2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

NL Hold'em 8-Max
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q3
Prize
76,830 CAD
Event Info
Buy-in
5,000 CAD
Prize Pool
150,000 CAD
Total Entries
44
Level Info
Level
18
Blinds
3,000 / 6,000
Ante
1,000
Players Left 1 / 44
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Lefrancois Calls the River, Wins Without Showdown

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Pascal Lefrancois
Pascal Lefrancois

With a board reading {2-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and about 22,000 in the middle, Pascal Lefrancois check-called a bet of 7,900 from his opponent and his opponent mucked instantly. Lefrancois was pushed the pot without needing to open his hand.

Tags: Pascal LeFrancois

Recent Eliminations; 17 Remain

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Valcourt-Dube Busts MacPhee

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Kevin MacPhee open-shoved preflop for his last 15,000 and David Valcourt-Dube made the call, putting MacPhee at risk.

MacPhee tabled ace-jack and was ahead of Valcourt-Dube's {k-}{q-}. The flop gave Macphee a pair of jacks but Valcourt-Dube hit running king-queen to make two-pair and steal the pot, eliminating MacPhee.

Final 20 Chip Counts at the Break

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Lost During the Level

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Gretzky Holds For McLaughlin

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Marco Caza
Marco Caza

Marco Caza opened preflop from late position, Ming-Jinq Wong calls from the small blind, Marc-Etienne McLaughlin three-bet, and Caza four-bet shoved all-in. Wong folded and McLaughlin made the call, putting Caza at risk.

Caza needed some help holding {q-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}, up against McLaughlin's {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}. McLaughlin faded the board to score the elimination.

Tags: Marc-Etienne McLaughlinMarco Caza

Battle of the Martins, Rauss Prevails

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

On a flop of {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}, Martin Rauss had Martin Nadeau all-in and in trouble. Rauss had {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds} and Nadeau had put his remaining stack in the middle holding {10-}{10-}. The board completed with {a-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}, and Nadeau departed.

Tags: Martin Rauss

Updated Counts From the Big Stacks

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante