Event #1: $300 No-Limit Hold'em - The Colossus | 2024 WSOP International Circuit Playground

04-14-2024 23:19 UTC-4

Desgagne Leaves Zhang with Crumbs

Ryan Lashmar

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Keven Desgagne opened to 2,000,000 from under the gun and received a call from Jikai Zhang on the button.

The flop came J♠4♥6♠ and Desgagne shoved for 11,625,000. Zhang, who barely covered Desgagne, made the call.

Keven Desgagne: K♥K♦ All in
Jikai Zhang: K♠Q♠

Desgagne was in great shape with an overpair against Zhang's flush draw and remained ahead on the 5♦ turn and 2♦ river to take down the biggest pot of the tournament so far while Zhang was left with just under one small blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keven Desgagne	29,500,000 16,000,000	16,000,000
Jikai Zhang	200,000 -11,300,000	-11,300,000

Tags: Jikai Zhang Keven Desgagne

04-14-2024 23:09 UTC-4

Nicholas Haddad Eliminated in 8th Place ($12,000 CAD)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Jikai Zhang opened to 1,200,000 from middle position before Keven Desgagne moved all in for 13,500,000 f rom the button. Nicholas Haddad called off for his remaining stack of roughly 3,000,000 and Zhang got out of the way leaving Haddad at risk.

Nicholas Haddad: J♦5♦ All in
Keven Desgagne: Q♦Q♠

Haddad made a small pair on the 8♠5♠3♣ flop but found no further improvement on the K♣ turn or 6♦ river and made his exit from the tournament area while Desgagne took down another healthy pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keven Desgagne	13,500,000 5,100,000	5,100,000
Jikai Zhang	11,500,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000
Nicholas Haddad	Busted

Tags: Jikai Zhang Keven Desgagne

04-14-2024 22:54 UTC-4

Tetart Doubles Through Zhang

Ryan Lashmar

Level 35 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Remy Tetart shoved from under the gun for 4,400,000 and Jikai Zhang called from the big blind to put Tetart at risk.

Remy Tetart: A♥J♣ All in
Jikai Zhang: A♦3♦

Both players caught a piece of the J♦4♦4♥ flop but Tetart was ahead with two pair and just needed to fade a flush draw from Zhang. The Q♥ turn and 2♠ river were clean for Tetart who collected a full double up at Zhang's expense.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jikai Zhang	12,500,000 -4,500,000	-4,500,000
Remy Tetart	9,700,000 5,300,000	5,300,000

Tags: Remy Tetart Jikai Zhang

04-14-2024 22:48 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

Ryan Lashmar

Level 35 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Clusiau	18,250,000 6,100,000	6,100,000
Jikai Zhang	17,000,000 6,500,000	6,500,000
Jeffrey Cormier	13,300,000 6,600,000	6,600,000

Wali Nezam	9,600,000 -1,250,000	-1,250,000
Keven Desgagne	8,400,000 -6,200,000	-6,200,000
Remy Tetart	4,400,000 2,925,000	2,925,000
Andrew Fahey	3,300,000 -6,800,000	-6,800,000

Nicholas Haddad	2,200,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000

Level: 35

Blinds: 300,000/600,000

Ante: 600,000

04-14-2024 22:28 UTC-4

Break Time

Ryan Lashmar

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

The final 8 players are taking another 15-minute break.

04-14-2024 22:18 UTC-4

Nezam Keeps Doubling

Ryan Lashmar

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Wali Nezam shoved for 4,800,000 from middle position and was called by Nicholas Haddad who held a covering stack on the button.

Wali Nezam: K♥Q♥ All in
Nicholas Haddad: J♠J♦

It was a preflop flip that Nezam caught the better end of on the K♣8♣10♣ flop. The 9♦ turn gave Haddad some outs in the form of a straight draw but the 8♦ river was a brick and Nezam scored yet another full double up, bringing his stack over ten million after starting the day with the shortest stack in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wali Nezam	10,850,000 8,050,000	8,050,000
Nicholas Haddad	3,200,000 -4,450,000	-4,450,000

Tags: Nicholas Haddad Wali Nezam

04-14-2024 22:08 UTC-4

Desgagne Takes from Cormier

Ryan Lashmar

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of 4♦3♠9♦2♥ and roughly 4,000,000 in the middle, Keven Desgagne bet 2,000,000 from the small blind and was called by Jeffrey Cormier in the big blind.

On the Q♣ river Desgagne moved all in for roughly 5,000,000 sending Cormier deep into the tank.

After several minutes of contemplation Cormier mentioned that he would have called had a queen not come on the river before mucking his hand and Desgagne took down a sizable pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keven Desgagne	14,600,000 3,300,000	3,300,000
Jeffrey Cormier	6,700,000 -7,375,000	-7,375,000

Tags: Jeffrey Cormier Keven Desgagne

Level: 34

Blinds: 250,000/500,000

Ante: 500,000

04-14-2024 21:59 UTC-4

Joseph Movsessian Eliminated in 9th Place ($10,000 CAD)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Joseph Movsessian moved all in from early position for exactly 2,000,000 and was called by Andrew Fahey in the small blind who had a covering stack.

Joseph Movsessian: K♦Q♠ All in
Andrew Fahey: A♣K♠

Movessian was pipped by Fahey who had a bigger king and remained ahead on the 7♦8♠6♥K♣3♣ runout. Movsessian was sent to the rail while Fahey collected the last of his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Fahey	10,100,000 -1,075,000	-1,075,000

Joseph Movsessian	Busted

Tags: Andrew Fahey Joseph Movsessian