2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

NL Hold'em Win the Button
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

Event Info
Buy-in
100 CAD
Prize Pool
4,000 CAD
Entries
92
Players Left
2
Average Chip Stack
690,000
Total Chips
1,380,000

NL Hold'em Win the Button

Day 1 Completed

Jonathan Bussieres Wins Event #12: Win the Button No-Limit Hold Em (CAD $2,099), Moves into Top 5 on the Tournament Leaderboard

Jonathan Bussieres Wins Event #12: Win the Button (CAD $2,099)
Jonathan Bussieres Wins Event #12: Win the Button (CAD $2,099)

Jonathan Bussieres is having a pretty solid World Cup of Cards. He started today in seventh on the tournament leaderboard standings, after bagging and qualifying his second NL Hold'em Quantum flight. He just won the Win the Button No-Limit Hold em tournament, after beating Andrew Nortcliff in a very brief heads-up match. Bussieres took home CAD $2,099 for the win. The field drew 92 players at CAD $110 a piece.

On the final hand, Bussieres got all in with {a-Hearts}{7-Spades} and was against the {k-Clubs}{9-Spades}. Nortcliff did make a pair but the board gave Bussieres trip aces.

The final table dropped from six to two very quickly, with three of the eliminations happening within about five minutes.

Luciano Pelliciotta finished third when he called off his remaining stack from the big blind against Andrew Nortcliff. He was behind but couldn't catch up after Nortcliff hit a pair.

Xavier Chayer-St-[Removed:361] went out in fourth. He got all in with pocket eights against Nortcliff who held {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}. Nortcliff hit a queen on the flop and Chayer-St-[Removed:361] couldn't catch up.

Yves Deschamps got busted by Nortcliff as well when he got his remaining stack in with jacks against kings. Nortcliff hit a king on the flop to go even further ahead and Deschamps finished in fifth.

Etienne Guay finished in sixth after losing, and then winning, a double against Luciano Pelliciotta. He then busted to Jonathan Bussieres. Bussieres shoved with {9-Spades}{8-Spades} and beat the {a-}{j-} of Guay.

Siamak S. was also eliminated by Bussieres. He got kings in against ace-high and Bussieres hit an ace to win the hand. Andrew Cernoploc finished seventh, William Blais and Alim Ismail each finished ninth and tenth respectively.

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Player Chips Progress
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Jonathan Bussieres
1,380,000
725,000
725,000

Tags: Alim IsmailAndrew CernoplocAndrew NortcliffEtienne GuayJohathan BussieresSimiak S.William BlaisXavier Chayer-St-GermainYves Deschamps

Andrew Nortcliff Eliminated in 2nd Place (CAD $1,650)

Andrew Nortcliff
Andrew Nortcliff

Andrew Nortcliff finished runner-up to Jonathan Bussieres. Nortcliff and Bussieres played a very short heads up match and Bussieres booked the win.

Before that, Nortcliff eliminated the final two players, Xavier Chayer-St-[Removed:361] and Luciano Pelliciotta. On the final hand, Nortcliff got {k-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} in against the {a-Hearts}{7-Spades} of Bussieres. The board ran out {9-Clubs}{6-Spades}{3-Clubs}{a-Spades}{a-Diamonds} and Bussieres won with trips.

Nortcliff will take home CAD $1,650 for his second place finish.

Player Chips Progress
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Andrew Nortcliff
Busted

Tags: Johathan BussieresAndrew Nortcliff

Three Eliminations in Five Minutes

The last few hands have been a whirlwind.

Hand #1:

Yves Deschamps got all in with jacks against the kings of Andrew Nortcliff. Nortcliff hit a king on the flop and Deschamps was eliminated.

Hand #2:
Xavier Chayer-St-[Removed:361] got all in with {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} against Nortcliff who had {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}. The board ran out {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} and [Removed:361] was eliminated.

Hand #3:

Luciano Pelliciotta was in the big blind and Nortcliff went all in with {7-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. Pelliciotta called without looking. He had {10-Clubs}{4-Clubs}. The board ran out {k-Clubs}{7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{9-Hearts} and Pelliciotta was eliminated in third place.

Xavier Chayer-St-[Removed:361] - Eliminated in 4th Place (CAD $1,020)Luciano Pelliciotta - Eliminated in 3rd Place (CAD $1,295)

Etienne Guay Eliminated by Jonathan Bussieres in 6th Place (CAD $630)

Etienne Guay - 6th Place
Etienne Guay - 6th Place

Etienne Guay lost a big double to Luciano Pellicciotta and then won a double from him before eventually busting to Jonathan Bussieres.

The two were all in preflop and Bussieres had shoved from early position with {9-Spades}{8-Spades}. Guay had {a-}{j-} and couldn't catch up when Bussieres flopped a pair. The board ran out {8-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{5-Spades}{10-Spades}{5-Diamonds} and Bussieres won the hand, eliminating Guay in sixth place.

Player Chips Progress
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Jonathan Bussieres
655,000
385,000
385,000
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Andrew Nortcliff
270,000
165,500
165,500
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Yves Deschamps
223,000
-52,000
-52,000
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Luciano Pellicciotta
85,000
34,500
34,500
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Xavier Chayer-St-Germain
46,000
-179,000
-179,000
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Etienne Guay
Busted

Tags: Etienne GuayJohathan Bussieres

Andrei Cernopolc Eliminated (8th Place CAD $390), Siamak S. Eliminated by Jonathan Bussieres in 7th (CAD $495)

Siamak S. - 7th Place
Siamak S. - 7th Place

Andrei Cernopolc was eliminated in eighth place and took home CAD $390. Shortly after that, Siamak S. and Jonathan Bussieres were all in preflop with Siamak at risk.

He had the better hand with {k-}{k-}, but Bussieres hit an ace on the flop, holding {a-Spades}{6-Spades}.

The board ran out {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{7-Spades}{q-Hearts}{2-Hearts} and Siamak was eliminated in seventh place. He took home CAD $495.

Player Chips Progress
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Jonathan Bussieres
270,000
162,500
162,500
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Andrei Cernopolc
Busted
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Siamak S
Busted

Tags: Andrei CernopolcJohathan BussieresSiamak S.

Eight Players Remain in Event #12: Win the Button No-Limit Hold em

On the first hand at the final table, Alim Ismail was eliminated in tenth place. He took home CAD $240 from his second final table in the last few days. He finished runner-up to Shawn Daigle in Event #8: No-Limit Big Ante for CAD $1,630.

Eric Tetreault finished in 9th place for CAD $305.

Yves Deschamps leads the final eight with a small chip lead over Etienne Guay.

Player Chips Progress
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Yves Deschamps
275,000
Profile photo of Etienne Guay
Etienne Guay
260,000
Profile photo of Xavier Chayer-St-Germain
Xavier Chayer-St-Germain
225,000
177,500
177,500
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Siamak S
202,000
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Jonathan Bussieres
107,500
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Andrew Nortcliff
104,500
25,000
25,000
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Andrei Cernopolc
71,000
Profile photo of Luciano Pellicciotta
Luciano Pellicciotta
50,500
-9,500
-9,500

Tags: Alim IsmailEric TetreaultYves DeschampsEtienne Guay

Conforti Out. Blais, a Chance to Capitalize

Jason Conforti leads the tournament leaderboard, but has just been eliminated. William Blais is fifth on leader board, about 100 points behind. He is still in the tournament with 24 remaining and looking to gain some ground on Conforti now that he has been eliminated.

Conforti lost almost all of his stack in a three-way all in. He turned two pair against two players, one of which had flopped a set of sevens. Marcelle Lepage almost tripled her stack when she flopped that set, eliminating one opponent and leaving Conforti with scraps.

A few hands later, Conforti had barely more than the big blind with 2,100. He got all in with {9-Spades}{9-Clubs} and four players called. The board ran out {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{6-Spades}{q-Hearts} and the players checked down to the river. Finally, Xavier Chayer-St-[Removed:361] bet and everyone folded. He showed {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} for a full house and eliminated Conforti.

Blais won a hand at around the same time Conforti lost most of his stacks. Blais was in the small blind and limped. Etienne Guay checked his option. The board came {k-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} Blais checked. Guay bet 2,000 and Blais called.

The turn was the {10-Spades} and Blais check-called again. This time the bet was 4,000. The river was the {5-Clubs} and both players checked. Blais showed {a-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} and won the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Marcelle Lepage
67,000
40,600
40,600
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Xavier Chayer-St-Germain
47,500
10,500
10,500
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William Blais
45,000
-39,000
-39,000
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Jason Conforti
Busted

Tags: Jason ConfortiWilliam BlaisMarcelle LepageXavier Chayer-St-Germain