2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

Dealer's Choice 8-Max
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
4,326 CAD
Event Info
Buy-in
200 CAD
Prize Pool
15,326 CAD
Entries
79

Final Three Table Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Matthew Bracanovic
Matthew Bracanovic
214,000
Profile photo of Felix-Antoine Legault
Felix-Antoine Legault
170,500
Profile photo of Misha Olof Peters
Misha Olof Peters
145,500
Profile photo of Dave Jeanneau-Cyr
Dave Jeanneau-Cyr
128,000
Profile photo of Allan Petitclerc
Allan Petitclerc
128,000
36,800
36,800
Profile photo of Glen Hammers
Glen Hammers
127,000
Profile photo of Sean Hollohan
Sean Hollohan
104,500
-400
-400
Profile photo of Robert h=Gingras
Robert h=Gingras
101,000
Profile photo of Siamak S
Siamak S
81,000
Profile photo of Daniel Temple
Daniel Temple
78,500
Profile photo of Alberto Scuderi
Alberto Scuderi
67,000
Profile photo of Johnathan Hansmeyer
Johnathan Hansmeyer
52,000
Profile photo of Placide Sanon
Placide Sanon
51,000
Profile photo of Joey Boczek
Joey Boczek
31,000
-95,000
-95,000
Profile photo of Brent Harrington us
Brent Harrington
30,000
Profile photo of Philippe Gauvreau
Philippe Gauvreau
27,000
-63,100
-63,100
Profile photo of Melvin Gibson
Melvin Gibson
17,500

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Bird is the Word, Quads Was the Hand

In a 5-card PLO hand, Joey 'Birdman' Boczek just doubled up, while knocking out an opponent. With a board of {q-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{6-Spades}, Boczek bet 48,000, his opponent, with not much more behind, moved all-in and Boczek snap-called.

Boczek tabled {7-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}, for a flopped set of nines while his opponent was drawing to running cubs with an open-ended straight draw. The turn was {9-Hearts} giving Birdman quads and the inconsequential {q-Hearts} on the river, gave Boczek the massive pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joey Boczek
Joey Boczek
126,000

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Payout Structure Announced

With a total of 79 entries, the Dealer's Choice 8-Max will pay the top 8 places. A min-cash will be worth $520 while the eventual winner will take home the champion's trophy and a first-place prize of $4,426.

PlacePrize (CAD)
1$4,426
2$3,240
3$2,390
4$1,770
5$1,310
6$960
7$710
8$520

Event #21: $220 Dealer's Choice Starts at 8 p.m.

World Cup of Cards
World Cup of Cards

The nightcap for the World Cup of Cards is Event #21: $220 Dealer's Choice. This is a slightly bigger buy-in than the Dealer's Choice tournament earlier in the series. Dave Jeanneau-Cyr won the first Dealer's Choice event, which was a $110 buy-in. The Playground Poker Club Dealer's Choice works different than what you might be used to. The player on the button picks the game, from a variety of flop games (PLO,PLHE,NLHE,PLO5,Pineapple, Crazy Pineapple) and the next player on the button chooses again. Instead of playing an entire orbit, you play one hand of the chosen game before choosing again.

The players will start with 20,000 chips and play 20-minute levels. This is an eight-max tournament, which means there will only be eight players max at any table.

This is Event #21 of 28 events at the World Cup of Cards. The WCC is a month-long poker festival held at Playground Poker Club. PokerNews will be here throughout the festival, bringing you all the news, updates, and photos. Follow @pokernews on Twitter for live updates, Periscope broadcasts, and more. Also, follow PokerNews on Facebook and Instagram.

Dealer's Choice 8-Max

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