WPT National Montreal
Day 2 Started
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
Day 2 Kicks Off at 1 p.m.
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Welcome to Day 2 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 featured a $400,000 guarantee with seven starting flights.
There were 817 total entries received over the course of the event. Almost half of those gathered from the last two qualifying sessions on Tuesday. Just 44 players secured their seat for Day 2.
Senthuran Vijayaratnam will take a big lead heading into play after crushing the field on Day 1f with 797,000. Benoit Beaulac (648,000), David Bonneau (636,500), Tanveer Dhanjal (553,000), and former WPT Champion Amir Babakhani (548,000) round out the top five.
Play is scheduled to reach an official final table of six today combining the final 10 players to their last seat. Here's a look at the payouts the field will be fighting for today
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $80,000 |
| 2nd | $55,792 |
| 3rd | $36,000 |
| 4th | $23,500 |
| 5th | $18,000 |
| 6th | $15,000 |
| 7th | $12,500 |
| 8th | $10,000 |
| 9th | $8,000 |
| 10th-12th | $6,700 |
| 13th-15th | $5,700 |
| 16th-18th | $4,700 |
| 19th-21st | $3,900 |
| 22nd-24th | $3,200 |
| 25th-27th | $2,800 |
| 28th-30th | $2,400 |
| 31st-33rd | $2,100 |
| 34th-36th | $1,800 |
| 37th-44th | $1,500 |
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Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Cards in the Air
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Playground Poker Club tournament director Martin Roy has just got play underway with the announcement of "shuffle up and deal."
The 44 remaining players start with five minutes left in Level 16.
Blinds are 2k/4k with an ante of 500 and an average stack of 278,500.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Michael Bellizzi Doubles on First Hand
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Michael Belizzi moved all-in on the river for 57,000 with a board reading 
and was called by Frank Gregory.
Belizzi tabled 
and Gregory sighed turning over 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
440,000
-102,000
|
-102,000 |
|
|
212,000
106,500
|
106,500 |
Medhat Ramzy Eliminated in 44th Place; Eric Afrait Eliminated in 43rd Place ($1,500)
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Medhat Ramzy has busted Day 2 on the second hand of the day. We didn't catch the action but his seat is now empty.
Eric Afriat fell victim to a big cooler when his 
ran into Benoit Beaulac's 
on a 
flop. Afrait had shoved all-in getting snap-called and got no help from the 
turn and river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Last Ladies Standing
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.
@KathySawers and I Kicking it into high gear @WPTlive last ladies standing same table. Final table here we come https://t.co/hcKV2Ezyz1Follow @elaine_7777
Mark Sloane Eliminates Noeung Troeung in 42nd Place
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
184,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
Busted |
Richard Paradis Eliminated in 41st place ($1,500)
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
257,500
|
257,500 |
|
Busted |