Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
WPT National Montreal
Day: 2
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
Stephane Houle Flops the Nuts and Loses
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Stephane Houle just flopped the nuts and lost. On the next hand, he got all in for his tournament life and was behind, but managed to win the pot and double up.
Hand #1:
Houle was one of four players that saw the 
flop. He checked and then Gary Lucci bet 25,000. Houle shoved all in for 170,000 and Lucci called. Lucci was at risk and behind with 
for a set of tens. Houle had flopped a straight with 
.
The turn was the 
and the river was the 
, giving Lucci a full house and earning him the double up.
Hand #2:
Houle was on the button for the next hand and shoved all in for 34,000. Jeffrey Cormier was the big blind and he asked for a count. He called and showed 
, which was ahead of Houle's 
.
The board ran out 
, giving Houle the double up and keeping him in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
-36,000
|
-36,000 |
|
300,000
182,000
|
182,000 |
|
76,000
-177,000
|
-177,000 |
Updated Counts, Gary Lucci Eliminated
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
127,500
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
70,000
-43,500
|
-43,500 |
|
55,200
-155,800
|
-155,800 |
|
|
Busted |
Jonathan Bussieres Eliminated in 38th Place ($1,500)
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Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Jonathan Bussieres had Mark Sloane all-in and at risk preflop blind versus blind.
Bussieres: 
Sloane: 
The board ran out 
and Sloane scored the double up.
The very next hand Bussieres shoved all-in and Sloane made the call. We didn't catch the action but Sloane won the hand and sent Bussieres to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
294,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
Busted |
First Break, Sawers and Vijayaratnam Battle For Chip Lead
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
The players are on a 15-minute break. This is the first break of the day and 32 players remain of the 44 that started Day 2.
Kathy Sawers jumped out to the chip lead over taking Senthuran Vijayaratnam when she eliminated Richard Paradis. Sawers flopped a set of aces, and Paradis shoved all in with 
. He didn't improve and Sawers took the lead.
Vijayaratnam dropped a little bit early, but when he eliminated Gary Lucci, he overtook Sawers again and is sitting at 850,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
845,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Final 32 Chip Counts at the Break (full)
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
986,000
433,000
|
433,000 |
|
|
848,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
720,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
644,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
|
630,000
574,800
|
574,800 |
|
|
617,000
-233,000
|
-233,000 |
|
583,000
406,000
|
406,000 |
|
550,000
198,000
|
198,000 |
|
|
519,000
179,000
|
179,000 |
|
450,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
|
447,000
143,500
|
143,500 |
|
435,000
-315,000
|
-315,000 |
|
415,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
385,000
174,000
|
174,000 |
|
357,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
|
331,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
309,000
71,500
|
71,500 |
|
288,000
-69,000
|
-69,000 |
|
265,000
130,500
|
130,500 |
|
255,000
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
|
230,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
228,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
223,000
-102,000
|
-102,000 |
|
205,000
-147,000
|
-147,000 |
|
198,000
-106,000
|
-106,000 |
Photos from Day 2
Stephane Houle Eliminated in 31st Place ($2,100)
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Denis Cyr got all in against Stephane Houle and won with against Houle's .
Earlier, Houle lost a big hand when he flopped the nuts and Gary Lucci's flopped set turned into a full house by the river. He would double up the very next hand.
This time, Houle couldn't catch a pair with ace king to beat Cyr's queens. The board ran out 
and Houle headed to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000
141,000
|
141,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Comtois Doubles Through Murrin
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Jason Comtois opened by shoving all in for 122,000 from the cutoff with . Christopher Murrin was in the small blind and called with .
The board ran out 
and Comtois flopped a better pair to win the pot and earn the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
530,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
260,000
93,000
|
93,000 |