The Shootout Final Table
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
NL Hold'em Shootout
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
100 CAD
Prize Pool
6,500 CAD
Tomislav Pavkovic Eliminated in 10th Place ($220)
Tomislav Pavkovic doubled up Buddy Villaluz when he called a Villaluz shove with the second nut flush. Villaluz had the nuts.
Then Pavkovic was knocked out by Chad Coombs shortly after returning from the break.
Glen Hammers Out in 9th Place ($280)
Glen Hammers opened shoved 100,000 with pocket fives and Buddy Villaluz called with 
.
The board ran out to give Villaluz a flush and Hammers left stunned. He finished in ninth place and takes home CAD $280.
Chip Counts at the Break (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
322,000
172,000
|
172,000 |
|
274,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
|
223,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
188,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
180,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
111,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
|
85,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
72,000 |
Kahled Baalbaki Eliminated in 8th Place ($370), Buddy Villaluz Heating Up
Kahled Baalbaki was eliminated in eighth place. Baalbaki was the second player eliminated by Buddy Villaluz, who leads the final seven players with 486,000.
The two got all in preflop and it was Villaluz with the better hand, holding ace-queen. Baalbaki had ace-jack. The board ran out and put a jack on the turn, but Villaluz spiked a queen on the river to take the pot and eliminated Baalbaki.
Baalbaki took home CAD $370 for his eighth place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
486,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Michael St Martin Eliminated in 7th Place ($480)
Michael St Martin doubled up through Douglas Paulson with ace-king against pocket threes. Then a couple hands later, the two got all in again. This time St Martin was behind with ace-ten versus ace-jack.
He could not catch up and Paulson won the hand. St Martin took home CAD $480 for his seventh place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Buddy Villaluz Eliminated in 6th Place ($630)
Buddy Villaluz doubled a few players up and then it was he who was looking for a double up. He shoved pocket tens and David Vallee had pocket queens. Villaluz could not catch up and was eliminated in sixth place.
He took home CAD $630 for his sixth place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Mark Howie Eliminated in 5th Place ($820)
Mark Howie's standard open for the last level of the tournament was a shove. On this hand, he shoved from the small blind with 
and David Vallee called from the big blind with 
.
Neither player hit the board, and Vallee took the pot with ace high. Howie was eliminated in fifth place and took home CAD $820.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
760,000
580,000
|
580,000 |
|
|
333,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
330,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
|
75,000
-36,000
|
-36,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Three-Way Deal
After David Cadoche was eliminated in fourth place the three remaining players made a deal.
Cadoche was all in against Chad Coombs. He had 
against the ace-jack of Coombs. Coombs hit a jack on the turn and won the hand.
Then the players agreed to a deal that would give David Vallee $2,000 and Coombs and Paulson $1,800 each. They would play for the remaining $200 and the WCC trophy.
David Vallee Eliminated in 3rd Place ($2,000)
David Vallee just locked up $2,000 and then busted to Chad Coombs. Coombs came from the shortest stack six-handed and would knock out Vallee and take the chip lead going into heads-up play.
Vallee took a little bit more from the deal. The other two players have $1,800 locked up and are now playing for $200 more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |