2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 1 | Chanracy Khun | 580,000 |
| 66 | 2 | Douglas Watson | 64,000 |
| 66 | 3 | Thomas Lefort | 133,000 |
| 66 | 4 | Sam Chartier | 166,000 |
| 66 | 5 | Pablo Mariz | 537,000 |
| 66 | 6 | Pascal Lefrancois | 300,500 |
| 66 | 7 | Eric Aucoin | 303,000 |
| 66 | 8 | Thomas Cemm | 310,500 |
| 70 | 1 | Parker Talbot | 420,000 |
| 70 | 2 | Peter Chien | 213,000 |
| 70 | 3 | Jean Ferreira | 158,000 |
| 70 | 4 | Shaan Siddiqui | 440,000 |
| 70 | 5 | Jeff Cormier | 78,000 |
| 70 | 6 | Oren Haziza | 133,000 |
| 70 | 7 | Francois Billard | 200,000 |
| 70 | 8 | Kristen Bicknell | 124,000 |
Pablo Mariz had Christos Arvanitis all-in and at risk preflop.
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The board fanned out ![]()
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and Arvanitis departed in 17th place, bringing on the final two table redraw.
Level: 13
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Douglas Watson lost most of his chips to Pablo Mariz a few hands ago and was left with just 26,500. He shoved from the small blind the next hand and got a fold from the big blind.
In the next hand, Francois Billard raised to 12,000 from the cutoff and Watson jammed on the button for about 35,000. Billard called.
Douglas Watson: ![]()
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Francois Billard: ![]()
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Watson had the best of it, but the likelihood of a chop was fairly good. The flop came ![]()
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and Watson picked up a flush draw. The turn was the
and the river was the
. Both players ended up with two pair aces and sixes but Watson's eight played and he doubled up.
Pascal Lefrancois moved all-in preflop on the button and Gary Lucci out himself at risk, calling for slightly less in the small blind. Peter Chien though for a moment in the big blind, eventually making the call to put both players at risk.
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Lefrancois scooped the pot with his pair of deuces, busting Lucci, and taking a chunk out of Chien.
Pablo Mariz was all-in on the button for 72,500 and got action from Douglas Watson in the big blind.
Mariz was the player at risk with ![]()
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The flop came ![]()
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and Mariz paired his queen but Watson picked up a flush draw. The turn was the
and Watson picked up additional outs with a straight draw. The river was the
and Mariz held to double-up.
Pablo Mariz opened to 13,500 from the cutoff and called a three-bet jam of 99,000 from Francois Billard on the button.
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Mariz flopped huge as the dealer fanned out ![]()
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. Billard needed a jack and that's just what he got, improving to a full house when the
landed on the turn.
The river was the
and Billard raked in the pot, doubling to over 200,000.
We got to the table as Allan Puzantian was all-in for about 90,000 after coming over the top of an open from Peter Chien. Chien called and the cards were on their backs.
Puzantian was the player at risk with ![]()
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. He needed to dodge a six but couldn't do so, as the flop came ![]()
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. The turn was the
and the river was the
to send Puzantian to the rail.
David Ormsby moved all-in for 91,500 from under the gun and it was Eric Aucoin on the button that made the call.
Ormsby was at risk with live cards holding ![]()
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and immediately made a pair of jacks as the dealer fanned a flop reading ![]()
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. The turn was the
and Ormsby was left drawing dead to the
on the river.
"I feel like a professional player" laughed Aucoin as he raked in the pot.