NL Hold'em Freeze
Day 1 Started
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
NL Hold'em Freeze
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
100 CAD
Prize Pool
5,000 CAD
Entries
146
There's a Chill in the Air as NL Hold'em Freeze Hits Playground
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Event #4: $110 NL Hold'em Freeze kicks off at noon today at the World Cup of Cards inside Playground Poker Club just outside Montreal, Quebec. The fourth event features a $5,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Players start with 15,000 chips and blind levels will go up every 20 minutes. The event will play 10-handed and is a freezeout. Re-entry is not permitted.
Good luck to all players.
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125 Players so Far in Event #5
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.
Some Counts From the Field
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,600 | |
|
27,900 | |
|
23,400 | |
|
22,800 | |
|
22,000 |
Prizepool for Event #5
| 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 |
Going to Break, 28 Left
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.
Final 11 Chip Counts on the Break; Richer Busts Final Hand (full)
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.
Richer: 
Pelletier: 
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000 | |
|
|
245,000 | |
|
|
245,000 | |
|
235,000 | |
|
162,000 | |
|
|
160,000 | |
|
|
156,000 | |
|
150,000 | |
|
120,000 | |
|
85,000 | |
|
64,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Asselin Bubbles Final Table; Eliminated in 11th Place ($260)
Andrej Markovinovic had Gilles Asseslin all-in preflop and at risk.
Markovinovic: 
Asselin:
The flop came 
, pairing Markovinovic's queen. It held through the turn and river — 
and Asselin was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
766 | -499,234 |
|
|
Busted |
Official Final Table Chip Counts; 10 Remain (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
766,000 | 765,234 |
|
|
281,000 | 36,000 |
|
|
190,000 | -45,000 |
|
|
176,000 | -69,000 |
|
|
161,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
156,000 | |
|
|
145,000 | 81,000 |
|
|
130,000 | -20,000 |
|
|
80,000 | -80,000 |
|
|
76,000 | -9,000 |
Jason Mottershead Eliminated in 10th Place ($260)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |