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Marc-Etienne McLaughlin Wins World Cup of Cards $5,000 8-Max For $76,380
- Updated: September 11, 2016
Former November Niner Marc-Etienne McLaughlin is the champion of the largest buy-in event of the 2016 World Cup of Cards (WCC). McLaughlin shipped Event #22, the $5,000 NL Hold’em 8-Max for $76,830 and captured the WCC Champions trophy, topping a field of 44 players.
Day 2 began at 2 p.m. inside Playground Poker Club, the host of the 2016 WCC, with 12 of the 44 players returning. A super deep-stacked field played out for just over ten hours on Saturday before McLaughlin finished off his last opponent.
Chanracy Khun was the unfortunate ‘Bubble Boy’, shoving preflop with ace-jack but finding McLaughlin in the big blind with pocket queens. Khun picked up a flush draw on the turn but McLaughlin was able to fade it, eliminating Khun in sixth place.
Pascal Lefrancois was the first to bust in the money. Lefrancois chose a bad time to make a bluff, shoving on the flop against Goulet. Goulet, however, had flopped top-pair, top-kicker and snap-called, sending Lefrancois to the rail in fifth.
Martin Raus shoved …
