Canadian Grand Prix
Day 1k Completed
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Canadian Grand Prix
Day: 1k
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1k
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
Sheldon Bloom Tops Final Day 1 Flight of partypoker $500,000 Canadian Grand Prix
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The clock has been paused on the final starting flight of Event #16: $500,000 partypoker Canadain Grand Prix. Day 1k is complete and 42 more survivors are on to Day 2. The last Day 1 qualifier received a total of 415 entries. Topping the field on Saturday night was Sheldon Bloom .
Bloom was way ahead of the field finishing with 529,000. Other big stacks in the room were Alain Desbiens (394,000), Sylvain Therrien (390,000), Giovanni Di Cosmo (370,000), and Ha Van Nguyen (357,500).
This was the last chance players had to qualify for Sunday's Day 2 for $109. Anybody failing to qualify, live or online, or wanting to start with a larger stack may buy-in directly to Day 2 for $1,100 and receive a starting stack of 200,000.
Day 2 kicks off at 1 p.m. inside Playground Poker Club Sunday. The field will play 14 levels before bagging for the final day.
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End of Day Chip Counts (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
529,000 | |
|
394,000 | |
|
|
390,000 | 85,000 |
|
|
370,000 | 118,000 |
|
|
357,500 | 37,500 |
|
341,000 | 11,000 |
|
327,500 | |
|
|
324,500 | |
|
316,500 | |
|
290,000 | |
|
278,000 | -12,000 |
|
266,500 | |
|
|
264,500 | |
|
|
226,000 | 90,000 |
|
|
207,500 | |
|
|
206,000 | -44,000 |
|
|
200,000 | |
|
|
195,500 | |
|
|
190,500 | -79,500 |
|
|
180,500 | |
|
|
170,000 | |
|
|
153,000 | |
|
|
148,500 | |
|
147,000 | |
|
141,000 | -79,000 |
Cooke Finally Busted, On the Bubble, Final 42 on to Day 2
Gerard Cooke was all-in for just an ante several hands ago. He laddered up 4 eliminations and doubled, tripled, and quadrupled up to stave off elimination.
Finally, on the direct Day 2 bubble, his tournament life ran out.
Cooke was all-in preflop for just over a big blind and was put at risk by Trevor Delaney.
Cooke: 
Delaney: 
A crazy run out of cards began. First, the flop came 
, giving Cooke two pair. The turn was the 
though which gave control back to Delaney. Just to give a little more drama on the river, the 
dropped, giving both players a full house, but Delaney's was best and Cooke was the last elimination of Day 1k.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Leaders On the Bubble
Break Time; 6 More Eliminations to Go
The remaining 48 players are on a 15-minute break. When they return they will almost certainly be playing down to the end of day. Just 42 seats are available for Day 2, six more players to bust before they bag and tag.
Updated Big Stacks, 55 Remain
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000 | 194,000 |
|
|
320,000 | 128,000 |
|
|
305,000 | |
|
|
290,000 | 129,000 |
|
|
290,000 | 273,000 |
|
|
280,000 | |
|
|
270,000 | |
|
|
255,000 | |
|
|
250,000 | |
|
|
220,000 | |
|
210,000 | 210,000 |
Level 13 Underway, 118 Remain
Play has entered Level 13 with 118 players remaining. Blinds are now 1.5k/3k with an ante of 500. Average stack is currently 74,100.
Only the final 42 players will qualify for Day 2.
Chip Leaders at the Break
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
252,000 | |
|
|
161,000 | |
|
|
160,000 | |
|
|
155,000 | |
|
|
150,000 | 43,000 |
|
|
147,000 | |
|
147,000 | |
|
|
136,000 | |
|
|
128,000 | 128,000 |
|
|
123,000 |
Registration Closed; 415 Total Entries, 42 Make Day 2
Live registration at Playground Poker Club for the $500,000 partypoker Canadian Gran Prix has closed. Day 1k was the last chance for anyone to qualify through Playground's live qualifiers.
The final number of entries received for Day 1k was 415. With 10% of the field making Day 2, the top 42 from tonight's flight will advance.