Break Time; Five Remain
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Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The final five players have gone on a 15-minute break. Updated chip counts to follow.
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
NL Hold'em 8-Max
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
5,000 CAD
Prize Pool
150,000 CAD
Entries
44
Level
18
Blinds
3,000 / 6,000
Ante
1,000
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Chip Counts at the Break
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
593,500 | 45,500 |
|
258,000 | -42,000 |
|
230,000 | -100,000 |
|
139,000 | 32,000 |
|
102,500 | -37,500 |
Pascal Lefrancois Eliminated in 5th Place ($21,320)
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Pascal open to 11,000 on the button and Francois Goulet raised to 32,000 from small blind. Lefrancois made the call. The flop came 
, Goulet bet 24,000, Lefrancois raised all-in, and Goulet called.
Goulet: 
Lefrancois: 
Lefrancois was caught bluffing and was eliminated when the board completed with the 
and the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000 | 142,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Martin Raus Eliminated in 4th Place ($27,750)
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin opened to 11,000, Martin Raus three-bet shoved all-in for 96,500, and Pierre-Paul Paulin cold four-bet shoved over the top. McLaughlin folded.
Paulin: 
Raus: 
Raus had run straight into a monster hand for Paulin and made his way to the payout desk as the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
333,000 | 103,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Goulet Gets Three Streets of Value
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
With a board reading 
, Francois Goulet had fired a barrel on the first two streets, receiving a call from marc-Etienne McLaughlin on both.
Goulet fired another barrel on the river, this time for 52,000. McLaughlin eventually called and Goulet tabled 
. McLaughlin mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
496,000 | -97,500 |
|
|
480,000 | 80,000 |
Goulet Jams River, McLaughlin Surrenders
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
With a board of 
, Francois Goulet check-shoved a bet of 62,500 from Marc-Etienne McLaughlin, all-in for 443,500. The pot already had almost 150,000 in the middle.
McLaughlin went into the tank, agonizing over what Goulet was shoving with. "ace-jack?", McLaughlin asked Goulet. The two exchanged some more words and eventually McLaughlin mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
635,000 | 155,000 |
|
|
379,000 | -117,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
McLaughlin Wins Preflop Raise War
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin opened. Pierre-Paul Paulin three-bet, to 38,500 to which McLaughlin four-bet to 105,000. Paulin then five-bet to 178,500 and McLaughlin six-bet shoved all-in. Having to call for his tournament life, Paulin folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
755,000 | 376,000 |
|
|
220,000 | -113,000 |
Updated Chip Counts of the Final Three
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
715,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
447,000 | 227,000 |
|
|
144,000 | -206,000 |