Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
$110 NL Hold’em Big Ante
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
110 CAD
Entries
87
Level
21
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
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Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 2,500 ante
Andre St-Jean open-jammed from mid-position for 101,000 and was put at risk by Adam Podstawka, calling from the big blind.
Podstawka: 
St-Jean: 
St-Jean was in trouble and was quickly sent to the payout desk to pick up his 8th place prize when the board ran out 
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
402,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,500
Level 17
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Andre Pelletier was also short-stacked and got his last 7 big blinds in the middle preflop against Sasan Mehrabian.
Mehrabian: 
Pelletier: 
The board ran out 
and not only did Mehrabian turn trip nines, he also rivered the nut flush and Pelletier was eliminated in 9th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 17
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Alim Ismail came back from the break with just over one big blind and moved all-in from middle position. Francois St Onge called from the small blind and Peter Johnson Messer called out of the big blind.
The flop came 
and St Onge bet 25,000. Messer called. The turn was the and St Onge moved all-in. Messer folded.
Ismail: 
St Onge: 
Before the cards were even tabled Ismail said "I'm drawing dead," and sure enough, he was. The inconsequential 
on the river completed the board and sent Ismail to the rail in 10th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
205,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 16
: 5,000/10,000, 1,500 ante
The final ten players have been sent on a 15-minute break.
Level 16
: 5,000/10,000, 1,500 ante
Just as action at the final table kicked off, Daniel Le got his stack in the middle against Sasan Mehrabian. Le was ahead with 
against Mehrabian's 
. The board ran out 
and Le won with just ten high, his pair being counterfeited by the board.
just a couple hands later, Francois St Onge scored a big double up. St Onge three-bet shoved on an Alim Ismail open and Ismail put St Onge at risk. Unfortunately, for Ismail, St Onge had 
and Ismail could only muster . A clean 
board was fanned out and St Onge got the double, leaving Ismail with just one big blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
275,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
263,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
200,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
|
17,000
-114,000
|
-114,000 |
Level 16
: 5,000/10,000, 1,500 ante
Once the final table of ten was set, with the money bubble lingering, the final ten players decided to remove $20 from each of the top nine positions and pay the bubble $180.
The remaining players are no in the money.
