2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

WPT National Montreal
Day: 1e
Event Info

2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
107
Prize
70,794 CAD
Event Info
Buy-in
540 CAD
Prize Pool
427,945 CAD
Entries
817
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
25,000

Chip Counts at the Break (full)

The players are on a 15-minute break. There are 17 players remaining and four of them will make it to Day 2.

Kevin Rivest is the far-and-away chip leader with 177,000, more than 80,000 in front of Alun Elias who has 94,000.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Rivest ca
Kevin Rivest
177,000
Alun Elias
Alun Elias
94,000
Yan Touchette
Yan Touchette
93,500
Tomislav Pavkovic
Tomislav Pavkovic
91,000
Michael Noor ca
Michael Noor
83,500
Soterios T
Soterios T
71,000
Milan Bukvic
Milan Bukvic
64,000
Young Lee
Young Lee
50,200
Joey Boczek
Joey Boczek
50,000
Thomas Lefort ca
Thomas Lefort
49,000
Jason Mandanici-Turcot ca
Jason Mandanici-Turcot
48,000
Richard Paradis
Richard Paradis
42,000
Julian Mcintosh
Julian Mcintosh
41,000
Yann Prevost-Dumont
Yann Prevost-Dumont
40,000
Daniel Hamelin
Daniel Hamelin
27,000
Julien Lauzon
Julien Lauzon
23,000
Martin Boucher
Martin Boucher
16,000

Tags: Kevin RivestAlun Elias

An Impromptu Break

The tournament staff has stopped the clock and gone to the cameras to count out a players remaining chip stack. The player was all in, but shoved his remaining chip stack into the pot and made it impossible to count out his remaining chips.

Break Time, Coming Back With 27 Players

There are 27 players remaining in Day 1e of WPT National Montreal. The players are coming back to blinds of 1,000/2,000 with a 300 Ante.

The average chip stack is 42,200. The final ten players will make the money and only four players will advance from this flight.

Today's Pay Structure Released

The total amount of entries received for today's Day 1d flight was 76. There were 68 unique entries with 8 re-entries.

Day 1d will pay the final 10 positions. The top four spots will qualify for Day 2 guaranteeing themselves a minimum pay day of $1,500. Fifth and sixth will earn $1,250. Seventh and eighth place will take home $1,000, while ninth and 10th will receive $750.

Recap of Day 1e Action So Far

Song Han
Song Han

William Blais, who has been in a few of the starting flights already was eliminated when he got all in against Song Han preflop.

Blais had 8,000 chips at 300/600 and shoved from the cutoff. Han was in the big blind with about 16,000 and called. Blais had [qs8qs] and Han had {j-Spades}{10-Spades}. The board ran out {10-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and Blais was already leaving his seat after Han flopped a pair.

Song Han - 23,200

Here are some other chip counts from Day 1e:
Isabelle Tremblay - Eliminated
Alexandre Henry - 23,000
Matthew Paplyk - 11,000
Laurence Louie - 15,400

Tags: Isabelle TremblayLaurence LouieSong HanWilliam Blais

72 Players So Far in First Turbo Flight WPT National Montreal

There are 72 players registered so far for Day 1e, the first of two turbo starting flights for WPT National Montreal.

The blinds are 300/600 with a 75 Ante and there are 50 players remaining. The current chip average is 21,600.

This is the final level of registration for this flight. The final two of seven starting flights are tomorrow. The first is at 10 a.m. and the second is another turbo flight at 7 p.m.

First Break of the Day

With the end of Level 4 comes the first break of the day. Players will be back in 15-minutes.

The tournament clock shows 61 total entries with 53 remaining.

Blinds will be 150/300 with a 50 ante.

Play is Underway on Day 1e

The first evening flight of the WPT National Montreal is underway. There are currently 34 entries registered.

Late registration will remain open till the end of the break following Level 8.

Blinds are 20-minutes long and start at 25/50.