World Cup of Cards in Full Swing: The First Champions Crowned

The World Cup of Cards (WCOC) is only just getting started at Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec, but already two champions have been crowned. PokerNews is on site for live coverage and there’s been plenty of action already. A quick round-up of what’s happened so far.

Event #1: Quantum No Limit Hold’em

The first tournament of a scheduled 28 events started Thursday evening with Day 1a of the Quantum No Limit Hold’em tournament. The Quantum actually runs throughout the entire series, with Day 2 starting September 13th. There’s a total of ten starting flights and players are able to enter each flight once.

The early flights of the Quantum are CAD $170 buy ins, but there are some flights with a bigger buy in. The higher the buy in, the higher the cash, and the more players going through to Day 2. Players can also buy directly into Day 2 for CAD $2,200.

So far Karthic Ravichandran has the largest stack heading into Day 2 with 399,100. He collected that stack in the kickoff flight and leads 24 players who are already guaranteed a seat on Day 2.

Check out full coverage on Event 1#: NL Hold’em QuantumEvent #2: Bounty Builder …

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