Some photos of the early action in today’s Day 1 of Event 4, the High Roller event in the PokerStars Candada Cup.
A few photos
2014/05/20 4:16pm by
They keep on joining…
2014/05/20 3:56pm by
As expected, players are joining the High Roller event in a pretty steady stream. It’s still in level 1 and another 7 players have arrived and the event is up to 20 and still growing.
High Rollers!
2014/05/20 3:23pm by
The $10,000 + $400 High Roller event is now underway! There are just 14 players in the event at the moment but that number is definitely going to grow as late registration is open for a full 6 hours today. Based on past experience, we’re likely to have at least 30 players total (if not more), so it should be a nice event.
Event 3 – Results & Payouts
2014/05/20 6:46am by
This was a $300 + $30 No Limit Hold’em 6-Max tournament that was held on May 19th, 2014 at Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, QC. The event attracted 163 total players who amassed a prize pool of $47,433 which was distributed according to the following table.
Note that there was a player deal at 5 players remaining. The players chose to reserve $2,300 and the trophy for first place and distribute the remaining prize pool via chip chop. The adjusted payout numbers are reflected in the payout table.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timothy | Vukson | $9,000.00 |
| 2 | Ron | Grover | $7,610.00 |
| 3 | Sabit | Khandaker | $6,643.00 |
| 4 | Garry | Antonio | $5,375.00 |
| 5 | Paul | Mohorea | $5,565.00 |
| 6 | Pierre-Marc | Lefebvre | $2,660.00 |
| 7 | Danny | Nguyen | $1,990.00 |
| 8 | Paul | Manoian | $1,490.00 |
| 9 | Chris | McClung | $1,120.00 |
| 10 | Pablo | Tronyo | $840.00 |
| 11 | Brian | Friesen | $840.00 |
| 12 | Aberdeen | Parro | $770.00 |
| 13 | David | Guay | $770.00 |
| 14 | Joe | Gonzalez | $720.00 |
| 15 | N | T | $720.00 |
| 16 | Man | Yuan | $660.00 |
| 17 | Marc Andre | Gagne | $660.00 |
Event 3 Champion: Timothy Vukson
2014/05/20 6:37am by
After a long and hard-fought battle on the felt, Timothy Vukson has emerged as the champion of Event 3, the $300 + $30 No Limit Hold’em 6-Max event in the PokerStars Canada Cup held at Playground Poker Club. For his work tonight he takes home $9000 and the trophy!
Event 3 Champion: Timothy Vukson
Event 3 Prize Pool
2014/05/20 1:17am by
Event 3 in the PokerStars Canada Cup was a $300 + $30 No Limit Hold’em 6-Max event. It was a single-day event that began on May 19th. There were 163 players total in the event which generated a prize pool of $47,433 to be distributed according to the following table:
| Finish | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $11,253.00 |
| 2 | $8,390.00 |
| 3 | $6,290.00 |
| 4 | $4,720.00 |
| 5 | $3,540.00 |
| 6 | $2,660.00 |
| 7 | $1,990.00 |
| 8 | $1,490.00 |
| 9 | $1,120.00 |
| 10-11 | $840.00 |
| 12-13 | $770.00 |
| 14-15 | $720.00 |
| 16-17 | $660.00 |
Stacks on steroids
2014/05/20 12:59am by
After the last break in the 6-Max we noted very few large stacks and a large proportion of very short stacks left in the event. As that would suggest, the tide was about to turn and those small stacks were going to be folded into (or become in their own right) big stacks. And so it went – as of the last break, there were just 39 players remaining and there were several players with very large counts.
- Sabit Khandaken – 320K
- NT – 235K
- Timothy Vukson – 200K
- Christopher McClung – 195K
- Ron Grover – 190K
Canada Cup Clothing!
2014/05/20 12:16am by
Something to check out while you’re at Playground Poker Club for the PokerStars Canada Cup is the great new merch we’ve brought in to commemorate the series! We have hoodies and t-shirts in black and white with very simple designs. The hoodies are made of a nice and light material, perfect for the hot summer nights… that you spend in an air-conditioned poker room!
3rd place: Andrej Bachynsky
2014/05/19 11:21pm by
We missed the beginning, but a huge hand was just played that spelled the end of Event 1 for Andrej Bachynsky and gave Jessie Wheatley a commanding lead going to heads up play.
The board read 
with a minimum (-ish) pot in the middle between Jessie in the BB and Andrej on the button. The turn came 
and Jessie checked, which was met with a quick shove from Andrej – and Jessie snap-called, flipping over 
for the turned trips, while Andrej could only respond with 
. The river was the 
and that was the end of Andrej’s tournament.
It was somewhat unlucky for Andrej because he played very well throughout the final day of action, driving the action most of the way and being one of the only players to make significant gains.
3rd place: Andrej Bachynsky, $16,260
Update from the 6-Max
2014/05/19 11:06pm by
Players have just finished their second break of the evening and play has commenced in level 10. During the break we did a quick survey to find the leaders at the moment and found two big leaders and a few others with about double the average – and a whole lot of short stacks hanging around.
- Ami Alibay – 145K
- Paul Manoian – 145K
- Timothy Vukson – 95K
- Andy D’Alessandro – 90K
- David Guay – 85K
- George Rombotis – 85K
