The final 10 players have agreed to remove $100 from the first-place prize and pay the 10th place finisher $100.
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
| 1 | Matt Ranger | 126,000 |
| 2 | Jamal Stewart | 200,000 |
| 3 | Amir Majidi | 77,000 |
| 4 | Karam Saleh | 98,000 |
| 5 | Dave Jeanneau-Cyr | 191,000 |
| 6 | Ghislain Pigeon | 92,000 |
| 7 | Carrie Webster | 33,000 |
| 8 | Pierre-Luc Audet | 96,000 |
| 9 | Borislav Angelov | 121,000 |
| 10 | Glen Hammers | 246,000 |
Jamal Stewart opened to 37,000 and Kuong Kuoch moved all-in for 62,000. Action folded around to Stewart and he made the call.
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, and though Kuoch hit a pair of kings on the flop, Stewart rivered a flush and the final table of 10 is set.
The final 11 players are on a 10-minute break.
Ian Armorer was put at risk preflop by Dave Jeanneau-Cyr. Cyr had Armorer covered and had the best hand with ![]()
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The board wouldn't help him improve, running out ![]()
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, leaving the event 11-handed.
The pace of play is swift at the later stages of the event. There is an all-in almost every hand, as the average stack has slid below 10 big blinds.
Pierre-Luc Audet was the most recent player to get his stack in the middle. Kuong Kuoch shoved all-in from the small blind and Audet put himself at risk, calling out of the big blind.
Audet tabled a pocket pair of jacks, ahead of Kuoch's queen-seven. Audet's jacks held to score the double up.
Ernest Fawcett open-shoved from middle position and Pierre-Luc Audet called in the big blind, having Fawcett covered.
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Audet was ahead, needing to fade just an ace or running cards. The board ran out ![]()
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, and Fawcett hit the rail, short of the money.
The final 20 players are now on a 12-minute break. The event is down to just two tables, 11 spots away from the money.
When they return, blinds will increase to 3k/6k with a 500 ante.