2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Blinds are now 8k/16k with a 2k ante.
Average stack is 243,300.
Andrej Markovinovic had Gilles Asseslin all-in preflop and at risk.
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The flop came ![]()
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, pairing Markovinovic's queen. It held through the turn and river — ![]()
and Asselin was eliminated.
Jessica Richer had all about a couple chips in the pot positioned in the big blind. Andre Pelletier had opened under-the-gun, when action folded back around to Richer the rest of her chips went in.
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Richer was unable to hit the board and was eliminated in 12th place for $240.
The remaining 11 players are now headed on a 15-minute break. The final table will begin with 10 players.
Ken Marceau just won a huge pot and took the chip lead in Event #5 just before the break.
He flopped a set of nines and doubled up his already big stack. He is now sitting at close to 300,000 heading into 3,000/6,000 with a 500 ante.
There are 28 players left and 15 will make the money and win a min cash of at least CAD $250.
| Place | Prize (CAD) |
| 1 | 3462 |
| 2 | 2550 |
| 3 | 1920 |
| 4 | 1450 |
| 5 | 1090 |
| 6 | 820 |
| 7 | 620 |
| 8 | 460 |
| 9 | 350 |
| 10-11 | 260 |
| 12-13 | 240 |
| 14-15 | 220 |
Event #5 has 125 entrants so far. There are many familiar faces in the field since this is the only No Limit Hold em event starting today. Later this evening there is a Pot-Limit Omaha Eight or Better tournament, that starts at 7 p.m.