PPC World Cup of Cards
Day 1 Completed
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
PPC World Cup of Cards
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
300 CAD
Prize Pool
30,000 CAD
Entries
137
Roger Lamia Wins Last Hand, Bags Chip Lead in Event #18: PPC World Cup of Cards Day 1
On the final hand of the night of the PPC World Cup of Cards, Roger Lamia got all in against David Sorgente. He flopped an ace against the queens of Sorgente and broke 400,000 chips to claim the overall chip lead. He spent most of the day as the chip leader, but after doubling up a couple players seemed to fall back a little. However, by the time it was time to bag, he had solidified his number one stack of 427,000.
Jean-Manuel Estrala (307,000) and Alex Fiorani (304,000) are the only other players above 300,000 and round out the top three stacks. William Blais (157,000) and Jason Conforti (102,000) as two players who are at the top of the WCC tournament leaderboard and they are both coming back tomorrow as well.
The field started with 137 players and 37 will return tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. The PPC World Cup of Cards is Event #18. The World Cup of Cards is a month-long tournament festival at Playground Poker Club. PokerNews will be here throughout the festival, bringing you all the news, updates, and photos. Follow @pokernews on Twitter for live updates, Periscope broadcasts, and more. Also, follow PokerNews on Facebook and Instagram.
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
427,000 | 49,000 |
|
307,000 | |
|
304,000 | |
|
288,000 | -2,000 |
|
282,000 | |
|
278,000 | -27,000 |
|
275,000 | |
|
261,000 | |
|
|
251,000 | |
|
|
233,000 | |
|
|
230,000 | |
|
223,000 | |
|
221,000 | |
|
|
212,000 | |
|
200,000 | |
|
197,000 | |
|
|
188,000 | |
|
|
184,000 | 110,000 |
|
177,000 | |
|
|
174,000 | |
|
|
161,000 | -134,000 |
|
157,000 | 22,000 |
|
|
155,000 | |
|
|
152,000 | |
|
|
144,000 |
Event #18: PPC World Cup of Cards, Day 2 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 1 | Alex Fiorani | 304,000 |
| 62 | 2 | Todd Pierce | 118,000 |
| 62 | 3 | Grant Pazarka | 288,000 |
| 62 | 4 | Roger Lamia | 427,000 |
| 62 | 5 | Shamil Abhuani | 106,000 |
| 62 | 6 | Patrick M | 144,000 |
| 62 | 7 | Jean Sebastien Dubois | 275,000 |
| 62 | 8 | Srinivas Gottiparthi | 221,000 |
| 65 | 1 | Francois Graton-Valiquette | 200,000 |
| 65 | 2 | Vince Dwyer | 174,000 |
| 65 | 3 | Trevor Dixon | 155,000 |
| 65 | 4 | Marcello Iacovella | 88,000 |
| 65 | 5 | Jean-Manuel Estrala | 307,000 |
| 65 | 6 | Marc Saddik | 102,000 |
| 65 | 7 | Benoit Leclerc | 212,000 |
| 65 | 8 | Richard Johansen | 188,000 |
| 66 | 1 | Andrew Boujaoude | 223,000 |
| 66 | 2 | Max Zeppetelli | 75,000 |
| 66 | 3 | Elie A | 78,000 |
| 66 | 4 | Giovanni Massa | 177,000 |
| 66 | 5 | Derek Lerner | 128,000 |
| 66 | 6 | Ken Stutz | 278,000 |
| 66 | 7 | Isham Yamani | 78,000 |
| 69 | 1 | Jean-Philippe Lehoux | 261,000 |
| 69 | 2 | Nimer Ltaif | 282,000 |
| 69 | 3 | William Blais | 157,000 |
| 69 | 4 | Joshua Brueckner | 251,000 |
| 69 | 5 | Fabrice Levi | 152,000 |
| 69 | 6 | Tony Stratopoulos | 93,000 |
| 69 | 7 | Jeremie Trepanier | 161,000 |
| 70 | 1 | Fadi Chamoun | 230,000 |
| 70 | 2 | Tyson Yu | 88,000 |
| 70 | 3 | Saman Rezvani | 197,000 |
| 70 | 4 | Eric Benhamron | 184,000 |
| 70 | 5 | Luciano Iacovella | 233,000 |
| 70 | 6 | Jason Conforti | 102,000 |
| 70 | 7 | Louis-Charles Junior Levros | 84,000 |
Big Stacks With One Level Remaining
Roger Lamia jumped out to an early lead and is still the leader heading into the final level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
378,000 | 58,000 |
|
|
305,000 | |
|
|
295,000 | |
|
|
290,000 |
Day 1 PPC World Cup of Cards
The Fours Awaken William Blais
William Blais just doubled when he shoved all in preflop with 
. Marcello Iacovella reshoved with 
.
The board ran out 
and Blais doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000 | -60,000 |
Counts at the Break
There are 73 players remaining in the PPC World Cup of Cards, Event #18. Roger Lamia leads the way with over 300,000 chips and William Blais is one of the bigger stacks. Blais is in the top five of the tournament leaderboard and is set to make another deep run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000 | |
|
|
253,000 | |
|
|
221,000 | |
|
|
195,000 |
PPC World Cup of Cards Prizepool
The PPC drew 137 entrants and the prizepool has been announced. Below is the prizepool break down. The Aruba Packages will be awarded to first and second place.
The $4,500 package gets a $2,400 PPC main event buy in, four nights hotel stay, and a $300 flight credit. The $3,743 package includes several smaller tournament buy ins, five nights hotel stay, and a $300 flight credit.
| Place | Prize (CAD) | PPC Aruba Package |
| 1 | 7,980 | $4,500 |
| 2 | 5,104 | $3,473 |
| 3 | 5,140 | |
| 4 | 3,990 | |
| 5 | 2,800 | |
| 6 | 2,400 | |
| 7 | 1,900 | |
| 8 | 1,200 | |
| 9 | 1,000 | |
| 10-12 | 900 | |
| 13-15 | 800 |
116 Entries So Far
The players are heading to their first break of the day in the PPC World Cup of Cards. There are currently 116 players registered with 113 remaining. The tournament is a freezeout and registration is open until the start of level seven.