Day 1c of WPT National Montreal has come to a close at Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec. The WPT National is part of a series of great tournaments that just started called the World Cup of Cards.
Jeffrey Cormier ended the day with 376,000, which was good enough for the chip lead for this flight. Daniel Charette (357,000) and Alain Rondeau (352,000) are close behind. Five players made it through and will join the ten other players in Day 2 on Wednesday. Rodney Ramalho was the Day 2 bubble boy today and failed to make Day 2 for the second straight day.
Yesterday he ran queens into kings and finished seventh, two spots from advancing, and today he got all in with against and couldn't catch an ace. After two long runs, he has cashed for CAD $2,500, but is still looking for that Day 2 spot and will likely be back at it tomorrow at 10 a.m. when Day 1d begins.
There are four starting flights left and there is likely to be a large overlay.
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Action folded around to Frederic Cossette on the button and he shoved for 45,000. Alain Rondeau made the call from the big blind putting Cossette at risk.
Cossette:
Rondeau:
Rondeau needed some help and his equity would skyrocket after the flop. Rondeau had straight outs, flush outs, and both of his pairs would be good. The fell on the turn leaving him one last hope but the did nothing for him and his tournament was over.
Norman Messier flopped top pair and then rivered two pair against Rodney Ramalho, but it wasn't good enough.
Ramalho opened with a preflop raise to 16,000 under the gun and Messier called from the small blind. Messier checked the flop and Ramalho bet 20,000. Messier raised all in for 56,500 total. Ramalho called the 30,000 more with and was behind the of Messier.
The turn put Ramalho ahead with the and that spelled the end of the day for Messier. Ramalho is sitting just over 450,000 with two eliminations left before the players bag for Day 2. Ramalho got to this point yesterday before busting out with queens versus kings, but with double the average chips and more than 70 big blinds, he's got a good chance to make Day 2. He is the first player to cash twice in the WPT National.
Welcome to Day 1c 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 favourite 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 on Day 1a and 90 entries on Day 1b, there have been just ten players to qualify for Day 2, five from each day. Benoit Beaulac has the top stack collecting over 50% of the chips in play after day 1a with 648,000. Frank Gregory bagged the top Day 1b stack with 542,000.
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flop. Rondeau had straight outs, flush outs, and both of his pairs would be good. The 
fell on the turn leaving him one last hope but the 
did nothing for him and his tournament was over.
flop and Ramalho bet 20,000. Messier raised all in for 56,500 total. Ramalho called the 30,000 more with 
of Messier.
