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.
The third flight of seven total starting flights for WPT National Montreal begins tomorrow 10 a.m.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Hand #1: Andrew Dick opened to 5,000 and three players called him. After Frank Gregory calls first, Dick responds.
"See this is what happens when I raise, everybody calls."
This might have encouraged Patrick Braga and Charles La Boissonniere to call as well. The flop came and action checked to Dick. He bet 6,500 and all his opponents foled.
Hand #2: Karine Broeckaert opened to 4,600 and Charles Smith was the lone caller defending from the big blind. The flop came and Smith checked. Broeckaert bets 6,000 and Smith went all in for 14,600 more. Broeckaert called.
Smith turned over for top pair and Broeckaert needed help holding only . The turn was the and the river was the and didn't bring the help Broeckaert needed. She was left with less than an ante, holding 200.
Hand #3: Stephane Houle raised to 4,300 and all other players folded. Karine Broeckaert was already all in for her final 200 and the players turned over their hands. Broeckaert was sitting better that the table expected with . Unfortunately for her, Houle was holding .
The board ran out and Houle's hand held, sending Broeckaert to the rail.
Earlier this morning Kenneth Wigfield won the World Cup of Cards Event #2: NL Hold'em Bounty Builder for $3,766. Wigfield also claimed 14 $100 bounties for an added bonus. Wigfield has just taken his seat and has already made a splash, almost doubling his starting stack.
Welcome to Day 1b of the World Poker Tour (WPT) National Montreal. The $600 NL Hold'em event aligned with the World Cup of Cards hosted by Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec boasts a $400,000 guarantee with seven starting flights. The event will run between August 19-25.
Playground has been a favorite stop for the WPT in Canada. This will be the ninth time a champion is crowned by the WPT inside Playground. Some former champions include Jonathan Roy, Jason Comtois, Amir Babakhani, Jared Mahoney, Sheraz Nasir, and Derrick Rosenbarger.
Each Day 1 will pay 12% of the starting field and play down to the final 5%. Payouts will be $750, $1,000 or $1,250 based on where a player busts. This is a re-entry event and players will have the option to re-enter on any Day 1 before registration closes at the end of the break following Level 8. Players may choose to play multiple Day 1’s even if they have previously qualified. Only a player’s best stack will carry over to Day 2, though any forfeited stack will be worth a bonus $1,500.
With 85 entries, there were just five players to qualify for Day 2 from Day 1a. Benoit Beaulac bagged the top stack collecting over 50% of the chips in play ending the day with 648,000. From just a 15,000 chip starting stack, an impressive feat to say the least.
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board and with that play on Day 1b has come to an end.
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.
and Gregory won the hand and eliminated Troeung. Troeung took home CAD $1,000.
flop. The turn was the 
and Mellor hollered out again on the river as the 
fell giving him quads and nearly tripling his stack.
and action checked to Dick. He bet 6,500 and all his opponents foled.
for top pair and Broeckaert needed help holding only 
. The turn was the 
.
