Event 18: $300 + $30 NL Hold'em PPC World Cup of Cards News

Max Zeppetelli and Nimer Ltaif are going to Aruba!

2016/09/07 - 0:39 by Playground Poker

Event 18 in the World Cup of Cards was a $300 + $30 NL Hold’em tournament organized by the Poker Player Championship Poker Tour. The structure was a 2-day format, and in addition to cash prizes, 20% of the prize pool was awarded as vacation packages to the Aruba World Championship in November.

With 137 registrations, a total of 2 packages were awarded to the top 2 finishers, while the top 15 secured a cash prize. Once play fell heads-up between Max Zeppetelli and Nimer Ltaif, the two players shook on a deal which ended the tournament. Since Max had the 5-to-1 chip lead, the agreement gave him the first place package ($4,500) and cash minus $900, in addition to both Champion’s Trophies, while Nimer took the second place package ($3,473) and cash.

Congratulations, and good luck in Aruba!

PPC Poker Tour Champion: Max Zeppetelli – $7,080.00 + $4,500 Aruba Package

Event 18 Winner & Runner-Up

PPC Poker Tour Runner-Up: Nimer Ltaif – $6,004 + $3,473 Aruba Package

Event 18 final results

2016/09/07 - 0:38 by

Event 18 in the World Cup of Cards was the $300 + $30 NL Hold’em PPC World Cup of Cards, the first time the PPC (Poker Players Championship) had ever visited Canada. There were 137 players in the event which ran over 2 days from September 5th to 6th. The total prize pool was $39,867.00 and it was distributed according to the following payout table.

Rank \| Pos	First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Prize \| Bourse
1	Max	Zeppetelli	$7,084.00 + PPC Aruba World Championships Package
2	Nimer	Ltaif	$6,000.00 + PPC Aruba World Championships Package
3	Jean-Manuel	Estrala	$4,100.00
4	Saman	Rezvani	$3,190.00
5	Jason	Conforti	$2,240.00
6	Elie	A	$1,920.00
7	Jean Sebastien	Dubois	$1,520.00
8	Roger	Lamia	$960.00
9	Jean-Philippe	Lehoux	$800.00
10	Grant	Pazarka	$720.00
11	Giovanni	Massa	$720.00
12	Trevor	Dixon	$720.00
13	Joshua	Brueckner	$640.00
14	Benoit	Leclerc	$640.00
15	Shamil	Abhuani	$640.00

Estrala bubbles the vacation package, finishes 3rd

Level: 29
Small Blind: 50K
Big Blind: 100K
Ante: 15K
Chip Average: 3.4M
Remaining: 2
Entries: 137

2016/09/07 - 0:05 by Playground Poker

Fresh off a double-up with versus Max’s , Jean-Manuel Estrala open-shoved for 2,035,000 from the button and found himself heads-up versus Max again.

Jean-Manuel:
Max:

Board:

Jean-Manuel was eliminated from the tournament on the hand, missing the Aruba vacation package by one spot.

3rd place: Jean-Manuel Estrala – $4,100.00

Rezvani finishes in 4th place

Level: 28
Small Blind: 40K
Big Blind: 80K
Ante: 10K
Chip Average: 3
Remaining: 3.3
Entries: 137

2016/09/07 - 0:00 by Playground Poker

Action is quite wild 4-handed, and Saman Rezvani has been involved in a few all-in / calls in the last orbits.

He lost a good portion of his stack calling Nimer Ltaif’s all-in with , and falling second best to . With only a few blinds left behind, he then shoved from the button with , and found a call from Max’s . The was not kind to him however, and he was eliminated in 4th place.

4th place: Saman Rezvani – $3,190.00

Conforti gets it in good again, eliminated in 5th

Level: 28
Small Blind: 40K
Big Blind: 80K
Ante: 10K
Chip Average: 1.7M
Remaining: 4
Entries: 137

2016/09/06 - 23:54 by Playground Poker

After losing with versus not long ago, Jason was able to rebuild his stack from 400,000 up to 1,600,000 by doubling up twice. In an unopened pot, he opted for an open-shove with his , and Max made the call with next to act as the two went heads-up.

Jason was once again in a great spot to win a massive pot, however once again his opponent caught a piece of the board to burry him, as Max paired his jack on a board.

Max had Jason covered by a small margin, and he now leads the final 5 with 3.4 million in chips.

5th place: Jason Conforti – $2,240.00

Rezvani rivers Conforti; Elie out in 6th

Level: 28
Small Blind: 40K
Big Blind: 80K
Ante: 10K
Chip Average: 1.4M
Remaining: 5
Entries: 137

2016/09/06 - 23:37 by Playground Poker

Jason Conforti opened to 180,000 on the first hand of level 28, and Saman Rezvani 3bet all-in for 765,000, which was quickly called by Jason.

Jason:
Saman:

Jason was poised for the knockout, until Saman found a ten on the board to double-up.

Jason was left with 400,000 behind, which he doubled two hands later with through Elie’s .

Elie was left with 3 big blinds after the hand, which were lost moments later to the hands of Jean-Manuel Estrala.

6th place: Elie A – $1,920.00

Jean-Sébastien Dubois walks out in 7th

Level: 27
Small Blind: 30K
Big Blind: 60K
Ante: 5K
Chip Average: 1.1M
Remaining: 6
Entries: 137

2016/09/06 - 23:04 by Jôle Simard

Saman Rezvani added 5 more columns to his stack when his eliminated Jean-Sebastien Dubois. Saman made a 3x raise from the under the gun position, making it 150K to go. 3 positions further, Jean-Sébastien, sitting in the cutoff, had a surprise for him. No time was lost as he rather quickly invested all his chips, sending the action back to Saman. He looked at Jean’s stack, made quick calculations, and called the remaining 370K.

Saman sure didn’t feel very well when Jean-Sébastien turned over the good-looking . His demeanor quickly shifted though, as the board brought . Jean-Sébastien certainly can’t blame himself for his early exit from the final table.