2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
A short-stacked Joel Giguere moved all-in preflop and was put at risk by Kevin Rivest.
Giguere:
Rivest:
Giguere was dominated and his dream run came to an end in third place after a run out.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kevin Rivest |
356,000,000
148,000,000
|
148,000,000 |
Joel Giguere | Busted |
In a limp-checked preflop pot between Daren Keyes and Joel Giguere, a flop was seen. Keyes led the flop with a bet of 15 million holding and Giguere raised to 42 million with . Keyes three-bet shoved and Giguere snap-called.
Keyes' sweat wasn't long as the completed his flush on the turn and a on the river secured another massive double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daren Keyes |
494,000,000
244,000,000
|
244,000,000 |
|
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Joel Giguere |
144,000,000
-233,000,000
|
-233,000,000 |
Level: 36
Blinds: 5,000,000/1,000,000
Ante: 10,000,000
Players will be back in 15 minutes for a quick color-up break.
On a board reading , Daren Keyes was in the small blind with and led out for 12 million. Joel Giguere was in the big blind and called.
The turnw as the . Keyes led out for 15 million this time and Giguere called again. The river was the and Keyes led out for 28 million. Giguere went into the tank but eventually called.
"King high" said Keyes as he tabled his hand. Giguere tabled the winner with a pair of queens and raked in the pot.
Giguere has now taken over the chip lead for the first time all tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joel Giguere |
377,000,000
76,000,000
|
76,000,000 |
Daren Keyes |
250,000,000
-83,000,000
|
-83,000,000 |
|
||
Kevin Rivest |
208,000,000
6,000,000
|
6,000,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daren Keyes |
333,000,000
-60,000,000
|
-60,000,000 |
|
||
Joel Giguere |
301,000,000
41,000,000
|
41,000,000 |
Kevin Rivest |
202,000,000
-21,000,000
|
-21,000,000 |
With 74 million already piled up in the middle of a board, Joel Giguere bet 27,000,000 with and after a brief prodding for information, Daren Keyes mucked his .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daren Keyes |
393,000,000
6,000,000
|
6,000,000 |
|
||
Joel Giguere |
260,000,000
34,000,000
|
34,000,000 |
The final three players agreed to pause the clock to discuss the possibility of a deal. ICM numbers were looked at and quickly turned down.
Play has resumed.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daren Keyes |
387,000,000
31,000,000
|
31,000,000 |
|
||
Joel Giguere |
226,000,000
-8,000,000
|
-8,000,000 |
Kevin Rivest |
223,000,000
40,000,000
|
40,000,000 |
The odds on favorite to take this title down, Mike Leah, has fallen in fourth place.
Leah had been nursing the shortest stack for quite some time and finally found a spot to get his sub-10 big blind stack in the middle.
Looking down at , Leah moved all-in from the button and Kevin Rivest shoved over the top from the small blind with .
The board ran out , and Leah was eliminated in fourth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kevin Rivest |
183,000,000
75,000,000
|
75,000,000 |
Mike Leah | Busted | |
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