NL Hold'em Quantum
Day 1a Completed
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
NL Hold'em Quantum
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
2,050 CAD
Prize Pool
200,000 CAD
Entries
1,023
Day 1a of the Quantum No Limit Hold Em Tournament is in the Books, [Removed:105] Leads (full)
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
![[Removed:105] Day 1a Chipleader](https://s.pnimg.net/LSma1A-NNmG4G0HTv04-wYIQkwkxK4rf5lUB2muWOPQ/pr:reporting-leading-desktop/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC8x/OTEyLzg5L3g1NWJh/ZjdjOTFiLmpwZw.webp)
The first event of a 28-event schedule at Playground Poker Room's World Cup of Cards has finished. There were 161 players all vying for the 13 Day 2 spots. In the end, Brent Mccue just missed Day 2 when he got all in preflop against Kathy Sawers with 
. Sawers had 
and held. She will enter Day 2 with 169,800.
Nick-Real Seide was eliminated just before Mccue after having the chip lead for a good portion of the day. [Removed:105] took over the chip lead and ended the day with 399,100, almost 100,000 ahead of Eric Ranger who finished with the second largest stack (301,900).
Day 2 will be Sept. 13th, but until then each of the players who cashed today can play one of the nine remaining starting flights. If they make Day 2 again, they forfeit their smaller stack and earn CAD $400 on top of the CAD $1,500 for the forfeited stack. Day 1b starts Saturday at 7 p.m. local time.
The World Cup of Cards is just starting and you can follow the action all month long from Playground Card Room right here on pokernews.com. Follow @pokernews on Twitter for Periscope and Facebook live broadcasts, as well as updates on all of the events here at the World Cup of Cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
![[Removed:105]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
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399,100 | 179,100 |
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301,900 | 76,900 |
|
253,400 | 128,400 |
|
|
186,400 | 87,400 |
|
169,800 | 59,800 |
|
129,900 | 4,900 |
|
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102,300 | 28,300 |
|
99,600 | -21,400 |
|
95,600 | -59,400 |
|
90,600 | 39,600 |
|
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69,100 | 39,100 |
|
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53,900 | -20,100 |
|
51,700 | -32,300 |
Brent Mccue Bubbles Day 1a of the Quantum
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Brent Mccue was eliminated by Kathy Sawers when the two got all in preflop.
Mccue had 
against the 
of Sawers. The flop came all club, 
, but the turn and the river didn't change the outcome and Sawers won the hand. Mccue was eliminated in 14th place and the remaining 13 players are through to Day 2 and have each earned a CAD $400 payday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | 110,000 |
|
Busted |
Nick-Real Seide Busts in 15th Place; Bubble Time
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Poker can be a cruel game. Fast structures can make it even more so. Nick-Real Seide experienced his fair share in the last few hands. After losing 40% of his stack in a previous had, a few hands later he lost another 75% against Aidan Quin.
With just 29,000 left, Seide spent the last few hands moving all-in preflop. Seide found a double up against Albert N when his 
caught a nine on the river against Albert's 
. A hand later Seide found himself behind with 
against an opponent's 
. Seide couldn't find any help and has been elliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Broadcasting on Periscope
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Broadcasting the final two eliminations of Day 1a of the Quantam No Limit Hold em tournament.
LIVE on #Periscope: 15 left 13 advance # Event #1 World Cup of Cards https://t.co/LyRykLsZ04Follow @PokerNews
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Albert N Triples Up; Rest of Counts From Table 54
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
A three-way all-in saw a huge shift in chips across table 54. Nick-Real Seide had both Albert N and Prosper [Removed:250]'s tournament lives on the line as both men were all-in preflop.
Seide: 
[Removed:250]: 
Albert N: 
The board ran out 
giving Albert N top pair and the monster triple up. [Removed:250] took down the side pot almost the same size as the main pot leaving his stack about the same. Unfortunately Seide had the worst of it taking a huge hit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
258,000 | 147,000 |
|
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225,000 | 131,000 |
|
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155,000 | 29,000 |
|
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146,000 | -94,000 |
|
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125,000 | 10,000 |
|
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84,000 | 41,000 |
|
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74,000 | 2,000 |
|
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51,000 | -9,000 |
Break Time, 15 Remain
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
There are 15 players heading to a 15-minute break. The remaining players in Day 1a of the Quantam No Limit Hold em tournament are just two eliminations away from bagging up for Day 2. Day 2 will be on Sept. 13th. Each player who makes Day 2 will take home CAD $400 and be able to come back tomorrow, or during any other starting flight, for a chance to cash again.
Once the players are back from break, the final two eliminations will be broadcast on Periscope. Just follow Pokernews on twitter https://twitter.com/PokerNews for updates about tournaments all over the world as well as the final two eliminations from today's flight.
Boujaoude Spikes the Turn
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Andrew Boujaoude moved all-in preflop for 17,700 and was called by John Toth and Manfred Gunther. The flop came 
. Gunther check-folded to shove from Toth and the two tabled their hands.
Boujaoude: 
Toth:
Boujaoude seen the bad news and stood up from his seat only to see the 
drop on the turn. Boujaoude sat back down and claimed the pot after the 
bricked the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000 | 26,000 |
|
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60,000 | -90,000 |
|
58,700 | 13,400 |
Albert N Shoves With Sevens
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Albert N doubled up and then some with pocket sevens to stay alive in the tournament with 18 left.
Prosper [Removed:250] opened to 10,500 and [Removed:105] called in position. The action fell to Albert N and he went all in for 54,400 total. [Removed:250] thought for a moment and then called. Ravichandran folded.
[Removed:250] was racing with 
against the 
of Albert N. The board ran out 
and Albert N won the hand with a set of sevens. He stacked nearly 130,000 and left [Removed:250] with roughly 10 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000 | |
|
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126,000 | 80,000 |
|
|
43,000 |