Event #8: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em | 2024 WSOP-C Playground

08-29-2024 12:29 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Gaetano Di Maria	860,000 447,000	447,000
Robin Wezelenburg	435,000 100,000	100,000
Fan Jia	410,000 37,000	37,000
Youssef Hmama	240,000 53,000	53,000
Anthony Comand	230,000 126,000	126,000
Hayden Toole	180,000 -143,000	-143,000
William Chow	180,000 117,000	117,000
Rong Xu	175,000 25,000	25,000
Alan Nacinovic	150,000 -16,000	-16,000
Bernard Fortier	120,000 -70,000	-70,000
Stuart Taylor	115,000 -21,000	-21,000
Mouloud Khezzaren	110,000 -68,000	-68,000
William Prentice	95,000 -53,000	-53,000
Ian Tang	90,000 -119,000	-119,000

Nacinovic Check Raises to Perfection

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Alek Gillies

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was caught after the flop of 8♣Q♠A♠ and Alan Nacinovic checked from early position.

Late position fired for 13,000 and Nacinovic raised to 50,000.

His opponent went into the tank but eventually found the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Nacinovic	166,000 71,000	71,000

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08-29-2024 11:57 UTC-5

Melanson Gets One Through

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Alek Gillies

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Early position raised to 16,000 and middle position made the call.

Dustin Melanson moved all in for around 180,000 from late position.

The button went into the tank and eventually made the fold.

The remaining two players made the fold for Melanson to take the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dustin Melanson	230,000 139,000	139,000

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Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

08-29-2024 11:35 UTC-5

Toor Finds His Three Outer

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Alek Gillies

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Gurtej Toor raised to 12,000 and the button made the call. Anthony Bakri three-bet to 46,000 from the big blind and only Toor made the call.

The flop came 10♠9♣A♠ and Bakri led out for 25,000. Toor made the call.

While the turn and river peeled the K♣A♣ both players checked both streets.

Bakri's Q♦Q♣ were beat by Toor's K♦Q♥ for him to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gurtej Toor	241,000 71,000	71,000
Anthony Bakri	214,000 -74,000	-74,000

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08-29-2024 11:22 UTC-5

Wezelenburg Won't be Beat

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Alek Gillies

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Manish Ralh raised from middle position and Robin Wezelenburg made the call from the cutoff.

The flop came K♥5♦2♣ and both players checked.

While the turn peeled the A♦, Ralh led out for 15,000. Wezelenburg made the call.

The river was the 9♣ and both players checked. Wezelenburg revealed K♠J♠ to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robin Wezelenburg	335,000 108,000	108,000
Manish Ralh	290,000 -25,000	-25,000

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08-29-2024 11:16 UTC-5

WSOP Paradise Schedule in December Includes $50M GTD Super Main Event

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Alek Gillies

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise schedule is out, and it includes 15 gold bracelet events highlighted by the largest guaranteed poker tournament prize pool ever.

All the action takes place at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas from Dec. 3-13. The series includes a record $25,000 buy-in Super Main Event starting Dec. 9, featuring a $50 million guaranteed prize pool. That is the highlight event of the series, but it is far from the only big one. Take, for example, the $500,000 buy-in Triton Million on Dec. 7, an invitational event through Triton Poker.

The warm weather poker festival begins Dec. 6 with the $2,500 WSOP Mini Main Event, a $5 million guaranteed tournament. It concludes Dec. 18 with the $5,000 The Closer - NLH Bounty Turbo. There is one other tournament scheduled for the last day of the bracelet series — Super Saver 1M Invitational ($1 million guaranteed), open to bracelet holders who enter the Super Main Event.

Find the Full Schedule Here

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

08-29-2024 09:57 UTC-5

Sandy Lam Leads Stacked Day 2 of Event #8: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em

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Alek Gillies

Another WSOPC ring winner will be crowned today at the 2024 World Series of Poker Circuit Playground. Event #7: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em attracted a field of 261 entrants to generate a prize pool of $243,680, more than double the $100,000 guarantee. That field was whittled down to just 40 players by the end of Day 1. Those 40 players are all guaranteed a min-cash of $1,500 but will have their eyes set on the top prize of $50,000.

Sandy Lam bagged the overall chip lead going into Day 2, entering with 420,000, a stack worth 84 big blinds to start the day. Lam is most closely followed by Gaetano Di Maria (413,000) and William Pettersen (397,000).

Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Place	Player	City	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Sandy Lam	Toronto	420,000	84
2	Gaetano Di Maria	London	413,000	83
3	William Pettersen	Burlington	397,000	79
4	Fan Jia	Richmond Hill	373,000	75
5	Pierre-Paul Paulin	Saint-Simon	356,000	71
6	Hayden Toole	Hamilton	323,000	65
7	Manish Ralh	Milton	315,000	63
8	Anthony Bakri	Laval	288,000	58
9	Zheng-Yi Xie	Montreal	271,000	54
10	David Quang	Guelph	246,000	49

Anthony Comand also managed to bag a stack of 104,000 and hopes to add to the success he's found in these series. Comand had a final table finish in this series Event #2: Monster Stack. He also managed to win that same event the last series that took place here for his first WSOPC Ring. WPT Winner Federic Normand also remains in contention, albeit with the shortest stack in the room at 53,000.

The final day will begin at 12:00 p.m. local time with blinds at 3,000/5,000 and a 5,000 big blind ante. Levels will be 40 minutes long and there will be a 15-minute break after every three levels. As always, stay tuned to PokerNews for all your live coverage needs for this event from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned.

Tags: Anthony Bakri Anthony Comand David Guelph Fan Jia Gaetano Di Maria Hayden Toole Manish Ralh Pierre-Paul Paulin Sandy Lam William Pettersen Zheng-Yi Xie

08-29-2024 08:20 UTC-5

Day 2 Table Draw (full)

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Table	Seat	Player	City	Chip Count
1	1	Paul Richardson	Belleville	197,000
1	3	Shane Brotherwood	Calgary	112,000
1	4	Adrian Brown	Scarborough	147,000
1	5	Hayden Alexander Toole	Hamilton	323,000
1	6	Gaetano Di Maria	London	413,000
1	7	Rong Xu	Kirkland	150,000
1	8	I. Tang	Toronto	209,000
1	9	William Chow	East York	63,000

2	1	Fan Jia	Richmond Hill	373,000
2	3	Manish Ralh	Milton	315,000
2	4	Mouloud Khezzaren	Montreal-Nord	178,000
2	5	Stuart Taylor	Cote Saint-Luc	136,000
2	6	Robin Wezelenburg	Halifax	227,000
2	7	Frederic Normand	Quebec	53,000
2	8	Youssef Hmama	Vancouver	187,000
2	9	Anthony Comand	Laval	104,000

3	2	Dustin Melanson	Toronto	91,000
3	3	Bernard Fortier	Greely	190,000
3	4	Sandy Lam	Toronto	420,000
3	5	David Quang	Guelph	246,000
3	6	William Prentice	Selwyn	148,000
3	7	Alan Nacinovic	Waterdown	95,000
3	8	Arash Shahi	Markham	222,000
3	9	Tyler Warken	Medicine Hat	172,000

5	1	Zahir Gilani	Markham	99,000
5	2	Andrew D'Amato	Montreal	116,000
5	3	Pierre-Paul Paulin	Saint-Simon	356,000
5	4	Gurtej Toor	Oshawa	170,000
5	5	Jolan Mancini	Rockwood	198,000
5	6	Anthony Bakri	Laval	288,000
5	7	Kevin Javier	Cote Saint-Luc	192,000
5	8	Stephane Edme	Terrebonne	63,000

6	1	Nicholas Belanger	Montreal	190,000
6	3	Tony Stratopoulos	Rosemere	136,000
6	4	Louis-Philippe Mondoux	Repentigny	171,000
6	5	Christopher Marquis	Ottawa	111,000
6	6	Stephane Blouin-Verroelst	Montreal	64,000
6	7	Zheng-Yi Xie	Montreal	271,000
6	8	James Gall	Ottawa	236,000
6	9	William Pettersen	Burlington	397,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Sandy Lam	420,000 420,000	420,000

Gaetano Di Maria	413,000 413,000	413,000
William Pettersen	397,000 397,000	397,000
Fan Jia	373,000 373,000	373,000
Pierre-Paul Paulin	356,000 356,000	356,000
Hayden Toole	323,000 323,000	323,000
Manish Ralh	315,000 315,000	315,000
Anthony Bakri	288,000 288,000	288,000
Zheng-Yi Xie	271,000 271,000	271,000
David Quang	246,000 246,000	246,000
James Gall	236,000 236,000	236,000
Robin Wezelenburg	227,000 227,000	227,000
Arash Shahi	222,000 222,000	222,000
Ian Tang	209,000 209,000	209,000
Jolan Mancini	198,000 198,000	198,000
Paul Richardson	197,000 197,000	197,000
Kevin Javier	192,000 192,000	192,000
Bernard Fortier	190,000 190,000	190,000
Nicholas Belanger	190,000 190,000	190,000
Youssef Hmama	187,000 187,000	187,000
Mouloud Khezzaren	178,000 178,000	178,000
Tyler Warken	172,000 172,000	172,000
Louis-Philippe Mondoux	171,000 171,000	171,000
Gurtej Toor	170,000 170,000	170,000
Rong Xu	150,000 150,000	150,000

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