Canadian Grand Prix
Day 1b Started
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Canadian Grand Prix
Day: 1b
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
Entries
3,341
Level
39
Blinds
800,000 / 160,000
Ante
200,000
Players Left 1 / 3,341
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The World Cup of Cards (WCC) is really starting to ramp up with Day 1b of the partypoker Grand Prix Poker Tour $500,000 Guarantee. This is Event #16 and sports the biggest guarantee of the WCC. It also has the lowest buy in, only $109.
Tonight's flight is the second 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 1b 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 1b 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 earn 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.
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With three more levels of late registration available, tonight's Day 1b has gathered a crowd of 117 players. There are 111 players remaining. The top 10% will qualify for Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000 | |
|
|
23,000 | |
|
21,500
21,500
|
21,500 |
|
|
14,000 | |
|
11,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
97,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
|
95,000 | |
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
78,900 | |
|
|
53,500 |
This evening's Day 1b field reached a total of 139 entries. The top 14 will move on to Day 2. Anyone unsuccessful will have nine more chance over the next two days to book their seat.
There is currently 96 players remaining.
Very few people have had the festival that [Removed:528] is currently rolling on. After attempting to qualify for the NL Hold'em Quantum Day 2 for the third time, [Removed:529] has jumped into the Grand Prix and has immediately made an impact.
Holding 
, [Removed:529] had two players all-in and at risk preflop. One had 
and the other, 
. The board ran out 
and [Removed:529] scooped the entire pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
61,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
176,500
144,500
|
144,500 |
|
|
144,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
95,000 | |
|
83,000 |
Colin Scheckman found himself in a great position having two players all-in and at risk preflop.
Scheckman: 
Opponent: 
Opponent:
It was a dream board for Scheckman, running out 
as he took down the sizeable pot without much of a sweat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
136,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000
153,500
|
153,500 |
|
|
225,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
186,000
186,000
|
186,000 |
|
|
156,000
156,000
|
156,000 |
|
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
143,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
122,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
103,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
93,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
80,000
96,500
|
96,500 |
|
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
73,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
53,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
|
30,000
23,500
|
23,500 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
