Live from the Palais des Congrès, Stage Tournament III, Season 2 2009-11-22
Good morning poker amateurs!
Registrations officially started at 7 this morning and the tournament should have started at 10am. But it’s now official, in spite of all the efforts put in by the tournament director in chief, Jacques Buteau, the tournament will start late. Indeed, Santa Claus didn’t give us any gifts when he scheduled his parade today, a few streets down from the Palais des Congrès. This in turn causes a few access difficulties and of course, some latecomers to the ragistration tables. Nevertheless, some players who had skipped breakfast take advantage of this delay to grab a bite and others to chit chat with old friends.
At 11:00, a few minutes into the tournament, there’s already a first victim, Yves Gagné from the Jolodium in Joliette. He receives the book "Les Maîtres du Poker" published by Éditions La Presse. He’ll be able to pick up a few poker secrets from it. Winners from today’s and tomorrow’s tournaments will also receive this gift from the author Simon Gravel, journalist at La Presse who is here to promote his book.
499 players are registered in the players’ tournament
145 players in the directors’ and owners’.
10,000 starting chips and blind levels every 30 minutes.
After about an hour, the tournament is running smoothly... We currently have 54 players out of the players’ tournament and 30 out of the directors’ and owners’.
It’s 12:35, 23 minutes left to the 400-800 blinds. There will be a break at the end of this level. Players are being eliminated right and left. Only 397 players left and 101 owners and directors. Maybe the players don’t want to miss the Santa Claus parade? ;-)
We are now on a 15 minute break... Right before the break, we had a clash of Titans at a directors’ and owners’ table... Étienne Proulx from Mont-Joli with pocket Aces in his hands, Sylvain Tardif with pocket K and Véronique Paulin from Caraquet in New-Brunswick with pocket Q. With cards such as these, we can smell the all-in... An explosive board of K-10-3-Q-J smashes the other 2 players’ hopes! And Étienne wins the pot with his unexpected straight!
Back from the break: blinds at 500-1000
346 participants left in the players’ and 92 in the directors’ and owners’ tournament.
It’s now 2:00pm. The tournament is entering its third hour and is cruising along. The eliminations have slowed down a bit. We are now 231 players and 66 directors and owners.
2:50pm: Blinds are now 1000-2000.
187 players left out of 499
52 directors and owners out of 145
At the start of this blind level, cheers from table 24 catches the attention... Jonathan Thériault raises to 5900 with pocket 10s. Denis Bergeron from St-Alexis-des-Monts re-raises to 20,000 with his pocket Jacks. Jonathan folds. Julien Fontaine from Farnham pushes all-in with his pocket Aces and his called by Denis. A Jack hits the flop... cheers of joy... but it is shortlived when an Ace shows up on the river...
It’s 3:25pm: 30 minute break
It’s the color-up. The average players’ chip stack is 32,800 chips and 37,200 for the directors and owners.
Here we go... 1500-3000 blinds
144 players left and 35 directors and owners
4:20pm... The cowboys of Christiane Blanchard from Valleyfield allows her to win a nie pot against the A-7 of Daniel St-Jean from L’Orignal in Ontario. The Ace shows up on the flop but the King on the river puts Christiane back on her saddle.
5:05pm... The tournament’s atmosphere is both serious and friendly. Through the clicking sound of the chips, we can hear some laughter here and there as well as people cheering... 86 players left and only 24 directors and owners.
The next report will be in 45 minutes, during the supper break...
It’s the supper break...
There are 61 players left and 18 directors and owners.
When we return from the break, the valiant fighters will be:
Players’ tournament:
Table 1;
Jomphe Frédéric
Hébert Marcel
Malo Serge
Painchaud François
Brière Robert
Couture Camille
Lapointe Guylaine
Boisvert Josée
D’Avignon David
Table 2
Mathieu Kim
Picard Clément
Collin Daniel
Renaud Louis
Laurin Mathieu
Ouellet Robert
Lahaie Gilbert
Lacharité David
Bélanger Benoit
Table 3
Farcy Tony
Beaudoin Michel
Cantin Jean-François
Denis Francis
Gagnon Gaétane
Plouffe Gilles
Guindon Ginette
Savard Pierre
Thériault Jonathan
Côté Jean-François
Table 4
McGrath Elise Ulrich
Desrosiers Stéphane
Pomerleau Serge
Kingsbury Philippe
Major Alain
Provost Lionel
Sumarah Yannick
Rioux Francine
Fontaine Julien
Table 5
Frigon Pierre-Luc
Beaulieu Marie-Claude
Rheault Stéphane
Leduc Etienne
Blanchette Bruno
David Michel
Martineau Jacques
Beaudoin Yves
Table 6
Allard Alain
Dionne Stéphane
Deschênes Eric
Tourigny Frédéric
Régis Benoit
Villard Diane
Loyer Guillaume
Dussault Benoit
Table 7
Tremblay Johnny
Lucas Frédéric
Gagnon Yannick
Ginestet Sébastien
Hamel Kevin
Canuel Steve
Turcotte Jean
Thibeault Sylvain
Directors and Owners V.I.P. tournament
Table 1
Fréchette Maxime
Bertrand Benoit
Gagné Marco
Landriau François
Martel Denis
Boisvert Stéphane
Gosselin Yannick
Lefebvre Steve
Pilotte Jean-Philippe
Table 2
Béland Jean-Marie
Gauthier Gino
Simard Marjorie
Racine Jean-Philippe
Perreault Gina
Chenier Yanick
Tremblay Guillaume
Roussy Muguel
Martineau Gaétan
7:05pm... after a chip count, the tournament resumes... the chip leader is Éric D’Avignon with 270,000 chips where the average is 82,000 .
The blinds are 4000-8000.
8:00pm... The blinds just went up to 8000-16000. The bubble is close for both tournaments: 43 players left and 13 VIPs.
8:15 heures... Benoit Dussault from the Petit Prince in Lévis bursts the bubble when he takes out 2 players: Lionel Provost from Yamaska with K-Q and Josée Boisvert from L’Évasion in Victoriaville with Q-10, when his pocket 9 finds a mate on board...
A few minutes later, Marco Gagné bursts the bubble in the directors’ and owners’ tournament...
Congratulations to al the players who won a seat in the next CNPT Stage Championship which will be played at the Montreal Casino in May 2010!
9:00pm... the players are now on a 30 minute break
9:30pm... back from the break, the blinds are now 15,000-30,000. The tournament continues for 19 players and 6 directors and owners. The day’s live coverage is now on pause until tomorrow. We will then let you know the latest developments and the names of the winners.
Be there tomorrow where we will have the pleasure to welcome Mr. René Angélil in our Celebrities Tournament...
Until then, goodbye and goodnight to all!
(live coverage by Suzie Paris)
(translated by François Brabant)
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Live from the Stage Tournament IV, Season 2 2009-11-22
Good morning poker fans!
A second day of poker which promises to be very captivating for everyone. Today will also take place the Celebrities Tournament.
The Players Tournament finished around 12:45am last night, the top 4 win a trip to Las Vegas with an entry into a $1,500 tournament at the WSOP, the top 40 win a free entry into the CNPTL Championship next May:
The Players Tournament finished around 12:45am last night, the top 4 win a trip to Las Vegas with an entry into a $1,500 tournament at the WSOP, the top 40 win a free entry into the CNPTL Championship next May:
1. Allain Allard
2. Sylvain Thibeault
3. Denis Francis
4. Gilles Plouffe
5. Guylaine Lapointe
6. Francine Rioux
7. Benoit Dusseault
8. Alain Major
9. David Lacharité
10. Jean-François Côté
11. Jean-François Cantin
12. Stéphane Desrosiers
13. Stéphane Rheault
14. Eric D’Avignon
15. Stéphane Dionne
16. Eric Leduc
17. Mathieu Laurin
18. Sébastien Ginestet
19. Eric Deschênes
20. Serge Malon
21. Benoit Bélanger
22. Yves Beaudoin
23. David Michel
24. Yannick Sumarah
25.Clément Picard
26. Louis Renaud
27. Serge Pomerleau
28. Gilbert Lahaie
29. Julien Fontaine
30. Robert Ouellet
31. Jean Turcotte
32. Kim Mathieu
33. Camille Couture
34. Yannick Gagnon
35. Robert Brière
36. Frédéric Lucas
37. Ginette Guindon
38. Pierre-Luc Frigon
39. Jacques Martineau
40. John Doe ???
Congratulations to all the winners!
Congratulations to the winner of the Stage III, Season 2 tournament, Allain Allard who, for his anniversary, offered himself the coveted champion ring! Happy birthday Allain !
V.I.P. Directors and Owners Tournament
1. Steve Lefebvre
2. François Landriau
3 Yannick Gosselin
4. Maxime Fréchette
5. Jean-Philippe Racine
6. Jean-Marie Béland
7. Gino Gauthier
8. Muguel Roussy
9. Yannick Chenier
10.Marjorie Simard
Congratulations to Steve Lefebvre, director at the Monarch Bar Billard in Shawinigan, champion of the V.I.P., who will accompany the 4 winners of the Players Tournament to Las Vegas!
10:15am After a few welcoming words from Pierre Martel, Ligue manager, the famous "Shuffle up and deal" is uttered and the tournament starts!
528 registrations in the Players Tournament and 159 in the V.I.P. Directors and Owners.
Only a few minutes in and already Steve Moreau, director at the Palais des Quilles in Ste-Thérèse de Gaspé is eliminated. He gets the book "Les Maîtres du Poker" from Simon Gravel, journalist at La Presse, an enligthening read for sure...
After an hour into the tournament, the players’ field has been reduced to 463 and the directors’ and owners’ to 134.
11:50am... The blinds go up to 400-800.
404 players left, 113 directors and owners
12:15pm... 15 minute break... 352 players and 103 directors and owners left in the tournaments.
12:50pm... The Celebrities Tournament starts with...
Pierre Rinfret - Nanette Workman - André Boyer - Odette Tremblay - Marc Dupré - Anne-Marie Angélil - Jean-Pierre Angélil - Frédéric Pierre - Sophie Bourgeois - Jean-Nicholas Verreault - Jean L’Italien - Stéphane Fallu - Peter Miller - Wilfred LeBouthillier - Carl Marotte - David Jalbert - Pierre-Yves Lord - Jean-Thomas Jobin - Bruno Landry - Sébastien Dubé - Justobymylove Marc-André Fleury - Pierre Guénette - Patrick Huard - Marcel Leboeuf - Guy A. Lepage - Karl Dykhuis - Jean-Michel Anctil - Alexandre Morais - Sergio Momesso - Dany Poulin - Biz Loco Locas - Dan Georgesco Porn Flakes - Suzanne Lussier - Pierre Martel - Rémi Messier and Geneviève Denault from Loft Story
and 3 of our champions: Patrick Boyer, Jonathan Thériault and Gilles Plouffe.
and lets not forget Jean-Michel Anctil, winner of the Celebrities Tournament at the Montreal Casino last Saturday, and who has a $500 bounty on his head for the occasion...
2:00pm... Blinds are 800-1600. There are 241 players and 70 directors and owners left on the floor.
In the Celebrities Tournament, we have our first casualty, it’s David Jalbert whose pocket 9 didn’t resist to Jean-Nicholas Verreault’s quad 2’s... He is closely followed by Patrick Huard...
2:45pm... Only 16 minutes left to the 1000-2000 blinds.
Only 183 participants in the Players Tournament and 51 in the Directors and Owners
3:00pm... 30 minute break
Right before the break, we can hear a commotion goin on at a direcotrs’ and owners’ table when Michèle Myre, owner of the Penalty Sports Bar in Limoges, Ontario battles it out with her pocket 6’s against Sylvain Tardif from the Field’s in St-Léonard, New-Brunswick and his pocket 3’s. The 6-3-4-4-9 board had them screaming!
Meanwhile, André Boyer pushes all-in with his fluch draw and Guy A. Lepage takes a while, a long while to think about calling... He finally pushes his K-8 hand which paired the K on the flop but André hits his flush draw on the turn... The old saying "When in doubt, abstain" is not applicable in poker.
3:30pm... back from the break. Blinds are now 1500-3000, the average stack 33,000 chips and the Players Tournament has 160 players whereas the Directors and Owners has 42.
4:30pm... A bluff attempt turned bad?... With Q-K in hands, André Boyer is eliminated in 25th place by Jean-Michel Anctil holding 10-J in the Celebrities Tournament on a board of 10-7-2-9-A...
4:45pm... Blinds are 2500-5000. Still in the tournament: 98 players and 28 directors/owners.
5:00pm... Two of our champions clash in the Celebrities Tournament. On a flop showing a jack, Patrick Boyer, champion of last Saturday’s tournament at the Montreal Casino pushes all-in with A-J. He is called by Gilles Plouffe, champion scorer, with his pocket QQ. The board will not help him and Patrick is eliminated.
5:35... It’s the supper break. The players will take advantage of this break to have a bite to eat and relax before the evening begins, last stretch before victory.
72 players, 22 directors/owners and 15 celebrities are left.
6:05pm... Guy A. Lepage, champion of 3 Celbrities tournament, will not renew his exploit tonight... His stack already low in part because of the previous hand when his pocket KK hit the boat of Marc-André Fleury / Justobymylove. His reckless J-K is dealt the coup de grace by the same opponent’s quad 7’s
6:35pm... Back from the break. Blinds are 4000-8000.
7:15pm... It’s the final table for the Celebrities Tournament. It is comprised of: Nanette Workman, Stéphane Fallu, Marc-André Fleury, Jean-Pierre Angélil, Bruno Landry, Peter Miller, Geneviève Denault, Marc Dupré, Sergio Momesso and our celebrity: Gilles Plouffe.
7:50pm... Blinds are now 8000-16,000... 47 players left, 13 directors/owners... The bubble gets closer...
8:05pm... Blinds go up to 10,000-20,000.
The Players Tournament is at 42...
8:15pm... Gilles Plouffe just doubled up on Peter Miller in the Celebrities Tournament...
And it’s bubble time in the Players Tournament, we are in "tight" mode, and we now play hand by hand...
8:25pm... a lot of excitment, the bubble just busted! Pierre-Marc Lévesque from the bar L’Entrepôt in Baie Comeau is the unlucky one... he still wins a poker table, courtesy of Montreal Poker Store, as a consolation prize...
Congratulations to the 40 finalists who are now assured of o spot at the next CNPTL Stage Championship in May 2010!
40. Philippe Dumas Couture
39. Jacques Pelletier
38. Yvon Cayen
37. Frédérick Lebel
36. Michel Cournoyer
35. Yanick Carignan
34. Jocelyn Blanchette
33. Pascal Michaudville
32. Michel Tanguay
31. Paul-Etienne Bergon
30. Alain Sansregret
29. Lucien Bissonnette
28. Vincent Métivier
27. Danna Gagnon
26. Patrick Lefebvre
25. Patrick Dusseault
24. Alain Noel
23. Eric Lemay
22. Francis Carrière
21. France Turcotte
20. Michel Latulippe
19. Eric Pelletier
18. Dorothée McCarty
17. Robert Pouliot
16. Jonathan Paquet
15. Mathieu Dagenais
14. Denis Leclerc
13. Jean-François Lamoureux
12. Gilbert Lahaie
11. Sylvain Gagné
8:30pm... It’s bubble time on the Directors’/Owners’ side...
8:45pm... Our celevrity, Gilles Plouffe, just took out Geneviève Denault (from Loft Story 5)... Bravo Gilles ! Don’t give up... only 6 left!...
8:55pm... There’s a break for the players... but it’s still the bubble for the directors and owners.
9:05pm... On the V.I.P side, Francis Bernier, director at the Faubourg in Québec busts the bubble under cheers from the crowd. What a cruel game!
Congratulations to the 10 directors and owners who won the entry into the next CNPT Stage Championship in May 2010!
Sergio Linhares - Bruno Coulombe - Sylvain Tardif - Daniel McGrath - Véronique Paulin - Denis Martel - Benoit Racette - Yanick Ranzi - Steven Cacchione - Sylvain Daigle
9:15pm... Back from the break, "we resume the hostilities" as per the expression of today’s mc, the symmpathetic Dominic Fugère.
9:30pm... Our famous superstar Gilles Plouffe just doubled up on Nanette Workman with Q-10 against A-K when the nice lady shows up on board... Go ! Go ! Go ! Gilles !
9:35pm... short-lived... Gilles with A-5 calls the all-in of Jean-Pierre Angélil wo shows A-Q and eliminates our celebrity when the traitor queen appears on the river! Congrats Gilles ! You can be proud of your performance!
It’s now the heads-up at the Celebrities’ table between Nanette Workman and Jean-Pierre Angélil... It promises to be captivating!
10:10pm... After having cut Nanette Workman’s stack a few hands before and leaving her with a measly 35,000 chips when blinds were 15,000-30,000, Jean-Pierre Angélil calls Nanette’s desperate J-9 all-in with a crushing pocket 10. A board of 2-2-5-2-8 gives Jean-Pierre Angélil a boat and the title of Stage IV Celebrities Tournament Champion. If René could have participated to this tournament, as planned, it would have been interesting to see a father/son duo at the same table... maybe next time... And in the mean time, congratulations to Jean-Pierre !
10:20pm... In the Players tournament: 14 players and the heads-up is under way in the V.I.P. Tournament between Yanick Ranzi and Daniel McGrath from the Vieux Rafiot, New-Brunswick.
10:30pm... Yanick Ranzi’s pocket 8 gives him the victory and the title of V.I.P. Stage IV, Season 2 Champion and the first prize of a trip to Las Vegas with the buy-in to a $1,000 tournament during the WSOP. Bravo Yanick!
10:45pm... We are now at the players’ final table.
12:45am... We start the heads-up between Raymond Boisvert and Jean-Philippe Leclerc.
The finalists have been eliminated in the following order:
10.Sébastien Gagnon
9. Claude Patenaude
8. Daniel Bourassa
7. Michel Carle
6. Alain Rondeau
5. Guy Pepin
4. André Lévesque
3. Dominic Carignan
1:00am... The heads-up ends up with Raymond Boisvert as the big winner of the Stage IV, Season 2. He leaves with the Champion ring. Kudos Raymond !
Congratulations to André Lévesque, Dominic Carignan, Jean-Philippe Leclerc and Raymond Boisvert who have won a trip and a tournament at the WSOP in Las Vegas!
The last tournament to have taken place at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal will have been a success and a good time for all, participants and supporters alike. The best plays, exciting moments, the adrenalin, every kind of emotions were represented. Thanks to all who contributed to the success of the event. Congratulations to all our winners!
(Live coverage by Suzie Paris)
(Translated by François Brabant)
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Season II - Stage III and IV Tournaments - Details 2009-11-09
Times, details and hotel
Season II - Stage III and IV Tournaments
Palais des congrès de Montréal
See following link...
November 21, 2009
Players Stage Tournament
V.I.P. (Owners and Tournament Directors) Stage Tournament
2 parallel tournaments will take place:
November 22, 2009
4 parallel tournaments will take place:
Players Stage Tournament
V.I.P. (Owners and Tournament Directors) Stage Tournament
Celebrities Tournament VII
Media Tournament IV
Place: Palais des Congrès de Montréal | Hall 710
Address: Entrance at 201, avenue Viger Ouest, Montréal
All means of transportation easily lead to the PCM, strategically located right downtown within the international district or Quartier International and close to 14,000 hotel rooms. Directly linked to 4,000 hotel rooms via indoor passageways, the PCM is also in walking distance of Old Montréal’s heritage attractions and the Old Port as well as a great number of retail outlets, shopping centres, movies, theatres and museums... Attending a conference at the PCM for a few days is a great way to experience Montréal, one of the world’s safest and most attractive cities, famous for its joie de vivre and exciting ambiance.
Full service restaurant, snack-bar and bar.
Important: ID card mandatory
Entree Fee: Free like all LTPQ Tournaments
Season II - Stage III Royal Poker Magazine Tournament
See list of qualified players
Saturday, November 21 2009
Type: Freeze-out
Starting Chip Stack: 10 000
Registrations: Starting at 7h00
Welcome and Rules: 9h45
Shuffle-Up and Deal: 10h00
Details:
Each levels are 30 minutes
The tournament will end with the presentation of the ring to the Winner.
The 40 last players will be in the prizes.
Season II - V.I.P V Tournament (Owners and Tournament Directors)
Saturday, November 21 2009
Type: Freeze-out
Starting Chip Stack: 10 000
Registrations: Starting at 7h00
Welcome and Rules: 9h45
Shuffle-Up and Deal: 10h00
Details:
Each levels are 30 minutes
The tournament will end with the presentation of the Winner.
The 10 last players will be in the prizes.
Prices: détails
Season II - Stage IV Royal Poker Magazine Tournament
See list of qualified players
Sunday, November 22 2009
Type: Freeze-out
Starting Chip Stack: 10 000
Registrations: Starting at 7h00
Welcome and Rules: 9h45
Shuffle-Up and Deal: 10h00
Details:
Each levels are 30 minutes
The tournament will end with the presentation of the ring to the Winner.
The 40 last players will be in the prizes.
Season II - V.I.P VI Tournament (Owners and Tournament Directors)
Sunday, November 22 2009
Type: Freeze-out
Starting Chip Stack: 10 000
Registrations: Starting at 7h00
Welcome and Rules: 9h45
Shuffle-Up and Deal: 10h00
Details:
Each levels are 30 minutes
The tournament will end with the presentation of the Winner.
The 10 last players will be in the prizes.
Prices: détails
Celebrity Tournament VII
Media Tournament IV
Access to the site is free. Spectators and friends are welcome. Come meet and talk to many celebrities, see the way they play and watch 6 simultaneous tournaments take place with close to 1000 players per day. Gestion Poker Tour would like to make this a memorable day where all spectators, participants and winners will remember their experience fondly.
Pierre Martel
President
Gestion Poker Tour
Room booking at reduced prices:
Sheraton Centre-Ville
Web Site
Renovated Rooms : 189.00$ - Online booking available
1 800 325-3535 - 514 878-2000
Reservation Code : Gestion Poker Tour
Hotel La Tour Centre-Ville
Web Site
Studio and Small Suite : 75.00$ Large Suite : 80.00$
1 800 361-2790
Reservation Code : Gestion Poker Tour
Travelodge Montréal Centre
Web Site
Room : 69.00$
* Including continental breakfast + wireless internet
1 800 363-6535 or 514 874-9090
Reservation Code: POKER
Hyatt Regency
Web Site
Room : 99.00$ Online booking available
1 800 361-8234
Reservation Code: Gestion Poker Tour
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