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Canadian Grand Prix
Day 1c Completed
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Canadian Grand Prix
Day: 1c
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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Ten more players are through to Day 2 of the partypoker $500,000 Guarantee Candian Grand Prix. On the final hand of the day, he eliminated Kathy Sawers when she check-raised the flop with second pair. El Megharbel called with top pair and stay ahead to eliminate Sawers and send the remaining ten players through to Day 2.
The flight drew 95 entries and started at 10 a.m. Several of the players that failed to make it through this flight quickly reentered the later flights to take another shot at making Day 2.
El Megharbel is still about 300,000 off the overall leader, Mike Stannard who bagged virtually bagged 668,500 from one of the online flights. There are still several flights, both online and live left to get a spot in Day 2 and compete for a share of the $500,000 guarantee. Day 1e just started and Day 1f is later this evening. There are four more flights tomorrow, with the first one beginning at 10 p.m.
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
395,500 | |
|
|
332,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
298,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
222,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
207,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
|
177,500
84,500
|
84,500 |
|
|
98,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
98,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
48,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
29,500
18,500
|
18,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
351,000 | |
|
|
245,000 | |
|
|
140,000
124,600
|
124,600 |
|
137,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
|
125,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
122,000 | |
|
|
102,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
93,000 | |
|
81,000 | |
|
|
78,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
|
72,000 | |
|
|
65,000 | |
|
|
57,000 | |
|
|
39,500
110,500
|
110,500 |
|
|
38,000
18,600
|
18,600 |
|
|
11,000 | |
|
|
11,000 | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Kathy Sawers leads the final 27 of Day 1c. Sofiane Boulila is close behind here while the two compete for spots in Day 2. Ten will go through from this flight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
205,000
132,600
|
132,600 |
|
|
200,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
90,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
Sofiane Boulila and Fouad Akli are the two of the biggest stacks remaining in Day 1c and they are sitting right next to each other.
Boulila extended his lead, beating Akli in a pot and then Akli busted Gagnon to regain some ground.
Hand #1:
Three players saw the flop for 4,000. The flop was 
and Boulila checked. Akli bet and Boulila was the only caller.
The turn was the 
and Boulila checked again. Akli bet 11,000 and Boulila called. The river was the 
and both players checkedd. Boulila showed 
for a flush and Akli mucked his hand.
Hand #2:
On the very next hand, Jean Pierre Gagnon went all in for about 10,800 and Boulila called. Then Akli raised to about 35,000 and Boulila folded. Akli had 
against the 
of Gagnon. The board ran out 
and Gagnon was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
152,000
127,800
|
127,800 |
|
|
99,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Today's morning flight for the partypoker Canadian Grand Prix $500,000 Guarantee got 95 players. The final ten will bag and move on to Day 2 which starts at 1 p.m. Sunday.
There are currently 60 players remaining in this turbo flight.
Level nine is about to begin and Kathy Sawers is sitting with over 60 big blinds.
Ronald Macdonald just won a good size pot without seeing a flop. Marco Simonetti and Sofiane Boulila had 1,800 in front of them and David Garcia made it 4,500 from the cutoff before Macdonald shoved all in for 21,700 and everyone folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,400
40,900
|
40,900 |
|
53,000 | |
|
|
34,000 | |
|
|
30,200 | |
|
|
24,200 | |
|
20,400 | |
|
|
15,400 | |
|
|
12,800 | |
|
10,600 | |
|
||
|
5,400 | |
