Canadian Grand Prix Day 1b | 2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

Canadian Grand Prix

Day 1b Completed

09-02-2016 03:48 UTC-4

Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte Bags Monster Stack to Lead Day 1b Field

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Day 1b chip leader Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte

The second starting flight of Event #16: $500,000 partypoker Canadain Grand Prix has come to an end with 14 players remaining. Thursday evening's Day 1b attracted a field of 139 entries.

Leading the way at the end of play was Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte, bagging a top stack of 627,500. Also sitting at the top of the leaderboard were Colin Scheckman (455,000), Anoop Jugurnath (278,500), Dylan Thibault (267,500), and Tina Howie (200,000).

A number of familiar faces around Playground took their shot this evening. A few failing to survive include Joey Boczek, Jonathan Bussieres, Kenneth Wigfield, Carrie Webster, and Grant Ellis.

Players will have nine more opportunities to qualify for Day 2, live at Playground. There are five starting flights on Friday, and another four on Saturday.

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09-02-2016 03:12 UTC-4

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

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Player	Chips	Progress
Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte	627,500
Colin Scheckman	455,000 100,000	100,000
Anoop Jugurnath	278,500 73,500	73,500
Dylan Thibault	267,500 7,500	7,500
Tina Howie	200,000 84,000	84,000
Rene Berube	155,000 21,000	21,000
Marc-Andre Yelle	146,000 -76,000	-76,000
Philippe Chikani	138,000 -18,000	-18,000
Michael Blandford	135,000 -4,000	-4,000
Matthew Willard	113,500 -1,500	-1,500
Romain Briand	90,000 -200,000	-200,000
Rodney Hollett	86,000 3,000	3,000
George Lazkami	47,000
Samuel Cote	40,500 -47,500	-47,500

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09-02-2016 02:45 UTC-4

Arash Zanjani Bubbles Day 2 of Grand Prix

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Arash Zanjani moved all-in preflop and was called by Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte. Zanjani had tabled but was behind Massicotte-Lecompte's . Zanjani was unable to improve and busted in fifteen place, send the final 14 players into Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte	627,500 437,500	437,500
Arash Zanjani	Busted

09-02-2016 02:25 UTC-4

Shots From the Final Two Tables

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09-02-2016 02:00 UTC-4

Final Two Table Chip Counts (full)

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Player	Chips	Progress
Colin Scheckman	355,000 65,000	65,000
Romain Briand	290,000 190,000	190,000
Dylan Thibault	260,000 150,000	150,000
Marc-Andre Yelle	222,000 -3,000	-3,000
Anoop Jugurnath	205,000 100,000	100,000
Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte	190,000 4,000	4,000
Philippe Chikani	156,000 13,000	13,000
Michael Blandford	139,000
Rene Berube	134,000 61,000	61,000
Jordan Revel	119,000 -21,000	-21,000
Tina Howie	116,000 36,000	36,000
Matthew Willard	115,000 35,000	35,000
Samuel Cote	88,000 -34,000	-34,000
Rodney Hollett	83,000 23,000	23,000
Arash Zanjani	67,000 7,000	7,000
George Lazkami	47,000 -48,000	-48,000

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09-02-2016 01:30 UTC-4

Final Three Table Chip Counts (full)

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Player	Chips	Progress
Colin Scheckman	290,000 153,500	153,500
Marc-Andre Yelle	225,000 130,000	130,000
Mathieu Massicotte-Lecompte	186,000 186,000	186,000
Michael Blanford	156,000 156,000	156,000
Hussein Alaweih	150,000 150,000	150,000
Philippe Chikani	143,000 -1,000	-1,000
Jordan Revel	140,000 140,000	140,000
Samuel Cote	122,000 122,000	122,000
Dylan Thibault	110,000 110,000	110,000
Anoop Jugurnath	105,000 105,000	105,000
Kenneth Wigfield	103,000 103,000	103,000
Romain Briand	100,000 100,000	100,000
George Lazkami	95,000 95,000	95,000
Eric Ranger	93,000 8,000	8,000
Tina Howie	80,000 -96,500	-96,500
Matthew Willard	80,000 80,000	80,000
Rene Berube	73,000 73,000	73,000
Rodney Hollett	60,000 60,000	60,000
Arash Zanjani	60,000 60,000	60,000
Gabriel Samson	55,000 55,000	55,000
Jonathan Bussieres	53,000 -8,000	-8,000
Normand St Jean Thibodeau	52,000 52,000	52,000
Mathieu Guindon	30,000 -23,500	-23,500
Daniel Le	30,000 30,000	30,000

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09-02-2016 00:56 UTC-4

Scheckman Shuts the Door

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Colin Scheckman found himself in a great position having two players all-in and at risk preflop.

Scheckman:
Opponent:
Opponent:

It was a dream board for Scheckman, running out as he took down the sizeable pot without much of a sweat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Colin Scheckman	136,500

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09-02-2016 00:27 UTC-4

Top Stacks at the Break

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Player	Chips	Progress
Tina Howie	176,500 144,500	144,500
Philippe Chikani	144,000 49,000	49,000
Marc-Andre Yelle	95,000
Mark Howie	83,000

09-01-2016 23:31 UTC-4

Hit by the Buss

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Very few people have had the festival that Jonathan Bussieres is currently rolling on. After attempting to qualify for the NL Hold'em Quantum Day 2 for the third time, Bussieres has jumped into the Grand Prix and has immediately made an impact.

Holding , Bussieres had two players all-in and at risk preflop. One had and the other, . The board ran out and Bussieres scooped the entire pot.