WPT National Montreal Day 2 | 2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

08-24-2016 15:57 UTC-3

Final 32 Chip Counts at the Break (full)

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Tanveer Dhanjal	986,000 433,000	433,000
Kathy Sawers	848,000 3,000	3,000
Aaron Shepard	720,000 335,000	335,000
David Bonneau	644,000 7,500	7,500
Fabio Luongo	630,000 574,800	574,800
Senthuran Vijayaratnam	617,000 -233,000	-233,000
Alexander Villa	583,000 406,000	406,000
Zheng Wei	550,000 198,000	198,000
Jeffrey Cormier	519,000 179,000	179,000
Tomislav Pavkovic	450,000 163,000	163,000
Peter Johnson Jr.	447,000 143,500	143,500
Benoit Beaulac	435,000 -315,000	-315,000
Frank Gregory	415,000 -25,000	-25,000
Christopher Murrin	385,000 174,000	174,000
Nathan Hall	357,000 93,000	93,000
Mark Sloane	331,000 37,000	37,000
Denis Cyr	309,000 71,500	71,500
Daniel Charette	288,000 -69,000	-69,000
Gary Li	265,000 130,500	130,500
Yann Prevost-Dumont	255,000 -5,500	-5,500
Srinivas Gottiparthi	230,000 25,000	25,000
Grant Ellis	228,000 98,000	98,000
Kevin Rivest	223,000 -102,000	-102,000
Alain Rondeau	205,000 -147,000	-147,000
Michael Mellor	198,000 -106,000	-106,000

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Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

08-24-2016 15:37 UTC-3

First Break, Sawers and Vijayaratnam Battle For Chip Lead

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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
Senthuran Vijayaratnam	850,000 53,000	53,000
Kathy Sawers	845,000 45,000	45,000

08-24-2016 15:21 UTC-3

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
Mark Sloane	294,000 110,000	110,000
Jonathan Bussieres	Busted

08-24-2016 15:13 UTC-3

Updated Counts, Gary Lucci Eliminated

Brentharrington

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Boyaci	127,500 8,000	8,000
Patrick Braga	70,000 -43,500	-43,500
Fabio Luongo	55,200 -155,800	-155,800
Gary Lucci	Busted

08-24-2016 15:03 UTC-3

Stephane Houle Flops the Nuts and Loses

Brentharrington

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
Jeffrey Cormier	340,000 -36,000	-36,000
Gary Lucci	300,000 182,000	182,000
Stephane Houle	76,000 -177,000	-177,000

Tags: Gary Lucci Jeffrey Cormier Stephane Houle

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

08-24-2016 14:39 UTC-3

Richard Paradis Eliminated in 41st place ($1,500)

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Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

A big pot between Richard Paradis and Kathy Sawers was brewing when Paradis moved all-in on a flop of . Sawers snap-called putting Paradis at risk.

Sawers:
Paradis:

Sawers had flopped a set of aces and had paradis drawing very slim. Sawers faded the turn and river — to vault up the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kathy Sawers	800,000 257,500	257,500
Richard Paradis	Busted

Tags: Kathy Sawers

08-24-2016 14:36 UTC-3

Mark Sloane Eliminates Noeung Troeung in 42nd Place

Brentharrington

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Sebastien Proulx opened under the gun to 10,000. Noeung Troeung three-bet all in for 53,000. Mark Sloane was in the big blind and shoved over the top for 97,000.

Proulx took a moment and eventually folded what he said was a pocket pair. The two players turned over their hands and Sloane was in the lead. Sloane's was just better than the of Troeung.

The board ran out , giving Sloane a flush and sending Troeung home early in Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastien Proulx	200,000 -16,000	-16,000
Mark Sloane	184,000 83,000	83,000
Noeung Troeung	Busted

Tags: Noeung Troeung Sebastien Proulx Mark Sloane

08-24-2016 14:31 UTC-3

Last Ladies Standing

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Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Playground Poker Club never has any shortage of women crushing poker events. The WPT National Montreal field saw many ladies in the mix. Just two remain now.

Elaine Rawn @elaine_7777

@KathySawers and I Kicking it into high gear @WPTlive last ladies standing same table. Final table here we come https://t.co/hcKV2Ezyz1August 24, 2016

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