World Cup of Cards 2016

Jamal Stewart McKenzie wins Event 27

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Event 27 has come to a conclusion after a record-setting final table whose pace was unparalleled in the entire World Cup of Cards until now. The winner of the event was Jamal Stewart McKenzie who outlasted and outplayed 84 other players to end up as the final player standing in this $100 + $10 NL Hold’em Freeze tournament that started at 12:00pm today.

For his victory, Jamal has won $1,995 and the magnificent Champion’s Trophy as per the deal reached when play was 4-handed.

Congratulations Jamal!

Event 27 Champion: Jamal Stewart McKenzie, $1,995

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2nd place: Borislav Angelov, $1,300

Borislav Angelov
Borislav Angelov

Final hand of play

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Event 27 final results

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Event 27 in the World Cup of Cards was a $100 + $10 NL Hold’em Freeze that attracted 85 players who started the tournament, adding up to a prize pool of $8,245.00. This was distributed according to the following payout table.

There were two prize pool deals in the tournament. First, the players chose to take $100 from the first prize and award it to the player in 10th position. Second, with 4 left the players decided to flatten the prize pool, leaving $695 and the Champion’s Trophy for the winner and locking up $1,300 each. These deals are reflected in the payout list below.

Rank | PosFirst Name | PrénomLast Name | NomPrize | Bourse
1JamalStewart McKenzie$1,995.00
2BorislavAngelov$1,300.00
3GhislainPigeon$1,300.00
4GlenHammers$1,300.00
5AmirMajidi$720.00
6MattRanger$550.00
7DaveJeanneau-Cyr$420.00
8Pierre-LucAudet$320.00
9KaramSaleh$240.00
10CarrieWebster$100.00

Heads up in Event 27

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Ghislain Pigeon has been eliminated in 3rd place ($1,300) and the tournament is now heads up between Jamal Stewart McKenzie and Borislav Angelov. This doesn’t figure to be a long heads up match – the play since the deal was reached has been extremely loose.

3rd place: Ghislain Pigeon, $1,300

Ghislain Pigeon
Ghislain Pigeon

Deal in Event 27; Hammers down 4th

  • Level: 20
  • Small Blind: 15K
  • Big Blind: 30K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 425K
  • Remaining: 3
  • Entries: 85

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There has been a 4-way deal in Event 27. Very simply, the players chose to re-distribute the prize pool such that 1st place would receive $1,995 and the trophy and the other 3 finishers would each receive $1,300.

Very soon after the deal was made Glen Hammers was eliminated in 4th place – and since then, there have been a flurry of all in hands as the chips fly around between the remaining 3 players.

4th place, Glen Hammers, $1,300

Glen Hammers
Glen Hammers

Rapid fire in Event 27

  • Level: 19
  • Small Blind: 10K
  • Big Blind: 20K
  • Ante: 2K
  • Chip Average: 318.8K
  • Remaining: 4
  • Entries: 85

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Play in Event 27 has moved incredibly quickly since the final table began and after just 30 minutes of play, there have been 6 eliminations – and the remaining 4 players are now discussing a deal.

There was one hand of note in particular. Dave Jeanneau-Cyr (who has already won 4 events in the WCC) open shoved from early position and Borislav Angelov went all in himself for a just 4K more in chips. This sent Matt Ranger deep into the tank… but eventually he made the call and the cards were flipped over.

Dave: Jack of Clubs 3 of Clubs
Borislav: Ace of Clubs 7 of Spades
Matt: Ace of Hearts Queen of Diamonds

Matt looked to have the best of it and held on the flop of 2 of Clubs 9 of Spades 8 of Hearts, but then the 7 of Diamonds on the turn vaulted Borislav into the lead, which he would not relinquish on the river 6 of Hearts.

Borislav effectively tripled up, Dave was out and Matt was left with just 7K behind – 2K of which were owed for the next ante.

Eliminations

  1. Amir Majidi – $720
  2. Matt Ranger – $550
  3. Dave Jeanneau-Cyr – $420
  4. Pierre-Luc Audet – $320
  5. Karam Saleh – $240
  6. Carrie Webster – $100

Event 27 – final table and the bubble

  • Level: 17
  • Small Blind: 6K
  • Big Blind: 12K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 127.5K
  • Remaining: 10
  • Entries: 85

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Just 9 players were scheduled to be paid in Event 27, but the final table of 10 players has come together and they unanimously agreed to take $100 from the 1st place prize to award to the player who goes out in 10th. The redrawn final table will be laid out as follows:

First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomSeat | Siège
MattRangerSeat 1
JamalStewart McKenzieSeat 2
AmirMajidiSeat 3
KaramSalehSeat 4
DaveJeanneau-CyrSeat 5
GhislainPigeonSeat 6
CarrieWebsterSeat 7
Pierre-LucAudetSeat 8
BorislavAngelovSeat 9
GlenHammersSeat 10

Event 27 – full counts with 2 tables left

  • Level: 14
  • Small Blind: 3K
  • Big Blind: 6K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 67.1K
  • Remaining: 19
  • Entries: 85

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There are just 2 tables left in Event 27 and during the last break we got full counts for the players remaining.

First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomSeat | SiègeStack | Tapis
MattRangerTable 33 - Seat 167,000
KaramSalehTable 33 - Seat 2127,500
LynnWhiteTable 33 - Seat 373,500
IanArmorerTable 33 - Seat 457,000
DaveJeanneau-CyrTable 33 - Seat 5102,000
DominicJiposTable 33 - Seat 678,500
JacquesTitleyTable 33 - Seat 714,500
GlenHammersTable 33 - Seat 851,500
TomaszWerstlerTable 33 - Seat 9121,000
BorislavAngelovTable 33 - Seat 10101,500
ErnestFawcettTable 37 - Seat 152,500
CarrieWebsterTable 37 - Seat 227,500
TinaHowieTable 37 - Seat 387,500
ElisabettaBertucciTable 37 - Seat 448,500
JamalStewart McKenzieTable 37 - Seat 533,500
Jean BernardAudetTable 37 - Seat 610,500
Kong ChheKuochTable 37 - Seat 743,000
Pierre-LucAudetTable 37 - Seat 839,500
AmirMajidiTable 37 - Seat 9110,500
GhislainPigeonTable 37 - Seat 1022,000

Ranger takes a huge pot

  • Level: 12
  • Small Blind: 1.5K
  • Big Blind: 1.5K
  • Ante: 3K
  • Chip Average: 300
  • Remaining: 25
  • Entries: 85

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Matt Ranger (with his new chips)
Matt Ranger (with his new chips)

On table 38, Matt Ranger has just taken a huge pot that could have implications for the rest of the tournament. Matt bump raised from utg and Charles La Boissonniere called from the utg+1 seat to Matt’s left. David Alfonso Martinez shoved over the top for 12K and the action folded back to Matt. And then things got fun.

Matt went all-in to isolate with just one player to act behind… but almost before he could finish saying, “all in,” Charles, who covered both players, made the call and flipped over Ace of Diamonds King of Clubs. Matt laughed at his misfortune and turned over a weaker suited ace: Ace of Spades 8 of Spades. David, for his part, turned over the Jack of Clubs 10 of Spades.

Matt beseeched the dealer to put an 8 on the flop – but the flop was a thing of strange poker beauty: King of Spades 5 of Diamonds Jack of Spades – something for everyone! The two players who had made their pairs weren’t happy to see the 3 of Spades – and, holding the ace, it was no problem for Matt that the 9 of Spades appeared on the river.

Matt doubled up and then some (over 115K total) while David hit the rail and Charles was left with nothing but a very small stack to continue with – which ironically was itself defeated by another spades flush just minutes later.

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