2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

Dealer's Choice 8-Max
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
4,326 CAD
Event Info
Buy-in
200 CAD
Prize Pool
15,326 CAD
Entries
79

Dave Jeanneau-Cyr Wins Dealer's Choice 8-Max, Again; Fourth World Cup of Cards Title for $4,326

Event #21: Dealer's Choice 8-Max Champion, Dave Jeanneau-Cyr ($4,326)
Event #21: Dealer's Choice 8-Max Champion, Dave Jeanneau-Cyr ($4,326)

Dave Jeanneau-Cyr is having an incredible World Cup of Cards (WCC). Picking up his fourth title of the festival, Jeanneau-Cyr's latest victory came in Event #21: $220 Dealer's Choice 8-Max. This was his second dealer's choice title of the WCC and fourth in just the last nine days. Jeanneau-Cyr added another $4,326 to his tally after besting a field of 79 on Wednesday night.

Also making their second or better final table appearance were Glen Hammers, Matthew Bracanovic, and Felix-Antoine Legault. Here are the final results from the final table.

PlaceNamePrize (CAD)
1Dave Jeanneau-Cyr 
2Felix-Antoine Legault 
3Glen Hammers 
4Misha Olof Peters 
5Matthew Bracanovic 
6Johnathan Hansmeyer 
7Sean Hollohan 
8Alberto Scuderi 

The final table was set with a wild three-way all-in 5-card PLO hand between Felix-Antoine Legault, Daniel Temple, and Alberto Scuderi. Legault had both players all-in and at risk preflop. Players from both tables gathered around to watch the drama unfold. When the dust settled, Legault had made a fullhouse with ten-four and busted both players.

Temple should have bubbled but moments before the remaining nine players decided to remove $100 from the top three prizes and pay the bubble $300. Scuderi had more chips and took eighth place prize money. Sean Hollohan was the first eliminated from the final table in seventh. Johnathan Hansmeyer was next to go, in a 5-card PLO hand, Hansmeyer got all-in against Matthew Bracanovic. Bracanovic turned a straight and Hansmeyer let the whole room know, letting out a massive groan.

Jeanneau-Cyr then took over. Just hours after Bracanovic finished fourth in Event #20, he was expelled in fifth in Event #21. Jeanneau-Cyr put Bracanovic all-in and at risk preflop with pocket tens against the king-queen of spades for Bracanovic. Bracanovic hit a flush on the turn but unfortunately the turn card gave Jeanneau-Cyr a fullhouse.

Misha Olof Peters was Jeanneau-Cyr's next victim. Shoving king-six of clubs, Peters ran into the ace-queen of Jeanneau-Cyr and was unable to improve.

Nine days ago, Jeanneau-Cyr eliminated Glen Hammers in third place on route to capturing his first dealer's choice title, it was deja vu for Hammers Wednesday, as once again, he busted to Jeanneau-Cyr in third place. This exit may have been a bit more painful though as hammers got it in good with king-jack, dominated Jeanneau-Cyr's king-two. Almost as if it was expected, Jeanneau-Cyr spiked a deuce and that was the end of Hammers.

After exchanging the chip lead a couple times, Jeanneau-Cyr's bid would not be taken away. On the final hand, Felix-Antoine Legault was all-in preflop with {k-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}, behind the {a-Spades}{5-Clubs} of Jeanneau-Cyr. The board ran out {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{3-Spades}{6-Spades}{6-Hearts} and once again, Jeanneau-Cyr's smile and t-shirt were captured in the winner's photo.

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Tags: Alberto ScuderiDaniel TempleFelix-Antoine LegaultGlen HammersJohnathan HansmeyerMatthew BracanovicMisha Olof PetersDave Jeanneau-Cyr

Felix-Antoine Legault Eliminated in 2nd Place ($3,140)

Felix-Antoine Legault
Felix-Antoine Legault

After exchanging the chip lead a couple times, Jeanneau-Cyr's bid would not be taken away. On the final hand, Felix-Antoine Legault was all-in preflop with {k-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}, behind the {a-Spades}{5-Clubs} of Jeanneau-Cyr.

The board ran out {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{3-Spades}{6-Spades}{6-Hearts} and Jeanneau-Cyr was handed his fourth champion's trophy of the World Cup of Cards

Player Chips Progress
Dave Jeanneau-Cyr
Dave Jeanneau-Cyr
1,580,000 825,000
Felix-Antoine Legault
Felix-Antoine Legault
Busted

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Glen Hammers Eliminated in 3rd Place ($2,290)

Glen Hammers
Glen Hammers

Dave Jeanneau-Cyr is on some kind of wild, and destructive heater. Blasting anyone and everyone in his path. Glen Hammers was the latest to fall to the current three-time World Cup of Cards champion.

Jeanneau-Cyr out Hammers at risk preflop holding {k-Hearts}{2-Spades} against Hammers' {k-Clubs}{j-Spades}. As if everyone in the room already knew it was coming, Jeanneau-Cyr spiked a deuce on the {q-Clubs}{6-Spades}{7-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} board and heads-up play between Jeanneau-Cyr and Felix-Antoine Legault is underway

Player Chips Progress
Dave Jeanneau-Cyr
Dave Jeanneau-Cyr
1,170,000 195,000
Glen Hammers
Glen Hammers
Busted

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Misha Olof Peters Eliminated in 4th Place ($1,770)

Misha Olof Peters
Misha Olof Peters

NLHE: Misha Olof Peters moved all-in preflop and was called by Dave Jeanneau-Cyr.

Peters: {k-Clubs}{6-Clubs}
Jeanneau-Cyr: {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

Jeanneau-Cyr was ahead and seeking his third straight elimination. The {5-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{q-Spades} gave him top pair but Peters had outs to a flush draw as well as any king. The turn and river however bricked out coming {7-Hearts}{6-Spades} and Peters was knocked-out.

Player Chips Progress
Dave Jeanneau-Cyr
Dave Jeanneau-Cyr
975,000 317,000
Misha Olof Peters
Misha Olof Peters
Busted

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Matthew Bracanovic Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,310)

Matthew Bracanovic
Matthew Bracanovic

NLHE: Dave Jeanneau-Cyr had Matthew Bracanovic all-in and at risk preflop in a no-limit hold'em hand.

Jeanneau-Cyr: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Bracanovic: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}

The board ran out {7-Spades}{5-Hearts}{10-Spades}{5-Spades}{2-Diamonds}. Bracanovic made a flush on the turn but unfortunately, his flush card gave Jeanneau-Cyr a full house, and Bracanovic hit the rail in 5th.

Player Chips Progress
Dave Jeanneau-Cyr
Dave Jeanneau-Cyr
658,000 243,000
Matthew Bracanovic
Matthew Bracanovic
Busted

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Johnathan Hansmeyer Eliminated in 6th Place ($960)

Johnathan Hansmeyer
Johnathan Hansmeyer

5-card PLO: Johnathan Hansmeyer potted from the small blind, Matthew Bracanovic re-potted, Hansmeyer put the rest of his stack in the middle, and Bracanovic matched him.

Hansmeyer: {k-Hearts}{2-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}
Bracanovic: {k-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{8-Spades}

The board ran out {7-Hearts}{4-Spades}{q-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{7-Spades} and Bracanovic made a straight on the turn to take the pot and bust Hansmeyer.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Bracanovic
Matthew Bracanovic
160,000 60,000
Johnathan Hansmeyer
Johnathan Hansmeyer
Busted

Tags: Johnathan HansmeyerMatthew Bracanovic

Event #21: $220 Dealer's Choice Starts at 8 p.m.

World Cup of Cards
World Cup of Cards

The nightcap for the World Cup of Cards is Event #21: $220 Dealer's Choice. This is a slightly bigger buy-in than the Dealer's Choice tournament earlier in the series. Dave Jeanneau-Cyr won the first Dealer's Choice event, which was a $110 buy-in. The Playground Poker Club Dealer's Choice works different than what you might be used to. The player on the button picks the game, from a variety of flop games (PLO,PLHE,NLHE,PLO5,Pineapple, Crazy Pineapple) and the next player on the button chooses again. Instead of playing an entire orbit, you play one hand of the chosen game before choosing again.

The players will start with 20,000 chips and play 20-minute levels. This is an eight-max tournament, which means there will only be eight players max at any table.

This is Event #21 of 28 events at the World Cup of Cards. The WCC is a month-long poker festival held at Playground Poker Club. PokerNews will be here throughout the festival, bringing you all the news, updates, and photos. Follow @pokernews on Twitter for live updates, Periscope broadcasts, and more. Also, follow PokerNews on Facebook and Instagram.