Canadian Grand Prix
Day 1d Started
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Canadian Grand Prix
Day: 1d
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
Day 1d Flies at 1 p.m., Online Flight Starts 30 Minutes Later
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 the fourth of eleven live starting flights. There have been a ton of online Day 1 flights as well and online flights are still running concurrently with the live flights. Mike Stannard is the big stack so far with 668,500 qualifying from one of the earlier online flights.
There are still plenty of chances for live players to match Stannard's stack, beginning with Day 1d at 1 p.m. This will be the second of four starting flights today. 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 1d is a normal flight with 20 minute levels.
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.
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135 Players Start Day 1d of partypoker Canadian Grand Prix
Day 1d, the second of five flights today just kicked off with 135 players.
Photos From Day 1d
Updated Counts from Day 1d
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,800
40,800
|
40,800 |
|
37,200
37,200
|
37,200 |
|
29,200
9,200
|
9,200 |
|
26,200
26,200
|
26,200 |
|
24,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
24,300 | |
|
24,200
24,200
|
24,200 |
|
24,200
24,200
|
24,200 |
|
23,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
22,600
22,600
|
22,600 |
|
||
|
18,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
15,600
15,600
|
15,600 |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,000
-4,200
|
-4,200 |
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
20,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
20,000 | |
|
|
20,000
-4,200
|
-4,200 |
|
|
20,000
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
|
20,000
-9,200
|
-9,200 |
|
|
20,000
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
20,000 |
Some Notable Updated Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
138,000 | |
|
115,000 | |
|
|
114,000 | |
|
95,000 | |
|
74,000 | |
|
|
57,000
34,400
|
34,400 |
|
|
||
|
33,000 | |
|
|
28,000
-9,200
|
-9,200 |
|
|
12,000 | |
|
|
Busted | |
Busted 1d, Moved on to 1e
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Registration Closed; 242 Total Entries
Today's Day 1d field has drawn a total of 242 runners. With the top 10% of each field qualifying for Day 2, just 25 players will move on to play Sunday.
Blind vs Blind Battle, Doubles Cote
An opponent in the small blind opened to 20,000 and Sylvain Cote three-bet shoved all-in for 91,500. After getting a count, his opponent made the call, putting Cote at risk.
Cote: 
Opponent: 
Cote was ahead but needed to hold. The board ran out 
and Cote scored a massive double up. If he is not the chip leader, he is among them.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
183,000 |