The Playground Poker Club in Montreal hosted the inaugural Card Player Poker Tour World Cup of Cards $1,650 CAD no-limit hold’em event this week. The tournament drew an outstanding field of 359 entries to simply surpass the $400,0000 CAD guarantee, building a complete prize pool of $522,345 CAD. In any case the lion’s share of that was awarded to Canadian native Brady Hinnegan, who defeated Thomas Larivee Magni heads-up to secure the title and the first-place prize of $110,000 CAD ($83,530 USD).

Hinnegan also earned 600 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. This was his first ever POY-qualified score. His largest prior live tournament cash came when he finished 171st within the 2009 European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000 main event for $12,500.

Hinnegan entered the general day in second chip position a number of the remaining 11 players. The chip leader was Magni and although he and Hinnegan didn't score the vast majority of the knock outs at the final day, they were capable of accumulate and survive until short handed play after which score the eliminations essential to arrange the overall heads-up showdown.

Hinnegan began with roughly a 3-to-2 chip advantage over Magni. By the point the overall hand arose he had extended that lead even further. With blinds of 75,000-150,000 with an ante of 25,000 Magni limped from the button and Hinnegan checked his option.

The flop brought the KQ9 and both players checked. The turn was the 6 and Hinnegan bet 200,000 from out of position. Magni made the decision and the 5 completed the board. Hinnegan bet 300,000 and Magni moved all-in. Hinnegan quickly made the decision with the J10 for the king-high straight. Magni had rivered two pair with the Q5 nevertheless it wasn’t enough and he was eliminated in second place, earning $78,000 CAD ($59,230 USD).

Congratulations to the most recent CPPT champion Brady Hinnegan! The following stop at the tour would be the CPPT Card Player Cruises event that occurs on a seven-night Pacific coastal cruise departing on Sept. 16. For more info concerning the Card Player Poker Tour, click here.

Here is a glance on the payouts and POY points awarded on the final table:

Place	Player	Earnings (USD)	POY Points
1	Brady Hinnegan	$83,530	600
2	Thomas Larivee Magni	$59,230	500
3	Elie A	$44,043	400
4	Laurence Louie	$33,791	300
5	Karim-Olivier Kamal	$26,198	250
6	Man Sze Chow	$20,115	200
7	Philippe Belley	$15,181	150
8	Kevin Rivest	$11,002	100
9	Tyler Wilson	$7,970	50

Photo courtesy of Playground Poker Club.

Playground Poker Club is Canada’s premier poker destination, conveniently located just minutes south of downtown Montreal within the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake. Built For Players By Players, Playground Poker Club offers unmatched cash game action 24/7 plus an ideal weekly tournament schedule.

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