From a field of 191 entries who turned out to the Playground Poker Club in Montreal now only eight players remain in the 2017 World Cup of Cards Card Player Poker Tour $1,650 CAD buy-in $400,000 CAD guaranteed no-limit hold’em event. On Monday, August 28 one of the remaining players will walk away as a CPPT champion, with the WCC trophy and the first-place prize of $98,000 CAD.
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Luc Bellerive (pictured above) enters the final tables as the chip leader with 1,698,000. Other big stacks include Tam Ho with 1,327,000 and Stuart Taylor with 800,000.
Samuel Chartier is the most accomplished player remaining still in contention, with more than $2.7 million in prior live tournament earnings to his name. The Montreal native will enter the final table in fifth chip position with 350,000.
The final table will be a world’s first, as an ultimate heads-up duel for the World Championship, where $1 million in prize money will be on the line courtesy of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. 2017 WSOP Main Event Final Table Details When play resumes Thursday, the players will pick up with 1 hour, 7 minutes and 1 second remaining in Level 37. The antes will be 100,000 and blinds will stand at 400,000 and 800,000. The WSOP Main Event Final table television coverage will begin airing Thursday on ESPN2.
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A total of 43 players returned for day 2 on Sunday, Aug. 27. The top 24 finishers made the money in this event, with a min-cash being worth $3,600 CAD.
Michael Malm entered day 2 as the chip leader, but fell in ninth place towards the end of the day. He moved all-in on a short stack from late position with the QQ and ran into the A10 of chip leader Luc Bellerive. The board ran out AK562 to secure the pot for Bellerive and send Malm to the rail with $9,850 CAD.
The final eight players are now all guaranteed at least a $11,520 CAD payday. Play resumes at noon local time and will continue until a champion is decided.
Here is a look at the chip counts heading into the final table:
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Luc Bellerive | 1,698,000 |
| 2 | Tam Ho | 1,327,000 |
| 3 | Stuart Taylor | 800,000 |
| 4 | Robert Laberge | 692,000 |
| 5 | Samuel Chartier | 350,000 |
| 6 | Tristan Bergeron | 325,000 |
| 7 | Jonathan Marrie | 283,000 |
| 8 | Ha Van Nguyen | 278,000 |
About The World Cup of Cards and Playground Poker Club
The World Cup of Cards (WCC) is back for its second year, and this year’s edition is bigger and better than ever! Running until Sept. 13, the WCC features more than $6 million in guaranteed prize pools in events designed to appeal to players of all experience levels.
The weekend after the CPPT main event will be focused on a new event, the Playground 1000, an $1,100 buy-in with four starting flights (this is the second event in the WCC with a $1 million prize pool guarantee.)
World Poker Tour 2017 Final Tables
Last but not least among the marquee events in the WCC, is the brand new Canadian Poker Championship. This is a $2,200 no-limit hold’em event that boasts a massive $2 million guarantee featuring three single re-entry “normal” speed starting flights, plus an additional single re-entry turbo starting flight.
There’s more! Playground Poker Club has responded to popular demand by adding two additional $5,000 eight-max events plus a $10,000 high roller six-max event to the schedule. The World Cup of Cards caters to all players, with bankrolls big and small.
In addition to all of these amazing events, the World Cup of Cards will feature a full range of poker variations, all managed by what has been called the best tournament poker room in the world: Playground Poker Club.
Playground Poker Club is Canada’s premier poker destination, conveniently located just minutes south of downtown Montreal in the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake. Built For Players By Players, Playground Poker Club offers unmatched cash game action 24/7 plus a great weekly tournament schedule.
For more information about the Card Player Poker Tour, click here.
Photos and info courtesy of World Cup of Cards blog.
After five days of play and a field of 888 entries in the World Poker Tour Sanya Main Event in the southernmost city on Hainan Island of China, Qian Zhi Qiang emerged victorious to take home the CNY 1,600,000 ($242,555) top prize.
The invitational tournament at the MGM Grand Hotel had a cap of 888 players and a prize pool of CNY 8.88 million, or about $1.4 million, with direct buyins available to international players. The WPT Sanya events qualified players for the WPT Asia-Pacific Player of the Year leaderboard for Season XVI.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Payout |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qian Zhi Qiang | $242,555 |
| 2nd | Hu Ling Fei | $166,700 |
| 3rd | Li Cheng Bei | $106,000 |
| 4th | Huang Deng Dong | $78,800 |
| 5th | Tang Ying | $60,600 |
| 6th | Chen Ke | $46,900 |
| 7th | Li Yu Guang | $39,400 |
| 8th | Chen Sui Yu | $30,100 |
| 9th | Fu Peng | $22,700 |
According to WPT's live updates, WPT Beijing champion Pete Chen, WPT Cambodia champion Benjamin Gonzva and WPT Thailand runner-up Vincent Chauve joined the field but did not survive Day 1. American WPT Champions Club members Daniel Weinman and Sam Panzica both bagged chips on Day 1b but busted on Day 2 before the money. Weinman and Panzica also fell short of cashing in the recent WPT India event, but they are both rumored to have another shot to cash in the WPT Asia circuit in the upcoming WPT Japan.
According to the onsite updates provided by somuchpoker.com, the money bubble bursted on Day 2 with 111 players in the money. Defending champion Hao Chen was eliminated early on Day 3, in the money. On Day 4, Wu Xin bubbled the official final table when his failed to hold up against chip leader Qiang’s turned straight with and they were down to the official final table.
The final nine returned on Nov. 21 to play down to a winner with Qiang as the chip leader with a stack of 88 big blinds, though Huang Deng Dong was not far behind with 75 big blinds.
Final Table Action
World Poker Tour 2019 Final Table
The first elimination of the day was Fu Peng who ran his into Hu Ling Fei’s and Tang Ying’s . The board gave Fei a pair of aces to eliminate Peng in ninth place.
Chen Sui Yu was next to bust in eighth place with , eliminated by Qiang and his . He was followed to the payout desk by Li Guang Yu, who shoved from the hijack with only to have Qiang re-shove on the button with . The board came to give Qiang a pair of kings and eliminate Yu in seventh place.
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The next elimination came when Chen Ke shoved with in the small blind and big stack Qiang called in the big blind to put Ke at risk with . Qiang spiked an ace on and held to send Ke out in sixth.
A short while later, Ying got all her chips in good with from the blinds after Hu Ling Fei opened on the button with . Fei called the short-stacked shove to put Ying at risk and found an ace on the flop to eliminate her in fifth place.
In a battle of the blinds, Qiang raised from the small blind with before Dong moved all in from the big blind with . Qian called after thinking for a while and Dong, who came into the final table second in chips, was at risk. He took the lead on the flop and turned two pair when the hit, but the river gave Qian the runner-runner Broadway straight to knock out Dong in fourth place.
Qian continued to do most of the work at the final table, this time getting Li Cheng Bei on the ropes. Bei moved all in first to act with , only to have Qiang re-shove in the small blind to isolate with . Yet again, Qiang found an ace on the flop and Bei would have to settle for third place.
Qian went into heads-up against Fei with a 3-1 chip advantage and eventually extended that to a 4-1 lead over Fei. The match lasted less than an hour and in the final hand, Qian raised on the button with and Hu three-bet with . Qian called and on the flop, Hu bet, Qian moved all in, and Hu called for his remaining chips.
Qian was behind with just a pair of twos, but the turn gave Qian the lead. He further improved to a full house on the river to end the tournament. The second-place finish worth $166,700 was Hu’s first live tournament cash as a businessman from Hai Kou that plays poker as a hobby and came into the day as the short stack.
After taking second place in the 2016 CPG China Championships Main Event, Qian got the victory in this one for his biggest cash to date to nearly double his total live earnings of $248,071 as well as gain points in the WPT Asia Pacific (APAC) Player of the Year race.
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