2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards

$2,200 partypoker Canadian Poker Championships
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
336,325 CAD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,200 CAD
Prize Pool
2,000,000 CAD
Entries
899
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
8,000,000 / 16,000,000
Ante
0

Kristen Bicknell, Ryan Riess and Ari Engel Among the Early Risers

Level 1 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Kristen Bicknell
Kristen Bicknell

The first of four live starting flights has begun and some big names are already in the field looking for their shot at a piece of the guaranteed $2 million prize pool.

Partypoker's own Team Pro Kristen Bicknell has started the day with 1.4 million after running up a stack in a Phase online. Joining her is 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Ryan Riess with a starting stack of 1 million, along with Ari Engel, Chance Kornuth and Christian Soto.

Here's a look at some of the other early risers:

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jason James ca
Jason James
1,900,000
1,900,000
1,900,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Khaly Dang ca
Khaly Dang
1,500,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
Profile photo of Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
1,400,000
1,400,000
1,400,000
Profile photo of Christian Soto us
Christian Soto
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
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Chance Kornuth
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
Profile photo of Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Peter Chien ca
Peter Chien
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
Profile photo of Carter Swidler ca
Carter Swidler
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
Profile photo of Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Buddy Villaluz ca
Buddy Villaluz
600,000
600,000
600,000

Tags: Ari EngelChance KornuthKristen BicknellRyan Riess