Joey 'birdman' Boczek raised preflop to 15,000 and was called by an opponent in late position. The flop came , Boczek splashed 60,000 into the pot and his opponent flats. The turn is a and Boczek snap-shoves all-in. His opponent snap-calls, putting himself at risk.
Boczek:
Opponent:
Boczek was ahead and with a falling on the river, locked up the pot with a straight and eliminated his opponent.
With a board of and sitting in front of Ken Ransom, the dealer was cutting down his and his opponent's stacks. After a quick count, it was determined Ransom had his opponent covered and was pushed the significantly large pot.
Joey Boczek opened to 20,000 and an opponent in the small blind shoved for 75,000. With action back on Boczek, he contemplated for just a moment before making the call.
Boczek:
Opponent:
The board ran out , pairing Boczek's eight on the river and giving him the checkmark.
Chad Blumes had to be called back to the table after taking a cooler holding , running into Adam Ettinger's . The board ran out and Blumes walked away, thinking he had been eliminated. The dealer cut down the two stacks and Blumes had his opponent slightly out-chipped, leaving him with some hope.
The very hand next hand Blumes was all-in and would be eliminated on the direct Day 2 bubble.
The fourth starting flight of Event #16: $500,000 partypoker Canadain Grand Prix has come to an end with 25 players remaining. Friday afternoon's Day 1d attracted a field of 242 entries.
Leading the way at the end of play was David Lanthier, bagging a top stack of 656,000. Also sitting at the top of the leaderboard were Joey Boczek (490,000), Basil Glezakos (415,000), Julien Aubin (372,000), and Adam Ettinger (348,000).
A number of notables and familiar faces around Playground took their shot this afternoon. A few failing to survive include Jeff Madsen, Buddy Villaluz, Grant Ellis, Chris McClung, [Removed:533], and Kenneth Wigfield
Players will have six more opportunities to qualify for Day 2, live at Playground. There are two more starting flights on Friday evening, and another four on Saturday.
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, Boczek splashed 60,000 into the pot and his opponent flats. The turn is a 
and Boczek snap-shoves all-in. His opponent snap-calls, putting himself at risk.
and 
sitting in front of Ken Ransom, the dealer was cutting down his and his opponent's stacks. After a quick count, it was determined Ransom had his opponent covered and was pushed the significantly large pot.
, pairing Boczek's eight on the river and giving him the checkmark.
