Canadian Grand Prix
Day 1a Started
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Canadian Grand Prix
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
100 CAD
Prize Pool
500,000 CAD
Entries
3,341
Level
39
Blinds
800,000 / 160,000
Ante
200,000
The partypoker Grand Prix $500,000 Guarantee Starts Today
The World Cup of Cards (WCC) is really starting to ramp up with Day 1a of the partypoker Grand Prix Poker Tour $500,000 Guarantee. This is event #16 and this tournament sports the biggest guarantee of the WCC. It also has the lowest buy in, only $109.
Today's flight is just one of eleven live starting flights. There have been a ton of online Day 1 flights as well and 38 players have already qualified for Day 2. Mike Stannard is the big stack so far with 668,500.
There will be plenty of chances for live players to match Stannard's stack, beginning with Day 1a at 4 p.m. There is another flight tonight at 9 p.m. Tomorrow there are five Day 1 flights and four more on Saturday. The regular flights will have 20-minute levels and the turbo flights will have 15-minute levels. Each player will start with 20,000 and each starting flight play will continue until ten percent of the field remains. Day 1a is a turbo flight.
One of the unique elements of the GPPT is a "Golden Chip." The golden chip can be earned in a series of 1-cent online tournaments. The top five players from each of the tournaments earns a virtual golden chip. If a player with a virtual golden chip makes Day 2, they get a physical golden chip. Then any player who wins the tournament and has a golden chip adds $50,000 to their first place prize.
The Party Poker Grand Prix $500,000 Guarantee is Event #16 of the World Cup of Cards. PokerNews will be here throughout the festival, bringing you all the news, updates, and photos. Follow @pokernews on Twitter for live updates, Periscope broadcasts, and more. Also, follow PokerNews on Facebook and Instagram.
Cards in the Air
Day 1a of the $109 partypoker Canadian Grand Prix is underway and 52 players are seated and playing. Among them, is four-time WSOP bracelet winner Jeff Madsen.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,900 | |
|
22,000 | |
|
19,800 | |
|
18,700 | |
|
17,400 | |
|
16,800 | |
|
16,500 | |
|
15,100 | |
|
12,800 |
Photos From Day 1a of partypoker GPPT
113 Entries for Day 1a Turbo
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.
Rising to the Top
Here are some of the players with the bigger chip stacks entering the 600/1,200 blind level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,000 | |
|
|
73,000 | |
|
72,000 | |
|
|
55,400 | |
|
|
54,000 | |
|
54,000 | |
|
|
52,000 |
Aces For Asfour; Almost Cracked, Rivers the Nuts
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000 |
Final Three Table Chip Counts (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
291,000 | |
|
|
195,000 | 118,000 |
|
182,000 | |
|
|
118,000 | |
|
116,000 | |
|
|
111,000 | 57,000 |
|
94,000 | |
|
90,000 | |
|
85,000 | |
|
|
83,000 | |
|
|
80,000 | |
|
|
72,000 | |
|
|
70,000 | -20,000 |
|
|
64,000 | |
|
61,000 | |
|
58,000 | |
|
|
55,000 | |
|
|
52,000 | |
|
49,000 | |
|
47,000 | |
|
46,000 | |
|
|
44,000 | |
|
|
41,000 | |
|
|
29,000 | |
|
29,000 |
Final 15 Chip Counts at the Break (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
360,000 | 69,000 |
|
|
357,000 | 267,000 |
|
|
254,000 | 169,000 |
|
|
196,000 | 14,000 |
|
|
192,000 | -3,000 |
|
|
190,000 | 79,000 |
|
|
105,000 | -13,000 |
|
|
103,000 | 31,000 |
|
|
97,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
90,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
61,000 | -3,000 |
|
|
47,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
45,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
30,500 | 14,500 |
|
|
12,000 | -46,000 |