The final day of Event #24: $1,650 Card Player Poker Tour World Cup of Cards is set to get underway at noon inside Playground Poker Club. Just 11 remain in the hunt for the champion's trophy and a top prize of $110,000.
Sitting atop the counts entering play on Tuesday is Tomas Larivee Magni. Magni takes a comfortable chip advantage into the finale, ending Day 2 with 2,294,000. The closest competitors for Magni are Brady Hinnegan, Laurence Louie, and Elie A. Here are the chip counts heading into Day 3.
Place
Name
Chip Count
1
Tomas Larivee Magni
2,294,000
2
Brady Hinnegan
1,886,000
3
Laurence Louie
1,231,000
4
Elie A
1,052,000
5
Ian Tang
970,000
6
Kevin Rivest
782,000
7
Tyler Wilson
697,000
8
Philippe Belley
649,000
9
Karim-Olivier Kamal
501,000
10
Man Sze Chow
368,000
11
Xin Qi
321,000
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On the first hand of Day 3, Xin Qi woke up with and shoved from under-the-gun. Unfortunately for Qi, Man Sze Chow picked up and after the board ran out , Qi hit the rail.
Brady Hinnegan just took the chip lead after a big pot where three players saw the turn for 130,000 each.
The action started when Hinnegan raised preflop to 60,000 and Tomas Larivee Magni called from the hijack. Man Sze Chow was in the big blind and she called also.
The flop came and Chow checked. Hinnegan bet 130,000. Magni and Chow called.
The turn was the and Chow checked again. Hinnegan made it 225,000 to go and Magni called again in position. The action came back to Chow. She counted her stack and seemed ready to make a move, but eventually folded.
The river was the and Hinnegan waited a moment before checking. Magni checked and Hinnegan turned over . Magni mucked.
Chow seemed to regret folding, "You fold if I shove the turn?"
Hinnegan shrugged and collected the pot and took the chip lead.
Ian Tang opened to 60,000 from early position, Karam-Olivier Kamal three-bet to 100,000, and when action folded back around to Tang, he four-bet shoved for 468,000. Kamal got a count and made the call, putting Tang at risk.
Tang:
Kamal:
A classic race was underway. The board ran out , and Tang was the first casualty of the final table.
Tyler Wilson was left super short after a massive hand against Kevin Rivest. Rivest opened to 60,000 on the button, Wilson shoved from the small blind, and Rivest called for less.
Wilson was dominated, holding , running into the of Rivest. The board ran out , and Wilson was forced to slide 698,000 over to Rivest. Leaving himself, just 26,000.
A few hand later, Wilson was all-in in the big blind and was finished off by Elie A.
Elie A opened to 60,000 from middle position, Kevin Rivest raised to 140,000 from late position, and Elie A made the call. The flop came , and Elie A check-called a bet of 120,000 from Rivest.
The turn was the and this time, Elie A lead out with a bet of 175,000. Rivest called. The completed the board on the river and Elie shoved, having Rivest covered. Rivest eventually called and Elie flipped over , for a flopped flush. Rivest's was tossed in the muck and he exited in eighth.
Philippe Belley moved all-in preflop from late position and was called by Karim-Olivier Kamal in the small blind.
Belley:
Kamal:
Belley had Kamal dominated and was looking good for the double up. The board had other ideas though, rolling out , providing a ten for Kamal to seal Belley's fate.
Karim-Olivier Kamal opened for 125,000 in late position, Elie A made the call on the button, and Tomas Larivee Magni three-bet to 375,000. Both Kamal and Elie A called, and the three seen a flop of .
Magni lead out for 875,000 and Kamal made the call. Elie A folded. The fell on the turn and both players checked to the on the river.
Magni tossed a chip out announcing he was all-in. Kamal snap-called. Kamal's hand was the first to hit the table, revealing , for a set of tens. Magni, thinking he was beat for just a second, turned over , scooping the monster pot with a flopped set of kings.
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and shoved from under-the-gun. Unfortunately for Qi, Man Sze Chow picked up 
and after the board ran out 
, Qi hit the rail.
and Chow checked. Hinnegan bet 130,000. Magni and Chow called.
and Chow checked again. Hinnegan made it 225,000 to go and Magni called again in position. The action came back to Chow. She counted her stack and seemed ready to make a move, but eventually folded.
and Hinnegan waited a moment before checking. Magni checked and Hinnegan turned over 
. Magni mucked.
, and Tang was the first casualty of the final table.
, for a flopped flush. Rivest's 
, providing a ten for Kamal to seal Belley's fate.
, and Chow was unable to improve, busting sixth.
, scooping the monster pot with a flopped set of kings.
, and receiving no help from the board, Kamal was knocked out in fifth place.