It’s Friday night and Playground Poker Club is buzzing with action – the cash tables are overflowing into the tournament hall, the daytime flight to the Grand Prix Canada is on it’s last legs and the evening flight has just kicked off.
As expected, the flights are getting larger and larger – possibly due to the fact that this Event #1 of the partypoker.net Live is looking at some potential overlay. There is a $500,000 guarantee boasted for the event, and so far the total number of entries is suggesting the possibility of overlay, as the combined count is of 1,271 entries after 22 flights, with 6 more flights to go. The full schedule for the Grand Prix Canada can be found here.
Action is underway in level 1 of Day 1H, and late registration will remain open through until the end of the first break at 9:15pm. Over 100 players are already in their seats so far, suggesting that tonight’s flight will be a big one. Come on down to Canada’s premiere poker destination and grab a seat at the tables!
See you on the felts!
showing on the board, both blinds checked to Danick, who fired 13,500. The player in the small blind mucked his hand, while the big blind check-raised to 30,000. Danick obliged, and the two players tangoed to the turn – a 
. First to act, the player in the big blind announced all-in, forcing Danick into the tank. He asked for a chip count, and then separated the 73,600 bet from his stack before finally making the call, leaving him with around 50,000 behind.
and was ahead of his opponents drawing 
, however he had a lot of cards to dodge on the river – 18 to be precise. The river brought the 
, and Danick won the nearly 250,000 pot with the pair of 8s to place him at the top of this flights leaderboard at the moment.
