NL Hold'em 8-Max
Day 2 Started
NL Hold'em 8-Max
Day 2 Started
Day 2 of the World Cup of Cards (WCC) Event # 22: $5,000 NL Hold'em 8-Max is set to resume at 2 p.m. inside Playground Poker Club this afternoon. Day 1 chip leader Pascal Lefrancois takes the top spot entering play with 11 hopefuls in the hunt behind him, all vying for the $76,830 first-place prize.
Backed by a monster pot on the last hand of the night on Day 1, Lefrancois will begin Day 2 with 210,900. Lefrancois' closest competitor is WCC Event #9 winner, Francois Goulet with 148,700. World Series of Poker Main Event November Niner Marc-Etienne McLaughlin, World Poker Tour champion Chanracy Khun, and Samuel Chartier are also in the mix.
Though originally scheduled to play for three days, there is a very good chance a new WCC champion will be crowned sometime this evening. Play will resume on Level 11 with blinds starting at 600/1200 and a 200 ante.
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Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
All 12 remaining players are seats and play is underway on Day 2. The final table will be set when nine are left, just five of them will make the money.
Martin Raus opened to 3,000 on the button, Pierre-Paul Paulin three-bet to 7,600, and Raus made the call. The flop came and Paulin fired 6,600, which was called by Raus. The fell on the turn and Paulin bet 11,800. Raus quickly called again.
The dropped on the river and Paulin loaded up once more, this time, for 13,600. Raus called instantly and Paulin mucked just as quick. Raus took down the pot without a showdown.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Martin Raus
|
150,000 | |
Pierre-Paul Paulin | 78,000 | -43,600 |
A short-stacked Thomas Lefort stuck his last 17,200 in the middle preflop and was called by Samuel Panzica. Lefort was ahead with against the of Panzica. Lefort held through the flop but Panzica had a flush draw. The turn bricked as well but Panzica hit his flush on the river to end Lefort's run.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Samuel M Panzica
|
110,000 | 22,100 |
Thomas Lefort | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pascal Lefrancois
|
270,000 | 59,100 |
Francois Goulet | 150,000 | 1,300 |
Martin Raus
|
146,000 | -4,000 |
Pierre-Paul Paulin | 130,000 | 52,000 |
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin | 126,000 | -13,000 |
Carl Martel | 120,000 | 46,700 |
Chanracy Khun
|
110,000 | 8,300 |
Domenic Triumbari | 80,000 | -64,400 |
Samuel M Panzica
|
76,000 | -34,000 |
Jean-Louis Cyr
|
70,000 | |
Samuel Chartier | 66,000 | 20,200 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Pascal had three-bet an open raise to 16,500, Marc-Etienne McLaughlin four-bet to 31,000, and Lefrancois made the call.
The flop came , Lefrancois checked and McLaughlin fired 18,000. Lefrancois raised all-in and McLaughlin snap-called.
McLaughlin:
Lefrancois:
McLaughlin was ahead with his pocket kings but Lefrancois had outs. The turn and river came — , and McLaughlin faded the runout and scored a massive double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin | 193,000 | 67,000 |
Pascal Lefrancois
|
175,000 | -95,000 |
Jean-Louis Cyr fired a bet of 11,000 on a board reading , and his opponent, Samuel Chartier, made the call.
The river was the and Cyr would check-fold to an all-in bet from Chartier.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Samuel Chartier | 63,000 | -3,000 |
Jean-Louis Cyr
|
29,500 | -40,500 |