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NL Hold'em 8-Max Bounty
Day 1 Completed
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
NL Hold'em 8-Max Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Final Results
Event Info
Buy-in
300 CAD
Prize Pool
30,000 CAD
Total Entries
249
Players Left 1 / 249
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Benoit Laurence bested a field of 249 players to win Event #28 of the World Cup of Cards at Playground Poker Club. In the end he beat Marco Simonetti heads up. The two got all in preflop, Laurence holding ace-queen against the king-ten of Simonetti. Neither player connected with the board and Laurence's ace-high was the best hand.
The players made a deal seven-handed and then, as per the Playground Poker Club's rules, played for $1,100. Below are payouts the players received and the order they finished in.
| Place | Name | Prize (CAD) | Appx USD |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benoit Laurence | 5,121 | 3,942 |
| 2 | Marcello Simonetti | 5,725 | 4,408 |
| 3 | Joshua Abiscott | 4,960 | 3,819 |
| 4 | Christopher Kokozaki | 6,800 | 5,236 |
| 5 | Sammy Chao | 4,820 | 3,711 |
| 6 | Peter Zhou | 5,420 | 4,173 |
| 7 | Daniel Deshaies | 3,350 | 2,580 |
| 8 | Gianfranco Giordano | 1,400 | 1,078 |
The tournament drew a large field and was a fitting end to the World Cup of Cards. The tournament series paid out over $2,000,000 in guarantees and prize money and a $8,000 Caribbean Poker Pary package to the Tournament Leaderboard Winner. [Removed:533] essentially won the leaderboard at the start of the day, since no remaining players could catch up to him.
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Marco Simonetti and Benoit Laurence are the final two players left. They are playing for $1,100 since they both already made a deal seven-handed.
The remaining seven players made a deal. There is still $1,100 to first, but here are the payouts each player will receive regardless of who finishes first.
| Name | Prize (CAD) | Appx (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Kokozaki | 6,800 | 5,236 |
| Marcello Simonetti | 5,725 | 4,408 |
| Peter Zhou | 5,420 | 4,173 |
| Joshua Abiscott | 4,960 | 3,819 |
| Sammy Chao | 4,820 | 3,711 |
| Benoit Laurence | 4,120 | 3,172 |
| Daniel Deshaies | 3,350 | 2,580 |
There are seven players left in the final event of the World Cup of Cards. The 8-Max Bounty Tournament drew 249 total players and first place is worth $10,376.
| Place | Name | Prize (CAD) |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Krzysztof Birecki | $570 |
| 20 | [Removed:533] | $530 |
| 21 | Vo Victor Ly | $530 |
| 22 | Sebastien Labbe | $490 |
| Place | Name | Prize (CAD) |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | Leo Hackenbroch | $490 |
| 24 | Eric Dahan | $450 |
| 25 | Jacques Titley | $450 |
One the first hand of hand-for-hand action, Daniel Le and Gabriel Chicoine reached the river on a 
board. All the money went in and Le tabled 
, for two-pair. It wasn't enough though as Chicoine had rivered a straight with 
. The bubble was busted and the final 25 players were in the money.
