2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards

Malcom Fraser wins Event #17 of the World Cup of Cards at Playground Poker Club. This $220 buy in event drew 115 runners. It took about eight hours for Fraser to top the field and win the WCC trophy and the first place prize.

When the tournament was eight-handed, the players made a deal based on their stacks at the time. Here are the breakdowns of the payouts.

In the end, Fraser beat the other six players to get the $650 they left on top and left Allan Petitclerc to collect the $200 designated for the second place finisher. As per the World Cup of Cards rules, two percent of the total prize pool has to be left up top minimum in any deal. Also, the first place prize has to that much more than second place. In this case, $650 to the winner and $200 to the runner-up.

The tournament paid twelve players and the action moved quickly when they broke to a final table. Diana Shamshoum went from chip leader with 14 left to bust in eighth place. She missed a couple of preflop all ins and eventually busted to Bob T.

Then, after the deal was made, Benoit Laurence went all in blind with about two big blinds. He was also eliminated by Bob T who called with kings. Medhat Ramzy busted to Malcom Fraser when both players failed to connect with the flop. Fraser won with ace high.

Jared Newcombe was next to go and busted to the pocket queens of Shelley Rapp. Then in quick succession, Michel Merlitti and Shelly Rapp were both eliminated. At this point in the tournament the average stack was about 17 big blinds.

Bob T finished in third and shortly after that Malcom Fraser locked up his win, beating Allan Petitclerc in a quick heads up match.

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Player	Chips	Progress
Malcom Fraser	2,300,000 1,690,000	1,690,000

Tags: Allan PetitclercBenoit LaurenceBob TBuddy VillaluzDiana ShamshoumGilles AsselinJared NewcombeMalcom FraserMedhat RamzyMichel MerlittiShelley RappStephen Standen

Allan Petitclerc was eliminated in second place and will take home CAD $3,030 as part of the deal the players made seven-handed. He will also win the extra $200 that was set aside for second place in that deal.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allan Petitclerc	Busted

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Bob T was eliminated in third place and will take home CAD $2,950 as part of the deal the players made when the got seven-handed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob T	Busted

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Shelley Rapp was eliminated in fourth place. She took home CAD $2,545 as part of the deal the players made seven-handed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shelley Rapp	Busted

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Michel Merlitti has been eliminated. He takes home CAD $2,450 due to the deal the players made when they were seven-handed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michel Merlitti	Busted

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Jared Newcombe was eliminated by Shelley Rapp. He had against the of Rapp and couldn't catch up.

He takes home CAD $2,605 as part of the deal brokered earlier.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Newcombe	Busted

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Medhat Ramzey was next to go when he got all in preflop with against the of Malcom Fraser. Both players failed to connect with the board and Fraser won with ace-high.

As part of the deal, Ramzey takes home CAD $1,895 for his seventh place finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Malcom Fraser	610,000 330,000	330,000
Allan Petitclerc	597,000 199,000	199,000
Bob T	502,000 77,000	77,000
Shelley Rapp	184,000 -56,000	-56,000
Michel Merlitti	178,000 -78,000	-78,000
Jared Newcombe	155,000 -140,000	-140,000
Medhat Ramzy	Busted

Tags: Malcom FraserMedhat Ramzy

Benoit Laurence was the short stack and busted in eight place shortly after the players made a deal. He went all in blind and had versus Bob T, who held .

As per the deal, Benoit takes home $1,300 for eighth, which is $480 more than he would have gotten.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benoit Laurence	Busted

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With only 100 big blinds in play, most of the action is all in preflop. While the short stacks are getting doubled, and in one case tripled up, the chips are starting to even out with eight remaining. Benoit Laurence remains the short stack with only about two big blinds.

The current level is 15,000/30,000 with a 4,000 ante.

Allan Petitclerc shoved all in for 140,000 and Malcom Fraser called before Shelley Rapp shoved all in for about 300,000 more. Fraser folded and Petitclerc was at risk with against the of Rapp.

The board came out and Petitclerc cheered, then cursed, then cheered again when he realized he did indeed hit the flop better than Rapp.

Then Jared Newcombe doubled through Fraser and his once huge chip lead has been spread around the table and he is now in the middle of the pack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob T	425,000 105,000	105,000
Allan Petitclerc	398,000 338,000	338,000
Jared Newcombe	295,000 170,000	170,000
Malcom Fraser	280,000 -338,000	-338,000
Michel Merlitti	256,000 -64,000	-64,000
Shelley Rapp	240,000 100,000	100,000
Medhat Ramzy	164,000 3,000	3,000
Benoit Laurence	72,000 -164,000	-164,000