The CAD $3,500 buy-in, CAD $1.5 million GTD World Poker Tour (WPT) Playground Championship kicked off on Thursday with Day 1a motion. The primary of three beginning flights attracted 143 runners to the Montreal poker mecca, and after 10 ranges of play simply 44 remained with Giuseppe Corapi and their stack of 401,000 main the way in which.
Some others to bag large had been Zak Vankeuren (370,500) and Tommy Nguyen (342,500), whereas Rayan Chamas (177,000), Mark Bailey (172,000), Jeremy Platt (87,000), and Casey Yenta (57,500) all punched their ticket to Day 2.
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One other participant who survived the evening was four-time WPT champ Darren Elias (lead photograph), who bagged up 193,000. In Degree 2 (200/300/300), reporter Liam Gannon noticed Nick Skodatikas name from early place earlier than Elias raised to 1,300. Jatinder Singh known as from the button, Skodatikas known as the extra 1,000, and it was three-way motion to a flop of A♥6♠Okay♣.
Elias continued for 1,000, each his opponents known as, and the three♣ appeared on the flip. Skodatikas shifted gears by betting out 2,100 and Elias raised it to 9,000. Singh received out of the way in which however Skodatikas known as to see the A♦ pair the board on the river.
Skodatikas wager once more, this time 6,000, and Elias raised to 25,000. Skodatikas hit the tank earlier than going all in for 28,300 complete and Elias snap-called. Skodatikas confirmed the A♠8♠for journey aces but it surely was no good as Elias rolled over the A♣3♠for a full home. Skodatikas exited the match whereas Elias vaulted into the early chip lead.
Amongst these to fall on Day 1a had been Igor Tregoubov, Mike Leah, Griffin Benger, Jason Sagle, Ema Zajmovic, Chanracy Khun, three-time WPT champ Eric Afriat, and defending champ David Dongwoo Ko.
One other participant to fall on Day 1a was 2022 WPT World Champion Eliot Hudon, who busted in Degree 9 (1,000/1,500/1,500) by the hands of Tommy Nguyen. In a four-bet preflop pot, the flop fell seven-high earlier than Hudon wager 18,000, Nguyen raised to 40,000, and Hudon jammed for 123,000. Nguyen known as with pocket aces and was forward of Hudon’s kings. Neither the flip nor river modified a factor and Hudon exited late within the evening.
The Day 1b flight will kick off at 11 a.m. native time on Friday with the third and remaining flight going down on the identical time on Saturday. The surviving gamers from all three flights will then return for Day 2 on Sunday, October 27.
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*Pictures courtesy World Poker Tour (WPT)
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