2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

No-Limit 50-50 Bounty 6-Max
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
4,226 CAD
Event Info
Buy-in
220 CAD
Prize Pool
18,139 CAD
Entries
193

Kathy Sawers Eliminated in 12th Place (CAD $300)

Kathy Sawers
Kathy Sawers

Kathy Sawers was eliminated in 12th place when she three-bet shoved on Michael Venne.

Venne opened the action with a raise to 55,000 from the cutoff and Sawers shoved all in from the big blind. Venne called and quickly tabled {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}. Sawers was racing with {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}.

The board ran out {7-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades}{5-Spades}{j-Clubs} and Venne began to clap as the dealer pushed the pot his way. Sawers took home CAD $300 for her 12th place finish.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Venne
Michael Venne
608,000 308,000
Kathy Sawers ca
Kathy Sawers
Busted

Tags: Kathy SawersMichael Venne

Francesco Maltese Eliminated in 13th Place

Francesco Maltese
Francesco Maltese

Francesco Maltese was eliminated in 13th place when he three-bet shoved his 100,000 remaining chips against Randy Khalil.

Khalil called with {k-}{10-} and was behind the {a-}{8-} of Maltese, but when the flop came {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}, it was Maltese who needed help to keep going.

The turn was the {3-Clubs} and that left Maltese drawing dead. Khalil is now over 300,000 with 12 players remaining.

Player Chips Progress
Randy Khalil
Randy Khalil
320,000 56,000
Francesco Maltese
Francesco Maltese
Busted

Tags: Francesco MalteseRandy Khalil

Final 17 Chip Counts (full)

Jean Pierre Hetu leads the way with 480,000 and Robert Gariepy is close behind with 468,000.

There are 17 players remaining.

Player Chips Progress
Jean Pierre Hetu
Jean Pierre Hetu
480,000
Robert Gariepy
Robert Gariepy
468,000 128,000
Kathy Sawers ca
Kathy Sawers
384,000 254,000
Michael Venne
Michael Venne
300,000
Randy Khalil
Randy Khalil
264,000
Joon Seok Park
Joon Seok Park
238,000
Alain Binette
Alain Binette
230,000 73,000
Pei Wu us
Pei Wu
229,000
Luc Bellerive ca
Luc Bellerive
210,500
David Martinez
David Martinez
208,000 100,000
Alexander Matveev
Alexander Matveev
197,000
Francesco Maltese
Francesco Maltese
103,000
Matthew Bracanovic
Matthew Bracanovic
100,000 69,000
Jeffrey Landry
Jeffrey Landry
97,000
Stanislav Sokolik
Stanislav Sokolik
69,000
Rodney Russell
Rodney Russell
36,000

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In the Money, Richard Gagne Bubbles

Right when the 22nd player busted, Richard Gagne was paying off a double up to Alexander Matveev. He was left with just over 10,000 chips.

It only took Gagne two hands to get all in for his remaining chips and he was up against a big hand. Robert Gariepy had {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}. Gagne opened by shoving his remaining 12,000, barely more than a big blind, which was 10,000. Gariepy raised it to 35,000 and the remaining players folded.

The action was held while players at the other tables completed their hands.

At the table next door, Randy Khalil had shoved all in against Kathy Sawers. She eventually folded, which meant that Gagne would either double or be the stone bubble.

He showed {k-}{8-} and needed a lot of help to beat Gariepy's pocket aces. The flop gave that help when it came {k-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{4-Clubs}, giving Gagne two pair.

However, the turn was the {q-Spades} and the river was the {q-Diamonds}, which gave Gariepy a better two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Gariepy
Robert Gariepy
340,000 288,000
Richard Gagne
Richard Gagne
Busted

Tags: Richard GagneRobert Gariepy

Prize Pool & Payouts Released

With a total of 193 entries, a prize pool worth $18,721 has been created. The final 20 players will make the money with the eventual champion earning a top prize of $4,226. Here is the complete payout breakdown.

PlacePrize (CAD)
1$4,226
2$3,170
3$2,385
4$1,795
5$1,350
6$1,015
7$765
8$575
9$430
10-11$325
12-13$300
14-15$275
16-17$255
18-19$240
20$220