Event 2 – Results & Payouts

Event 2 of the PokerStars Canada Cup was a $135 + $15 No Limit Hold’em Shootout event that started on May 18th, 2014 at Playground Poker Club. There was a hard cap of 100 participants and the event sold out, generating a prize pool of $13,095 that was distributed as follows.

Rank First Name Last Name Prize
1 Patrick Longpre $3,095.00
2 Sebastien Laviolette $2,400.00
3 Michael Kerr $1,900.00
4 Ahmad Baalbaki $1,500.00
5 Matthew Brunskole $1,200.00
6 Robert Hill $900.00
7 Alain Jobin $750.00
8 Alec Brandstatter $550.00
9 Ren Zhe Jin $450.00
10 Jiacheng Zhang $350.00

Event 2 Champion: Patrick Longpré

Event 2 has a winner – Patrick Longpré! The final table consisted of several players with significant histories of success at Playground Poker Club, but Patrick managed to outlast them all to take the win. For his win he received $3,095 in cash and the beautiful PokerStars Canada Cup trophy!

Event 2 Champion: Patrick Longpré

Event 2 Champion: Patrick Longpré

Final table of the Shootout!

  • Level: 13
  • Small Blind: 1.2K
  • Big Blind: 2.4K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 200K
  • Remaining: 10
  • Entries: 100


  • The final table  is set for Event 2 of the Pokerstars Canada Cup, a No Limit Hold’em Shootout event! The following ten players have managed to emerge winners in the first round, and will now face each other on the final table, which features a top prize of $3,095, as well as a Pokerstars Canada Cup Trophy!

    Here are the finalists, who will each start with a stack of 200K, with the blinds at level 13 – 1,200/2,400/a200:

    1.  Michael Kerr
    2. Sebastien Laviolette
    3. Patrick Longpre
    4. Alain Jobin
    5. Alec Brandstatter
    6. Ren Zhe Jin
    7. Jiacheng Zhang
    8. Robert Hill
    9. Matthew Brunskole
    10. Ahmad Baalbaki

    Shootout level 10

  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 600
  • Big Blind: 1.2K
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average:
  • Remaining:
  • Entries: 100


  • The players have reached level 10 in Event 2 and so far no tables have finished, though some are getting very close. We will note which level play is in when the first table finishes, because that is the level at which the 2nd round (final table) will begin play.

    Table Players Remaining
    29 4
    30 6
    31 5
    32 7
    33 4
    34 5
    35 4
    36 3
    37 4
    38 5

    Shootout update – first break

  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 300
  • Big Blind: 600
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average:
  • Remaining:
  • Entries: 100


  • The Shootout event has just finished level 4 and players are on their first break of the evening. Here’s an update on where the tables stand, as some of the tables have moved quickly into short-handed mode while others still have their full starting field intact.

    Table Players Remaining
    29 6
    30 9
    31 9
    32 10
    33 7
    34 10
    35 6
    36 6
    37 6
    38 7

    Photo update

  • Level: 4
  • Small Blind: 150
  • Big Blind: 300
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average:
  • Remaining:
  • Entries: 100


  • Here are a few photographs taken in the first levels of Event 2 – Shootout:

     

    Event 2 – payout structure

  • Level: 1
  • Small Blind: 25
  • Big Blind: 50
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 20000
  • Remaining: 100
  • Entries: 100


  • This event was capped at 100 players and was sold out at least half an hour before it began. To cash in this event, a player has to make the final table, which only happens once he or she has outlasted their initial table.

    Payouts for this even will be as follows, based on a total prize pool of $13,095.00.

    Finish Prize
    1 $3,095
    2 $2,400
    3 $1,900
    4 $1,500
    5 $1,200
    6 $900
    7 $750
    8 $550
    9 $450
    10 $350

    The shootout begins…

  • Level: 1
  • Small Blind: 25
  • Big Blind: 50
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 20K
  • Remaining: 100
  • Entries: 100


  • Ten tables have each been filled by ten players and the shootout tournament has begun. There are a couple of late-comers in the event – their stacks will be blinded out until they arrive – but most of the hundred players has started the road to the cash and perhaps eventually the championship.

    Good luck!

    Sold out!

    Event 2 – the Shootout – is still 30 minutes from it’s scheduled start but as predicted it has already sold out. We’ll have full coverage once it gets underway.

    Shootout the lights!

    Tonight’s tournament is Event 2 in the PokerStars Canada Cup and it’s a $135 + $15 No Limit Hold’em Shootout. With a hard player cap of 100 players its certain to sell out – in fact the event is 1/3 sold-out already.

    The Shootout event is one of the most “pure” tournament formats you can find. Players start on a 10-handed table and have to beat everyone else on that table before moving on to the next round. For a player to do well they have to be a good full-ring player – but they also have to be comfortable with short-handed poker – and having experience in short-handed formats is a huge advantage.

    The event starts at 6pm tonight – see you here!