Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
$550 NL Hold’em 8-Max Freeze
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
550 CAD
Prize Pool
75,000 CAD
Entries
150
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
With about 7,000 in the middle, on a board reading 
, Matthew Paplyk checked from the small blind. Gianfranco Giordano was on the button and bet 2,500. Paplyk called.
The turn was the 
and both players checked. The dealer completed the board with the 
on the river. Paplyk thought for a moment and then bet 6,100. Giordano paused for a moment and then cut out chips, looking like he was going to call. He gave Paplyk a quick look, and eventually just called.
Paplyk tabled 
for a pair of aces with a king kicker. Giordano then tabled 
for the second-nut flush and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,000 | |
|
16,500 |
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
51,500
23,500
|
23,500 |
|
50,000 | |
|
48,500
33,500
|
33,500 |
|
||
|
36,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
33,000 | |
|
32,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
32,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
27,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
24,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
23,500
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
|
22,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
20,000 | |
|
|
13,000 | |
|
11,500 | |
|
8,500
-16,500
|
-16,500 |
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Players are on their first break of the day. Cards will be back in the air in about 15 minutes.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
With about 6,000 in the pot, on a board reading 
, Zachary Goodbaum checked from the big blind, as did Joel Palmer from the hijack. Patrick Braga was on the button and bet 3,000. Goodbaum quickly called, but Palmer decided to put in a check-raise to 7,600. Braga called, as did Goodbaum.
The turn was the 
and Goodbaum and Palmer both opted to checked. Braga thought for a full minute, clearly weighing his options, and decided to check back. The river was the 
and all three players checked.
Goodbaum tabled for busted flush and straight draws, and Palmer hesitated to table his hand. Braga took the initiative and showed next, tabling 
for top two pair. Palmer rapped the table and said "Nice hand" before mucking his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
13,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
Among the growing field is WPT Champion Eric Afriat, looking to add to his massive poker resume.
Afriat has amassed just shy of $2 million in career earnings, with his biggest cash coming from a World Poker Tour win in the Seminole Hard Rock Showdown for a whopping $1,081,184 in April of 2014. He came close to a second title right here on home soil at the Playground Poker Club in February of this year, but fell short in third place for $108,690.
Afriat makes his way around the world playing poker with cashes in Las Vegas, Florida, Atlantic City, Verona, the Bahamas, St. Maarten, Pompano Beach and of course a ton of results in Montreal, Canada.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Kathy Sawers raised to 525 from the hijack and Alyssa Mac Donald three-bet to 1,550 on the button. Amir Mohsen was in the small blind and quickly cold-called, as did Mokhtar Khedadi in the big blind. Sawers called also.
The flop came 
and all four players quickly checked to the 
on the turn. Mohsen, Khedadi and Sawers all opted to check again, and Mac Donald decided to bet 3,300. Mohsen quickly called and Khedadi and Sawers both folded.
The river was the 
and Mohsen paused for several seconds before checking. Mac Donald wasted no time and checked back. Mohsen tabled for two pair kings and sixes with a jack kicker and Mac Donald mucked her hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
36,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
28,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
With about 1,400 in the pot, on a board reading 
, Claude Perrault led out for 600 from the small blind. Daniel Le called from the big blind.
The turn was the 
and Perrault led out for 1,100 this time. Le thought for about a minute before raising to 4,500. Perrault called.
The river was the and Perrault dramatically turned to stare Le down for several seconds before checking. Le half-smiled and checked back. Perrault tabled 
for aces full of deuces and Le flashed a red deuce before mucking his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
30,500
-6,500
|
-6,500 |