WPT National Montreal Day 1f | 2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

WPT National Montreal

Day 1f Completed

Aug 24, 2016

12 More Players Make Day 2 WPT National Montreal, Senthuran Vijayaratnam Bags Overall Chip Lead

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Day 1f of WPT National Montreal is over and Senthuran Vijayaratnam bagged almost 800,000, which is the overall chip lead going into Day 2.

The previous mark was set by Benoit Beaulac with 648,000 on Day 1a. As the players bagged for Day 2, the final starting flight was going strong, with 135 runners in the turbo flight.

Rodney Ramalho, who is the only player to cash two times so far, failed to make Day 2 again. He is in the final turbo flight and is trying to add a third cash and finally break through to Day 2. Day 2 begins tomorrow at 1 p.m. and the day will end when only six players remain.

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Aug 24, 2016

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

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Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

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Aug 23, 2016

Eliminated Between 13th and 17th Place ($1,250)

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Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Here are some of the recent eliminations. Each player earned CAD $1,250.

Isabelle Tremblay, who finished 14th, flopped top pair against the two pair of Derek Lerner and couldn't catch up.

The board read and Tremblay was in the cutoff. She went all in and Lerner called.

Tremblay showed and was behind Lerner's .

The turn was the , and the river was the , sending Tremblay home just short of bagging for Day 2. Tremblay ran in many of the starting flights and finally broke through today with a deep run and a cash, but fell short of her goal to make Day 2.

Then, Elvira Popescu followed Tremblay to the rail as the Day 2 bubble. The action folded to Amir Babakhani and he shoved all in . Elvira Popescu was in the big blind with only 80,000 behind. She called with . Babakhani turned over .

The board came , giving Babakhani trip sevens and the pot. Popescu left, eliminated in 13th place.

13 - Elvira Popescu
14 - Isabelle Tremblay
15 - Rene Berube
16 - Mitchell Dredge
17 - Dalton Dawkins

Aug 23, 2016

Updated Chip Counts (full)

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Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

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Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Aug 23, 2016

Elaine Rawn Gets Aces In the Big Blind, Spells the End For Yu Gao

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Yu Gao was under the gun and he shoved all in for his remaining 78,000. The action folded all the way around to Elaine Rawn in the big blind. She calls quickly and showed . Gao had .

The board ran out and Gao was eliminated. Rawn is now over 250,000 with 17 players remaining. Gao headed over to the Day 1g turbo flight and is taking another shot at Day 2 in the WPT National Montreal.