Canadian Grand Prix Day 1b | 2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

09-02-2016 02:00 UTC-4

Final Two Table Chip Counts (full)

Player	Chips	Progress
Colin Scheckman	355,000 65,000	65,000
Romain Briand	290,000 190,000	190,000
Dylan Thibault	260,000 150,000	150,000
Marc-Andre Yelle	222,000 3,000	3,000
Anoop Jugurnath	205,000 100,000	100,000
Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte	190,000 4,000	4,000
Philippe Chikani	156,000 13,000	13,000
Michael Blandford	139,000
Rene Berube	134,000 61,000	61,000
Jordan Revel	119,000 21,000	21,000
Tina Howie	116,000 36,000	36,000
Matthew Willard	115,000 35,000	35,000
Samuel Cote	88,000 34,000	34,000
Rodney Hollett	83,000 23,000	23,000
Arash Zanjani	67,000 7,000	7,000
George Lazkami	47,000 48,000	48,000

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09-02-2016 02:25 UTC-4

Shots From the Final Two Tables

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09-02-2016 02:45 UTC-4

Arash Zanjani Bubbles Day 2 of Grand Prix

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Arash Zanjani moved all-in preflop and was called by Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte. Zanjani had tabled but was behind Massicotte-Lecompte's . Zanjani was unable to improve and busted in fifteen place, send the final 14 players into Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte	627,500 437,500	437,500
Arash Zanjani	Busted

09-02-2016 03:12 UTC-4

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

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Player	Chips	Progress
Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte	627,500
Colin Scheckman	455,000 100,000	100,000
Anoop Jugurnath	278,500 73,500	73,500
Dylan Thibault	267,500 7,500	7,500
Tina Howie	200,000 84,000	84,000
Rene Berube	155,000 21,000	21,000
Marc-Andre Yelle	146,000 76,000	76,000
Philippe Chikani	138,000 18,000	18,000
Michael Blandford	135,000 4,000	4,000
Matthew Willard	113,500 1,500	1,500
Romain Briand	90,000 200,000	200,000
Rodney Hollett	86,000 3,000	3,000
George Lazkami	47,000
Samuel Cote	40,500 47,500	47,500

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09-02-2016 03:48 UTC-4

Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte Bags Monster Stack to Lead Day 1b Field

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Day 1b chip leader Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte

The second starting flight of Event #16: $500,000 partypoker Canadain Grand Prix has come to an end with 14 players remaining. Thursday evening's Day 1b attracted a field of 139 entries.

Leading the way at the end of play was Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte, bagging a top stack of 627,500. Also sitting at the top of the leaderboard were Colin Scheckman (455,000), Anoop Jugurnath (278,500), Dylan Thibault (267,500), and Tina Howie (200,000).

A number of familiar faces around Playground took their shot this evening. A few failing to survive include Joey Boczek, [Removed:528], Kenneth Wigfield, Carrie Webster, and Grant Ellis.

Players will have nine more opportunities to qualify for Day 2, live at Playground. There are five starting flights on Friday, and another four on Saturday.

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Canadian Grand Prix

Day 1b Completed