NL Hold'em Win the Button
Day 1 Completed
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
NL Hold'em Win the Button
Day: 1
Jonathan Bussieres Wins Event #12: Win the Button No-Limit Hold Em (CAD $2,099), Moves into Top 5 on the Tournament Leaderboard
Jonathan Bussieres is having a pretty solid World Cup of Cards. He started today in seventh on the tournament leaderboard standings, after bagging and qualifying his second NL Hold'em Quantum flight. He just won the Win the Button No-Limit Hold em tournament, after beating Andrew Nortcliff in a very brief heads-up match. Bussieres took home CAD $2,099 for the win. The field drew 92 players at CAD $110 a piece.
On the final hand, Bussieres got all in with 
and was against the 
. Nortcliff did make a pair but the board gave Bussieres trip aces.
The final table dropped from six to two very quickly, with three of the eliminations happening within about five minutes.
Luciano Pelliciotta finished third when he called off his remaining stack from the big blind against Andrew Nortcliff. He was behind but couldn't catch up after Nortcliff hit a pair.
Xavier Chayer-St-[Removed:361] went out in fourth. He got all in with pocket eights against Nortcliff who held 
. Nortcliff hit a queen on the flop and Chayer-St-[Removed:361] couldn't catch up.
Yves Deschamps got busted by Nortcliff as well when he got his remaining stack in with jacks against kings. Nortcliff hit a king on the flop to go even further ahead and Deschamps finished in fifth.
Etienne Guay finished in sixth after losing, and then winning, a double against Luciano Pelliciotta. He then busted to Jonathan Bussieres. Bussieres shoved with 
and beat the 
of Guay.
Siamak S. was also eliminated by Bussieres. He got kings in against ace-high and Bussieres hit an ace to win the hand. Andrew Cernoploc finished seventh, William Blais and Alim Ismail each finished ninth and tenth respectively.
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,380,000 | 725,000 |
Andrew Nortcliff Eliminated in 2nd Place (CAD $1,650)
Andrew Nortcliff finished runner-up to Jonathan Bussieres. Nortcliff and Bussieres played a very short heads up match and Bussieres booked the win.
Before that, Nortcliff eliminated the final two players, Xavier Chayer-St-[Removed:361] and Luciano Pelliciotta. On the final hand, Nortcliff got 
in against the of Bussieres. The board ran out 
and Bussieres won with trips.
Nortcliff will take home CAD $1,650 for his second place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Three Eliminations in Five Minutes
The last few hands have been a whirlwind.
Hand #1:
Yves Deschamps got all in with jacks against the kings of Andrew Nortcliff. Nortcliff hit a king on the flop and Deschamps was eliminated.
Hand #2:
Xavier Chayer-St-[Removed:361] got all in with 
against Nortcliff who had . The board ran out 
and [Removed:361] was eliminated.
Hand #3:
Luciano Pelliciotta was in the big blind and Nortcliff went all in with 
. Pelliciotta called without looking. He had 
. The board ran out 
and Pelliciotta was eliminated in third place.
![Xavier Chayer-St-[Removed:361] - Eliminated in 4th Place (CAD $1,020)](https://s.pnimg.net/0W0qMn3GFilfMAj90-aqY8SWEqI5uNnd16adHM0_IkU/pr:reporting-gallery-thumbnail/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC8x/OTE0LzkwL3g5MDIy/YTJmYTcxLmpwZw.webp)
Etienne Guay Eliminated by Jonathan Bussieres in 6th Place (CAD $630)
Etienne Guay lost a big double to Luciano Pellicciotta and then won a double from him before eventually busting to Jonathan Bussieres.
The two were all in preflop and Bussieres had shoved from early position with . Guay had and couldn't catch up when Bussieres flopped a pair. The board ran out 
and Bussieres won the hand, eliminating Guay in sixth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
655,000 | 385,000 |
|
|
270,000 | 165,500 |
|
223,000 | -52,000 |
|
|
85,000 | 34,500 |
|
|
46,000 | -179,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Andrei Cernopolc Eliminated (8th Place CAD $390), Siamak S. Eliminated by Jonathan Bussieres in 7th (CAD $495)
Andrei Cernopolc was eliminated in eighth place and took home CAD $390. Shortly after that, Siamak S. and Jonathan Bussieres were all in preflop with Siamak at risk.
He had the better hand with 
, but Bussieres hit an ace on the flop, holding .
The board ran out 
and Siamak was eliminated in seventh place. He took home CAD $495.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000 | 162,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Eight Players Remain in Event #12: Win the Button No-Limit Hold em
On the first hand at the final table, Alim Ismail was eliminated in tenth place. He took home CAD $240 from his second final table in the last few days. He finished runner-up to Shawn Daigle in Event #8: No-Limit Big Ante for CAD $1,630.
Eric Tetreault finished in 9th place for CAD $305.
Yves Deschamps leads the final eight with a small chip lead over Etienne Guay.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
275,000 | |
|
|
260,000 | |
|
|
225,000 | 177,500 |
|
|
202,000 | |
|
|
107,500 | |
|
|
104,500 | 25,000 |
|
|
71,000 | |
|
|
50,500 | -9,500 |
Conforti Out. Blais, a Chance to Capitalize
Jason Conforti leads the tournament leaderboard, but has just been eliminated. William Blais is fifth on leader board, about 100 points behind. He is still in the tournament with 24 remaining and looking to gain some ground on Conforti now that he has been eliminated.
Conforti lost almost all of his stack in a three-way all in. He turned two pair against two players, one of which had flopped a set of sevens. Marcelle Lepage almost tripled her stack when she flopped that set, eliminating one opponent and leaving Conforti with scraps.
A few hands later, Conforti had barely more than the big blind with 2,100. He got all in with and four players called. The board ran out 
and the players checked down to the river. Finally, Xavier Chayer-St-[Removed:361] bet and everyone folded. He showed for a full house and eliminated Conforti.
Blais won a hand at around the same time Conforti lost most of his stacks. Blais was in the small blind and limped. Etienne Guay checked his option. The board came 
Blais checked. Guay bet 2,000 and Blais called.
The turn was the and Blais check-called again. This time the bet was 4,000. The river was the 
and both players checked. Blais showed and won the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000 | 40,600 |
|
|
47,500 | 10,500 |
|
45,000 | -39,000 |
|
Busted |
Top Five Stacks
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
84,000 | |
|
|
83,000 | 73,800 |
|
|
79,500 | |
|
62,000 | 37,400 |
|
|
60,000 |
Updated Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,200 | |
|
48,700 | 28,500 |
|
|
37,000 | |
|
|
31,200 | |
|
|
26,400 | |
|
26,200 | |
|
25,200 | |
|
21,400 | |
|
|
20,500 | |
|
|
20,200 | 4,200 |
|
|
13,200 | |
|
11,900 | |
|
|
11,400 | |
|
|
6,700 | |
|
|
Busted |