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Canadian Grand Prix
Day 1a Completed
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Canadian Grand Prix
Day: 1a
Event Info
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
100 CAD
Prize Pool
500,000 CAD
Total Entries
3,341
Level
39
Blinds
800,000 / 160,000
Ante
200,000
Players Left 1 / 3,341
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Michel Dubreuil is the big stack with 12 players advancing from Day 1a of the partypoker Canadian Grand Prix $500,000 Guarantee. He finished the day with 362,000 and was followed closely by Danny Freitas (332,000). Mike Hamryszak finished the day above 300,000 also bagging 308,000.
This was a turbo flight and Dubreuil still finished about 200,000 below Mike Stannard who will have the biggest stack on Day 2 at 668,500. He was one of 38 players to play one of the 38 online flights. There are still ten more live flights, one of which just started at 9 p.m. and players are able to buy directly into Day 2 for $1,100. Day 2 starts Sunday at 1 p.m.
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On a board of 
, Elias Asfour moved all-in for about 40,000 (13 bbs) and was called by an opponent with slightly less.
Asfour: 
Opponent: 
Asfour was way out front needing to fade just a few cards. The 
on the turn, however gave his opponent a straight, leaving Asfour drawing to just a spade on the river. Fortunately, the dealer laid out the 
and Asfour made the nuts to take the pot and bust his opponent.
Here are some of the players with the bigger chip stacks entering the 600/1,200 blind level.
The players are coming back from a 15-minte break. The opening flight of the partypoker Canadian Grand Prix $500,000 Guarantee drew 113 players and 95 remain coming back from the break. The final 12 players will from this flight will continue to Day 2.
