PPC World Cup of Cards
Day 1 Started
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
The PPC Montreal Starts Today at 7 p.m.
The Player's Poker Championship or PPC Poker Tour is in town and hosting Event #18 of the World Cup of Cards (WCC) at Playground Poker Club. This is the PPC's first visit to Playground Poker and they are joining together as part of the Playground' massive tournament series.
The PPC is a $300 buy in with a $30,000 guarantee. Players start out with 50,000 chips and blind levels are 20 minutes long until the start of tomorrow’s final table when they will switch to 30 minutes. Registration is open until the start of Level seven. Players will play 17 20-minute levels today.
The PPC Poker Tour, also takes 20% of the prize pool for packages to the PPC Aruba World Championships November 2nd through the 8th at the Hilton Aruba Resort with a $500,000 guaranteed Main Event.
The winner along with the cash and the PPC Aruba World Championship Package will also win a trip to the PPC Champion of Champions Tournament at Maryland Live! Casino, a pair of Blue Shark Optics glasses and apparel from Kicker Power/Kicker Problems.
This is Event #18 of the World Cup of Cards 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.
PPC Stacks During Level 4
Isabelle Tremblay is in the field for the PPC's first-ever visit to Playground Poker Club. The driver has taken pretty quickly to playing poker and has been a mainstay at the World Cup of Cards.
Tam Ho is another tournament regular here at Playground Poker Club during the WCC, he has the biggest stack so far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
117,000 | |
|
82,000 | |
|
79,000 | |
|
74,000 | |
|
64,700 | |
|
54,300 | |
|
49,500 | |
|
48,500 | |
|
45,600 | |
|
44,200 | |
|
44,200 | |
|
21,200 |
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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
Day 1 PPC World Cup of Cards
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 |
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 |