WPT National Montreal
Day 1b Completed
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
WPT National Montreal
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
540 CAD
Prize Pool
427,945 CAD
Entries
817
Level
32
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
25,000
Frank Gregory Leads as Five More Players Make Day 2 of WPT National Montreal
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Day 1b of WPT National Montreal is over and Frank Gregory leads the five remaining players. He ended the day with 542,000. Like Benoit Beaulac, the Day 1a chipleader, Gregory was more than 200,000 above the next closest stack. Michael Mellor finished the day with 304,000.
Mellor got all in against two players holding pocket sevens. He was behind, but flopped a set then rivered quads. His celebration was so loud it could be heard in every corner of the room. Mellor and the nine other players who have made Day 2 will return on Wednesday.
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End of Day Chip Counts (full)
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Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
542,000 | 24,000 |
|
304,000 | -21,000 |
|
253,000 | |
|
137,000 | -3,000 |
|
113,500 | 37,500 |
Andrew Dick Bubbles Seat in Day 2, Busts in 6th Place ($1,250)
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Stephane Houle opened to 19,500 and Andrew Dick three-bet all-in for 73,500. Houle quickly called and their cards were turned over.
Houle: 
Dick: 
Dick was calling for an ace but would find no help on the 
board and with that play on Day 1b has come to an end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
253,000 | 134,200 |
|
Busted |
Rodney Ramalho Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,250)
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Frank Gregory opened to 16,000, Rodney Ramalho moved all-in for 44,500, Michael Mellor four-bet to 100,000 and Gregory folded.
Ramalho: 
Mellor: 
Mellor had Ramalho in rough shape and after the flop came 
he was left with one out. The turn and river bricked out — 
and Ramalho was sent to the payout desk to pick up his $1,250.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
325,000 | 75,000 |
|
Busted |
Table Talk, Noeung Troeung Eliminated
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Frank Gregory has been by far the most active player at the table. He three bet Patrick Braga preflop and Braga folded. Gregory showed aces.
Earlier, he raised to 16,000 preflop and Noeung Troeung defended from the big blind. Gregory bet the flop and Troeung folded. Gregory slid his hand over to Troeung.
"You can look if you want to."
Troeung looked and then the dealer flipped up 
for all to see. On this hand, Troeung makes it 14,000 from early position and Gregory three-bets to 44,000. Troeung takes about 40 seconds to think about how to proceed.
"Nice fold," said Gregory, "I'll show you."
Troeung is still debating.
"Nice fold," Gregory said again, making a motion as if to toss his hand into the muck.
Still nothing from Troeung.
"Nice fold," Gregory keept at it.
"All in," said Troeung.
"Call."
"Do you have aces?" questioned Andrew Dick after the action concludes.
Gregory turned over the next best thing, 
and was against Troeung's 
.
The board ran out 
and Gregory won the hand and eliminated Troeung. Troeung took home CAD $1,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
518,000 | 156,000 |
|
Busted |
Charles Smith Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,000)
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
A monster pot just went down.
Jonathan Bussieres opened to 15,000, Frank Gregory called, Michael Mellor shoved all-in for around 90,000, Charles Smith called all-in for 65,000, Bussieres re-jammed over top, and after a moment agonizing over his decision, Gregory mucked his cards.
Bussieres: 
Mellor: 
Smith: 
Mellor let out a huge cheer as the dealer delivered a 
flop. The turn was the 
and Mellor hollered out again on the river as the 
fell giving him quads and nearly tripling his stack.
Smith was eliminated in ninth place earning $1,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000 | 117,000 |
|
|
140,000 | -110,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Break Time
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The players are on a 15-minute break.
Too Strong to Fold
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Frank Gregory limped to start the action and Rodney Ramalho raised to 15,000. The action folded around to Gregory who reraised to 55,000. Ramalho took his time to make his next move.
The clock ticked off the final seconds of the level and the players were now on break, but Ramalho still took another 30 or so seconds before shoving all in. Gregory quickly called and showed 
. Ramalho had and was in danger of losing a large part of his chip stack.
The board ran out 
and Gregory won the hand, stacking more than 350,000 chips before he headed off for the remainder of the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
362,000 | 210,000 |
|
|
64,000 | 13,000 |