500
Tony Farcy	102,500 102,500	102,500
Jean-Claude Salame	97,000 -17,000	-17,000
Michael Malm	92,000 -44,000	-44,000

Alexandre Saumure	91,000 -59,000	-59,000
Nicholas Vonapartis	91,000 34,000	34,000
John Barogiannis	89,000 -57,000	-57,000
Franco Sicondolfi	82,000 82,000	82,000
Alexandre Rochette	80,500 80,500	80,500
Kyle Janisse	78,000 -25,000	-25,000
James Cooke	76,500 76,500	76,500
Stuart Taylor	70,500 70,500	70,500
Mario Guay	70,000 -2,000	-2,000
Jason Mandanici-Turcot	70,000 70,000	70,000

Sammy Chao Leads After Day 1b of All-Stars for Starlight

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Sammy Chao ends Day 1b with overall chip lead

After 14 levels of play, Day 1b of the All-Stars for Starlight has come to an end. A total of 231 entries took a seat in the charity event of the World Cup of Cards at Playground Poker Club. There were 49 players remaining when the last hand of the night played out.

Leading the way on Day 1b was Sammy Chao. Chao ended play with 381,500, almost double his closest competitor. Chao hovered around the top of the leaderboard for most of the day but got a huge boost when he made a straight flush to bust another big stack at his table.

Other big stacks in the room were Tommy Coulombe (198,500), Colin Scheckman (191,500), Patrick M (188,500), Noy U (180,000), and the reigning All-Stars for Starlight champion John Palmer (178,500).

Some notables also moving on to Day 2 include WSOP bracelet winner Michael Malm, Charles La Boissonniere, Joey Boczek, Jason Conforti, and Kyle Janisse.

A few players not so lucky today were Kathy Sawers, Keren Kats, Rodney Ramalho, Grant Ellis, and Sebastien Proulx. As a next-day re-entry event though, everyone will have another shot to qualify for Day 2 on Saturday when another two Day 1 starting flights take place.

The second flight of the no-limit hold'em Event #6: $160 All-Stars for Starlight crushed the morning Day 1a flight which gathered 136 players . In total there have been 367 entries received meaning $9,175 has been raised for the Starlight Children’s Foundation Canada.

Starlight Children’s Foundation Canada is a charitable organization dedicated to bringing laughter, joy and hope back into the lives of children with serious illnesses. For over 20 years, our in-hospital entertainment therapy and out-of-hospital fun family adventure programs have brought smiles to children when they need it most.

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