2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

Jonathan Bussieres bagged the chip lead for Day 1c of the Quantum No Limit Hold em Tournament. This was the third starting flight of ten. The Quantum is the first event of the World Cup of Cards, a 28-event tournament series held at Playground Poker Club.

So far 38 players are through to Day 2 of this $200,000 Guaranteed Tournament. Players can still play remaining flights and try to make Day 2 again. If they make Day 2 again, not only will they take home the min cash, which would be at least CAD $400, depending on the flight, but an extra CAD $1,500 for each stack they forfeit. The players would take their largest stack forward.

The next Quantum flight is Tuesday and the buy in is CAD $250. The final ten percent of the field will advance to Day 2. Day 2 will be September 13.

This ends another day at the World Cup of Cards, tomorrow at noon there is a CAD $100 No Limit Hold em tournament, Day 3 of the WPT National Montreal (with six players returning to compete for CAD $80,000), and a CAD $220 Pot-Limit Omaha Eight or Better tournament.

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Tyler Lee was the short stack on the bubble for Day 2 of the Quantum No Limit Hold em Tournament. He got all in two times on the bubble and won both times, and both times he doubled through Timothy Deering.

The first hand he got all in with against Deering's .

The board ran out and Lee earned his first double up, bringing him to about 39,000.

Then he got all in again, this time with . Deering had and flopped a bit of a sweat with , but the turn came and the river came so Lee doubled up again.

"I'm not going to play with him anymore," Deering said, "someone else has to."

The flop came , Harry Strul opened to 12,000, and William Hock check-raised to 26,500. Strul called.

The turn was the and Hock led for 35,000. Strul called.

The river brought the and both players checked.

"Air." announced Hock, tabling . Strul showed and took down the pot.

The remaining 17 players are back from break.

Blinds are 2.5k/5k with an ante of 500.

Average stack is 120,000.

Christopher Savov open-shoved in middle-position for 55,900 and was called by Robert Deslage in the big blind.

Savov:
Deslage:

A classic race was underway. The dealer patted the table and swept out a board. Savov's pair of queens held and he earned the double up.

The final 18 players are now entering Level 16. With only 14 spots available for Day 2, they are just four eliminations away from the end of play.

Blinds are 2k/4k with an ante of 500 and an average stack of 113,300.

There was about 70,000 in the middle and a board of . The dealer was counting Alain Levesque's stack as he had called an all-in from Grant Pazarka.

Pazarka had but was beat by Levesque's . After paying Levesque's 81,900, Pazarka was left with 5,500.

The very next hand, Pazarka moved all-in preflop and was called by William Hock and Tyler Lee. The two checked down a board of and Hock tabled to claim the pot and eliminate Pazarka.