The ‘All-in or Nothing’ tournament is now in the money, with the following 7 players still remaining:
Christian Brousseau 
Shauna Marie Webber 
Stephen Morris 
Chrishan Sivasundaram 
Dario Musto 
Brock Rogerson 
Ron Cohen
In the money
2014/05/25 8:16pm by
Shuffle up and deal!
2014/05/25 7:59pm by
Event 9 – $200 + $20 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack Turbo – which is part of the PokerStars Canada Cup series, has just begun. So far, 92 players are registered, and this number should continue to grow as late registration is permitted for the first 5 levels plus the break, so until roughly 9:30pm.
Much like the other Side Events, the winner will be taking home a PokerStars Canada Cup trophy, as well as what is sure to be an interesting first prize for the buy-in.
Good luck to our players tonight!
Prize pool and payout structure
2014/05/25 7:17pm by
Event 8 – $100 + $10 No Limit Hold’em All-in or Nothing – attracted a total of 67 players, generating a total prize pool of $6,499! Prizes will be distributed according to the following payout structure:
| Finish | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $2,129 |
| 2 | $1,480 |
| 3 | $1,040 |
| 4 | $730 |
| 5 | $510 |
| 6 | $360 |
| 7 | $250 |
Bubble has burst; Day 2 over
2014/05/25 7:03pm by
Two simultaneous eliminations occurred with 74 players remaining, and just like that the Main Event of the PokerStars Canada Cup is now in the money! Tam Ho and Mario Lepine were the unlucky ones who just missed a payday, but they made 72 others very happy.
With these eliminations, Day 2 is now over, and players have bagged their chips for Day 3. When they return, they will play the remaining 23:01 left in level 17 before changing to 90-minute levels.
Final chip counts and seating assignments for Day 3 will be made available shortly.
Dans l’argent @PokerStars #CanadaCup Quelle remontée! À demain! Ps:@JDogDriscoll is a boss.
— Laurence Grondin (@LadyLuckPoker) May 25, 2014
In the money #CanadaCup @PlaygroundPoker finish with 80k 16bb tommorow 11ham and GO Habs GO …
— AmiAlibay (@AmiAlibay) May 25, 2014
In the money, but not yet the profit, with 219k. 240k average coming back tomorrow #GoHabs
— Mike Watson (@SirWatts) May 25, 2014
Early end to day 2 in the money. I got 635k average stack 240k. Can go back home and enjoy the pool with my baby.
— Jonathan Driscoll (@JDogDriscoll) May 25, 2014
Bubble burst and day 2 ends. Bagged up 290,000 coming back to 5k bb. Chipped up nicely on bubble/feature table 🙂
— Jonas Mackoff (@donut604) May 25, 2014
ITM of the @pokerstars #CanadaCup , day 3 tomorrow 320k avg 250
— Ankush Mandavia (@AnkushMandavia) May 26, 2014
Chamas makes a hero call near bubble
2014/05/25 6:48pm by
Rayan Chamas just made the call of his tournament, and it took him nearly 8 minutes to decide that his hand must be good.
With the board showing 
, and around 150K in the pot, Rayan checked to Danny Boyaci for a third street in a row, and Danny announced he was all-in for 234K. Rayan looked a little surprised with this move, and proceeded to think… and think… and think… A small crowd began to gather around the table, as players from other tables were getting intrigued with the action. Rayan stood up, shook his head, and eventually slid some chips forward to signify a call.
Danny turned over 
for ace-high, and Rayan tabled 
for a winning set of 5s. Rayan is now sitting on a comfortable 525K+ stack, while Danny fell 4 spots short of the money.
Update on chip counts
2014/05/25 6:08pm by
We have completed 6 levels so far in this Day 2, and we are only 8 players short of bursting the money bubble. Once this point is reached, the players will bag and tag their chips onto Day 3, which is scheduled for 11am tomorrow, Monday May 26th.
Here are the current chip leaders:
- Jeremie Bilodeau – 904K
- Sylvain Siebert – 617K
- Jonathan Driscoll – 560K
- Domenico Agatiello – 525K
- Thiago Nishijima – 514K
- Robert Notkin – 473K
- McKenzie James Liebzeit – 444K
- Francois Binette – 443K
- Carter Swidler – 435K
- Steven Silverman – 409K
Other stacks worth mentioning:
- Alexandre Lavigne – 160K
- Antonio Esfandiari – 112K
- Jonathan Duhamel – 171K
- Laurence Grondin – 125K
- Michael Watson – 164K
- Pascal Lefrancois – 260K
- Rayan Chamas – 268K
- Will Molson – 100K
Play will resume in 5 minutes, and the tournament should enter hand-for-hand play fairly soon.
Driscoll springs into the leaderboard
2014/05/25 5:13pm by
Jonathan Driscoll was considering not playing in this Main Event of the PokerStars Canada Cup, as he had made plans to go to the Spartan race this weekend with his friends, but a last minute change of heart brought him here to Playground Poker Club. Given his run today, it is looking like he made a +EV decision. Having started the day with 121.9K, he has managed to chip up to over 600K, largely due to a recent huge pot he won.
Recent big stack Riyaz Abdulla opened from the cutoff to 10K, and was 3bet by Jonathan to 25K from the big blind. Riyaz 4bet to 68.5K, holding roughly 155K behind, and went into the tank when Jonathan 5bet shoved (Jonathan had Riyaz’s stack covered). He eventually made the call, and it was a flip for a pot upwards of 450K.
Riyaz: 
Jonathan: 
The board ran 
, and Jonathan scooped the massive pot, eliminating Riyaz.
Jonathan Driscoll (AK) Vs Riyaz Abdulla (77) 
Jonathan Driscoll
À la table du @JDogDriscoll ,c'est beau le voir owner ça comme un boss! @PokerStars #CanadaCup
— Laurence Grondin (@LadyLuckPoker) May 25, 2014
A few more photos
2014/05/25 4:18pm by
Here are a few additional photos from Day 2, taken during level 14.
Follow this link to view a gallery from level 11
Chips counts of notable players
2014/05/25 3:47pm by
These are rough chip counts of some of the notable players left in the field going into level 15:
- Ami Alibay – 92K
- Antonio Esfandiari – 90K
- Ankush Mandavia – 336K
- Chanracy Khun – 63K
- Carter Swidler – 148K
- Guillaume Rivet – 101K
- Laurence Grondin – 174K
- Lucas Greenwood – 161K
- Jonathan Duhamel – 116K
- Marc-André Ladouceur – 127K
- Pascal Lefrancois – 395K
- Steven Silverman – 309K
- Sylvain Siebert – 303K
- Thiago Nishijima – 131K
- Vincent Jacques – 46K
- Will Molson – 201K
- Yann Dion – 178K
175,000 au 2e break. Let's goooooo! @PokerStars #CanadaCup
— Laurence Grondin (@LadyLuckPoker) May 25, 2014
Lost a 250k pot with my as as vs kk all in pré Still alive with 100k 🙁 @PlaygroundPoker
— AmiAlibay (@AmiAlibay) May 25, 2014
Player updates
2014/05/25 2:12pm by
A few players have been doing their own ‘live updates’ and keeping their rail informed via Twitter.
Triple up, j'ai maintenant 40bb! @PokerStars #CanadaCup
— Laurence Grondin (@LadyLuckPoker) May 25, 2014
So much for that. Ran bad, then shoved last 25k with 66 into CO raise and button call and CO had QQ. WSOP Friday.
— Ryan Hall (@RGHall) May 25, 2014
Boooooooommmmm 10k super short 8bb to almost 200k Pokerstars Canada cup main event day 2 @PLAYGROUNDPOKER
— AmiAlibay (@AmiAlibay) May 25, 2014
That was harsh. Just busted the #CanadaCup with AK vs AQ on a AT5J board for a 200k pot. #sadpuppy. Great event once again @PlaygroundPoker
— Patrick Braga (@BragaP) May 25, 2014
5bet got in AKcc vs KdKh for like 50effective vs oldish nit, prob will regret it in few days,thanks to @PlaygroundPoker for great tournament
— derek (@derek8poker) May 25, 2014
Things are going well at the @PokerStars #CanadaCup so far!!! pic.twitter.com/jpZflJedIE
— Jonathan Duhamel (@JonathanDuhamel) May 25, 2014
Boomshikiboom! Double up, 115,000. @PokerStars #CanadaCup
— Laurence Grondin (@LadyLuckPoker) May 25, 2014
