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Rami Hammoud is our champion

2019/02/07 - 5:39 by Playground Poker

After more than 10 hours of poker, the WCC Event #26 has a champion.

It took more than eight hours to reach the final table, but when it was finally established, Rami Hammoud played dominant poker. He steam-rolled his way to victory, knocking out the final two players that stood between him and victory in three, quick hands.

When Jacob Parent raised all in with a pair of sixes, 6 of Diamonds 6 of Hearts, Rami called with 9 of Hearts 9 of Spades.

The board came down Jack of Clubs 3 of Spades 9 of Diamonds 7 of Hearts 7 of Spades and Jacob’s night was over. As he left the table, he surrendered his bounty chip to Rami, the 15th bounty chip our champion was awarded during the event.

Two hands later, it was Charles-Éric Benoit’s turn to face off against Rami. He pushed his bounty chip forward, risking it all with King of Diamonds 9 of Clubs.

Rami was holding Ace of Diamonds Jack of Diamonds.

When the community cards were dealt, 8 of Clubs 10 of Clubs 8 of Hearts 7 of Spades 7 of Hearts, Charles-Éric was Rami’s 16th bounty of the evening, and the final player Rami needed to eliminate to seize his champion’s prize.

As runner-up, Charles-Éric walked away with $7470.

As champion, Rami’s prize was $11,069 for first place, plus another $1,600 in bounties. Altogether, his take was a whopping $12,669 and the victor’s trophy.

Congratulations Rami for a dominant performance!

 

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Danny Ibrahim is the Card Player Poker Tour Champion!

2019/02/06 - 22:56 by Playground Poker

It was a grueling day of poker full of action and packed with seasoned poker professionals. We started the day with 64 competitors, with only 40 slated to be paid. As the group made its way towards the final table we lost a lot of big names. That said, once the final table was formed the field was still very strong.

After four hours of intense play the final four players decided upon an ICM chop. That helped speed the tournament along, but it still took another 90 minutes to crown our champion. And that champion is Danny Ibrahim!

Although Danny is an experienced poker player, this is his biggest win to date. On top of his ICM-apportioned win of $42,070, he also gains the $6,000 kept in reserve for the winner. In the end he takes home a prize of $48,070, the trophy, and many great memories from a fantastic day of poker.

Congratulations Danny.

The hand that won the tournament was a preflop shove, as they so often are in heads up battles.

In this case it was Danny’s King of Diamonds Queen of Clubs vs Michael’s 7 of Spades 8 of Hearts. The board came down Jack of Diamonds King of Hearts Jack of Hearts 2 of Diamonds 9 of Diamonds and that was all she wrote for Michael.

And of course we can’t forget Michael Mckinnon, who finished in 2nd place and won a prize of $28,600. He was the short stack for almost all of the final four action, and so he is to be credited for his patient play and well-timed bets keeping him in the hunt until the very end. Well done!

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Event #25 Champion: Yannick Labattaglia

2019/02/06 - 20:57 by Shawn McCrory

Event #25 of the World Cup of Cards, the $100 + $10 8-Max Re-entry, drew a large afternoon turnout of 118 entries including 23 re-entries, enough to more than double the prize pool guarantee.

The players in this event made two deals to re-distribute the prize pool; the first was made to provide the player on the money bubble a small cash of $150, and the second was an ICM chop of the remaining prize pool when three players, Chris Arvanitis, Yannick Labattaglia and Eric Guindon, remained. According to the terms of the ICM chop, each of the three finalists locked up a significant profit for the day and left $230 for the eventual winner. After the deal was made, the first player to exit was Eric Guindon, who earned $1,955 in the process.

Heads up for the trophy

It then came down to a heads-up battle between Arvanitis and Labattaglia. At this stage, the trophy and bragging rights meant more to the players than the remaining cash, and they showed their determination with tight and cautious play at the outset. The chip lead changed hands several times before the blinds reached nosebleed heights and provoked a series of pre-flop all-ins. In the end, Labattaglia’s Jack of Diamonds 10 of Hearts out flopped Arvanitis’ 7 of Hearts 6 of Hearts to give Labattaglia the extra prize money, the cherished trophy and bragging rights as a WCC event champion. Congratulations!

Event #25 Champion: Yannick Labattaglia, $2,391

Last hand of play: 

Runner-up: Chris Arvanitis, $1,880

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Event #24 Champion: Andres Odeja

2019/02/06 - 4:32 by Shawn McCrory

Event #24 of the World Cup of Cards, the $200 + $20 PL Omaha 3 Lives Re-entry, was a huge success that brought out a field large enough to more than double the prize pool guarantee. Players took advantage of the re-entry option early and often, generating 21 re-entries in the first six levels of play.

In many tournaments with this kind of structure, we tend to see the play tighten up once the re-entry period ends, but that was not the case tonight. The loose play of the early levels kept up all the way until the money bubble, as multi-way pre-flop all ins were a regular occurrence up until the very late stages of play.

Once the field reached the money bubble, the players found some patience and some folds, as a dozen hands of hand-for-hand play ensued. The short stack in the field nearly blinded out and was eliminated when he was all in with his last 5K chip. After that several players hit the rail in short succession before the played slowed down again as the stacks got deeper.

Once the field was down to eight players, Andres Odeja went on a hot streak and did not look back. He found the right combination of good timing, strong cards and proper play that allowed him to eliminate several players at the final table. Critically, those he eliminated controlled the largest stacks in play other than his own, giving him a massive chip lead that he would not relinquish.

Heads-up play for the trophy

In the end, it came to heads-up play between Patrick St-Onge and Odeja. St-Onge put up a tough fight, but Odeja controlled the lion’s share of the chips throughout their duel and eventually came out on top once the blinds had reached dizzying heights and the two went all in before the flop.

Event #24 Champion: Andres Odeja, $4,036

Runner up: Patrick St-Onge, $3,080

Last Hand of Play:

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Nahoul wins the Short Deck event

2019/02/06 - 3:40 by Playground Poker

After 45 minutes of head-to-head action at the final table, Nabil Nahoul took down the Short Deck trophy, 1st place and the $1,388 that go with it, narrowly defeating runner-up Borislav Angelov.

The two players exchanged the chip lead several times, but whenever it seemed that Borislav was going to take it down, Nabil would thunder back with a massive win. And when we say massive, we mean it! Nabil pulled quads on three separate occasions in the heads-up battle alone!

The hand that finally finished Borislav off was another quads miracle, with Borislav’s preflop shove with Ace of Diamonds 8 of Clubs not standing a chance against Nabil’s King of Hearts King of Spades on a 7 of Spades King of Diamonds King of Clubs Ace of Clubs Jack of Hearts board.

Borislav had an excellent tournament with lots of great play throughout the evening and early morning, but it is certain that his 2nd place finish was bittersweet. That is the nature of poker. When you run into a player who pulls that many improbable hands, it’s hard to overcome the odds.

Congratulations to both players on a great tournament.

 

Event: PG News

Martin Gaudreault-Rémillard is the WPTDeepStacks Champion!

2019/02/05 - 16:50 by

With the chip stacks to start heads-up play and the blind level they were playing, it was possible, even probable, that the 2-way match would end up taking a significant period of time. However, these players had something else in mind. Before the end of the first level of heads-up play, there was an all-in and a call – and a player at risk.

Julio Cacoilo opened the action preflop with a raise to 400K and Martin Gaudreault-Remillard made the call.

Flop: Jack of Diamonds 10 of Diamonds 9 of Hearts


The action went check-check – a little bit of a surprise considering the wet board. The turn was 5 of Hearts – and the action heated up quickly. Martin opened to 500,000 only to face an all-in raise from Julio. Martin went pretty deep into the tank before calling – but call he did.

Julio: Ace of Diamonds King of Clubs
Martin: Jack of Clubs 9 of Spades.

Martin was miles ahead with two pair and just one card left to come – and the river brought no solace to Julio: Martin had made a full house with the 9 of Diamonds! And just like that, the Champion was crowned!

For his efforts in the tournament, Martin receives $182,790 plus a WPTDeepStacks Championship Prize package (a $3,000 USD value), as well as the WPTDeepStacks trophy.

Congratulations!

Event #17 Champion: Martin Gaudreault-Rémillard, $182,790 (plus a $3,810 Championship Package)

Final hand of play

2nd place; Julio Caciolo, $128,210

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Ian Tang takes it down!

2019/02/05 - 4:32 by Playground Poker

After just a few minutes, a champion was found. It was Ian Tang.

His victory was hard-fought, but he earned his first place victory with solid play all day long, never finding himself against the ropes at any point during the tournament. Congratulations!

Ian’s was a well-deserved win, and he takes home $5,475 for his efforts.

The hand that won it for him was another situation in which two pocket pairs faced off.

This time Ian’s Queen of Diamonds Queen of Clubs was enough. Louis-Charles Levros did as well as he could with his 6 of Spades 6 of Clubs, but when the board was dealt 5 of Spades 7 of Hearts 9 of Diamonds King of Diamonds 3 of Diamonds there was nothing more to be said.

As for Louis-Charles, he had a great day of poker as well. His 2nd place finish earned him $3,810. We hope to see them both back battling it out some time soon.

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The final table is set

2019/02/04 - 23:40 by Playground Poker

The final table in the WPTDeepStacks tournament – Event #17 in the 2019 World Cup of Cards at Playground – has been confirmed.

The players, who had been grinding it out for more than 10 hours trying to earn the right to play at the final table, advanced to their goal midway through level 27. That’s when Daniel Le knocked out Samuel Gagnon to reduce the field to nine.

When both players went all in, Daniel was holding Ace of Clubs 8 of Clubs, and Samuel’s hole cards were Ace of Diamonds 7 of Diamonds.

The first three community cards were Ace of Hearts 7 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds, and Samuel looked like he was in good shape with two pair.

When the dealer put out the turn, a 5 of Diamonds, Samuel was still in control. But when the river came down 8 of Spades, Samuel’s fate was sealed – his two pair were second best and the members of the WPTDeepStacks final table was set.

Day 3 of the WPTDeepStacks begins tomorrow at 12:00pm. At the end of the night, the tournament’s final seating redraw was performed, and when action gets underway on Day 3, the players will be seated as per the following table. Chip counts for each player are also available. Click or tap on any column header to sort the table.

First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomSeat | SiègeStack | Tapis
AdamLamersTable 65 - Seat 11,575,000
Karim-OlivierKamalTable 65 - Seat 21,215,000
JulioCacoiloTable 65 - Seat 33,980,000
RaymondCarterTable 65 - Seat 41,240,000
LeoLeclercTable 65 - Seat 5795,000
DanielLeTable 65 - Seat 65,415,000
JohnsonPhanyasengTable 65 - Seat 73,680,000
MitchellDredgeTable 65 - Seat 81,265,000
MartinGaudreault-RemillardTable 65 - Seat 91,420,000

The final table will be streamed live (on delay) – stay tuned to the WCC Event blog for details!

Congratulations, and best of luck to all nine finalists.

Adam Lamers
Julio Cacoilo
Daniel Le
Karim-Olivier Kamal
Raymond Carter
Johnson Phanyseng
Martin Gaudreault-Remillard
Mitchell Dredge
Leo Leclerc

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