Event #5 of the 2020 World Cup of Cards, the $100 + $20 + $100 6-Max 50/50 Bounty Re-entry, had a total of 209 entries. The prize pool guarantee of $20,000 was more than doubled, with $40,546 ($19,646 in payouts plus $20,900 in bounties) awarded.  The evening was action-packed and full of excitement as players hunted for those $100 bounty chips. The chip lead changed hands many times throughout the evening. Once the money bubble burst, the eliminations happened in rapid succession until the 7-handed final table was formed. On the final table the blinds were starting to get large, and six of the seven players had almost identical stacks. Because of this dynamic, the players agreed to an ICM chop that left an additional $835 for the eventual tournament champion. The following table lists the ICM payouts. As soon as play resumed, there was a series of bustouts. Eventually, […]

Event #4 of the World Cup of Cards, the $100 + $10 6-Max Re-entry, had a great turnout that made a total of 101 entries to this single-day event. The prize pool came just shy of doubling the $5,000 guarantee, and 13 players reached the money. The action maintained a high pace throughout the afternoon and brought the field down to the final table within seven hours of play. Once at the final table, the massive amount of chips in play gave the players deep stacks, and the pace slowed accordingly. Slowly but surely the eliminations added up until only three players remained. Once it was down to Andrew Lalonde, Vinh Busque and Steven Dubois-Daigle, they opted for an ICM chop of the remaining prize pool. Lalonde had the largest stack in play and received the lion’s share of the prize pool. But the battle was not over. Everyone had […]

Event #3 of the World Cup of Cards, the $150 + $15 PL Omaha 3 Lives Re-entry, featured a $7,000 prize pool guarantee and unlimited re-entries during the late registration period.  When that moment arrived, there were a total of 69 entries, including 15 re-entries, which allowed the prize pool to surpass the guarantee and award a total of $9,679 in prize money to the top nine players. At the final table, Adam Bogach was the first to hit the rail, finishing in ninth place for $300. Then Joshua Royal Peteigney finished in eighth place for $390. Chris Arvanitis he ended up leaving in seventh place for $520, followed by James Reinhart, who finishde in sixth place and collected $680 for his efforts. In fifth place was Brian Morgan, scoring $890 to add to his weekend winnings. Once play went four-handed, the players agreed to an ICM chop of the […]

Players had a great dose of fun today playing this great “shootout” variant where a player had to win their initial table in order to make it into the second round where the two final tables would play down to a winner. There were 96 entries in total. Locals Rong Xu and Nicolas Majdalani made it to the heads-up match, and when Majdalani picked up a pocket pair he decided to open shove, a bet that was met by a call. Majdalani: Xu: The board ran , and with Majdalani’s pocket sixes holding, Event #2 of the WCC crowned a champion: Nicolas Majdalani. Event #2 Champion: Nicolas Majdalani, $2,841   Second place, Rong Xu, $2,550 Last hand of play:

Event #1 of the World Cup of Cards, the $200 + $20 8-Max Deepstack Re-entry, brought out a huge field of players who made a total of 184 entries to this single-day event. The huge turnout put a massive amount of chips in play and allowed the prize pool to greatly surpass the $20,000 guarantee. Many players rotated through the top spot on the leaderboard this afternoon. Especially in the late stages of play, it seemed like nobody was able to hang on to the chip lead for very long. This dynamic kept up all the way to the end of play, including most of the heads-up match between Dave Jeanneau-Cyr and Sebastien Hendren at the final table. Jeanneau-Cyr and Hendren each maintained large stacks throughout the late stages of play, but Hendren held a slim lead when heads-up play began. These two players had a spirited match, exchanging three- […]